Mad in love episode 21
Mad in love episode 21
Jennifer……
I said bye to the women who we usually
chatted with as they genuinely showed
how happy they were for me. My trial
just came to an abrupt end and I was set free again.
How funny it is that after staying in
Prison for almost 5 weeks, the only thing
I got back was my freedom. No
compensation for my lost time, the
humiliation I had to go through. I recall after walking out of the court
room, some journalist approached me
wanting me to give them the satisfaction
of continuing my life story. I wondered
how people can be so cruel as to just
want to make a job out of someone even after the misery of that person.
I was now free and every one came to
somehow hear the truth about my life
but unlike Clara, I was not a fan of social
media. So my brother and Ben engulfed
me as they led me to the car avoiding the cameras and some noisy journalists
wanting me to say something.
” oh God that was so much noise” i sighed
as we sat in the car.
” am happy you are out my sister” my
brother smile hugging me as he sat next to me. Leaving the front seat without a
person I felt bad Ben was looking back at
me.
” thanks brother but we will talk later at
home. You mind if I sit with my man?” I
smiled at him and I saw him look at Ben then back at me.
” no problem sister, I don’t mind” he
shrugged and I was glad he was
beginning to understand Ben meant so
much to me. I love him as my brother, but
Ben was the man after my heart and I couldn’t see him look out of place.
” shall we?” I smiled at him and he held
my hand.
” sure babe” he responded with wide
smile I felt proud of him.
Back at home, the priest, Ben’s sisters who moved home from the court with
the priest and my aunty who came from
Matero welcomed us immediately we
walked to the door.
I was amazed at how the house was
decorated with big letters wrotten ” WELL COME BACK HOME, LOVE OF MY LIFE”
printed in red on a white material and
hanging across the room.
” thank you Love” I k-ssed Ben’s forehead
and I heart the priest clear he throat.
He asked us all to hold hands and pray thanking God for seeing us through..
” the Lord almighty has fought your
battle and I pray he does it for you all
your lives” he shouted and we all agreed
with an ‘Amen’.
Some lunch which Ben’s sister’s prepared was saved and after which we all sat
round the living room. Present among the
people mentioned earlier were Ben’s best
friend, Mulenga the acountant and Clara’s
nephew who joined us too.
Everyone looked happy and relieved I felt at home. My home had never had so
many people like that before. I was lost
in thoughts thinking about how glad I
was to come back home to all the people
that seemingly loved me and were happy
to see me, that when my brother stood up asking for everyone’s attention, I was
startled a bit.
Bed held my hand as we both looked up
my brother who was now looking at us
with a smile.
” I want to take this opportunity to ask my sister and Ben for the way I
responded to your relationsh¡p. You have
to believe how hærd this was for me as
well. We lost our kid sister and I was so
scared of losing another sister” he paused
and we all nodded our heads in agreement.
” now that I have seen how much you
are in love with each other, how much
each of you is willing to go an extra mile
for each other, I am at peace to say in
case you two are going to make plans of settling together I have no objectionn at
all. Thank you Ben for what you did for
my little sister, i thought I could easily
find a way out for her but I know your
ways were more effective and am glad
you succeeded. Let’s all continue thanking God for this day and always
remember that the Lord will always
guide our steps no matter what plans we
have. I love you both and thank you all
present for making my sister feel at
home. Am proud of you little sister!” He ended
with a smile and I wiped the tears from
my eyes standing and hugging him.
” I love so much my brother and thank
you for your kind words” I whispered as
he held me. Later in the evening when everyone left
except Ben’s sisters who I insisted came
back to stay with us instead of staying at
the church. I went to take a warm long
bath taking my time soaking myself as
my mind relived everything I went through in Prison.
Some nights on some hærd and itchy beds,
some early hour’s we were forced to
wake up and work. I recalled a lot of
other struggles and my cheeks felt the
warm tears as they fall down. ” Babe are you Okey?” Came the voice of
Ben as he stood watching me by the
entrance to the bathroom.
” you have been in there for more than
30 minutes. Come out now” he
whispered walking in,side and squatting next to the tab his hands holding my
shoulder.
” please stop crying now it’s all over” he
whispered washing away the tears in
my face with the water.
” you are safe now and all that hell is behind us. Clara is going to be put away
for a long time and I swear I will protect
you and never let you go through all this
again” he smiled making me look at him.
” am glad to hear that Love, I don’t think
I could have survived another day in that horrible place. People are suffering in,side
that Prison it breaks my heart to just
think of what they are feeling right now
Ben.”
” Come on now, lets go to bed. Do you
want me to bath You?” He smiled. ” no, am done was just sitting in here
anyway,” I shook my head . “wiping me
dry can do” I teased him as he pulled me
out of the water.
He slowly wiped my body without taking
his eyes from my face. ” I missed you so much” i held his hand as he finished
wiping my feet and stood up. ” I missed
you more my love. You have no idea how
relieved I feel about all this and you
being so close to me again” he sincerely
responded I knew he meant every word. I pulled him to a k-ss, he stepped back a
bit and smiled. ” I waited for that from
the day they locked you” he laughed
pulling me back in his arms.
” are you sure, you are okey with this?”
He asked after another mind blowing k-ss as we still stood in the bathroom.
” I feel tired Love, but I want you so bad
too” I giggled pulling him out and leading
him to bed. After i wrapped my towel
around myself.
” well, I need you too but I don’t want to put more pressure on you. Maybe it’s
better you rest tonight and I promise
tomorrow I will have my way” he rubbed
my l-ips with his.
” now you are making it so difficult to
resist you Ben” I pulled him closer and our eyes met.
For some good minutes we kept on
staring at each other and could smile
without saying anything.
In our silence, they were thousands of
words spoken and I knew there was no going back. The man before me was
exactly, In fact more than what I had
wished for. His love was unconditional.
Unlike him, I loved him from the word go,
but now seeing the dept of his warm
eyes, the curve of his breath taking smile, I knew he loved me. I could feel it in,side
me and i wished I was a man to propose
marrying him, being a woman I knew i
had to wait for him but my mind was
made up. Come what may I felt
belonging to him. Unconsciously I flet my body rise and my
desire for him grew intense, I couldn’t
feel the tiredress anymore and I sighed
softly moving closer to him.
” what?” He finally said something like
he was reading my thoughts in his silence.
” I love you” i said honestly.
” I know!, your heart is pure theres is no
doubt you love me. Sometimes I envy
you so much” he laughed softly.
” envy me?” I made a frown face at him.” I don’t understand,” I responded.
” well, there are not a lot of people out
there who could be like you are. You
have so much courage and determination
I still don’t understand how you would
fall in love with me esapcially in the state I was in before. I have heard of
ladies falling in love with a villager, a
poor man, a Kaponya but never a mad
man. How you did that still amazes me
and I don’t know how to put it in words
to thank you for saving my life.” He shook his head.
” you don’t have to say anything, you
have told me enough my Love, and am
getting bored with this talking” I teased
him playing my hands on his chest.
” oh no!, here I am saving your life and you are making funny of me” he laughed
loudly.
” you know this won’t end well for you
right?” He k-ssed my cheek drawing
himself closer to me.
” am stronger than you think” I mocked him placing my fingers and rubbing his
man gently I laughed when he gasped.
“Don’t say I didn’t warn you Jen, he
murmered the words and mo-ned softly
as he k-ssed me deeply. Immediately
connecting ourselves his every move and touch adding to how crazy I was about
him already.
I woke up late the following morning but
was feeling more rested than ever, I
guess I needed him make love to me to
remove my stress after all. I looked towards the door and saw it was closed.
I wondered were Ben was.
I went down the bed and wrapped
myself in a night robe and went to the
bathroom.