THE DRAWN LINE Jane just returned from work at about six thirty am from the hospital where she works. Been fagged and sweaty went straight to the shower and then to bed, not noticing the piece of paper that was on the kitchen table . After about five hours, she woke up from sleep and went to the kitchen to prepare some baked bread for her herself and a cup of coffee, it was then she noticed the piece of paper that was on the kitchen table, she picked it up and read it. The paper stated " hello Jane, please I will be out of town for a week for an important engagement see you soon" hmm, "this is not your first time and I know it will not be the last , you own your life so you can do as you like" ,she exclaimed. She left the paper back on the table and picked her food and ate. She was still on the table when her phone reminder reminded her of her dinner with a family friend Down town by four o'clock pm. After her meal she stood up from the table went inside the room to get prepared because from there she will be returning to work she is still on night duty. She left the house at about a quarter to four o'clock,she knocked up the house and drove down to her friend's house about twenty five minutes drive from her house . She drove straight to their car park, parked and alighted from her car and made her way to their living room. She pressed the door bell, the voice from inside asked," who is there? " She answered, is me, Jane! The voice inside streamed " it is aunty Jane! " as she opened the door she hued her as if she has not seen her in a long while. Petty! "How are you?, where is you mum? " Jane asked . "Am fine, she is in the kitchen preparing dinner and everyone else upstairs watching TV" , petty replied. She went straight to the kitchen where the atmosphere was saturated with spicy and delicious aroma of delicacy. Hi! Deborah altered, Hi! Jane quiese. Deborah was distracted abite with what she was preparing and for a moment she was not talking to her . "Hem! What's up! How is work?" Deborah query. "Work is fine! " Jane jeered . "And what about that stuff we discussed" , Deborah asked, "which of them" , Jane requested. The clothe at the plaza, "ok! That will be next week" , Jane replied. "What of Derick, is he at home or work? " Deborah asked. Derick! Jane jeered, "I don't know his where about oo. I met a note on the table telling me he will not be around for one week ,his destination he did not tell, so am not bordered about him. And this will not be his first disappearance, this actually is his third time thereabouts" , Jane concluded . "Is it from the office or with his friends? Have you called Johnson or Jerry to ask them of his where about? " Deborah requested. " No! That will not happened again they are always clueless of his where about. So am not going to border them, and I know there are things they too are hiding and that is not my headache. when I left for work yesterday afternoon I went to his office I was told he was in a meeting with the board of directors and I left a message for him that he should check me at work after his meeting but he did not do that, only for me to get home this morning and discovered he has left a note for me . That has been his behavior of recent, Jane cheese and continued When I met him five years ago, he was a down to earth young man, handsome, caring, diligent, loving and a desire of every woman. He was at the top of his career, a top management executive. He was a humble fellow not arrogant for any reason. I met him on my way to the airport and that is where everything started, as you know.He makes me a complete woman. I cannot stop thinking about him when we first started, he gave me everything, he was emotionally present, his gifts , protection and his love. He is my great Romeo! All my friends are always fascinated by him they can't stop talking about him, and I also make sure I protected him from them, I didn't expose him too much before them. His emotional poking can make any woman crazy. I was just settling down to begin to enjoy him the more before all these sudden change in his properness and this is what breaks my heart. She was still expressing her bewilderment when suddenly she was interrupted by Jerome, the husband of Deborah . "So you ladies will not make this edible come alive on time, we are hungry!" Jerome interrupted. As he exchanged greetings with Jane. "It is ready Just to set the dinning" , Deborah emphasized. In a jiffy the delicacy was ready and everyone was at the table. At the dinning were Mr and Mrs Jerome with their two children and a friend of the family, Jane. " Jane , I was expecting to see Derick here too this evening what happened to him", Jerome query. "Yes! That was the initial plan before things changed, he went out of town since yesterday evening to come back in a week's time" , Jane answered. " Work palaver or what? " Jerome intensified. " All of the above because I didn't know "she reacte