I saw Andre get out of the car while talking over the phone, he was carrying a bag in his hand. I stood there at the door and watched him. He seemed irritated with the person over the phone and I heard him threatening the person he was talking with over the phone unknown to him that I was standing at the door waiting for him. He turned around to proceed in once he sees me, he jumped.
“ Hey baby! You are up already?” He smiled while he approaches the door.
“ Yeah.” He walked past me and I followed.
“ I didn't want wake you up since you were sleeping so peacefully, so I went out to grab us some dinner. He drops the plastic bag on the cabinet. Did you miss me that much?” He turns to me wearing a smile. I wondered if he is the same person I saw and heard raging over the phone just a minute ago.
“ Babe, why were you sounding annoyed over the phone earlier?” I came close to him starring him right in the eyes.
Immediately He turned away to avoid making eye contact with me. “ It was nothing babe, just one of my employees getting on my nerves.” He took a walk to the wine bar and picks out a bottle of Red wine with two glasses. He opened it swiftly and poured the wine into the two glasses . He then offered a glass to me.
I took it from him and sips it. “ you shouldn’t get so upset over trivial things like that babe.”
He glanced at me and looks away. “ You have no idea the kind of fools I’m dealing with babe, so just let it be.” He gulps down the entire glass of wine at once and drops the glass on the cabinet.
The clank of the glass against the tiled cabinet startled me. “ I will be at the terrace.” I hesitantly left his presence. He sighed as he watched me leave.
While at the terrace, I stood there with a long face and gazing at the Stars in the sky as I waited for his temper to calm down. Andre grips me from behind and held me closely. “ Baby! I'm sorry if I made you feel bad. I just don’t like it when someone ruins my mood especially when I’m with you love. “ he sounded so cheesy but I know continuing with the conversation would drag things too far between us so I chose to let it go.
And that was My biggest mistake, over looking things and thinking they would get better and with time fall into place since Andre was not giving me reasons to doubt him. Though I do witness his anger towards his workers or the people around.
I continued working at the clinic and with time I have become so familiarize with my job and everyone in the office including Doctor Stimson, The MD . He treated me like a daughter and showed me so much affection, though Andre was not in support of my working there. He would seldom pick offences when I spend more time at the office but it was never serious.
One year of dating Andre and on our Anniversary night, He specifically made preparation for a fancy party and invited his friends, family and business partners. It was the night he proposed and I said yes without thinking twice.
My life couldn’t get any better, my engagement with Andre was the talk of the town. It was on the news, radio and social media. I became the envy of every lady who dreamt of having Andre as theirs but I never paid heed to them because I know why I love him and My love isn’t because of his status or wealth but because I believe he is a good human being.
A week after the engagement and on my day off , I decided to stay in bed all morning and rest. While my eyes were shut, as I enjoyed the serene environment since my room mate had gone to work and it was just me at home. I remember wanting to get as new place since I no longer work with the restaurant but Andre insisted I continue living here. Just as I hugged my pillow closely to continue my beauty sleep my phone rings and I took it and slide my fingers on the screen to answer it with my eyes shut, the voice I heard over the phone took the sleep away from my eyes instantly. It was my mum on the line.
“ Hailey, My dear. How are you?” her voice sounded so cold that I felt guilty immediately.
“ Mom?” my voice croaked.
“ Yes Hailey, your Mom. It’s been one year, one whole year Hailey and you never cared to check on your mother, With so much difficulty I managed to get your contact information through a colleague of mine just so I could reach my daughter. I know we weren’t close but I never knew you hated me so much, you didn’t miss your mother or contact her all this time. She paused and heaves. I heard you are engaged, I saw on the internet and your social media posts. It has been mine and your father’s dream to see you get married but since he is no longer with us I thought I’d make his dreams come true. Please come see me just once my dear?” I could sense her voice crack as she tried to hold in her emotion.
What have I done, I couldn’t utter a word as my conscience mocked me. Because of my choices, I heard my mom for the first time cry over the phone. I have never seen my mom cry before even when she lost her husband, she was only quiet the whole time.
I made my strong mother cry. I pleaded with her over the and promised I’d come to visit her over the weekend, then she hung up the call.
Sleep departed from my eyes. I felt so vile for how I had abandoned my mother, as I sat there in bed Andre walks into my room.
“ Hey babe, what’s up I’ve been knocking outside but no one came to get the door for me. When he saw my gloomy face, he came and sat next to me in bed. Hey, baby why the sad face, what’s wrong?”
I embraced him as tears roll down my cheeks. “ I’m a bad person Andre.” I cried.
“ What? No baby, no. you are not a bad person.”
“ yes I am, I’m selfish and Cruel!”
“ No baby, stop! Tell me what’s going on?”
I pulled away from his grip and looked at him while he wipes the tears off my face. I took a deep breath and tries to get the words out of me while he waited patiently.
“ Now will you tell me, what and who made you cry?”
“ No one, I just got a call from my mom and it made me acknowledge how distant I’ve been from home and her. Baby, I am feeling guilty for not including my mom in the happy moments of my life.”
“ Hey, hey baby that’s enough now, it’s never too late you know. We could go visit your mum today if you want but I don’t want to see you cry again.”“ I had promised her that I will be coming over this weekend to see her.”“ Then that’s settled, we will go there by the weekend to see her and maybe bring her along with us to come and stay over here till after the wedding. What do you think?”“ it’s perfect. but what about her job, will she agree to leave her work and come with us?”“ Now you don’t have to worry about that leave it to me I will find a way.”My mood lightened up immediately. “ you are the best baby!” I jumped on him and we started locking lips so passionately and the next thing he was all over me. His hand lingered as he pulled my Night gown off leaving me unclad in bed while he unhooked his belt and unleash
“ Wow Babe, is this your room?” He said while his eyes browsed around the my Bedroom.“ Yeah.” I mumbled.“ Hey! I know you are feeling nostalgic right now but you going to have to be strong for your dad. I don’t think he will be happy seeing how sad you are returning after quite a long time.” He cupped his hands around my face.“ thank you for your support babe. I kissed his palm. I am here today all because of you.”“ I am happy to be of help to you. Now quit thanking me and let’s unpack your things, I will be sleeping in a hotel tonight to give you some space to catch up with your mom and mend your broken bonds okay?”I smiled baffled at how understanding he is. “ Andre Baby, you are a Gem of a person and I am lucky to have you as my man.” I gave him a warm kiss on the lips and embraces him tightly.After wards, he helps me put my things in the closet and
If only wishes were roses then perhaps my mom’s would have come to reality but the opposite happens on the next day. After the heart to heart conversation with my dear mother, I slept next to her in her bedroom and the following morning while I was sound asleep she’d already woken up and prepared breakfast before she left for work that morning.I opened my eyes to find the bed empty but I wasn’t surprised or worried because I was quite aware of my mom’s work schedule so I quickly freshened up after I left her room to mine and got dressed before coming down for a heart warming breakfast. It is still wonder to me eating what my mom prepared with her own two hands, I never knew she was a good cook all these while.As I was busy having my delightful breakfast Andre knocks on the door but I was too intent with my meal I had to ask him in by yelling “ Come in the door is open!”.He opened the door and proceeded in. “ Bab
“ Yeah, he would chase us around the block with a mop stick, we were so naughty back then.” I giggled.While we were catching up and laughing at our old memories, holding each other’s hand innocently. a flame of fire is lighted when Andre walks in on us.“ Oh hey Babe! This is….”“ Let’s go!” He took my hand and was about to drag me out but I forced my hand off his to clear up the misunderstanding he might be having.“ Dre, can you hold on for a second. What are you doing? Alberto is just a friend of mine. ““ Yeah man chill, Hailey and I are…” Before Alberto could finish his sentence, Andre drags him by the collar.“ If I hear you utter a word I will make sure you don’t speak for the rest of your life.” His voice shrude and vile as he glared at Alberto. He then pushed him away.“ Andre, what are you doing? You are getting thi
I left his office to the bathroom where I cried my eyes out pouring out my emotions and after I washed my face and applied some make up to cover up the bruise on my eye.I spent the rest of my day at the clinic helping out doctor Stimson with the children's treatment and consultation after which I lodged in a motel for the night but I made I a mistake of not contacting my room mate Rosalie, I was exhausted about the things happening in life I just want to lay down my head for a little while, alone in my world.I passed out after some moments of retrospection. Waking up the next morning by Non stop calls from Rosalie, I took my phone and slide my finger across the screen to answer it.“ Rose, what’s up?” my voice sounded groggy.“ Hailey, what’s going?” she sound upset.“ I don’t understand what you mean.” I was confused.“ Your fucking Fiancé has been here since four in the m
I sat down obediently.“ Hailey, in as much as you are an employee in my clinic, I still regard you as my own daughter and that’s why I'm going to give you a piece of advice, My dear if you have any future plans with that man who just left here a while ago, I advice that you sit down and think it through before taking any step further or else you might end up making the biggest mistakes of your life. They say you don’t judge a book by it's cover and maybe what I just witnessed might be a misunderstanding but you know the contents of this book and I believe you will make the right choice.”I was speechless for a while, I didn’t know what to say or which step to take. I stood up and thanks him before I left his office.While in my office, Doctor Stimson’s words and the strange lady back at the garage were stuck in my mind . “ Could it be true what they said about him. I pondered. Yes he does have an ill temper but ap
Firstly, I went back to the hotel to get my things and I headed back home from there, I had no idea what I was thinking but one thing I was certain is that I do not want to stay in a relationship with Andre Any longer and I don’t want to hide from him in fear either.I returned home later that night and went straight to my room, no words to my room mate Rosalie as she stood there and watched me proceed to my room.All night I couldn’t get a wink of sleep but I managed to come up with an idea. Deep within I don’t know if what Summer told me was true but the only way to find out is not to run away but to keep showing him that I do love him so that I can get closer to him but this time it won’t be for any other thing but to find my way out of his life for good.I got up and got ready for work. I left for work a bit late and once I got to work while in my office I picked up my phone and I went on calling Andre. It rang on
“ Hey Andre, you don’t have to get me anything I am not feeling hungry.” I forced myself to talk calmly“ Oh no babe, you need to eat. Remember you weren’t able to have your breakfast earlier this morning so that’s why you need to force yourself and have something even if it’s a little. For me please.”“ if it was for you then I rather starve to death. I could hear the voice in my head. Alright, why don’t you get me some berries and chips, that’s what I feel like having right now.”He ran out quickly to get what I asked him without hesitating for a second and before I know it he came back with all the chips in the world and bags of different berries, including the ones that I have no idea existed.The following day, before I could get out of bed, André has already prepared breakfast and picked out new clothes for me to wear for our visit to the doctor