Matilda removed the band she used to hold her hair up all through the day, she threw her bag on the carpet and landed on her bed.She watched as the fan was spinning slowly, she was lost in thoughts and her mind was blank. She was not thinking about anything in particular.Her phone buzzed and she picked it up, it was a spam message. She looked at the time, it was almost 7pm and Niki will soon be back from cram school.Matilda went into the bathroom and took a quick shower, she changed into a blouse and short knicker. This time, she packed her hair into a rough bun.The kitchen's sink was in a bit of a mess, she cleaned that up and started making dinner. She heard the front door open and she knew it was Niki.He came in and wasn't his chatting self, Niki would have dropped his bag on the floor and run over to meet Matilda in the kitchen and chatter all the way."Hi, Matilda".Matilda put the pot down from the gas cooker, and walked over fast paced, to meet up with Niki before he got in

Matilda already woke up 4 times during midnight, she kept having nightmares about what Jaden might do to her.Her thoughts were being made real through dreams, and she was not able to get some sleep.She picked up her phone and saw it was already 6 in the morning, she threw her phone and placed a pillow over her head and screamed.Matilda kept kicking her feet like a little child, getting up by that time would save her from going late to work. And she didn't want to add more petrol to the already burning fire.She zipped up her baggy jeans and packed her hair. Her bag was over her shoulder as she walked to the living room.Niki was already seated at the kitchen counter, devouring his cereal. Matilda also opened a box for herself.She dropped the cereal and sighed deeply.“Niki, don't y'all need a new teacher or something in your school? I'd do anything to avoid Jaden right now”.Matilda placed her head on the kitchen slab, a drop of milk escaped the side of Niki's mouth as he tried to

As the driver drove into the house, Mr Tom stretched his neck over the window to get a glimpse of who that was with his daughter.He got down and walked towards them, he noticed the young man was covering his face and looking down. Tiana was also fidgeting where she stood.Her usual self would have ran over and given him a big hug, but she was just fidgeting.“Princess, are you alright? Is this your friend? Did something happen?”Tiana looked at Tom beside her as she scratched the back of her head, she was trying to come up with a good lie.“No dad, he is uhm, he is kinda…sought of my friend. And he was about leaving before you came, excuse us, dad”.Tiana took Tom by his hand and was dragging him towards the gate again. He stopped her.“If he is your friend, you should introduce us. Young man, what's your name?”Mr Tom held out his hand and stretched them towards Tom. He looked up and met Mr Tom's face, he bowed his head back and also stretched forth his hand.“My name is Tom, sir”.

Jaden threw his jacket and keys on his bed, without breaking eye contact with his father. He approached his father with his fist clenched to his side, he looked at him directly in the eyes.Mr Brooks closed the drawer and wanted to just walk away but Jaden blocked his way. “I asked you a question, dad. Why are you in my room searching my drawers?”Jaden pointed at the drawer and back at his father, he was so up close that he could see the wrinkles on his father's face, the whole details.They both stood there staring into each other's eyes, no one saying anything. Jaden was already twitching his jaw out of impatience.“I don't want to have any argument with you, Jaden, not tonight”.Mr Brooks moved away and attempted to go through the other side, but Jaden blocked him again.“You should answer my question, dad. You can't just come into my room like it's nothing”.Mr Brooks closed his eyes and bit his lips, he placed his hands on his waist and looked at Jaden. “Your old man is alrea

Matilda already picked the dress she would wear to the occasion tomorrow, with the help of Diane. She also sent her personal make-up tutorial videos, for her to follow.Matilda was currently watching the videos when a message notification popped up on her screen, it was from Jaden.She immediately sat up and opened the text, it was very short and concise, that was the usual Jaden style.I'll pick you up by 10am tomorrow, be ready.Unconsciously, she smiled at the text while caressing the necklace on her neck. She stopped abruptly when it hit her that all of it was not real.She hissed and laid back in her bed, went to her videos and continued watching. She paused the video and got up again.“It's rude if I don't reply back right? He would have seen that I read it”.She bit her lip trying to come up with what to reply to the message with.🪐Jaden's legs shook as he kept staring at the text he sent to her. It was over one minute and she had not texted him back and she already read it.