Chapter three

Ethan looked up at the click sound of the door and found Elena standing there, his brows raised slightly as he began to cough from shock.

“What are you doing here"

He asked when his cough calmed, he quickly sat up on the bed using the blanket to cover his nakedness, Shirley couldn’t stand up for the bed either cause her clothes were scattered all over the floor, Elena looked at the two people on the bed, her expression blank as she said

“is she the one you’re getting married to"

“What"

Ethan said, shocked to know she knew about his wedding plans

“Wait, we’re getting married”

Shirley asked as her interest piqued

“who told you I was getting g married"

Elena ignored his question and focused on Shirley

“well, miss Backstabber, am sure he’s planning his wedding to someone and since you know noting about it, I guess he’s just playing you as well"

a cold smile surfaced on Elena’s face as she said those words, watching Shirley’s expression change to horror

“You’re getting married"

Shirley asked turning to Ethan

“Wait, what, no"

Ethan said but his words lacked conviction

“Listen, am"

he tried to come up with an explanation but Elena cut him off by raising her hand

“safe it, I heard you and your mum talking about it, speaking of which"

Elena said as the look on her face turned serious

“you and your mother are just con artist, have been paying for her monthly check ups at the hospital and helping you out financially as much as I could, being a woman herself I can’t imagine she would do this to another woman"

Elena laughed, seeing how foolish she had been

“Well, I’ll let you get back to it then"

she said, turning back she walked out slamming the door , by the time she got to the living room Mrs Sean was out of her room and was about walking through the passage to see the cause of the noise she heard

“oh lovely, the old Deceiver is here, well Mrs Sean, am off the hook today, bye"

not sparing her another glance or effort she walked out their front door and never looked back, her slender shoulder raised high and her chin lifted into the air, she walked away preserving the little respect she had left.

Elena felt horrible, her lip quivers severally but she refused to let the tears drop, she hailed a cab home and kept looking outside the window looking for any form of distraction but all she saw was lovers hanging out, walking hand in hand or young couples kissing under a tree.

“why does everyone have to be so affectionate tonight" She muttered but the taxi man heard her and he said

“miss, did you forget valentine’s day is just around the corner, of course everyone is getting hooked up, no one wants to be alone on valentine’s day”

Elena tsked her tongue but said nothing, she just looked up ahead, using all her will power to keep herself from crying in front of anyone, when she got to her house she let out a silent prayer

“Thank God"

the taxi driver smiled and said

“You welcome"

Elena didn’t bother explaining or responding to the man, she just walked straight to her house, opened the door, got in and slumped to the ground, letting out all the tears she had kept inside, her whole body was shaking violently as she mourned for herself, she had been foolish enough to think Ethan who be her true love, she had gave her time and energy.

She wept bitterly until there was no more tears coming out of her eyes, then she got up from the floor and dragged herself to her room in her one bedroom apartment, the tiny space she called living room only requires she walks a few step before getting to her room, she lay on the bed immediately and gave in to her exhaustion.

She woke up in the middle of the night and found her phone beeping, picking it up she found two missed call from Sarah.

“Oh great, one friend that hasn’t betrayed me yet"

she said as she dialled Sarah’s number before she remember it was probably too late to call, as she was about cutting the call, Sarah voice came on, sound grouchy from sleep

“What’s wrong with you Elena, calling me at this time"

“Am sorry, I lost sense of time"

Elena said, her voice sounding dull

“what’s wrong” Sarah asked

“em, let’s talked when the day breaks okay"

Elena said attempting to cut the call but Sarah spoke up quickly

“No, tell me now, am awake already anyway"

“well, turns out Ethan was cheating on me”

Elena said, her voice sounding really dull

“Wait what"

Sarah exclaimed

“yeah, with Shirley and some other person I don’t care to know”

“wait, Shirley as in Shirley our friend"

Sarah explained once again and Elena said

“Yup, that’s the one"

“Woow, that’s absolutely terrible, how are you doing"

Sarah asked

“why didn’t you call me, I would have been with you" Sarah said not giving Elena an opportunity to answer

“Well, I feel terrible but am glad it’s over now, at least I can focus on more important stuffs like my career"

“Okay, you snapped out of it really fast”

Sarah said sounding surprised

“Nah, not that I snapped out of it but distractions are welcomed at this moment and I think have been slacking off at work for way too long, it’s time to set myself straight"

Elena said, judging from her serious tone Sarah knew she had made up her mind

You know, am loving this whole decision thing right now" Sarah was saying when she heard Elena asking

“wait, why did you call last night"

“Hmmm"

Sarah said not willing to say the reason she called but she knew Elena would have to hear about it sooner or later as Sarah would love for her to be her maid of honour

“Well, I didn’t want to say anything anymore, seeing what happened to you last night was horrible but I have to tell you anyway, Carl proposed to me last night and I was calling to share the good news"

Sarah said in one breath, holding her breath and praying this wouldn’t make Elena feel bad

“that’s wonderful, congratulations Darling"

Elena said, her voice sounding cheerful for the first time since they started conversing

“Oh, I’ll be your maid of honour yeah" Elena said even before Sarah could ask

“Of course, who else would it be, Shirley is off the list of bridesmaids as it is”

Sarah said grinning from ear to ear

“alright go back to sleep, let’s find time to meet up and plan your wedding"

Elena said and Sarah agreed. Dropping the call Elena walked to the front of her mirror and said to herself

“Well miss, no more romance in store for you, now it’s just work, work and planning Sarah’s wedding"

She rubbed her red hair that was already rough, wiping her eyes she pressed her thin lip together and smacking her lip she turned back and fell flat on her bed.