Must Read: Forever And Always

6 years ago

Must Read: Forever And Always

I gulped the saliva that was slightly accumulated in my mouth which seemed to have taken away my voice but I eventually found it.

“Oh yes. Am sorry about that” I said, drawing my tongue against my teeth. I was embarrassed. How more embarrassing could today get? He must have caught me thinking and examining his apartment like a detective looking for a concrete evidence at a crime scene.

In no time we were on the road. He kept Silent and his eyes were on the road. Many times he got into pot holes and ditched he could have avoided. He was apparently not concentrating.
The silence inside the car was really getting to me. It was like we were both tensed or I had to break it by clearing my throat in a pretty awkward manner. It didn’t seem to work as his eyes were still glued on the road and he looked extremely sad. His brother’s demise was a bad memory. Quite bad to start a new day. And since I caused it, I decided to start a conversation.

“So what’s your name, Sir?” I asked, stressing the ‘sir’. It had to be there regardless. He was my boss.

He remained cold and silent. My heart sank but I got the message perfectly. Trust me, I drifted into a shell and remained silent too. I only spoke when necessary and that was when I had to give him directions since he didn’t know my house. “Turn left” I said sharply. Surprisingly, he turned right.

“I said turn left” I spoke louder and explicitly.

He didn’t budge, instead he continued driving.
I didn’t know whether to feel angry but I just felt pissed. Suddenly, he parked in front of a big phone mart and alighted. He ordered me to alight too but I still had my butt fixed on the seat.
“Tola! Get down” He ordered again.

In my mind I was like ‘who does this one think he is that he would be commanding me anyhow like a baby in public after acting so rude and cold to me all along’ I didn’t move from where I was. With the corner of my eyes, I saw him coming to the other side of the car. He opened the car and asked me to get down softly. I got down since I was almost dying to know what he was up to. I was still in suspense.

He walked inside the phone mart and I just watched him from afar, trying to figure out the stunt he was pulling. He came back to pick his wallet and went back again.

Some minutes later, he came out with a box of Samsung S6 edge and a receipt on his other hand. “This is for you” he said in the iciest tone I had ever heard as he stretched forth the box.

I was shocked to my bones. I was virtually tongue-tied.

I felt insulted, it was like a slap on my face. Part of me wanted to give him a resounding slap while the other part of me wanted to just walk out of his sight.

Why would he think he had the right to insult me and my personality by buying me a phone just because I was robbed? Did I strike him like a beggar? Or someone who couldn’t afford a phone? Or an ‘anyhow’ babe?

I just stood there dumbstruck. I lifted up my left hand slowly and thought of the cheek to hit.
The left? or right?

I slowly put my hand down as I realized it was my boss standing in front of me. I shook
my head and hopped inside the car. He did the same and he began driving me home again.
I only spoke when necessary and when I did, I spoke in monosyllables.

I was literally burning with anger inside of me, even if he was the richest man in the world, must he rub his wealth on my face by buying me an expensive phone just like that? He made me feel like a cheap Sluut for Pete’s sake.