Cyber Lover

Episode 3 and 4

Episode 3

Anytime he happened to be away on a business engagement, she would sit alone and

reminisce on the times they had shared together, and the perfectness of these moments would gladden her heart and set her

mind at peace. She loved him. And she was very sure he loved her back then. Eight months later, Brenda and Jane had graduated

and Jane had immediately secured a job in a new generation bank. She had asked Brenda to come and stay with her while on job hunt, and Brenda had gratefully accepted since she didn‟t want to stay at home with her poor parents in her jobless state. Her desire was to go for her masters immediately after her degree, but the circumstances surrounding her

made it necessary that she secured a job first so that she could sponsor herself all through

her masters‟ program. Doing this with just her degree wasn't easy for Brenda. After writing a series of job

application letters and submitting her curriculum vitae to various organizations, she had accepted a teaching job in a nearby

primary school while she waited to be called for interview. Brenda knew she deserved better

and given her qualification, she was confident she would soon be called for an interview. Therefore, she had patiently waited.

Adam also contributed to Brenda‟s confidence, because he made her feel secure. She was

also hoping that he would come up with the idea of marriage since the look of love in his eyes always told her that she would soon be his partner. Now though, Adam was acting strange when she thought the relationship should be at its peak. For no reason that she could remember, his love for her seem to be declining, and she couldn't seem to figure out

the problem.

Therefore, she had been living in fear of losing him all this while. Of course, she had complained to Jane, but her friend seemed not to have any solutions for her problem. Jane had only encouraged her to be patient with him. That he would soon change, with

time. Therefore, she thought the best thing to do was to pray, pray and pray, for she won‟t

be able to withstand heartbreak an umpteenth time. Something she‟d done for a long time now and for no fault of hers.

The bathroom was elegant in an economic way and she involuntarily admired its white, oriental, marble-like tiles before slipping out of her bathrobe and turning on the hot water faucet. A mirror stood to the door‟s right and

she stopped before it to admire her stature and nude figure. Were those slight creases below her lower eyelids? Of course, she hadn‟t been sleeping so well of late due to the state her life was in, but she also knew this was not

good for her health. She prided herself in keeping fit always and she wasn‟t ready to let go due to some relationship difficulties. Even if she‟d never faced a tougher situation than this in the past, she wasn‟t going to lose her fitness as well as Adam if it comes to that. Unconsciously, she laughed at her joke and turned away from the mirror. With the bathtub half-filled, she stopped the running water and tested its warmth with a quick right-handed swipe down and into the white tub, and this

was when it happened . . . .

Episode 4

Adam Walter was fed up with his relationship with Brenda and he certainly knew why he felt this way. It was very glaring that Brenda was a nice and beautiful girl; most men would do anything to have her as a wife or girlfriend, but he was fed up. He didn‟t want her anymore.

He knew he was doing the right thing and was sure she deserved the decision he was about to take. Right now, he wasn‟t feeling guilty at all, since there came a time in a man‟s life when he just had to do what he had to do

without caring about the consequence of his action or even how others concerned would feel about it. It was time for him to lay her off and stop wasting her time, as well as his, since there was no hope for the future between them. Of course, he could still

remember that day. The day he realized himself. The day he finally decided to let go of

her.

And it still chilled him, like it‟d happened a few minutes ago. An involuntary shrug swept through him and he chided himself for

remembering. Besides, he‟d had enough of her; and there was a new girl in his life. A girl he met a couple of months ago at his workplace. He smiled as he remembered her beautiful name. Tracy. He didn‟t want to start comparing her to Brenda, though. It was just that he anticipated a brighter future with her. And he even thought Tracy was prettier than

Brenda, but he couldn‟t deny that Brenda had lots of qualities that would make her a better choice for a wife, although Tracy was hotter, and every man desired a hot girl . . . .

He hated the burden of guilt he‟d earlier felt about his decision to leave Brenda. It was surprising how guilt could make one feel so heavy and uncomfortable, how it kept haunting one, and funny enough, how one

couldn‟t stop doing those things that made one feel guilty in the first place. So the best thing to do, Adam had thought, was to go with his conscience. He must make himself believe that he was not the right man for her, that she deserved someone better, or just as weird! She must go before she ruined his life. He was not going to miss her for sure. Even his internal tap, which used to overflow with feelings for her, had stopped flowing, and no matter how wonderful, pretty and perfect she

was, he did not want her anymore.

She would be there any moment from now. It was almost 6:00 p.m. and he knew she was probably on her way to his house. Adam lived in a beautifully furnished, three-bedroom flat on Stream Street. Brenda had been there the

day he rented it. She had even assisted him in decorating the house to such a satisfactory state. A nice young woman she had been, and a nice companion, too. He sometimes even wondered whether she would ever realize in

the days ahead why he‟d decided to end this relationship, because he still doubted her

presently knowing his main reason. Of course, she was a wonderful girl, and . . . oh, hell . . . he wasn‟t going to start regretting what he was about to do now that it was almost too

late.

He was trying to slot a DVD plate into his DVD player when he heard a knock on the door. He knew she was the one. “I am coming!” he called out. He gave himself some time by carefully switching on the television and allowing the DVD to play for some seconds. He knew that it wasn‟t going to be an easy task. He opened the door and was looking directly into Brenda‟s beautiful and innocent face. She looked wonderful in her body- hugging white top and sky-blue jeans. Her hair was neatly parked, giving her face a perfect shape. She was trying to force a smile but that didn‟t stop him from noticing a trace of worry on her beautiful face. He instantly felt more guilt, wondering if he would ever be able to tell her what he wanted to tell her. “Come in,” he said, and left the door open while he walked back to the seat that was directly opposite the television. Brenda gently walked

in and closed the door behind her.nShe didn‟t like the look on his face. Something was definitely wrong. “Adam, I hope it is nothing serious, I didn‟t like the way you sounded on the phone,” she said as she sat on the seat very close to him.