Meeting Innocence

13

I can't stop thinking about Vero.
I mean that girl gives me the cripps.

I make a corner that leads to the bus station,which is quite a walk from work.
The bus is not yet here. I seat on one of the benches.

Waiting  and waiting is what I am doing. For the past one hour thirty minutes, I have been waiting for a bus at the bus station and not a single bus has come and this man in the blue suit watching me from afar does not make it easy.
Come to think of it, he looks very familiar.

Beep beep

I take my gaze away from the man who is pretending to be busy.
I look at the caller and my heart flips four times in its cage.

"You!" I yell, I can't help the happiness and anger that fills my heart.

"I know, I know. Am sorry" he says

God I missed his voice.

"How are you?" He asks and am smiling to myself like a fool.

I can't help it, am happy. I missed him.

"Am OK n you?" I ask snapping myself from my stupid train of stupid thoughts.

"Am fine. Did you miss me?" He asks in a teasing tone.

"You have no idea" i say and he laughs.

"I was so worried that something happened, why were you not  calling me?" I ask and it becomes quite for a while.
It is as if he was thinking hard of what to say.

"Umm, well i was just busy. With work you know" he says.

"When are you coming?"

"Soon"

Soon?

"How long is soon?" I ask and look to left side.

I forgot about him.

"Can i call you later?" I ask

"Why? What is wrong?" I hear him ask but i cut the line.

I stand from my seat to reach to the man but then the bus comes.

Really? What took you so long?

Instead of talking to the man like i intended to, i just board the bus

Some rest would help.

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I feel so tired, I thought a bath would help relax me.
I guess I was wrong.
I hear my phone beep and come out of the shower rushing to my phone.

Jacob!

"Hello?" I answer

"Are you still busy?" He asks.

SHIT!

I forgot

"No, am sorry I forgot to call you it is just that I was so tired and I wa-......."  I am cut short by a loud noise from my kitchen.

"What was that?" Jacob asks

"I don't know" I say  tip toeing to the kitchen, I gasp as I see the man from the bus station tip toeing with a gun in his hands.

I lean to the other wall and press my phone to my chest.

Shit!

Am butt naked!

I panic and rush to my room closing the door behind me.

"Jac, there is a man with a gun in my house. Am am do so scared, what do I do?" I ask passing back and form the room.

"Fuck! Fuck! I knew this would happen, I shouldn't have left you alone. Fuck!"

"Listen to me carefully and do as I say" he  says.

Only one thought kept running in my mind

Am going to die

Am going to die