Dangerous Entanglement

Episode 6

/Hannah POV/

I got home, stepping into my one bedroom apartment, it shows how messed up my life is, plates on the floor, clothes scattered here and there, everything just look so disorganized. And then I began to wonder how Kelvin had been able to manage such immaculacy in his own house, though I didn’t get the privilege of being given a house tour nor did I having much time to walk through the house to see it all, but it seems like a 3 bedroom apartment to me, but judging by the room I slept in and the sitting room I was opportune to be in and also the toilet, all speaks well of the hygiene of those living in that apartment, I don’t really know how many of them lived in the house, but I just find it hard to conjure in me that Kelvin alone lived in that house.

I was irritated by my own home, I just walked to the kitchen area, open the fridge and grabbed the milk jar, a bowl from the rack and the pack of cereal from the top shelf. I walked to the end of my one meter long dining table and had my second meal for the day. It took me just about ten minutes to finish the meal, I dropped the bowl in the kitchen sink adding to the stack of unwashed dishes in the sink.

“Okay, I guess I can now conclude that I need a dish washer” I thought to myself as I got irritated by the unhygienic character have developed over time.

“I mean, the dish washer will be taking care of this while I go in to freshen up and relax”. I walked out of the kitchen area and just as I opened the door.

“Relax indeed” I heaved out of frustration of the sight of my bedroom, it can be likened to a junk yard, but of clothes.

I walked sluggishly into the bedroom and the sight there wasn’t as much different from what was in the sitting room. The king size bed at the center of my five square meter room was totally messed up, the duvet was half hanging from the bed and the, one pillow just in front of the toilet, how did that even get there, I moved to pick it up and the stench from the toilet graced my presence as the door was half open.

“Oh s**t, what the f**k” I grunted, rushed to the toilet and closed the door. I looked around me and I was so embarrass, and I couldn’t help to think how a man can maintain such high organisation in his home much larger than this and I, a lady who’s supposed to be more hygienic couldn’t in this small apartment. And I began to be glad my place wasn’t where we ended up, s**t! It would have been so embarrassing. I won’t even be surprised if it turned out to be a red flag for him and he got turned off.

And in a split seconds, I decided to clean up the house. I went into the toilet and started my cleaning from there, washed the bath the toilet and even the walls, afterwards I had a bath before coming out of the toilet. I quickly dried my body a jumped into something skimpy and started cleaning the room arranging all the dirty clothes into the laundry basket changed the sheets on the bed. Went to the kitchen to get the vacuum cleaner.

“Maybe he got an automatic vacuum cleaner that walks the house” I thought out loud to myself, and at that time the fact of me cleaning my home just because I was impressed by another man’s house and how he keeps it clean and very well organised.

It’s obvious I liked what happened between us yesterday, best of all, how gentlemanly he treated me all through the night, and especially in the morning, the s*x was good, if not for the disappointment from yesterday, I should be wearing the glow on my face like a billboard, he was gentle but yet rigorous, he stops whenever I scream to load and try to make sure I go through very minimal pain as possible. It was all very pleasant experience I will like to have again, but what really gets me wow, is how immaculate the house is.

By the time I was done with the gathering the dirty clothes hanging around, I have a large pile making me wonder what’s left in the wardrobe to wear.

“What are you becoming Hannah?” I questioned myself.

“And very funny that it took a s*x night at the home of a barman for you to reflect that you’ve been living a very dirty life”. I proceeded to the sitting room and immediately returned with a vacuum cleaner and a trash beg to accommodate the dirty clothes that needs to go to the laundry.

Just as I was stepping into the room, the call tone of my phone made me stop abruptly, and it occurred to me that I don’t even know where I had dropped my phone since walking into the house. I walked back into the living room and there it was laying at the sofa just at the entrance.

“Good day Mom” I greeted, after I reluctantly picked the call, I wasn’t I the mood to talk much, have been trying to avoid my mom, for reasons even I can’t comprehend. But I was sure her main reason for calling was about Friday night, she must be really excited.

“Hey princess” she responded and continued immediately.

“Your dad told me you mentioned coming in for dinner tomorrow”. I was surprise and just as always, antagonising her as become a habit, now, it looks like I’m always just waiting for a mistake from her so I can gladly rebuke her.

“I didn’t mention that to him…” I quickly cut her short.

“He only gave me an invite and I can’t remember giving any response”. Deep down in me, I knew it was a planned statement just to cajole me into going.

“Really, is that what really happened?” she rhetorically questioned.

“Yes…” I snapped as I roll my eyes, even though I knew she wasn’t really expecting an answer.

“Alright Hannah, I can understand why he said that, and I know you also do, he really wants you home” she said with a pleading tone. And this statement of hers confirmed to me that she knows exactly how the conversation happened between I and my dad, but was just trying to put me in a tight position that will make me attend the dinner.

“I don’t know mom, I don’t want to make any promises” I said, finally sitting at the arm of the single sitter sofa seeing the conversation getting longer than expected. While I say that to her, I already have it in mind to go for the dinner. Just didn’t want her getting over zealous about it and then anything could come up and I won’t be able to make it.

“Alright, hope your dad told your dad told you, hazel will be coming with his fiancée, they will be getting married soon” she whined in joy as she completed the last part of the statement. My mother has always been a big fan of weddings and I know how that news must have been for her.

“Mom…” I sighed as I was getting tired of the conversation already.

“Dad told me he will be coming but there was nothing about him coming with his girlfriend…”

“Fiancée, fiancée… they’ve gone past that stage already” she cut me shot to correct me.

“Okay mum, whatever…” I stated quickly as the conversation was already getting way longer than I planned for.

“Good bye, I’m a little bit busy at the moment, enjoy your rest of the day” I quickly wished her so I can just get her off the call.

“Alright darling, I didn’t mean to bother you, just know I will be really glad if you are there tomorrow also and make it a complete family dinner”. At that moment I was trying really hard not to cut the call on her. So all I could do was keep mute and say nothing.

“Good bye, see you tomorrow” she mentioned as finally disconnected the call.

I quickly get back to cleaning, I went ahead to do same thing for the living room, moved to the kitchen, did the dishes and arranged everything immaculately. And then it occurred to me, what if this barman had a cleaner who comes home when he is away to do the cleaning for him.

“Oh, I would have done just that too, instead of going through all this stress to myself” I muttered as I went ahead to order for pizza.

Well, my mom has always being a full time stay home wife, she does the cleanings herself and even with the fact that we could afford it, she never had the need to use any cleaning services. I guess that’s what I grew up into, but obviously I can’t continue like that if I want to be able to walk into my home and grace a well organised house I can proudly invite friends into.

“Oh, I don’t even have friends…” I thought to myself, I really have a messed up life, all thanks to my unsuccessful drug enforcing career.