Darkness was like a cloud. It knew exactly when to hover over someone, it knew when it come and it didn't leave so easily when it had arrived. Jake felt it, he felt the darkness lurking in the corners and when he fell to the ground, he felt it overcome him. The darkness came with rain that filled his eyes. He finally gave in to it and cried his eyes out. He couldn't stand the sadness anymore. He came back to resolve the issues he was having with her but just as he suspected, she wasn't the type to hang around for long in a place where she did not feel appreciated."No," he whispered to himself as he cleaned the tear that fell from his eyes and stood up from the ground. He rushed to his phone and quickly dialled her number. It rang but unfortunately, she didn't pick up. He was about to ring the number again when a message came through. It was from Raymond. He had sent in his measurements. Normally, Jake should be elevated to have received that information but he was too concerned with
Amanda's driver pulled up at a white apartment building. She had hoped that it won't get to that but she wasn't in control of what happened and what didn't. Her mother had kicked her out and she wasn't going to go back to a man who didn't appreciate her. She was done trying to force herself to fall in love with him. It was about time she embraced her true self, the part of her that did not care about anything and anyone. She dragged her suitcase up to the third floor with so much pain coursing through her bones. She should have gotten used to it by now. All thanks to Jake, she was exposed to all types of hard labour. Something she never thought she would go through in life. She reached her destination and knocked lightly on the door. A beautiful 27-year-old woman opened the door."Can I stay here for a while?" She asked the lady. "Of course, you can." Bethany pulled her into her arms, engulfing her in a bear hug."Mom kicked me out and Jake is just the worse person to live with.""W
"Mrs Cash!" He exclaimed and watched as the woman walked into his apartment majestically. She was the last person he expected to see and hoped to God that she wasn't coming to insult him again. He wasn't sure of how much more he could take from that family. Mrs Cash surveyed the house once again with her eyes. She could see why her daughter ran away, she would too if she had to live in such a dump. There was absolutely nothing good about the place. It was too small, too empty and even when Jake tried his very best to keep it clean and neat, to Mrs Cash it still looked like a dumpster. "Mrs Cash, what are you doing here?" Jake asked again when he didn't get a reply the last time. He was not about to be ignored in his own house. He was done letting the Cash walk all over him especially when he knew that they were not worth it. "Young man, I can hear you," she answered but still didn't meet his eyes."Okay, so if you can hear me then please tell me what it is that you are doing here."
Fear gripped him. He knew that she wasn't joking. Mrs Cash was a vile woman who would do anything she wanted as long as she got what she wanted. His thoughts were interrupted by the buzzing of his phone. He walked slowly to the table where he had placed it. Looking at it, he saw a missed call from Sebastian. He was about to call him back when Sebastian beat him to it. He picked up the call on the second ring."Hey, where are you?" He asked immediately."I'm at home. Why?" "Wait, which home?""Mine!""You went back to your place even after I had told you countless times to not go there?" "I had work to take care of and besides, Amanda isn't even here. Look Seb what do you want?""I wanted to go home and I wanted to know if you are done at work so that I can pick you up at once." "I'm not done with work and I won't be coming back to your place. Thanks so much for your hospitality but I need to be in my own house and as I said earlier, Amanda isn't here so you have absolutely nothing
The wait was excruciating. Jake's palm became sweaty and so did his face. He tried to sit still but from the funny gaze that Cassidy threw his way at intervals, he knew that he wasn't doing a good job at it. The woman wasn't subtle about her amusement. She didn't try to hide her smiles that reached her intelligent eyes and from her eyes, Jake could see that she thought of him as cute. "You don't have to be so worried you know. When Ray was telling me about you and your designs, he said some pretty good things. I'm sure that the clothe will be just perfect.""Thank you, Cass." It had helped a lot to be reassured in such a way but still, his heart was troubled. Only the final verdict from Raymond would put him completely at ease. Thankfully, Ray didn't take that long to put on the clothe. He came back down in less than five minutes. Jake didn't look at the clothes on his body, he was concerned about the look on his face. The man was all smiles and that only reassured Jake."Wow, honey!
Anger wasn't allowed to be among the things he felt for he knew the man spoke the truth. Everything about his pretence was just that, a pretence. Sooner or later he was going to go back to Amanda and begged, as he always did. He just hoped that she would come to him before he goes to her. "I know you're right." He said. "I'm just trying to avoid the inevitable." "And the longer you wait, the worse it gets. You have to do it soon my man, 'cause if you keep procrastinating it, you will end up losing her forever." Jake didn't hear Cassidy walk in, he was busy thinking of what it would be like to lose Amanda. He wasn't sure if it would be a good thing or a bad one. Somehow, he wanted to find out."Jake?!" He heard his name being called and he lifted his head and cleared his mind of its thoughts. "Yes," he responded to his caller. It was Cassidy"I said that food is ready. Let's move to the dining table." He said."Oh okay." He stood up from the sofa and followed the Emeralds into their
Just when luck seems to start smiling down on Jake, the outside world had to remind him of his sad tale. Jake walked back home slowly, thinking of his next step. He couldn't continue to live the way he was with no wife and no friends. He needed a fresh start, needed to start doing things right. He didn't want to get used to the feeling of loneliness that threatened to swallow him whole. One thing kept ringing in his ears. Sasha. He needed to make peace with her but she had already moved on and quickly than he had expected. He didn't love her and as such wasn't expecting her to stick around and stay in a friendship that could lead to the end of her life but still, he didn't expect her to move on so quickly and begin life afresh and he certainly didn't believe that she would still not forgive him. The honking of a car caused Jake to startle and he remembered that he was in the middle of the road. He moved slightly towards the pedestrian lane and walked slowly to his apartment. He wasn
The sun shone brightly into Raymond's room. It almost blinded his eyes. He was never a big fan of the daytime. He prefered night, at least then he could sway his secrets around without being seen. The only thing that made him love the sunlight was staring at his wife's face. He turned around and looked at her. She was the definition of perfection. Everything a man ever wanted. Regardless of the fact that she looked like a pig when she slept, to Raymond she still looked at beautiful as ever. Slowly, he could see her eyes opening. It was a beautiful sight to behold. She had a little frown on his face as she woke up and a split second that was blessed with confusion. Raymond knew that she couldn't see him, she had a minute deformity that didn't allow her eyes to capture any image after two minutes of her waking up. So Raymond stayed mute, waiting for her eyes to clear up and for her to be able to see properly. He stroked her face to let her know that he was there, watching over her and