IS ALL FORGIVABLE ??

CHAPTER 6

Claire gets Eartha from her place on Monday to finally go window shopping for her phone.

Eartha looks sleep deprived and it worries Claire.

''What is up with you today ??'' Claire asks

''I have been having this particular dream over and over for two days now. I keep on hearing footsteps but when they come closer I wake up.''

''I'm I going crazy Claire ??''

''I'm I being paranoid ??''

''why the hell would you even think that ??'' of course you are not crazy

it is just a dream. it will wear out in a few days .''

you have been so stressed of late. what is happening ???

Have you heard from your parents ?? Is that why you are acting like this ??'' claire asked.

No Claire there is something else.....

''Yes that is the shop I want to check out first .'' Claire points at an electronic shop happily.

Eartha sighs . ''Guess we will have to talk about that later she adds as she follows her friend in the shop.''

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Claire's eyes sparkled as she looked at phone after phone. Even those that I was pretty sure she didn't have the money to buy. She looked happy and that made me smile genuinely after a long time.

Her usual brown eyes were now a hot chocolate.

She looked like a little girl. It was cute to watch.

''Hello ladies .How can I help you.'' a young man approached us. He was pretty young to be the owner of the shop more like our age , but since no one else seemed to be around , it pretty sure seemed liked his.

He was kind ,too sweet to be a human being .

He was like too good to be true.

Never once did he stop smiling as he  showed us around.

He had this aura that spelt out sweetness, kindness , but his eyes told another story.

His dark green eyes had a hostility in them .They looked like eyes that held secrets and by saying secrets ,I mean a lot of them.

He was chocolate, with kinky curly long hair and had quite a lot of muscles under his maroon blazer . He was without doubt the prize.

He smiled but the smile did not reach his eyes and at the same time it did and it was disturbing. I couldn't figure him out.

I had this thing ,that I could tell a person's personality by looking at their eyes. What they were really like in real sense , but he seemed to be able to hide all of it and I couldn't tell.

Claire seemed to have decided on what kind of phone to buy and was now engrossed in a cheerful conversation with the young man.

She promised to come back tomorrow and buy the phone as we left.

It was already 5:00 PM and so we decided to just go hang at jink's club as our shift started at 7:00 PM.

We were almost drunk now and so we had to cut the party short since we did not want to be falling as we took orders tonight.

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Jink's club was quite popular in this part of town and so by nine it was on full swing.

Sweaty bodies were all over , dancing, drinking, smoking , as we the waiters ran from table to table taking orders .

We took a small break at around 10:30 , and Claire went to spend her time with some of her other friends that I did not like. I called her friend but she and I knew that she was my best friend and if it were not for her I would not have made it .For the past year she had been a shoulder to lean on . Always there to listen without asking questions . I had not opened up to her about what had led to my parents throwing me out of the house but she had been understanding and told me that I would open up when I was ready. She helped find a little of what had been lost in me and I treasured her a lot. She was now more like a sister to me. A sister I never had. Claire seemed to be having fun and I couldn't wait to ask her what had happened to her English man.

That made me remember the possible connection between her Englishman , the doctor, and my possibly being raped.

My stomach convulsed and I could feel knots forming there. I had spent the whole day occupied and I had not thought about all that for a while now.

So I decided to go ask the manager if he had found people to be doing the cleaning already since I did not want to be doing that anymore. I was sure Claire would agree to that despite the fact that we were able to earn a little bit more. Besides she will be getting her new phone tomorrow and she did not need to save anymore.

I was passing by the bartenders station when something caught my eye or rather someone. Dr Athelstan . I knew he was trouble but I could not resist the urge to go to him. He seemed different .Maybe it was the alcohol making me see that .

He held his drink in a hesitant way as if deciding if to drink it or not.

He looked so manly in his jeans and sweatshirt and I found myself wishing that we had met in different situations .

His hair was not as neat as I had seen it before .It looked a little bit un kept.

Definitely something was up his sleeve and an emotion triggered me. I cared.

''Fancy seeing you here doctor.'' I said

He turned around so sharply it I almost shrieked.

He had on a scared look on his face which suddenly turned soft as soon as he saw me.

My stomach tightened. Why was I feeling all this.

''Eartha.''he said

He still remembered my name. How gracious.

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As Claire and I walked home that evening , I was still dazed by my talk with the doctor earlier. I had spoken just a sentence and he a word only.

We couldn't say anything else and that was it.

''Eartha !!! Eartha damn it !!'' Claire called my name anxiously.

''mmmh what is it ???''I asked Claire annoyed.

''I think someone is following us.''