The Encounter

CHAPTER 11

Blessing pov:

The buzzing of my phone woke me up, only to find myself wrapped around by Cola, as I rush out of his embrace he stirs, I knew it was my mother calling and it’d be Jordan on the other end as it has been his habit for the past three months, I didn’t want Cola finding out about Jordan as I intend to slip away quietly even if it’d cost me my job.

He looks at me half asleep and grumpily say “make it stop” I reach for my phone silencing it.

I make a beeline for the bathroom, after making sure the door was locked and hoping it was sound prove, I turn on the shower just incase before making the return call,

“Mummy…” came his soft excited voice from the other end. “ Hi my love, did you miss me? I ask, “where were you last night grandma called and called” he said making faces, I was glad that he wasn’t paying much attention to my environment and engaged him into the enticing gist of how my boss had pulled my desk with so much work my fingers got numb from typing and signing. It was a partial lie but it was a believable one, when I was done with my phone call I proceed to take a bath just to to make sure that if he heard the shower running he’d not begin to ask me questions. I honestly didn’t know why I was bothered as I could easily told him to mind his business but somehow Colas thought of me mattered.

As I step out of the bathroom, he was standing right at there and had obviously been for awhile, I almost jumped out of my skin as I am startled by his reaction, he looks really upset and as he asked who I was speaking to, I somehow lost the ability to breathe.

I shatter a respond and try to side step him , unsuccessfully as he blocks my path “ I don’t care who you’ve been with, we are together now and I won’t tolerate that sort of disrespect, you’d better find a way to tell that lover of yours to leave or I’ll make him”. I almost laughed as the implication of his words sink in, lover, he must have thought I had a boyfriend, the thought was funny at first then I realized how much I could use it as an alibi for my frequent calls with my son until I was ride of Cola.

I try to make a comment but he times off into the bathroom shutting the door, I am puzzled by his reactions as if though I’d made my stands clear last night.

I wasn’t really worried as there wasn’t any lover to get ride of, so I simply go ahead to change my mums contact from grandma to my lover, the devil in me was awake and if Cola said I won’t have peace then there’s definitely going to be no peace for the wicked.

I head downstairs to get my bag, and pick up my personal items, by the time I’d returned he was out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped around his waist, he looks at the items in my hand and casually says “I thought you’d gone to make breakfast”, I was bewildered by that statement, me, making breakfast. At the moment realization donned on me, Cola was going to keep me her at least for the weekend, I look at him as if he’d grown an extra pair of eyes, “ Cola no, you can’t do that”

he plays dumb and says “well if you’d not make me breakfast, what do you want me to order for you, I worked late, so I’m starving, plus all that drinking”… not sparing me a glance as he spoke he goes about dressing up in casual wears, acting like an old couple simple going through their morning routine.

This infuriates me, and I start to hyperventilate, struggling with my breathe, I assure myself that Cola won’t keep me here without my constant. But I could tell that it was wishful thinking on my part as the man in question seem very unbothered by my discomfort, he proceeds to make a phone call ordering a large amount of breakfast for himself, then turns to me and says “babe… what should I get you?” I almost screamed at him but thought the better, I swallowed the pain and frustration I felt and simply told him I wasn’t hungry, he totally ignores it and goes ahead to order me breakfast when he’s done with his call I try to speak again calling his name, he silenced me with “it’s still early you’d get hungry later”

At this I snapped “ Cola you know what I mean, you can’t keep me here, I need to go home”.

He seats on the edge of the bed facing me, and coldly says “ you know you’re not going anywhere, if your problem is what to wear I can get you something to wear, however I’d suggest you take you phone, call that little boyfriend of yours and tell him, not to bother about you anymore”.

I rush to him and starts to explain that I wasn’t seeing anyone, in hopes that if he was concerned about me returning to another man he’d let me go, “The better I’d be if you stopped this drama, I’m not letting you out of my sight, not today not ever Blessing, the sooner you understand that the better it’d be”,

He says as he stands up and heads for the door I break down at the realization that Cola was dead serious and start a fresh batch of tears.