Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 54

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Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 54

Tony raised a brow, then frowned ‘what do you mean Ximena?’

Ximena laughed ‘just trying to make a joke. To, you know, ease up the tension here’
Her laughter was like music to his ears and he realised he kind of missed it. But, its been 20years. 20years since he last saw Ximena.

Thinking about it once more, he realised that love never worked out for him. Why?
Ximena Valdez, his secondary school lover, had broken up with him because of a new guy in school then. She claimed the guy was best for her and broke it off with him. They had been enemies before her Mexican father died and she and her mother, from Mexico as well, left Nigeria for their country. That was the last he had heard of her.
Then Naomi, he loved her. He loved her with all his heart but the cold hands of death had snatched her from him. All thanks to her mother, the witch!

And now Alice, well her case was complicated.

She claimed to love him whereas she loved someone else, she was just with him for the things she could get for him. And now, she was with him again, playing the saint of the story. He snorted, women! He would never understand them.

Then he remembered the way Ximena and him had fought seriously after their break up. He couldnt let her go. Back then, she was his life and he couldnt survive without her, though she was a foreigner. So he had accosted her new boyfriend that time and always fought with him, beating the guy pulp and blue.

And then Ximena, the tomboy and fighter stood up for her boyfriend and….he smiled. He wondered where Elvis was now.
‘a penny for your thoughts’ Ximena said interrupting his thoughts.
He smiled.
‘what were you thinking?’ she asked.
‘nothing in particular’ he replied casually.
‘really? Or were you thinking about us? The memorable times we shared together, our romance?’
‘or stop it Ximena, there’s no reason to remember all that. By the way, how did you and Elvis end up?’ he asked.

Ximena stared at him ‘why are you asking?’
He shrugged ‘curiousity’
‘curiousity killed the cat’
He chuckled ‘i know’
‘well, Elvis and i didnt really work. Back then, i was immature. I was chasing shadows. I thought i knew what was best for me. I thought Elvis was the one for me. While you prepared so much for your WAEC then or whatever it was, and paid less attention to me, he showered me with ots of attention. He was always there when i was lonely. And then, one day i asked him if he was preparing for his WAEC at all and he said yes. Then i asked him how he managed to create time for me, and he confessed that he loved me. He said if you really loved someone, you will create time for that person no matter how busy you are. Leaving me in doubt if you ever loved me enough to create time for me despite you studying for your examinations. While we were together only on weekends, Elvis and i were together virtually all the time. While you called me once in two days, Elvis called me every two hours.

Though i understood why you had less time for me, Elvis kept convincing me that his love for me was greater than your love for me. And im my immature mind, i figured it was true. Then i started to drift away from you. And then one day, someone told me to stay with someone who loves me more than i can imagine than someone who loves me little, ‘ a small laughter escaped her throat ‘and i did just that. I thought i was in love with Elvis more than i was in love with you, thats why i chose him over you. And i hated you for telling me you loved me and yet you couldnt create time for me even if you were writing your WAEC or whatever. How could i end up with someone like that? That was what i thought then’
‘wow! How low you thought of me then. So how did you and Elvis break up?’
‘well, he never really loved me. He planned it with Vannessa. Because she was obsessed with you then and wanted you for herself. So she wanted us apart’
‘yeah, after our break up, Vannessa kept coming to me, trying to s£duce me and all that but i never fell for it. The childish love i had for you then was stronger than lust’
‘you didnt fall but i fell for it. I was vulnerable and stupid then’
‘Ximena, you are crying’
She smiled ‘i’m sorry but i always get get emotional whenever i think about our love story which never had the happy ever after i always dreamt of. All thanks to me. Thats why Tony, i’ve come so i could correct my mistakes. To take back what i lost. I am wiser now and fate made us lose our spouses so we could be together. Because we are meant to be together honeypie’ Ximena said.