The Forbidden

Part 18

"Hi Brian"

Just then the lady who was manning the lounge asked him. "Is this who you have been waiting for?"

"Yes, thank you for letting me wait here" Brian replied her.

"Ok then let's go" I say and head out.

We ride silently to mama ngina and find a spot to sit.

"So, how have you been? You look good by the way" he said to me.

"Thank you."

"This place is so beautiful. It has good scenery. I can stay here the whole day"

"Sure, but you will stay here on your own. I am not staying here for more than an hour. "

"Are you still mad after all this time? I apologized a hundred times and you still have not forgiven me?"

"No, you apologized but never told me why you did it. And I agreed to meet you so I can ask you in person. Why did you not deliver my thesis even after reminding you so many times? I had worked hard on it and you knew it"

He just looked at me hopelessly and buried his face in his hands.

"I messed up and I am sorry"

"I do not want an apology. I want an answer"

He looked at me with tears in his eyes.

"I am so sorry baby, I never wanted it to be like that"

"What were you hoping for when you kept lying to me through your teeth?"

"I really don't know, I never thought it would escalate this far"

"I bet you thought it will be like all the other times? When I would still forgive you for after your mess? You knew I was under scholarship yet you still jeopardize my chances of graduating that year? "

"I realize now how stupid I was and I am apologizing from the deepest part of my heart" he knelt down in front of me.

I stood there and just looked at him. I realized that he was a bedbug who only lived from sucking people without care or concern. That he was just selfish and never cared about who got hurt in the process. That I needed to cut him off my life completely or else, he would crawl his way and suck everything within his reach until there is nothing left. He was a pest and I needed to flush him out.

"Since we have that cleared out. I am leaving and please do not call or text me again. I never want to hear or see you again in my life"

He looked at me with bewildered eyes. In all his crazy imagination of how the events would turn out, he never expected me to take a stand like that. He stood there for a whole five minutes debating on what to say to me and when he saw the determined look on my face, he knew there was no way he could convince me otherwise.

"OK I respect your decision. Can you at least do me one little favor for all times sake? Can I please go to your house so I can shower and change clothes?"

I look straight at his face to try and read his thoughts. I point out to a white house a few meters from us. It was a light house used to guide big ships into the shorelines of Mombasa.

"Do you see that white house over there? He nodded a yes. "You can get a toilet and a shower for 20 shillings. You are crazy if you think am letting you near my house. Goodbye Brian."

I got into a tuktuk and left without a backward glance.