When Love just happens - S01 E96

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When Love just happens - S01 E96

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 96

“Dele why are you not at work? You look a mess, where have you been?”

Anita questioned as Dele handed his nephew the new toy he just got him.

“I decided to come give William the toy I just bought for him”

He avoided Anita’s gaze as he spoke, just like their mother, she could tell if he was lying by just looking him in the eyes. How they both managed to do that, was beyond him.

“Have you been drinking?” She asked, as she sniffed the air.

“Anita, how can you even tell if I have been drinking by just sniffing the air?”

Truth be told, ever since he left Amaka’s place, he has been at a bar, punishing himself with alcohol, for the way he treated her this morning. It’s a wonder how he can still walk without stumbling, for the amount of alcohol he had taken was enough to make him drunk by now.

He had gone to her place with the intention of sorting things out with her, but when he woke up this morning with her still sleeping in his arms, just like when they were dating. He wondered how he had been able to survive these few days without her in his life, and in a flash; the reason they broke up in the first place, came back to him. Something he has been willing himself to forget.

And he suddenly couldn’t bring himself to forgive her, like he had planned to.

“Because the moment you walked in, the smell in this living room changed to that of alcohol”

Anita replied to his question, her voice bringing him out of his reverie.

“God Anita you nag a lot” Dele stood up to leave.

“And where are you going?”

“I’m leaving, I only came to give William his toy”

“We both know you are lying Dele”

“Believe whatever you want, I’m leaving”

“What are you running away from Dele?”

He paused at the door, what was he running from? He asked himself. Nothing, at least that’s what he has been telling himself.

He came here because he needed to get his mind off Amaka, shopping for a new toy and bringing it over to William seemed to work, but then he forgot how annoying his sister can be when she was trying to get something out of you.

“We both know you came here to talk, you wanted to let something off your chest. So why did you change your mind?”

D--n his sister for always being right, and being able to read him like an open book.

“I’m not running from anything” he denied.

“Dele come and sit down please”

Anita pleaded, and as if to confirm his mother’s plea, little William crawled over to where Dele was standing, and tugged on the hem of his trousers, mumbling some baby words.

Making Dele smile, and he carried him as he went back to sit down.

“So what is bothering you? Is it the business?” Anita asked with worry written all over her face.

“The business is doing just fine”

“So what is it? Or are you and Amaka having issues in your relationship?”

He looked up. “How did you even know we were dating in the first place? I never told you”

“Oh please come of it, we all know about the both of you’s relationship, it’s not as if you were being discreet about it”

“Well then, I guess you would also know that we have broken up”

“What happened?” Anita gasped. “And here I was rooting for you guys, I really like Amaka and was hoping your relationship would work out”

He stared at his sister who has already developed likeness for Amaka. How could he bring himself to tell her Amaka cheated on him? And tarnish her image before his sister. He couldn’t, it was better she didn’t know.

“Nothing. Nothing happened, we just discovered we weren’t good for each other, and decided to break things off”

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By 12noon when Amaka woke up, her eyes were swollen from all the tears she had cried. Her eyes felt heavy, and dull in their sockets.

She got up, and angrily removed the sheets on her bed, the last thing she wants is to be constantly reminded that Dele was here, and of the things that had happened between them last night.

When she was done changing the sheets, she went into the bathroom to take her bath. She scrubbed her body so hard it almost bled. She wanted to wash herself of what had happened last night.

She realized no matter how hard she scrubs, it’s still not going to take what had happened away from her memory.

She sat on the floor of the bathroom crying.

‘you can’t continue crying over spilled milk Amaka, you need to get yourself together, remember you still have to focus on exposing Pius for who he really is. Focus’

Amaka got up, cleaned her tears, and finished taking her bath.

She threw on one of her big shirts, she usually wore at home, and she went into her kitchen to prepare something to eat.

No matter how heart broken she was, she can never lose her appetite for food, she is yet to see the problem that was going to come in between her, and her love for food.

Like her mother would always say; ‘no matter what you are going through, always eat’

She decided to opt for noodles, as that would be quicker in getting ready.

As she sat down on her bed to eat, she decided to plot a plan on how to expose Pius. She needed a hard proof to show to Vivian.

With him still in that company, he might sabotage any investigation that is being carried out to prove her innocence.

She needed to get him to confess, but she didn’t know how, because there was no way she was going to be allowed into the company’s premises, until her suspension was over, and that’s if she doesn’t get sacked eventually.

She decided to call the one person who could be of help to her; Katherine.

Amaka didn’t have Katherine’s number, so she had to search for it on the company’s WhatsApp group chat.

It took her almost thirty minutes of searching, before she found Katherine’s number. She copied it out, and dialed it, Katherine picked up on the second ring.

“Hi Katherine, it’s Amaka”

“Hello Amaka, how are you?”

Amaka could hear the excitement in Katherine’s voice, she was obviously happy to be getting a call from her.

“I’m good, how about you?”

“I’m doing okay”

“That’s nice, actually I need your help for something” she didn’t see the need, in beating around the bush.

“Really? What is it?”

“I was actually hoping we could meet, to talk about it in person?”

Amaka wasn’t too sure if Katherine was going to accept to meet with her, considering the way she treated her the last time, when she came offering an olive branch to Amaka.

“Umm okay, how about this evening after work?”

“That would be great, I know a cool place that’s not too far from the office, I will text you the address?”

“All right, see you then”

‘That was easier than I thought’ she said to herself, happy that Katherine agreed to meet with her.

Then, a text message came in from Dele:

‘Last night was a mistake, I’m sorry if I led you on. It will never happen again’

It took all the will power she had, to stop herself from dialing his number, just so she could give him a piece of her mind.

“Like hell, it will never happen again” she screamed out.

She really wanted to see him right now, and punch him really hard on the head, at least that would hit some senses into his useless brain, which he obviously wasn’t using when he sent her this text.

‘Amaka calm down, don’t let your anger get the better part of you, you have a bigger task at hand you should be focusing on that, and not Dele’

Amaka decided to push Dele out of her mind, but first, she decided to reply his text.

She smiled as she hit the send button, that was definitely going to get him thinking for a long time.

When Dele saw an incoming text message from Amaka, his face lit up for no reason, probably because he was hoping to find out, she had written back to tell him how much she loved him and can’t do without him.

But he was beyond disappointed, when he opened the text, saying he was disappointed was an understatement. He was horrified, when he opened the text and it read: It was just sex, no hard feelings, it’s not like I enjoyed it anyway’

How can she say she didn’t enjoy herself last night, when he made her come multiple times? How could she say she didn’t enjoy it, when she had to bite down on a pillow to avoid waking her neighbors with her loud moaning? How could she say she didn’t enjoy it, when she couldn’t get his name of her lips everytime she came?

“No this has to be a joke, I’m sure she sent this text just to get back at him”

He spoke to himself as he paced his sitting room, reading the text over, and over again.

“She is definitely joking”

He decided to text her back, and ask her what she meant, but decided against it, that would only mean he wasn’t confident in himself, or his sexual prowess.

‘you brought this up on yourself, you shouldn’t have gone to her in the first place if you haven’t forgiven her for what she did’ his subconscious reprimanded.

He thought he had forgiven her, but he was reminded the morning after, that; except he had a talk with her, about what had happened, a conversation which he obviously wasn’t ready to have, then what she did would continue to hang over them like a thick cloud.

_______

By 5pm Amaka was already at the venue she was supposed to be meeting with Katherine.

She had chosen a fast food eatery that was not too far from the office, so Katherine doesn’t have to be burdened with going to somewhere too far for their meeting. She also tried to disguise herself a bit, by putting on a face cap, just in case Pius happens to come by the eatery by any chance.

She kept herself entertained with a comedy skit on her phone before Katherine arrived thirty minutes later.

“Hi Amaka, sorry I came late, I had to help my aunt tidy up some things before leaving the office”

“It’s okay, thank you for agreeing to meet with me on such short notice”

“It’s fine, but I must say I was surprised when I got your call, and even more surprised when you said you needed my help for something”

Katherine who was still trying to catch her breath from obviously walking fast down to the eatery, finished a glass of water a waitress placed in front of her, as she came to take their orders.

Amaka ordered for a meat pie, and soft drink, while Katherine ordered for a cup of ice cream, and a burger.

“Yes Katherine, I can’t believe a day will come when I will say this, but I really do need your help”

Amaka said, after the waitress had left with their orders.

“What could be the problem, is everything all right?”

“I’m sure you must have heard that, I have been placed on indefinite suspension?”

The waitress came back with the orders, making Katherine pause for her to leave, before answering Amaka’s question.

“Yes I heard, sorry about that, it’s hard not to hear when your boss has been spreading it like it was a virus, telling everyone who cared to listen that you tried to seduce him”

“Pius did that?”

“I’m afraid yes” Katherine unwrapped her burger, and started eating.

Amaka should have known Pius was that petty, he knows the result of the investigation might not come out in his favor, so he decided to get the rest of the staff on his side.

“Has he gotten any replacement for me?”

Katherine took a scoop of her ice cream, and savoured the taste in her mouth, before she answered Amaka’s question.

“Yes, the same day you were suspended. I don’t even think you have gotten home yet, when he got a new replacement”

This again doesn’t surprise Amaka.

“An intern from the IT department” Katherine continued.

“An intern? Pius replaced me with an intern?”

“Not just an intern, but an intern from another department” Katherine empathized, just in case she missed that detail the first time.

“What is Vivian saying about this?”

“Nothing, he has a right to choose whom he wants to work with, besides he said it’s only temporary, until he finds a more capable hand”

With the way Katherine spoke, Amaka could tell she doesn’t believe what she said, herself.

“You don’t believe that, do you?”

“I would be a fool to believe that temporary crap, especially with the way I caught them looking at each other when I stopped by his office to pick up a file for Vivian, there is something definitely going between those two”

“Wait the intern is a female?” Amaka asked in utter shock.

“Yes, haven’t you been listening to all what I have been saying since?”

“Is Vivian aware of this? She definitely has be aware of this” Amaka was at the edge of her seat, leaning closer to Katherine like she was trying to make her see something that she wasn’t.

“Vivian has not been herself lately, I’m sure you are already aware that she just recently found out that Jane is her biological daughter?”

“Yes” Amaka nodded, not quite understanding how that affects what they were talking about.

“Well her husband didn’t take it too well, and now his opponents are threatening to use Vivian’s past against them if he doesn’t step down.

So all of these is making Vivian not to fully concentrate at work and attend to the happenings at the office”

Katherine let out a breath, “and about that investigation thing, she asked the HR to handle it, and I don’t if anything tangible is going to come out”

“How do you mean?”

“Pius has suddenly befriended her, and he is always going to her office, I even saw them having lunch together this afternoon”

Amaka knew she didn’t make a mistake by calling Katherine to ask her for help, because she always seems to be aware of whatever was going on with everyone at the office, how she manages to do it, is beyond her, not like it mattered at this point.

“Katherine, I need you to believe me, I didn’t try to seduce Pius”

“I believe you Amaka, otherwise I wouldn’t still be sitting here”

“Thank you, please I need your help to prove my innocence”

“What exactly do you need me to do?”

“That video that Pius sent to Vivian, of me forcing myself on him, I know he didn’t make that video himself, he must have gotten help, and I need you to help me find out who it is, though I’m suspecting it to be his new replacement for me”

“That can’t be too far from the truth”, Katherine looked thoughtful before saying;

“I love this sort of things, but I will do it on one condition though”

“And what is it the condition?”