CONFESSION.

CHAPTER ONE.

TEN YEARS AGO.
PART ONE.
EVE.
I was in my final year at The University of Nairobi. Studying very hard to make up for the lost time. I was always very good at doing last minutes catch ups. And I was always among the five best students despite my awkward studying methods. This is not the reason am writing this story. I met a girl at the university. For the very first time In my life, I fell desperately in love with her. My life begun to form a purpose. We were always together. She loved me right back in equal measure. We were always together. I met her at my second year at a time when most young people goes astray. She put me right on course. I never went astray. She was a good girl. Hard-working and dedicated. She was always there in my most bottom of moments, caring and attentive. She chose friends for me and would never allow me to have friends who will lead me nowhere. My friends would say she is controling. She might have been but it was for the greater good. She made me a responsible man. She instilled manners in my ways. I loved her. I Still do. We made plans for our future. We were to graduate together. She took me to her mother and I had liked her mom. We were practically married but not in the real sense of the word. I could never imagine a life without her. She was my world, the only woman I had really loved. Her name was Eve. She was my fix. I can't fail, in this context, to mention my best friend, for this story is about him.

PART TWO.
ALEX.
He was my best friend. My right hand man. The guy who had my back in rough terrain. The guy who would come between me and Eve when we were going through a relationship hitch and would help us get back on track. He was a great man. I loved him. She had loved him too. We shared pleasant moments together. The three of us. We had laughted together and shared our dreams. Even in difficult moments we found reason to laught together. If I was not with both of them, I was with one of them. He was my brother. There was not a better person to be with. We had helped each other and shared the little we could afford. If u were to mess with him, you would had better get ready to deal with me too. We were inseparable. Ours was a brotherhood surmounted on a tight foundation of friendship. His name was Alex. My life in campus was made bearable by this two people. My girlfriend cum wife to be and my bestie Alex.

PART THREE.
THE OCCURRENCE.
Three weeks to the very final exam, I got really busy, spending almost twenty hours in the library. I was obsessed about attaining the hight possible results. I completely shut Eve and Alex out for those three weeks. We hardly saw each other. We talked over the phone and managed a few text in a day. I had explained to her and asked her to give me three weeks. Just twenty one days. She understood. She always did. The best thing is that Alex was to sit his exam late the following month. He kept her company. I was glad. Now I could study at ease. This is where the story begins.
Ever had that what kills you is within you? On my very final exam day I emerged from the exam hall very happy. It was all over I had done it. A four year journey had come to an end. There was only one thing on my mind as I gladly left the exam room . My dear lovely Eve. I called her to tell her I was on my way to see her. The phone was not answered. I called a second time. She didn't answer. That was very unlike her. I went to my room and took a shower, dressed and made up my mind to go see Alex instead, with luck, I might even bump into Eve. I was in high spirits. His room was just a few blocks away. I arrived at his hostel block and took the stairs up to the third floor. I was soon at his door. I never was good at knocking doors, so I pushed open the door. Alex was there alright ,but he was with a naked woman on his bed, lying with her back up and her face facing the opposite side, her hair a mess on her head. She had a bed sheet covering her butt, but u could still tell she was naked. Alex sat on a plastic chair besides the bed. He was naked too. His head rested on the end of the chair, his face to the ceiling, eyes closed, a hp laptop rested on his thighs hiding his private parts. The room was dimly lit. The curtains were not drawn. You couldn't make out the woman on the bed. I thought it was his girlfriend, Wendy. Soft music was playing on the subwoofer connected to the laptop on his thighs. I stood there for not more than thirty seconds. I was about to close the door and come back another time when something caught my eye.

BETRAYAL.
PART FOUR.
There was pair of shoes on the mat just by the door. I have seen those shoes several times. I was very positive I have seen those shoes somewhere. Yes!! It hit me suddenly. Eve owns a pair just like that. It didn't bother me though. It was then that I saw two mobile phones on a stool. One of them was an exact make of Eve's phone. I was sure it was not Eve. It was just a coincidence. I closed the door slowly not to disturb them. They must have had lots of fun. I took just one step and froze. The clothes! The clothes on the floor! My mind raced back. I have seen that dress somewhere. It became very clear, the shoes, the phone and now the dress. Too much of a coincidence. I pushed the door gently open once more. They still didn't hear my second entry. I stood at the door. I really looked at the woman and the clothes on the floor and the shoes by the door and the phone! Too much of a coincidence. I could not turn the woman incase I was wrong. I reached into my pocket and took my phone. I called Eve's phone. How I really hope it wasn't her phone. How I prayed she would pick up in a different location and answer with her bubbly voice. My hopes burst up in flames right infront of my eyes. My prayers hit the concrete ceiling and bounced back. One of the phones on the stool lit up and started vibrating. The caller ID on its screen was my name and number. My legs felt weak. I felt faint. I held onto the door for support. The vibrations woke the two. The woman on the bed turned sleepily and sat up. Rubbing her eyes to clear her vision. She looked painfully beautiful despite the fright on her face. It was my dear lovely girlfriend. The only woman I have ever loved sat naked in another man's bed. It was a bad dream, I thought, only it wasn't. Alex sat up suddenly and pulled his laptop higher realising he was still naked. They stared at me with a mixture of horror and remorse on their faces. The guilty look on their faces equaled the pain in my heart. No-one spoke. None of us found their tongue. I recovered from the shock, turned and closed the door slowly on my way out. My feet felt like I was dragging a thousand tonnes as I descended the staircase.

PART FIVE
A HEART BROKEN.
My world was crumbling apart arround me. I walked step by step feeling the pain in my heart and the anger boiling in me. A voice deep in my head kept telling me I should go back and have my revange. Right then!. How could they? My two closest people.? The people we have shared all the joy and roughest of moments in the past four years! My family. My heart was bleeding. The betrayal was just overwhelming. Why? I arrived at my room and laid on my bed staring at the ceiling. I was beside myself with grief. I cried, not because Eve cheated on me but because my best friend betrayed me. You don't do that. You just don't sleep with ur friend's gal. It's the international unwritten brother code. You don't even date your friend's ex. Or even his sister. It's sacred rules passed down to every man by those before him. Why could Alex do that to me? I couldn't sleep. My eyes were too wet to accord me abit of sleep. I laid there till morning. When morning broke, I rose from the bed, my head aching so terribly. I had lost taste of life in less than one night. Having finished my last paper yesterday I had nothing else to do at the campus. I packed my clothes and such personal effects and left. I was going home a very sad man.

PART SEVEN.
HEALING.
I arrived home safely. Everyone could see something was terribly wrong. I spent most of my alone in my room. My mother was particularly worried. I didn't talk about it. Two weeks later Eve called me. I didn't answer her calls. There were thousands of apologetic text and missed calls. I didn't reply any. After one month Eve came looking for me. She was welcomed by my mother. She had been here before. They knew each other. I told my mother I didn't want to see her. She stayed on for a while narrating to my mother what happened. She was crying the while. My mother offer a shoulder for her. She took it. She had cried in my mother's arms. My mother had told her that I will come around. That I needed some time. She had told her how I was heartbroken, and commended her for owning up that she had done a cruel think to her son. Eve had said she only wanted to see me. That I should at least come out and say hi. That's all she hoped for. In the end I was still so angry at her. I stood my ground and refused to see her. My mother saw her to the gate. I stood by the window and watched her depart. She looked a mess. At that moment my heart softened and a tear came rolling down my face. I realized I still loved her endless. At that moment, I shut my eyes firmly and forgave her. I let her leave. I could never have her in my life again. She had done un unthinkable act. How could I forget that? Had she cheated on me with another man , I would have reconsidered. But she had allowed herself to cheat on me with my best friend. It can be never leave my mind. It was better if we never saw each other again. I wrote a letter to her explaining the same to her. She was not allowed to contact me again. It was over. I was done with her. But I was beginning my revange on the man who ruined it. Come rain or sunshine, I made a vow to make him pay. No matter what, where, how and when it will be, it must happen. Time will not be a factor.

TEN YEARS LATER.
PART EIGHT.
REVANGE.