It felt so good to be in the same space as her again. When I saw her at the party, the joy I felt was inexplicable. Looking at Hannah now, the four years we spent apart proved that they had been good to her. She had this overwhelmingly calm nature that I knew came from knowing Christ. She had always been beautiful but this new look was everything. Maybe Simon was taking good care of her after all. I stared at her luscious full hair for a few moments as the elevator ascended. It was so beautiful that I wanted to run my hands through it. Fortunately we arrived at her floor and she moved ahead of me, stopping my hands from reaching into her hair. "Here we are," she sighed. "You're not going to invite me in?" "It's late Zach," she gave me a nervous smile. "and it's almost prayer time." she added, glancing at the time on her phone. "Oh yeah, you need to get ready for that. I usually wake up around 3am for mine." I said. "That's great. I'm really happy you found Jesus." She smiled, lea
"Oh thank you for coming so quickly, I was terrified. There was no one else I could call." I said, heaving a sigh of relief when I saw him run towards me. His dapper deep blue suit brought out his eyes so beautifully. Unfortunately for me, James and Zara had whisked themselves off to Europe to see James' parents. My mother had gone with them so there was literally no other option as Simon was quite far away and as usual I did not want to bother him. "How did this happen?" He asked me, mirroring the stressed look on my face. "I don't know, I just came back from church and saw that fire fighters were trying to extinguish the fire that had engulfed my apartment. I don't even understand how this is possible because I put off all electrical appliances before leaving. All of them!" I explained, my voice going up with every word. This was too overwhelming to comprehend.He held my hands and slowly spoke to pacify me, "Calm down. Let's just be thankful you're not hurt at least. We can worry
I stopped by her room that Monday morning, "I'll drop you off at your office." I said when I saw her all dressed up. "No you don't have to. I'll just order an Uber." she turned down the offer. "I'm not going to be late if that's what you're worried about," I told her. "No, I just have to FaceTime Simon. We haven't talked since yesterday and I have to tell him what happened," "Oh," I hid the disappointment in my tone. Again with this fiancé of hers, I thought sourly. "Okay. See you later then." I nodded and left. "Have a nice day." She waved slightly and I exited the room with a nod. I sucked in a breath and exhaled as I made my way out of the house. It was another Monday and despite how I really wanted to skip work, I had lots of projects to approve. I hardly had any sleep the previous night cause it felt like a dream that Hannah and I were under the same roof again for the first time in over four long years. If this wasn't a sign from God, I don't know what is. Halting my steps
"You're leaving? So soon?" I asked when I came down the next morning and saw Simon ready for his flight back to Atlanta. "Yes I'm rest assured she's in good hands." He said. Good, I thought as I shook hands with him once again and we said our goodbyes. Getting into the vehicle, I watched from my side mirror as he hugged and kissed Hannah, making my skin crawl once again. It was such a good thing that he was leaving. I drove off not wanting to feel another bout of chest aches. Halfway through my drive, Zara's caller ID flashed on my screen. I picked up without delay. "Hey," I said. "Hi Zach. How are you?" "I'm great. How's Europe treating you guys?" I asked, putting the phone on loud speaker as I needed my hands to tale a swerve. "I'm freezing." She groaned. I chuckled, "You'll be back in no time. How's Jay?" "Oh he's alright, with Melanie as always." "Someone sounds jelly." I teased. She scoffed, "Whatever. I just wanted to thank you for helping Hannah out. She told us all ab
I ran as fast as I could away from the house and farther into the estate's premises. I knew coming to live with him was a bad idea. Though innocently, he had triggered some really awful memories. I couldn't count on my fingers all those times I cried myself to sleep. How much hurt I felt from losing my first pregnancy after all the hassles I had to go through in my marriage. My baby was my only hope to get better. Knowing I was giving him an heir made me so happy and with the snap of a finger all my hope was gone. I could never forget how grieved I felt that day when the nurse told me, it tore me apart more than any physical pain I felt. I was happy to be alive but why didn't my son make it too?I stood in the middle of the field and yelled as loud as I could hoping it would take my pain away. I just wanted it to go away forever and never return. Maybe if all my memories had wiped away it would all have been better. I knelt there and wept, not minding the wind throwing my hair all ove
I stared at the shade of lipstick smeared on my lips for several seconds. It just did not feel like it matched the emerald green dress I had on. I couldn't help it anymore, I had to call to Zara. She picked up at the third ring, "Heyyy, someone's looking fancy on a Friday night. Where are you going?" She asked with a teasing wiggle of her eyebrows as she walked around the room, rocking Melanie to sleep. "Zach and I are trying this new spot in town." I told her, bringing out my lipstick shades one after the other for her to help me pick. She gasped all of a sudden. Startled, I stared up at her. "What's wrong?" I asked. "You're going on a date with Zach!" She exclaimed a little too excitedly. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold your horses," I gestured for her to keep calm. "It's not a date. We're just-" "Going on a friendship date?" she cut me off. "Something like that." I answered. "Still a date!" She exclaimed a little too eagerly.I rolled my eyes and gave her a dead stare, "Don't be rid
After apologizing, becoming friends and seeing how excited she was to be with Simon, I was willing to let her be happy and get married to her fiance but after one look at her tonight and after that unexpected kiss, I knew I was not willing to let go no matter what. She would eventually have to make a choice and so bad I wanted it to be me. "Where are you going?" I got up abruptly as soon as I sighted her rolling out a suitcase. "Um, I just think it's about time I go live at my sister's since they're back already." She said, avoiding my gaze as usual. I never got why she did that. "They got back over a week ago. Why do you suddenly realize you want to be there?" "I was just giving them time to settle in," She said and I instantly knew it was a lie. "Hannah you're trying to avoid me. Again." I stated plainly. The guilty look on her face told me all I needed to know. "You know we have to talk about that kiss, we can't av-" I was saying when she covered my mouth with her palm. "Don
"Poof, why are you so distant? I've been asking you about these flowers since and you've been barely saying anything." Mama sounded worried. I snapped out of absentmindedness, "I'm sorry I just feel-" "Like this is a bad idea?" Zara cut in quickly. "-under the weather." I completed my statement, giving my sister a glare. "Oh is everything okay? Any problems at Zach's house? Is Marv giving you issues?" Mama was even more concerned now, placing a palm over my forehead to feel my temperature. "Zach broke up with Marv," I revealed, shocking both of them. They immediately sat around me, eyes gleaming with curiosity. I chuckled. These two sure loved some good gossip. "You have to tell us what happened." Zara said with a wide grin. Why on earth was she so happy about this? "He did not give me any solid details. He just said they were incompatible and he wasn't feeling it so he had to end it." I told them plainly. "So this means he's single again?" Mama asked, frowning a little. "Yup.