Thelma POV.
When I get back to the party, it is still in full gear since it is coming to it's climax..As am still trying to calm down, I see Recho getting towards me .
“ Thelma, where have you been ?” shrv questions me the moment she gets near me.
Gosh! Hope I can play it perfectly and she doesn't come to know about anything at all or else I will be hot soup .
“ Ehm..you mean me..yes..I mean I have been around here ” I say Stammeringly looking everywhere but her face , this is really not how I thought I would behave.
“ Come on , girl . You are like an open book . I can easily read you without any difficult. "
I don't want to think about the fact that she already suspects what I have been upto all this time. No God, don't let it be that way. I don't think I am ready to lose a best friend.
“ What do you mean plus why are you even looking at me like that?” I ask her suspiciously because of the way that she is ogling me .
“ That is exactly what am also thinking, why is your hair so disorganized.
“ What did she say?” I sigh but it only remains in my throat. I don't say anything out loudly.
“ Thelma, why are you keeping quiet so much? I think I asked you a damn question." She insists.
I hear her question ofcourse but am still trying to think about what I should say to her.
“ I don't think you even need to know about what happened to me." I say trying to act like I was not about to f**k her brother yet I know very well that we agreed about it being forbidden
“ Ha,ha. When did you begin keeping anything from me ?’’ she asks me suprised.
My dear friend I have been keeping things from you for more than three years now . I sigh inwardly thinking about what a bad friend that I am.
“ I just went out to get some fresh air. I couldn't stand the noise here" Bravo Thelma, you have finally become an expert in lying. Keep it up girl but before you realize it you will have lost the only agemate of yours who understands you .
The voice in my head warns me and sincerely I think it is 100% right about everything.
“ Come on , girl." Recho says tapping on my shoulder“ You have to get used to this. This perhaps can explain the reaosn why you don't have a boyfriend upto this time. ”.
“ Better for you who changes men like the way one changes a kid's diapers. I say sarcastically mocking her.
“ I want to taste a variety of them ."
What the hell, Recho is dirtier than what what you can even imagine. Many of the people for sure are still puzzled about how the two of us managed to click so perfectly. But we are so close and hope we remain so for the rest of our lives on this earth.
As we are still talking, I see Rich coming in towards us like nothing has happened at all. This jerk is really perfect at what he does. Some one can never suspect him once he does something for sure.
“ Hey girls how is the party treating you ?" He asks but his eyes are aimed at me. Recho notices it.
“ Rich don't even dare think about it " Recho warns her brother. Of course I know what she means exactly.
“ What are you even talking about?” Rich asks with kind of a confused look on his face. I don't know if he really has not gotten it or he is just pretending not to have understood what she means.
“ Don't even pretend like you have not understood what I mean. I am simply telling you not to even think about Thelma.. play along with all the girls that you want other than her."
Damn it! My face . I look between the two siblings .How I feel Recho could just leave that talk alone.
“ What if she wants me instead?” Rich says provocatively his eyes fixed at me.
“ Don't begin ,Rich. You have to know one thing- your charm is not going to work on this one at all." Recho's voice is so much serious this time.
With that, she gets hold of my hand to lead me away from her brother but I instantly feel another stronger hand on my other hand. Looking up, it is ofcourse him.
I flash him a “ please let me go look” which am sure he gets since he lets me go and I head a long with Recho.
The rest of the night, I make sure that I keep away from the birthday boy as much as possible. I can see him looking at me from time to time . One thing I know is that he is not going to let me free until when he finally gets what he wants from me and indeed I equally want the same from him.
Am grateful when mom tells me that we have to get going. Atleast I will get away from Rich for some time until when I finally figure out what to do before my best friend can even know.
I move a head of mom and so I get home earlier than her. The moment I get home, I head straight to my bedroom stripping down and then getting into bed. It has been a long day. And that is how the days have been since Richmond got back here.
I still wonder why he came back after three years. He is already 28years , employed and very handsome. Why does he have to come back here and disorganize me yet I had already started forgetting all that we had together.
I think about all that scenario for some time until a moment when I heary mom approaching at the door. I instantly cover my face and pretend like am fast asleep. I don't want to talk to any one right now.
I hear her open the door and then get inside .
“ Oh, you are already asleep" she says sitting by the bed . I don't know what she is doing since my eyes are closed. After about five minutes she gets out of my bedroom.
I instantly cover my self sitting up. Damn it!
I get to the door peeping before getting back to sit on my bed.
I was afraid that maybe mom suspected that something was not right with me. I don't want to answer any questions right now.
I get my phone scrolling through f*******: just leisurely until something takes my mind ..I spot pictures of Rich that he posted about a month ago. He is not alone in these pictures. He is with a number of others. For the men, I don't care at all. My attention goes directly to the females. The contact and postures. There is the particular one who draws my attention even more. She is blonde with deep blue eyes. No way, let me hope she has nothing to do with Rich.
She looks clingy to him. She has a model-like figure. She is actually the one who is in most pictures . I feel a sharp hint of pain in my heart. Rich is such a jerk . He already has a girlfriend and is pursuing me as much as he can. The truth is I was trying to think that maybe he has started developing something for me but I think I was completely wrong . I am just seeing things in the direction that I want them to be.
Still curious, I scroll for more on his page until I come across a couple of videos. At this, I have conflicting royalities about either to open them or just continue with the scrolling. Curiosity taking over me, I go for it . I opened the first video.
“ This is exactly what I wanted" I murmured to myself the moment I watched the content of the first video. It is of Rich and that blonde kissing.
I once again feel my heart hurting. But why did I even have to have high expectations about anything that was not going to even happen in the first place.
I throw the phone on the other side of the bed falling back into the bed and covering my head as well. However I just seem not be getting any sleep at all. A few minutes later, my phone goes with a message alert.
I quickly get hold of my phone checking the messenger…it is him.I at first hesitate but then open the message
# Are you already in bed?
I roll my eyes at the message..Now why does he have to ask me if I am in bed. It is none of his business. Let him tell all that to his f*****g girl friend.
My subconscious glares at me when I think about that but I just ignore her. I throw my phone to the other side of the bed and just ignore his message. A few minutes later, there is another message alert.
# Come on girl, are you angry with me.?
I again read his message but didn't reply. The next thing that he does is call directly. I look at the phone until it stops calling. I then throw away the phone to the other side of the bed and cover my head to try and sleep.
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