BACK TO LOVE.

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' Hey hun, are you okay?'

Sade one of her close friends asked as she handed her an alcoholic drink and sat down on a pool chair opposite her. They were relaxing at their vacation destination while Emily and Neveah were out sight seeing.

' I am fine.'

' You've been in a sombre mood since we got here and haven't done anything but sit at the pool side for two days. That's not fine baby.'

' Sade, I said I'm fine.'

Her tone was a bit harsh she made her friend snap her head back in shock.

' Excuse me for being concerned about my best friend.'

' Sorry babe. I just have a lot of my mind.'

' Is that lot, the reason you won't answer your husband's calls.'

Sade raised her eyebrows just as Emily walked in followed by Neveah.

' Has she told you what's wrong?'

Neveah and Emily both had noticed Ayanda was not her usual self and knowing that she did not like to express her feelings and one had to wait till she decided to talk, they both minded their own business.

' She hasn't spoken to me since that day she ran out of her husband's building crying.'

' Wait! She ran out of her husband's office in tears and you never thought to find out what was wrong. Em, that means she must've found her husband with another woman. '

The two kept quiet as soon as they reached Ayanda and Sade.

' Neveah is right. I walked on my half naked husband and his assistant in his office.'

' Ohk we're going home right now and we're going to beat the daylights out of that lying cheating son of a b-'

' Neveah thanks for the support but I need time to think and calm down. I cannot really face him right now.'

Ayanda said cutting her friend off. Her cellphone rang just as she stood from where she was seated. She checked the caller ID before throwing it onto Emily's lap.

' and don't answer it either.'

Neveah grabbed it from Emily who tried to fight for it with her.

' She said we shouldn't answer it.'

' No she said you and plus I have a few  words for him.'

Sade grabbed the cellphone from Neveah.

' This is between Aya and Axel and if she doesn't want us speaking to him. We will respect her wishes as her bestfriend.'

Sade went into their holiday cabin to find Ayanda on the couch in tears. They all gathered around her and comforted her.

' Okay enough of the tears. We're going out. We will drink, smoke and flirt and forget about our troubles.'

Neveah was always the party animal  even her husband knew it and they partied together.

' Ayanda come I am going to turn you into a hot momma and be warned I am taking pics and posting them.'

Neveah continued as Emily searched through her bag for a white one-piece mesh jumpsuit she bought on the day they left.

' Lovely, now pose for me.'

When Neveah and Emily were done making her their social media model, Sade pulled her away, with a worried look on her face.

' Are you okay?'

Ayanda sighed

' No but I need to clear my head.'

Betrayal, anger, and sadness consumed her whole being.

As Ayanda walked outside, the cool evening breeze brushed against her tear-stained cheeks, providing her a small moment of solace. She needed space to process everything that had just happened. The weight of their years together, their shared dreams and memories, now felt like shattered fragments.
She found herself sitting on a nearby bench, surrounded by the darkness of the night. The silence allowed her thoughts to become louder and more overwhelming.