HOW I MET MY CHEATING GIRLFRIEND

Episode 8

“Hi baby, am having my night’s prayers for the next one hour. I’ll text you when done at 10pm please.” I texted Sweeney secretly. I didn’t want Cate to see whoever I was chatting with. Actually, no prayers I was to have. I just thought of finding time to send Cate away that night.

“Okay love. Have nice prayers and remember to pray for me, for us and for our relationship.” She replied.

As we were eating, my mind was busy thinking on the best way to remain alone in the house and have time with Sweeney, my new lover. Cate was a very romantic lady; figure nane, as most will say. That night, she was putting on her pink trouser and a black t-shirt. She was brown in complexion, medium height and slimmed body. We have been with her many times and I also didn’t want Sweeney to lose her trust in me that early. I had to play my cards right.

I put my phone back to silent mode. I texted Otis to make a deal with him. “Hey bro, please do me a favour. Kindly call me frequently 10mins from now, pretending that you’re very sick and you’re just alone in your house. Please plead with me to come and spend the night there with you.” My message got delivered. Otis do understand me and he didn’t have to question more. I would obviously tell him the story later. I thought that could make Cate leave for her hostel back in school.

I reactivated my phone to normal mode. Ten minutes later, I received a call from Otis. I was very shocked and felt sorry for him when he told me he was very sick. I tried to pretend to be having a serious visitor and that couldn’t make me to come over to his place, but he insisted. At least I had to behave like I really needed Cate to spend the night with me. After the call, Cate was the first to ask who was that.

“And who could be that sick?” She asked.

“He’s a friend of mine on the other side. He’s very sick. But the worst of all, he’s just staying alone. He needs me to go and be with him tonight.”

“Am so sorry. Please can we go with you?”

“Am going to come back. Maybe tomorrow morning. Where will you spend if we go to his place?”

“Naenda tu kumwona halafu narudi hostel. Your friend is my friend too and I feel for him, please Oscar.”

“But it’s late please. It’s even risky walking at night, you won’t go back to your hostel alone past 10. Just let me go and we meet in the morning.” I got a way to convince her. From her looks, she was almost getting angry but I had to let her go.

We both left the house. I locked the door and was set to leave. I gave her a goodbye hug and escorted her to hostel. With this, I was very sure she couldn’t come back to my place that night – it was already late. “Bro, deal over!” I texted Otis. “Well done!” He replied. We both laughed, using emojis. I got into my house. It was a quarter to 10pm.

“Finally, I have the full time to chat with Sweeney! So that shit wanted to spend with me when her time got over long time ago. Hayuko hata kwa fashion. Furthermore, nothing more I need from her…eleh…hadi katiba nilishasoma nikajua kila page inahusu nini…akwendee.” I said to myself, scrolling down my playlist on the desktop. I needed the best music to close the old chapter and open a new one, that was for Sweeney.

“Baby, how I wish you could have chosen Maseno University during your university applications…” I said. I thought of having her very close to me. She was one lady I never knew I could stay away from for long. However, I remembered my friend George from Egerton University once said that “it’s not good to have your girl in the same campus”. But again, Zum from Pwani and James, a friend from Kenyatta University had a say that “if she’s not around bro, you never know what she does”. Contradictions? Yes! But I was sure she couldn’t be with me in Maseno. She never placed that in her application.

“I also wished for that….but don’t worry, I’ll come to visit you in school very soon.” She replied.

I had the best time with Sweeney. We had chats and phone calls till 3am at dawn when we broke for bed. In those days, we could chat with Sweeney online for so long, with long phone calls. My messages could get delivered and responded to instantly. I was deeply in love with her. I refused to chat with Cate, and in short, “broke up” with her. We went silent on each other as a way of sparing time and attention for Sweeney, the lady I loved most. Indeed, I had built strong trust on her. However, another thought was running through my mind, that she would change when she got into campus. Sweeney has just received her placement notification from KUCCPS.