Marriage Before Love

5

"Release me at once." I shouted at Zane as he pulled me out of the club.

He did not listen. In fact, he pulled me to his car and drove me home. Sneaking me inside my room. He sat me on my bed and took a seat beside me.

"What happened Zanya?" he asked in a calm yet serious tone

"Nothing" was all I said. I did not want my brother knowing how stupid I am

"This is not the Zanya I know. The Zanya I know is smart and responsible. She wouldn't be in a club, drinking shots for no reason at all. What happened."

"I don't want to talk about it." I said as I got up and headed for my bathroom.

As I was in the shower, I broke down crying. I couldn't hold it in anymore. He used me and dumped me.

"Zanya. You know the shower ain't doing no good in drowning out the sound of your sobs right." Zane said and I froze.

"You wanna know what happened?" I sniffles and when I heard silence, I continued "I was stupid enough to believe anyone could care about me and lost my virginity to a scumbag who stopped talking to me the following morning. So Zane, drinking a few shots to drown my sorrows is nothing compared to that"

"Zanya, you're not stupid. You're the smartest person I know." he said reassuringly and I punched the wall, annoyed

"I fell for his lies Zane. A smart person would never do that" I almost shouted

"I've seen a lot of girls fall for the scheme of guys. That doesn't mean they're stupid. It only mean that the guy is a fool for letting such a wonderful person go"

"He didn't even use a condom" I mumbled, thinking he didn't hear. I was wrong.