Deceitful Heart

I am Married

I am married but I need to hook him up with Hazel. I have seen the way he looks at her whenever she comes over to the restaurant. I don’t know why he hasn’t had the guts to ask her out.

‘But she is a nice girl,’ I continued whilst in the kitchen with him.

‘Peel these for me,’ he said handing me the potatoes.

He pushed the chair and took my hand. He made me sit on it but just after placing a pillow. This one is the grandfather, I am telling you. They will make a perfect couple with Hazel.

‘Don’t you like her?’

‘You are not giving up?’ he glared at me.

‘Not with that serious look. Why are you so scared to be in love?’

‘Heartbreak.’

‘What happened?’

‘My fiancée left me for another man when I had traveled for that cooking competition. She sent me a text message just after we had been given a break. I got so distracted and lost that competition to you.’

‘Meaning?’

‘I would have won,’ he said with a smile.

‘Silly.’

‘Anyway from then, I told myself that I will die single.’

‘You are too intelligent and cute to be single. You should find someone soon and get laid too.’

He laughed.

‘I am serious. Where are you even getting it?’

‘I can get it from you right now, right here and from the back,’ he winked at me and bit his lip.

‘Eeeeeew. You crazy man.’

‘Well to be honest with you, I do like your friend.’

‘I have seen the way you look at her.’

‘Yes, she is just humble and friendly. But I am scared that I won’t be giving her my all. I know what happened to her with her ex and I doubt if she is in a position of trusting anyone right now. I am just not ready too you know.’

‘I know and I wouldn’t want to see her getting hurt. But you are a good man and if you like her, do gather up some courage and tell her exactly how you feel. She might accept your request and you two look good together.’

‘Says who?’

‘Me a witness to your wedding.’

‘Isn’t it time for you to be eating your food.’

‘But I just got here now,’ I said to him and he laughed at me, ‘I hate you right now for always changing the subject.’

‘Peel the potatoes and stop talking too much.’

‘If you were not older than me, I would have beat the s**t out on you.’

‘If you were not pregnant, I would have made you peel all the potatoes in those 5 sacks.’

He laughed, he enjoys making me suffer but I am surrounded by good people. The other chefs arrived shortly and Mzi had to make me rest. I was just sitting at one of the tables doing nothing and granny Hazel had already called me. The business was fine as usual. 

People love this restaurant you know and our prices are not that expensive. In South Africa, Mzi mostly handles the restaurant since he is from that side but he had been telling me that he wants to move here permanently. Well, that could be a good idea since Hazel stays this side. Me and matchmaking people are hilarious right. Time to knock off, Hazel came early and thanked Mzi for taking good care of me. We were now heading to her car when Mzi came calling out her name.

‘I will wait for you in the car,’ I took the car keys and headed to the car.

Oh my, I hope he was asking her out. When I got inside the car, I checked my phone and my husband hadn’t called me. I had tried his phone but it seems as if it had been switched off. Hazel came to the car with a smile spreading across her face. She got inside the car and I handed her the keys. I thought she was going to say something since I had been staring at her.

‘What?’

‘What did he say?’

‘What would you love to eat tonight?’

‘You bit…,’ I was almost saying but remembered that this is a woman of God, she had already glared at me.

‘You b***h,’ she finished off for me and laughed, ‘he just asked me if I was free tomorrow Saturday. He wants me to come over to his house and taste some new recipe that he would have prepared.’

‘And?’

‘I said yes.’

‘Hallelujah!’ I exclaimed with happiness.

‘And then?’

‘That simply means that he just asked you out.’

‘Did he?’ she asked blushingly.

‘Wait, why are you blushing?’

‘Am I?’

‘You w***e. You like him. Don’t you?’

‘I mean he is hot.’

‘And you pretended to haven’t been noticing him.’

‘I only come over to that restaurant to see him, his body and face and lips…’

My goodness, I laughed so hard, and here I thought she wasn’t going to be interested. You guys, this is so nice. It’s been a long since she got that divorce, I will be so happy if they end up dating Mzi, he is a very good man indeed. Hazel drove us home and when she parked outside the gate. There was a car which was parked near her gate. Hazel just smiled.

‘Who’s that?’ I asked her.

‘Come see,’ she said opening the car door.

We got out of the car and when the person opened the car door, it was my husband.

‘Babe!’ I exclaimed screaming as if I had last seen him centuries ago.

I hugged him and hit him hard on his back.

‘You were not picking up my calls.’

‘I had put my Zim line, I am sorry.’

‘You didn’t tell me that you were coming back today. Then how did she know.’

‘He passed by the hospital, he thought you were with me and so I had to come and pick you up whilst he drove here.’

‘You two. I missed you a lot,’ I said to him.

‘I missed you more and my son.’

‘He missed you. What did you bring for me?’

‘Already?’ he said in a laugh.