SAVAGE AFFAIRS

You stole her from me and made her turn against me. You knew I loved her and would do anything for her but you still went a head and got between us. Eddy shouted taking a mouth full of his whiskey and throwing the glass at Sean who missed and the glass hit the wall and crushed into pieces. He was very upset and when Sean tried to walk towards him he pulled his gun and shot on the floor then pointed it at him and Sean stepped back knowing so well what his brother was capable of doing especially at a time like that when he was out of control. Eddy: I swear if you come any closer I will kill you and forget I ever had a brother. Sean stood there staring at him in awe and having surrendered, he tried to talk some sense into him but a few seconds later their mother walked in on both of them with Eddy still holding the gun at Sean Naomi: Jesus christ! She shouted dumping her handbag on the floor obviously shocked at the scene she had walked into. Sean: step back mum, don't come any closer! Sean warned grabbing his mother's arm and stepping infront of her. Janet loved both her sons equally despite their differences and any mother would feel blood rush in her body watching her children disagree to a point of holding guns towards each other. Janet: what's going on, Eddy? Eddy: stay out of this mum. Naomi: i can't stay out of it. How do I stay out of it when one of my son's is holding a gun at the other? Eddy: well he started all of it but it all ends here! Naomi: what is going on, talk to me son, what do you mean by it ends here? No one responded and so their mum got out her phone from her handbag and decided to make a call breathing heavily after failing to convince Eddy to drop his gun. Eddy: what are you doing? Naomi: well if I can't get you to drop that gun I know someone who can. He shifted his gun and pointed it at his mum then shot at a picture frame right above her shoulder and his mum dropped the phone in shock and he shot at the phone too. Sean: Eddy leave mum out of this, let her go and we can square this out man to man. You don't have to threaten or scare her like that. Naomi: I'm not going anywhere. You want to kill me, do it..do it so that i will forget I had a disgrace for a son..Do it so that i will not have to spend my money all the time bailing you out of jail and making headlines on TV all the time.... Eddy do it so that my pressure won't rise and drop me dead because of worrying about you every now and then wondering if you are okay or locked up in some filthy cell somewhere. Kill me Eddy, kill me so that I don't have to be your mother and suffer a heart attack because of your deeds.. Eddy looked at his mother for a while then dropped the gun from her face and walked up to Sean and looked him in the face and Sean too didn't move an inch. Eddy: I swear to blow off your f*****g head should Rayna not make it out of that comma alive. I will make your life hell. He pushed him then walked out on both of them as Sean walked up to his mum and held her helping her seat on the couch then he sat right opposite her. Sean raised his head to look at his mum then got up almost immediately but she asked him to sit and he did. Naomi: what was that about? Sean remained quiet. Naomi: I'm asking you a question boy, why was he holding a gun to your face? Sean: it's about Rayna Naomi: what about Rayna? Sean: she was shot and is now in a comma. Naomi: Rayna is your fiance, what has her being in a comma got to do with Eddy? Sean didn't respond to that hoping his mother would let go but she insisted on knowing the truth... * * * * My name is Rayna, i have been lying in this hospital bed for a few days now and even though i am unconscious I think the inner me is fighting so hard to come back to life and make things right between the two brothers. I'm in a state that I'm not sure if I'm dead or alive but I'm fighting so hard to be on either of the sides but the truth is, I would like to wake up from this bed and walk out of this hospital alive. If only I knew what loving them both would do, i would not have chosen any of them. This love story was not supposed to be kike this but one day I was called for an interview in one of the big insurance companies in Nairobi. I had been looking for a Human Resource manager post so i had been sending my resume to different companies and there is this one that considered me and gave me a call. The following day I left home early but got caught up in traffic so I got to the Long Life insurance company five minutes to the interview time. It was a crazy morning as I raced towards the reception and in the process one of my heels broke sending me crashing on the ground scattering my papers, phone handbag, everything went it's direction and it was even more embarrassing as the receptionist tried to hide her face after trying so hard not to burst out in a laughter. There is this guy who was also headed to the reception and he watched me fall as he came up the stairs but couldn't do much since i had already landed down. He quickly came to where I was, helped me up then helped collecting my stuff and handed them over.. i avoided the eye contact with him but he made sure he didn't let go of the papers in my hand until i looked up at him. Sean: I'm sorry about the fall. You should be careful with the slippery floor. I looked away obviously shy and blushing at noticing how handsome he was. Of all the days i had to fall it had to be in the presence of such a handsome man. I straightened my skirt and smiled at him saying a not so confident thanks. I was too embarrassed to maintain an eye contact. Sean: my name is Sean and you are? Me: Rayna. Sean: Rayna, you are here for an interview? He smiled and by then i wasn't even sure if I wanted to proceed with the interview anymore. Me: yes. I'm here for the interview but I don't think I can show up for the interview bare feet. I said removing the other shoes whose heel was still intact. He looked at my well polished feet and smiled then turned to the receptionist who was pretending not to be listening to the conversation we were having Sean: Esther do you have an extra pair of sandals? Esther: no sir. I don't. Sean: well it doesn't matter. There is another way. He took the shoe with the heel and hit it on a stair and the heel broke making it on the same level with the other. Sean: here, try them on. He said handing me the other shoe and i put them on. It felt a bit awkward but that would do until the interview was done. I said thanks again then we both headed to the reception and he went away as i sat there waiting to be called for the interview. Esther: sorry. Next time be careful... The floor had not completely dried. I smiled briefly then pretended to be doing something on my phone so that I would not give her a reason to engage me in a conversation. Seconds later she called my name and asked me to follow her which i did and when we got to the door to what I assumed to be the board room, she ushered me in and when i got in, I don't know what made me more nervous, the embarrassing fall or seeing Sean in the panel of the interviewers. One of them asked me to sit and I did then looked up and smiled nervously waiting for them to start shooting their questions at me. Sean: miss Rayna Amari right? He asked assuming that we had not met outside just a few minutes ago. Me: yes. That's me. Sean: please tell us about yourself. The interview took about twenty minutes. I was a bit frustrated when everyone asked questions at the same time and I realized those guys were either making fun of me or I was just being paranoid. The questions I thought I was going to be asked I was not even asked so when the interview was done, they said they would get back to me. I said thank you and rushed out of that room knowing so well that there was no way they were going to call me. When i crushed on the floor, my confidence crashed along with me abd i attended that interview just because i wouldn't turn back abd walk away when i was already there. My next stop was out there calling for a cab. Three weeks later there was no call from the insurance company so I decided to do other hustles as I waited for any other interview to come through. One Friday evening I got a call from Eva asking me to prepare myself since she was picking me up in an hour. Eva was my best frien and she was outgoing and crazy unlike me who preferred to stay at home enjoying my own company. The excitement in Eva's voice assured me that she was about to invite me for some crazy night out with her guy friends or just some party. She was well connected and she always tagged me along to those parties and she was one person I could not say no to. Eva made me have a sense of belonging, she hated the idea of me being alone and so many are the times she would just show up and help me dress up and we would turn up.. I asked Eva where we were going and she told me we were going to one of her friend's birthday parties. The friend was venessa, venessa and i were not really friends because it's like we were competing over Eva's friendship and the fact that she was friends with Eva first made her feel like I came in the picture and screwed everything between them as Eva and I started spending more time together compared to how she did with venessa and that got her a bit jealous. I hated going anywhere she would be because somehow the day would end up messy with wigs pulled and handbags flying especially after people were drunk. Me: I'm not going. Eva: come on girl. I want you and vee to be cool and besides you need this. You need to make friends and meet a guy, for once you need to be normal. Me: I can't stand venessa and you know that. Eva: then come for the alcohol and boys. Eva was not going to take no for an answer so I promised I would be there. Thirty minutes later, Eva showed up and helped me do my make up before we left for venessa's house. I was not even surprised for her showing up because that was the only way she would be sure of me going. On getting there, the house was full and music was too loud that i could barely hear myself think. People were dancing, drinking alcohol and smoking weed and i knew for a fact that that's the last place i wanted to be in. Venessa was seated on the laps on some guy whom I later came to know was her sponsor or rather boyfriend. He was old say about seventy something years with a big belly but from the look of things, he was really cashed and he had also maintained a healthy lifestyle unlike the old men his age. She got up and came to where we were standing, she said hi as she ushered us in and asked us to get some food from the the kitchen and she also mentioned that there was enough drinks so we should feel at home. I was surprised that she never gave me an attitude like the rest of the days and i was more surprised when she even hugged me after she hugged Eva. Eva and I made our way to the kitchen and after getting our food, we went and sat on a couch. The mixes by the DJ were good as people challenged each other to dancing and some of those dances were insane. I think i was getting uncomfortable because Being an introvert, i was not really excited about spending my time with alot of crazy people but for some reason the evening was fun. From where I was seated there were two guys who were not really mingling with people but one of them kept stealing glances at me and when I'd look at him, he would look away and smile. I know Eva talked about alcohol and boys but this one was not just an ordinary boy, the guy was fine, i was smitten by his smile and for the second time I was imagining what would happen if I got just five minutes with him. The first time I had such imagination was when the Sean guy picked me up after the fall. It was like those scenes for romantic movies that don't exist in real life. The games were over and soon after it was time to cut the cake. Everyone was called in and venessa was challenged to a dance before she got to cut her cake. I got up, took my plate back to the kitchen, washed it and dried it before placing it back on the shelf. That was the rule to every party we went to so that we didn't leave dirty utensils to the host unless it was an outside catering kind of party. I got a glass and on my way out of the kitchen I bumped into some guy who took advantage of the fact that everyone was concentrating on venessa's dance and pushed me back inside holding my waist and pushing me to the wall and caressing me reaching for my breast and i pushed him back. Me: stop it what are you doing? He didn't answer but pushed the door half closed, pinned me to the wall and started caressing and forcefully kissing me. I tried to fight him off but any attempts to push him back failed because he was a bit stronger than i was. Him: God you are beautiful.. He said kissing my neck and running his hands all over me. I hit his head with the glass I was holding in my hand and he moved back as the glass crashed on our feet. I tried to run out but he grabbed me again and this time pushed the door shut before tearing off my top. Him: you think you are tough huh? He asked landing a slap on my face but before he went far with what he intended to do the door flew open and in walked my mystery guy. He grabbed him and gave him a blow that sent him scattering all the glasses on the kitchen counter before he fell on the floor. He kicked him severally as I stood there watching in shock forcing my torn top to cover my now bare chest. Are you okay? He asked as he held me with both hands looking into my now teary eyes. I couldn't even begin to imagine what could have happened had he not shown up. I shook my head then he took off his jacket and put it on me as he led me out of the kitchen and outside the house to one of the cars that was parked outside. Me: thank you for saving me back there. He leaned on the car and watched me without saying a word. He must have noted how shaken i was and he must have also noted that i needed a minute to catch my breath. Me: I think I should get going Mr...... Him: Eddy. Call me Eddy, and you are? Me: Rayna. Eddy: beautiful name. How do you know the host? Me: a friend to a friend. I was not even supposed to be here in the first place. I only came because Eva thought it would be good to mingle and have a good time. Eddy: clearly, the good time wasn't so good after all. You should be careful when attending such events. It's not everyday you will have someone to save you. I nodded and before I could say another word a call came through his phone and even though I couldn't tell who he was talking to, it felt like he was taking some instructions from someone then he said "i will be back to pick you up" then he hanged up and made another call almost immediately and asked some guy to prepare a team for strike in an hour and when he was done he opened the door to the car and asked me to get in for he would drop me off wherever I was going but I declined. From the conversation I had heard, I was not sure if I really wanted to associate myself with him leave alone trusting him for a ride home even though he had saved my life. Eddy: are you just going to stand there? Me: uuumh i came with my friend, I think i will wait for her. Eddy: you don't trust me do you, listen if I was a bad guy, i wouldn't have punched that guy in the face for you. People will leave that party so wasted and trust me, your friend might even end up running off with a guy and leaving you pending. I know how these things go but hey, it's your call. Eddy could have been right, maybe I was safe with him after what went down back there so I got in his car and he drove off. Me: so why are you leaving so soon? Eddy: i have something to attend to. Me: at 12:00am in the morning? He looked at me and i wished i never asked that. Eddy: I don't have specific time for work, when duty calls, I get moving. Where are you headed? Even before I could answer that again a call came through his phone and because he was driving he put it on loud speaker. Voice: dude where are you, I think we should move up the plan. Eddy: why what's happening? Voice: the target has been spotted leaving his home. I think someone warned him, we don't have an hour. Eddy: where is he headed? Voice: my best bet is the airport. Call off the team. I'm on my way. Eddy: okay, I'm headed to the airport, activate that tracker then give me a location. As for the team, don't worry about it. Let them go to his home and clear out anything they find there and torch the place. Voice: what do we do about the mole. Eddy: nothing for now, let's find that guy first. He hanged up and took a different route from where we were headed. Me: where are you taking me? Eddy: we are headed to the airport, you might want to buckle up your seat belt.... Me: what? He responded with taking a sharp corner that made me think the car would roll over and without thinking twice, I had to put on that seat belt without asking any more questions....