“You have no right to ask me anything Ron…. after all that that you have done to me”
“I know I did wrong, I know I’m the last person to want to know anything that happened in all these five years we have been apart but believe me Melanie….. anyone in my shoes would want to know”
“Oh really, just like me waiting for you to come and explain to me why you decided to run and abandon me on the day of our wedding”
“I know…. i know Melanie let me explain” she throws her plate down
“No no you listen to me Ronald, I’m not some naive little girl you can play with….I’m no longer the helpless little girl you dated five years”
“I know you still have the hots for me”
“Well you’re wrong, I don’t…. I feel nothing but gratefulness to you and you know why….it’s because thanks to you, I met the best man in the whole wide world” this angers him
“No you see….I was right you feel nothing but gratefulness to him not me and you know why, it’s because you see him like your saviour for what he did that day”
“Yes….you’re right he’s my saviour my everything, the love of my life and name it….we have a daughter together and that’s one thing you couldn’t do”
“If he’s all that you claim he is, why not make him official….. as far as there is no ring in that finger, you can tell this cock and bull story to anyone else”
“What is marriage?… huh…is it not two people who love each other living together, starting a family and raising it together?….. is marriage only defined in a piece of paper?….listen carefully, Tobi is everything and you’re not even half of what he is….do you know what?…. he was with me very step of the way, he held me when you smashed and destroyed me, he was there for me when I was loosing my head and running mad, he sacrificed it all he had to bring a smile to my face….including forsaking his own mother something you Ron… who claims love for me couldn’t do” Mel is beyond mad and Ron is so shocked this isn’t the Melanie he knew back then, talking about Tobi this passionately
“I defended you too….all this you’re saying, I did them, I wasn’t afraid to show you to the whole world as the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with”
“But did you?….. the answer is no….so back off, my husband and I are already living the life we ever wanted…. he renewed my faith in men and made me believe true love truly existed….he loved me beyond my brokenness and bruises, he mended all the wounds with his kindnesses, his assurance of a better future I’m living now……don’t think getting into your car and coming here with you means anything…… its just as far as it is….if I’m here it’s because people can heal, I’m healing and I owe it to my husband”
“You’re getting mad for no reason, calm down and let’s talk like two adults”
“I don’t want to talk to you…… I don’t want to see you and this should be the very last time you ever look for me….I don’t even know what I’m doing here…” she grabs her bag and she’s about to leave but stops
“My phone….” he has no choice but to hand it over to her
“About your offer to find the rapist, thanks for your offer but what you couldn’t do five years ago, I don’t want it now….. five years ago, Melanie a final year student was brutally raped after being kidnapped, her then boyfriend couldn’t stand the fact that she was pregnant for a rapist, her whole world was crumbling but since her boyfriend kept up a fake appearance, she believed in life after hell” Ron starts to shade tears
“Had you told me before that fateful day that you didn’t want to continue with the relationship anymore, Ron believe me I would have cried but in the end I would be OK….. I was with you but I was never fine, every night was a torture for me because I was living in hell and fear yet all you ever cared about was finding the rapist, that was the only thing that mattered to you…. you never cared if my soul was OK, if my state of mind was OK” Mel is now fighting her tears but she refuses to let them come out
“You didn’t care…..you didn’t Ronald….but Tobi did and he does, he single handedly defended me from all those hungry Media people, he a total stranger ran after me and looked for me all over Town till when he found me……that night I wanted nothing other than ending it all and I did, I was Ready to die in his house but do you know what he did” she can’t hold it anymore and burst out, Ron gets up and wants to hold her but she doesn’t want him to touch her
“My Brain wasn’t functioning well, I was hearing voices, I was loosing it and where we’re you huh?…… don’t make me hate you Ronald…. today yes I came with you willingly and do you know why?……I did, so I can tell you to your face that you’re nothing but a past to me….. a past I have forgotten, move on, start a life with your wife or who ever that woman is to you……. I don’t need your help….. don’t bother about that so called rapist because he’s another past, you never stayed back to fulfil your promise anyway”
“I did…..believe me I did but going away was entirely something I couldn’t control”
“Whatever…..five years ago, your family didn’t want scandals, and I’m telling you right now, I don’t want scandals in my beautiful marriage….. if by any chance in future I decide to dig into my past and try find that man….I will ask my husband’s help not yours”…………she finally storms out looking like she’s drunk, all of a sudden she hates Ronald…. she hates him so much and feels like she has been waiting for all these five years to set her eyes on him and have this kind of talk with him so she can hate him because even after all that he did to her back then she still couldn’t hate him……she staggers into the compound and her eyes becoming dark, her head rotating….. she looks back and good enough he isn’t following her, the gateman looks at her like she’s drunk or mad, this time he didn’t protest her going out, she’s even shocked and looks back and sees Ron who is not doing better himself waving to the gateman not to stop her…..she finally gets out of the compound and that’s when all that she had eaten decide to pour out like she had eaten poison…… she threw up and staggers to the next building where she’s sure Ron will not spot her if he decides to come out, she sits down feeling some slight headache, all this while she’s holding onto her phone…..she switches it on and could see people passing starring at her and wondering what a well dressed looking rich woman is doing seated like some mad person……..her phone takes time to restart the functions and she was getting impatient….. it finally opens and she checks and she’s so shocked to see it’s coming to 4pm……
“Oh my God!….. where am I” she wonders and stops some guy who is passing and asks which part of town this is, she’s told she’s in terego…..she’s shocked as much as she has spent all her life in this town, she has never been to this part and only hears about it, she doesn’t even know where to go from here……..she scrawls her husband’s number and she’s about to dial when she sees Ron drive out and in a slow speed, she’s sure he’s looking for her especially when he stops and asks some women selling at the road side…. she hides herself properly until when he drives away and finally gives Tobi a Call…………
Tobi has looked for Melanie everywhere he thought she could possibly be at and he’s already thinking of the worst, he has called Mac with the news and he too has come to be with him……Tobi is sure his bastard ex friends are the ones behind this and wants to go to police station to launch a case of missing person and probably a kidnap too
“Are you sure it’s really those guys” Mac has his doubts
“I have my doubt, we have no idea how they would carry out their threats, they need strategic plans to do so….i’m sure Mel is just somewhere”
“Why then can’t she call me”
“Maybe her phone is off and there is no way she can charge her phone….calm down and lets think before we make a very big mistake”
“I’m very sure Mac, they were in my office threatening to tell her everything and I’m sure they did it”
“Calm down….I still have my doubts and besides it’s not only those guys after Melanie”
“What do you mean”
“I mean…….how about Ronald her ex” Tobi looks like this is a very big possibility he is considering before long a call came in and he fidgets with his phone in his pocket
“It’s her….” he didn’t wait till long
“Babe….where are you……… whaaaat?…. what are you doing there… where exactly………… I’m on the way….don’t move away from there” he fixes back his phone and takes off
“What did she say….where is she”
“Mel is in terego….” all he could say
“Wai……wait for me” Mac takes after him and they get driving to terego at a breakneck speed…..
To be continued…
