Twin betrayal

CHAPTER 4

"Hi!" Toby said, crossing over to my side of the table. "Hi!" I replied. Okay, this is awkward. How do you start a conversation with someone you have not seen in years?. "Let's go the the garden" I said to him. "Oh, okay" he stood up, stretched out his hand to help me stand, and we walked out of the dining room, towards the garden.

"I know it's been like what? Fifteen years? Let me re-introduce myself" he said, trying to make conversation. "Hi, my name is Toby. Yours?" I smiled "Hi, my name is Mabel" "That's a start!" He said. "My parents told me you relocated to another country. What country? " I  asked, genuinely interested. "Oh! That was what your parents told you? Mine said, you went to a boarding house far away" he said. "Wait, so you didn't leave the country?" Now confused, I asked. "No, I didn't. I just recently found out that they lied to me" he said, taking a seat on the bench-like chair in the garden. "Okay?" I said, now wondering what reason my parents had to lie to me. "Turns out they had a big fall out that year. Something about their companies. They went their separate ways after that" he told me in a calm voice. "You knew all these years?" I said to him, moving away from him. "No No, I didn't. I just found out recently. My mum told me. They became friends again, a few years ago. I moved away for college, so I recently heard that they were friends again" he said, now holding my hands. "Immediately I found out about their make up, i wanted to meet you but i didn't know if you were going to remember me " he said to me, in an unsure voice. "Alright fine, this is the first I am hearing about their fall out. I am glad we get to meet again.We have a lot if catching up to do" I replied him.

He ran his hand through his hair and we started talking about our high school and college life.

"My parents think we should get married" I said, laughing. "My dad thinks so too" he said, laughing too. With a serious expression he said "I have a girlfriend I am pretty serious about. My mum knows this but I haven't told my dad". "That's nice, now I can push the blame all on you" I replied him in a playful voice. "Hey, that's not fair" he said, pulling me close. "I missed this" he said, holding me close. "Cried for days on end, when I heard that you left for boarding out without telling me" he said, the smile now gone. "I threw tantrums, i told my parents to relocate also, so we could be together. I eventually gave up" I replied him. "Do not disappear on me again, promise?" I said, stretching out my pinky. "Promise " he said, joining our pinkies together.

"Alright let's get back inside. Let's not keep your parents waiting" I said. We walked back inside, holding hands. When we got inside, we exchanged numbers. He hugged me and promised to be in touch. We said our goodbyes and they left.

"I can see you and Toby picked off from where you left" my mum said, as she came back from walking them to their car. "He told me about the lie you and dad told" I replied her with an angry expression. "That was a long time ago darling. The lie was all your dad, not me. I told him severally to reconcile, but they both were too stubborn to listen" she replied me, sitting beside me on the couch. Turning to face her, I asked "So because of their stubbornness I lost a friend? How did they eventually reconcile?" "Your dad heard Mr Noah lost his mother, he reached out and went for her burial. After that, they started getting close again. They now talk about their issues and laugh about it" my mother said with a smile on her face. " Alright then" I said, standing up. "Soo, you and Toby?" she said, winking with a huge grin on her face. "No mum. I need to get to bed, I have to be at work very early tomorrow" I said, cutting her off. "Goodnight mum" I said again. Not giving her the opportunity to talk again, I left for my room.

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After changing to my nightgown, I grabbed my phone. I saw 3 missed calls from Grace. I dialed her number back. "girlfriend, how are you?" I said into the phone. "I am fine, you?" she replied. "I saw Toby today" I proceeded to give her the run down of my day. "Ever since what happened in Los Angeles, my mum has been trying to get me to settle down" I told her, now laying on my bed. "You can't blame her, you know" she said, yawning. "True" I replied.

"I have an idea!" She said, with soo much excitement in her voice. She continued; "Why don't you ask Toby to be your date for Tania's wedding?" "Did you not just hear me say he has a girlfriend?" I asked her, getting pissed that she didn't pay attention. "Calm down girl, I did. I am not saying you should date him. Since you guys are friends, why not ask him to be your date to the wedding? That way people will think he his your boyfriend" she said. " Oh! Now I get it. I ask Toby to be my date, we act like couples, our secondary mates think I have an amazing life and I get to stick it to Tania. Damn girl, you are so smart" I replied her, getting excited about the plan. "Now you get it, took you long enough" she said, sarcastically. "I need to go to bed now. I can barely keep my eyes open" she said, yawning and stretching. "Alright babe. Goodnight"i said to her. After I dropped the call, I was supposed to call Toby to tell him about the wedding but I dozed off.