Chapter 1: Reconcilation
1985 Words
He's here”
“Who?”
“It's Andy”
“That's impossible”
“Am serious, Liya”
“Annie, this is not the time for pranks please,” she sighs
“Just look behind.”
Liya looked behind with calmness and doubts.
“What!” she said
“Hi Liya,” Andy greeted
“What are you doing here Andy?”
“Am here..”
She didn't let him finish explaining
“Say no word and find your way out of this house!”
“Liya please give me just a minute to explain my whereabouts”
“Why should I?”
Andy gathered his hands to plead
“Please listen for just a minute”
“If I give you this chance again, it will be a mistake Andy”
“What do you mean?”
Andy was shocked at her statement and made no answer as Annie moved towards Liya's shoulders and held her to calm her down, moving her hands in a slow motion up and down the shoulders.
“Andy please just do as she said,” Annie suggested
“But I have my explanation to tell her..” please Liya let me explain”
No answer from Liya
“ Please leave for now,” Annie suggested
Liya turned around heading to the staircase trying to leave his presence
“Liya please just a minute!” he pleaded
She made no answer and runned through the staircase
“Andy!” Annie called
“Yes,” he answered
“Maybe Liya has moved on from you, I guess.., I mean cause the way she walked away from you could mean you are no longer worth to her”
“You think so?”
“Yes, it could be”
“ But I don't think so”
Annie moved closer to him and laid her hand on his left shoulder with her right hand
“Look Andy, if girls act like this upon meeting you for such a long time, it means there is no chance of love again”
Andy stayed quiet and she continued
“Anyway nevermind, it's just my little brain trying to think wider, don't take it seriously”
Andy was puzzled
“ Okay I have to go now, but I will not give up on my Liya”
“O-okay” Annie stammered
Andy opened the exit , looked behind before going out. He pulled the door open, went out and closed it again.Walked for 10 seconds to his car but before he could reach, he met Lucy on the road side.
“Mr Andy Sir!”
“Hey! Lucy, how are you doing?”
Despite Lucy being Liya's youngest and only surviving sister of the mysterious accident that killed both their parents and their elder brother, she was also her favorite sibling. Just a five years old girl with so much drama to portray.
“Good! Good!” Lucy replied
“ Mr Andy sir, where have you been? cause my sister and I have Missed you so much”
“It's a long story darling, but I promise to explain to you next time”
“Okay, no problem”
“What is he still doing here?” Liya asked as she looked down from the window view upstairs.
“ Lucy, I have to go now,” Andy said.
He opened the door for her to enter as he always told her never to play on the road side.
“Bye Mr Andy Sir!”
“Bye bye! Miss Lucy”
He walked for two more seconds to reach his ride, and immediately started off to check on his sick dad. After fifteen minutes of driving, he arrived home safely.
“Mom!”
No answer
“Mom!”
No answer
“ Where has she gone to?” He thought
“Who is there!?”
Andy heard a voice from behind the door to the kitchen.
“Mom it's me”
“Andy, where have you been?”
“Ah, I went to see Liya, where is Dad?”
“ In his room as usual”
“Okay, let me check on him”
“Sure”
He went upstairs to check on his dad, he then pushed his hands towards the door that made the door open.
“Dad!”
His dad lifted up his head in so much stress.
“No, just stay calm”
He lifted the brown sheet blanket and sat on the corner side.
“How have you been dad?”
“ Am doing better now son”
Andy looked around the room to check if everything was in the right places, and noticed that the oxygen tube was no longer there.
“ Wait! Dad, where is the tube?”
“ You mean the oxygen tube?”
“Yes”
“ The doctor took it off because it is no longer needed son”
“ Really?”
He showed some doubt
“It means you are getting better dad!”
“ Yes”
He smiled
“ Now that I am getting better son, how is that plan of marrying in the next few months?”
Andy looked puzzled
“Ah dad, as I promised you, I will marry in the next few months”
“So now can you let me meet her?”
“Yes dad”
He said, although he was thinking about the issue between him and Liya.
“I have to make things right,” he said in his thoughts.
“Son”
No answer
“Son!?
Andy shoke from his thoughts
“Yes dad”
“Why are you lost in thoughts?”
“It's nothing dad”
“Are you sure?”
“ Very sure”
They both heard a sound of the door opening into the bedroom and got their gazes towards the entrance to see who it was. His mom entered the room.
“Andy”
“Yes mom”
“Please can you leave your dad and I alone for some time?”
“Sure mom”
Andy went downstairs to his room , opened the door with the back of his hand and sat on the bed. He held his head with both hands in deep thought.
“Should I call Liya?” He thought.
Asking himself why and what questions, took his phone out of his pocket and began to watch it.
“Maybe if I text her she will reply, because if I call her she will not pick the call” he thought again.
He took the phone and texted
“Liya, I will appreciate it if you will read this text and not ignore it, the reason why I went for one good month without telling you is that my dad was diagnosed with cancer and the doctor said he should be taken to India for treatment” he texted.
“Really?” She texted back
“ Thank you for replying to my text” he texted again.
“Am really sorry, I didn't know about that, but why didn't you call me?” She replied.
“It was because my phone shut down down at the moment the plane started off, and upon reaching india, the network was lost” he texted
“Okay, am really sorry, I didn't know about your dad's illness” she replied
“It's okay, I understand” he texted
“So how is he doing now?” She replied
“He’s better now” he texted
“That's wonderful” she replied
“And if you don't mind, can we meet tomorrow to talk about it?” She double texted him.
“Yes my love” he texted back
“Goodnight!” She replied
“Goodnight, love you!” He texted
“Love you more!” She replied
“Sweet dreams!” He texted
“Sleep, we have the whole day tomorrow,” she replied.
“Okay, Mrs me “ he texted
No reply
Andy was so happy that they had made up . He fell into a deep sleep with a smile.
The following day in the morning
“Hey Liya, wake up!”
“Hmmmm” she made the sound in her sleep.
“Why are you still sleeping?”
“Lucy, leave me alone”
“Annie is here for the musical training, open your eyes!”
But Liya was not opening her eyes, Lucy went downstairs.
“Hi aunty Annie!”
“Good morning lucy!”
“Morning, can you imagine your dearest best friend is still socked in sleep by now?”
“Oh really?”
“Yes”
“Let's go upstairs to wake her up”
Lucy and Annie went upstairs while running, she left the door wide open
“Come in aunty Annie”
Annie’s eyes headed towards the bed space
“Hey Lucy! there is no one on the bed, where is Liya?”
“I don't know, she was right here before I left downstairs”
“Am in the bathroom!” Liya shouted
“Very good Liya, today you have done a great job”
“What do you mean by today? Don't I always do great jobs everyday?”
No answer
“She thinks she's better than everyone” Annie spoke in her thoughts
“Just joking, I know that no one can do great job all the time”
She laughed in the bathroom.
“Yes you are right” Annie replied
“Is Lucy there?”
“Yes am here Liya” Lucy answered
“Please go and get me your lotion , mine is done”
Lucy went downstairs to get the lotion while Annie remained in the bedroom with her eyes gazing from every corner of the room until her eyes were caught up by Liya's phone that was on the bed, she went toward it and held it in her hands.
“Annie!” Liya called from the bathroom
“Yes!”
“You are still there!?”
“Yes, I am here , Liya!”
“You sound so quiet!”
“Is quite a sound, Liya!?”annie asked
Liya laughed
“Nevermind anyway!” said Annie
Lucy came back with the lotion in her hands, walking so slowly, she almost forgot about hurrying.
“Why is Lucy taking so long!?” Liya asked
“I don't know but I think she's almost here!” Annie replied.
Lucy was there already in less than ten seconds.
“Here is the lotion!” Lucy said
Liya opened the door to the bathroom, slightly for the purpose of getting the lotion, she felt she was making her best friend wait for too long.
“Don't worry Annie,I will be done in no time”
“Alright,” Annie replied.
Three seconds later, Lucy and Annie heard the sound of the door open while they were caught up doing their own things, Annie was pressing Liya's phone and Lucy was playing with her favorite Pink doll.
“Am done now!” Liya said
They both turned to see what she had dressed.
“Stunning!” Lucy said in a loud voice.
“Really?” Liya asked with less confidence
“A all one hundred percent!” Lucy lamented
Annie was saying no word at the moment, she was not amazed about how pretty Liya decided to look as she had already seen the conversation between Liya and Andy on Liya's phone.
“No doubt, they are back together” Annie said in her thoughts.
“Annie, why are you quiet?” Liya asked
She shaked off the mood from her thoughts.
“Oh, it's nothing Liya, I am just amazed about how pretty my best friend is looking today” she replied.
“Really?”
“Yes”
“Thank you Annie”
“Okay, let's go downstairs we begin our music lesson”
- Writer
