Love not Lost

Chapter nine

The past few weeks have been really stressful for me, I was so booked. If there is something that have been doing for the past few years is overworking myself.

I had a patient that has Borderline Personality Disorder. She was abandoned in an orphanage home from birth and her foster parents couldn’t fill in the gap. her relationship life is so messed up that at age 35 she is not able to keep a proper relationship, she has been living in denial. The intense one was a young boy with Schizophrenia. He was exposed to drugs at a young age, his thinking so disorganized and severely restless

I had another, this one is the least of the cases have had so far. A minor depressed woman, who thinks are husband would leave her soon. One of their major fall out is fertility, at first I didn’t think she was going to open up so fast she had first complained about her husband m**********g then later she was saying she loves her husband so much and started crying, I watched as her husband console her and it was so appealing to watch because they were so much in love.

Five years in marriage and so much in love. I wish the same for myself. I know true love when I see one, it is not difficult for me to recognize in others but difficult for me to get. Daniel couldn’t even be committed for a year of our relationship. he was a complete joke, he was complete different from how he portrayed himself at the beginning of our relationship, he tricked me into living with me, he had no job, and was a drunkard. Four months into our relationship I got pregnant and decided to keep the baby. His frustration was so much that I had to kick him out of the house even before I gave birth to Jessie.

He never came back, not to even check on his baby for over four years

Have not dated anyone ever since I left him. Monica my receptionist at work had convinced me into online matchmaking. I had tried it and met Nicholas, we’d been dating for one year and some months. I love the way he makes me feel and I like him a lot, he came into California from Texas just to come see me.

Even with my busy schedule have tried to make time for Him, he is so warm towards me and he is everything a woman would want in a man. He had made such a huge sacrifice to move to San Diego just because of me. A man has never made such a sacrifice for me so it scares me. I hope am up to his standards and expectations

As I lay on the bed with my face covered, I heard a knock on the door. Interrupting my meditation. “Coming in,” I said

Flora walked in with Jessie in her arms, announcing she would soon take her leave after feeding Jessie

I had totally lost track of the time, I was supposed to go see Nicholas and his friends today, he had mentioned meeting them was very important in our relationship. When we were together he wouldn’t stop talking about them and how they didn’t know he was in their vicinity. he said when they eventually know the truth they will be mad at him, and they will

I quickly stood up from the bed and headed into the bathroom to take a quick bath. As soon as I got out of the bathroom my phone beeped, it was a text from Nicholas, telling me about the restaurant where we were supposed to meet.

I dashed into my closet looking for a suitable outfit. I later settled for a fitted, flower print gown, I applied light makeup, pulled my hair down, and put on my animal skin wedge heels.

As soon as I got into the kitchen Floral was done with Jessie and was just doing the dishes

“Thank God you are done, am already late for where am going”

“Am late also, am so sorry Miss Angela that I couldn’t watch over Jessie today”

“It's nothing I do understand, you can leave now, thank you,” I said bringing Jessie down from the chair,

“Bye Jessie, high five,” Floral said putting her five fingers close to her, while she reciprocate

Floral had told me she had some personal stuff to sort out today and that she wouldn’t be able to babysit Jessie. I was disappointed but I can’t hold the young woman back. I didn’t tell Nicholas I was bringing Jessie along he had never met her, so I do not know how he is going to react to it. I hope the meeting goes well. I like him and I wouldn’t want it to end so soon.

Lateness would make his friends have a bad impression of me, I really want them to like me

I looked for the house key and my purse then I remembered I didn’t bring any purse into the kitchen, I dashed into the bedroom and brought out the first purse I laid my eyes on, luckily it was also designed in an animal skin color. I looked up at the wall clock I was already twenty-five minutes late. I prayed they were slightly late also.

As soon as I got to the restaurant I pushed the door open, and looked around to see where Nicholas was then I saw him waving at me. I walk towards him holding Jessie with one hand and holding my purse in another. Then I saw a man and a woman beside him, they looked familiar. Until I got closer and they were people I acquainted with recently

“Good afternoon,” I said sitting beside Nicholas and placing Jessie on a chair next to me

“Hi good afternoon,” Nicholas said leaning to kiss my cheek

“Hello” the lady and the man chorused smiling

“How are you doctor” the lady had said

“Am very well thank you, I can see you both are doing well” I said nodding my head

“Yes we are,” they said holding hands

“Am missing a lot right here i was supposed to introduce you guys to one another, is it that you guys have met before”