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chapter 1 walking home after my night shift ended at about 9pm,carried away from different thoughts competing in my mind,kasie, you are too good to a fault and it hurts me knowing that I am taking advantage of it to hurt you,these are the words of my last girlfriend as she was officially announcing breaking up with me, sweetheart what do mean,I promised to love you,I am just keeping my promise,yes I know but what of the future,care and attention are not enough to sustain us, knowing fully well where she is going to,my love I understand what you are saying but we have managed this far, remember it was too bad before now,we are making progress,I am doubling all my efforts,God will soon open up a way for us, just hang on a little more,you don't understand kasiemobi,I have been cheating on you for some time now and I don't want to keep doing that. The blow registered heavily on me hearing that from a woman I have given my heart and soul to, yet again smashing my heart, what did you just say chioma,why?, with who?, I asked all at once,chioma hesitating for a while, kasie please try and understand me,you have been a very good friend,you are a guy no woman would want to lose but I can't keep up with the financial situation you are into,I have tried to manage for the past a year and half now,after a little pause,I am seeing someone. Not knowing what to say or do but to only ask the "why" questions,chioma why are you doing this to me,why now, I have been doing my best for you,I have been honest and faithful to you,why are you hurting me, cutting in,that is why I'm leaving,I don't want to be hurting you because of your honesty and faithfulness please understand me,being an emotional person, shading tears has never been difficult thing to do whenever I am hurt, all I could do at that point was allowing the tears to roll freely from my eyes down as I am for the fourth time being dumped again by my girlfriend,more painful of all the break ups is all telling me how good I always be to them but yet dump me because I couldn't meet their luxury life style, I have always believed that all women want are care,love and attention but my fourth experience ending with my fault only being broke taught me a lesson to forget about love,make money that love will come looking for me Infact,this last heartbreak from chioma made me swear never to have anything to do with women and a promise to show any woman who comes afterwards what being bad means,these thoughts and many more where my companion going home when an unsuspecting Mercedes 4matic on a high speed battling to control the wheels knocked me off the road from the side, barely dodged me, luckily for the driver ending up on high refuse dump few meters in front,as I got up from the bush where I was knocked into,I rushed to the car to ask the driver if he was drunk or had no eyes but was shocked when I got to the car.