HOW I MET MY CHEATING GIRLFRIEND

Episode 31

"As a mother, I had to share this Christmas meal with all of you as my children. That's why I called her." Mom said. Sweeney moved her head up and down, that seemed she was in agreement with that.

"Wonderful. She's here to stay...eeeh...yeah, she's going nowhere." I said. Both mom and Sweeney smiled beautifully, looking at each other. She tried to move closer and our shoulders met. The true happiness was felt in the family. Sweeney had been part of us, and we could discuss everything that appertains our family when she was around.

"You're now free. Whether you want to reach Nairobi or America, you can." Mom said after we had finished eating. Sweeney cleared the table and we left for my room.

After a few minutes, she left for washroom. I peeped into her phone and fortunately, she had not changed her password. I had three possible areas to check as fast as I could; WhatsApp messages, SMS and gallery and probably the latest call logs. I closed the door behind her so that she had to knock when she wasback.

In her gallery, I found three pictures of Otis and some strange ones she had taken with another boy at the Waterfalls. Very first, I ran to her WhatsApp and found her chats with Otis. I remembered I gave Otis her number when we lied that his phone lost the network - a deal to keep Betty off from reaching me when I was with Sweeney.

Yet another chat, was a boy saved with love emojis. The profile picture was the photo I had seen in her gallery. I got the screenshots and sent them to my phone via Xender app. I deleted those screenshots from her gallery. I was just about to go for the SMS when she knocked. "Am coming." I said. I removed my trouser and shirt, to show that I was still looking for the right clothes to put on.

I placed the phone back to where she had left it. In a short and vest, I went to open the door.

"Do you want to take a shower?" She asked.

"No, I was ready to receive you." I said.

"Haha, you can't be serious. Next time. We can't have it now." She said.

"When is that next time?"

"Gosh! You have to be patient, Hun. The world isn't ending today."

But did she promise me a game? Yes, she did! I had to push for it, or set her free, or change my moods. She began to touch me but I kept silent - no romantic reactions. I looked sick that the only medicine was the "game" she had promised me. Later, she realized the sudden change and she gave in. I decided to keep the screenshots for another day.

"Let me have your phone please." I said thereafter.

"What do you want to do with it?" She asked.

"I just want to see those pictures of ours you took while we were having lunch." I said.

"Where's your phone so that I can send them to you?"

"I left it in Peter's room. It's charging." I said. I had switched off my phone and placed it inside my suitcase after sending the screenshots.

"Then I'll send them via WhatsApp."

I tried to take the phone from her by force and she was too harsh and hard on it. For the first time, she was hiding her phone from me - a different scenario from when she came to Maseno where I was the one carrying her phone.

"Why can't you let me have your phone?" I asked again.

"What do you want it for? I think if it's the photos you want to see, I have said I'll send them. What else?" She asked.

I got up from the bed and dressed up. She wanted to take a shower. However, she thought she couldn't leave her phone behind. She switched it off and left for the bathroom.