End of days

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

"How about you just sit and dip your feet in the water? That will help you to relax"

"Hmmm... Okay" Jane sat by the edge of the pool and dipped her legs inside. Rayford got closer to her and she bent to kiss him, as they kissed, he pulled her down into the pool. Jane screamed as her body got into the water.

"Now you are already inside the pool, you might as well just swim" he said with a corny smile on his face.

"You are so corny" Jane walked closer to him and splashed water in his face.

"Oh you didn't" Rayford splashed water back in her face. And before they knew it, they were having a water fight.

When they were out of breath, they both stood breathing heavily. Rayford drew her closer and held her to his chest.

"I love you"

"And I love you" she kissed him softly on the lips.

"What do you say, we go for a vacation?"

"That sounds nice, when?"

"Next week?"

"Hmmmm.... Remember I just got a job at Michael's company, I was supposed to resume this week before everything happened"

"And Michael would understand if you took a week off, considering what happened"

"Okay... Where are we going?"

"Any place of your choice"

"How about Calabar?"

Rayford looked at her with a funny look on his face "when I said any place of your choice, I meant outside the country"

"Oh... So I can pick any country in Africa?"

"Babe you can pick any where in the world and we would go there"

"What.. are you serious?"

Rayford nodded with a smile on his face as Jane pondered on which country she would like to go.

"How about we go to Montego Bay in Jamaica? I have always wanted to visit that place"

"Jamaica it is then, pack your bags baby for we are going to Jamaica next week"

"Oh my God, really?"

"Yup" he swept her in his arms and carried her out of the pool. "You my dear, deserve to be taken care off"

Amaka woke up with a banging headache on her head, she tried to recognize her environment. This room looked strange, she thought to herself. She was still trying to figure out how she got here when Dele walked in.

"Hey... You are awake" then everything came back to Amaka in a flash, she tried getting up but was greeted by pains in her abdomen. Dele quickly rushed to her side and helped her to sit up.

"Thank you"

"How are you feeling? Are you still having headache?"

"Yeah a little"

"Sorry, I'm sure it will subside once you have eaten something and taken your medications"

"I think I should be on my way" she tried getting up but ended up slumping back on the bed.

"Easy.... I don't think you leaving now is a good idea, please just relax while I go get you something to eat" he immediately left the room and came back with a tray which he placed on her laps.

Amaka opened the plate to find fried eggs and some slices of bread with a cup of coffee beside it. She took a taste of the egg and immediately had to wash it down with some water, because it tasted bad.

"It's bad, isn't it?" Dele asked as she took a slice of bread, without touching the egg.

"It's okay" she was trying to be polite, because the egg tasted awfully bad.

"No need to be modest, it does taste bad" he took a spoon of the egg and immediately took Amaka's water to wash it down. "This is really bad, please don't eat it"

Amaka started laughing she almost choked on her food. "Then why did you serve it? Are you trying to kill me?"

"I'm sorry, I was only trying to be a good guy" Dele too, was laughing.

"Nice try then"

When Amaka was done eating, Dele gave her her medications and she went back to sleep.

"I have been trying to reach Amaka all day, but she is not picking up" Jane said to Rayford who has been on his laptop all afternoon.

"I called Dele already and he said she is in his apartment"

"Oh that's good, I was already worried about her being in that house alone, I was even thinking of going to see her"

Rayford was too lost in what he was typing on his computer to respond.

" Rayford did you hear what I said?"

"Yeah...." He kept typing away on his laptop without even looking up.

Jane turned on the TV and increased the volume to it's loudest.

"Babe.... Why so loud" Rayford cringed as he spoke. Jane ignored him, instead she sat down on the couch and crossed her legs.

"Babe do you mind reducing the volume a bit?" He was shouting so Jane could hear him but instead she changed it to a music channel which made the noise even worse.

Rayford smiled. He knew he had ignored her for too long, and she was seeking attention. So he walked up to where she was sitting and took the remote from her and mute the volume of the TV. Jane tried to take the remote from him but he removed it from her reach.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you"

"No it's fine" she pouted.

He sat down and carried her on his laps "I'm sorry, I was just trying to get some work done" kissed her on her lips. "You know I can't ignore you intentionally"

"I'm sorry too"

"It's okay, how about I finish what I'm doing, and we can go see a movie?"

"Yeah... " Jane threw her hands in the air like a baby "I would love that, now go finish your work quickly" she got off his laps and shooed him with her hands. Rayford laughed as he took his laptop and went back to work.

When Jane and Rayford got to the cinema, they argued on what movie to see. Rayford wanted to see an action movie while Jane wanted to see a romance movie.

"Babe.. please, I did't come all the way here to see a romance movie now" Rayford lamented.

"But what is wrong with a romance movie? Isn't it all about love? Is God not love?"

"When you put it like that, you make it sound like I'm against love"

"Well if you aren't, let's see a romance movie then"

Rayford had no choice but to follow her to see the movie. Jane cried from the beginning of the movie until the end. At a point Rayford thought something was wrong with her.

"Babe are you okay? Is something wrong" Rayford asked after she had been crying for over 2minutes.

"I'm fine, it's just this scene" she said sniffing.

"What's wrong with it?"

"It's...so... touching"

Rayford had to look at the screen again, to find what was touching about it, yet the more he watched the movie, the more he just wanted to get out of there.

When the movie was over, he couldn't be anymore grateful to leave.

"I don't know how you could watch a movie like that and not shed a tear?"

"That's because I didn't see any need to cry"

"Really? With all those touching scenes?"

"Babe please let's just go and eat, I'm famished. At least if those touching scenes like you call them, didn't touch my emotions, they touched my appetite"

"Awwwwwww, sorry sweetheart. How about we go get some suya?"

"I think that is a good idea, I know a good suya spot close by"

"I wasn't referring to any of those fancy suya spots"

"Then which one were you talking about?"

"Roadside suya"

"You want me to buy roadside suya and eat?" Rayford asked with so much horror on his face.

"Yes, now come with me"

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"Remind me to never to follow you to watch a movie again" Rayford grumbled as Jane purchased the suya from a roadside seller. He kept grumbling about how someone might see him and make a news of it.

"And since when did you start caring about what people say so much?" Jane paid for their suya and Rayford immediately started walking in the direction where he parked his car.

"Where are you rushing to?"

"To get into the car of course, or do you have other plans?"

"Aren't you going to taste the suya?" Jane opened it and took out one and tried feeding Rayford with it.

"On the streets? You are not serious are you?" Rayford looked like he could burst with embrassment any minute.

"Just open up first" Rayford finally obliged her and ate the suya. "Now, tell me that is not one of the best suya you have tasted?"

"Well.. it's not bad" he replied as he chewed. If he was going to be honest, it was really nice. The spices marinated well into the beef.