Rabbit love episode 7

Rabbit love
Episode 7
 
I woke up the next morning with serious headache, i had cried myself to sleep the previous night, i quickly adjusted my night dress and went to the mirror ”ah” as expected my eyes were swollen, luckily i had no photoshoot nor show that day, even if i had, thanks to make-up, i won’t have any problem fixing it. But there is just one thing that i was dying to fix, which make-up cannot fix. My relationsh¡p with Kelvin.
Immediately the thought of him came to my mind, my phone rang and i checked the caller’s I.D and it turned out to be Vivian.
”hello V” i said wearily.
”you don’t sound too good any problem?”
i contempleted hiding the truth from her but i decided otherwise, i was dying to talk to someone about my problem and she and Dency were the only two people i could confide in and presently Dency wasn’t even in the country, she had travelled for a photoshoot for the ‘Vogue Africa” magazine, so i decided to open up to Vivian
”Hello, Becky are you still there”
Her voice made me snap out of my ”thinking world”
”ye…yes V”
”girl, talk to me what’s eating you up”
”can we meet, it’s not something we can discuss over the phone” i said to her.
”Is it about Kel?”
”yeah”
”can i come with Kola since he knows Kel better than anyone” she asked me.
”no, i want it to be just you and i”
”alright, Olive gardens by 5PM, will that be okay for you” she enquired.
”yes, thanks V”
”you are welcome and cheer up already, no matter the weight of the burden you are carrying try as much as possible to smile and sound enthusiastic.
”yes mummy” i said playfully and smiled for the first time in 24 hours.
”don’t blame me, i don’t want you to get wrinkles on your face so that your bride price will not reduce”
”you and bride price. wait until you give birth and your daughters get to a marriageable age before you start thinking about bride price, you hear?”
”it’s not bad to think ahead, early to bed, early to rise ”
I heard Kelvin’s horn blaring at the gate.
”thanks for calling V”
”what are sisters for?”
”see you later”
”and you too” she replied and ended the call.
 
I rushed into the bathroom as i didn’t want to see Kelvin, i didn’t even know how to look at him knowing fully well he was just coming back from an outing with one of his mistress, i didn’t want to cry in his presence.
 
I was in the bathroom when i heard the door open and then i heard him calling someone and telling whoever it was that he has arrived home and he was exhausted after the long night.
I sat down there crying my eyes out, i just couldn’t phantom how a perfect relationsh¡p like ours which lacked nothing could go bad just like that, i searched and searched my memory to see if along the line i had done something bad that would warrant this kind of treatment but i got nothing.
After some minutes of thinking, i wiped my tears and took a cold shower and came out of the bathroom.
I met him lying down still in the clothes he wore out yesterday.
He just looked at me and murmured ”good morning baby”
i felt my hands going numb and i was battling with the tears that were threatening to come out of my eyes.
This wasn’t my love, this wasn’t my Kelvin not even close.
The Kelvin i knew or i once thought i knew can never resist the sight of me in my short towel.
As of last month he would have been looking at me hungrily but now he just glanced at me and looked away.
”How was the meeting” i managed to say.
”It was fine” he simply said and layed down properly.
”so tell me how did it….”
he cut me off ”can’t you tell just by looking at me that it was exhausting, please let me sleep, i didn’t sleep well last night” he said with a note of finality and adjusted himself on the bed.
Hot tears began pouring down my eyes. He didn’t even look at me when he heard me crying not to talk of even comforting me.
 
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”V, hope i didn’t keep you waiting for too long” i asked vivian as i came to her table.
5PM had come sooner than i expected, i had been too broken, too busy crying that i hadn’t even realized that it was already time. I even had to put on sunglasses as i didn’t want anybody’s sympathy or side looks.
”nah, but i must say you looks gorgeous in that shape fattering gown”
”you don’t also look bad in your baggy gown” i complimented her and she frowned.
She called a waiter and ordered drink for both of us.
”How is work” she asked me, gently sipping her fruit juice.
”not as bad as my enemies wished me” i said dryly.
”stop being like that, nobody is wishing you bad”
”i wish so” i replied her.
”the always optimistic Becky being pessimistic, that means it’s a serious problem” she tried to joke but i wasn’t in that mood
i kept quiet and she continued ”Becky you can always talk to me what’s the problem
 
I kept quiet and she continued.
”Becky you can always talk to me what’s the problem”
I had no idea how but all i remembered was that i was already sobbing before she took my hands in hers.
”What did he do to you, tell me”
I wiped my tears with my free hand.
”Kelvin totally hates me for no reason”
”don’t say such i thing”
”it’s true” i took my time and narrated everything to her from how cold he has been towards me recently to his undeserved anger and insults.
”you mean he did all this to you”
i nodded.
”Girl you have to get out of that house” she said firmly.
”V, you are overreacting” i started defending him without even knowing why i was doing so.
”am not overreacting, no woman not even a pr-stitute nor an ex-convict deserves to be treated like that, who does he think he is, your saviour or what?” Vivian’s eyes were already glowing red with anger.
”V, take it easy, i still love him”
she nodded and then took my hands in hers again and started advising me like she used to when we were still living together, afterwards i felt calmer within me.
”I will tell Kola to talk to Kel or i would do it myself”
”no, you don’t need to, i don’t want him to think i am inviting a third party into our relationsh¡p”
”if you see it that way, but all am saying is that you must leave that house, atleast he will respect you more when he misses you”
”thanks sis for all the advice i will think about it” i said to her and lean forward and hugged her.
She called the waiter and ordered another drink.
”this is the fifth glass that you are ordering and am just on my second glass, am i missing something” i eyed her suspiciously.
She laughed and brought out a paper from her bag and handed it over to me.
”what” i scre-med attracting the attention of the other people around us.
”hey, be quiet”
”congratulations sis” i said to her,
”thanks, am already in my fourth month, you will soon have a little one to trouble you whenever you visit me”
” i just hope she is as beautiful and curvy as her mum” i replied jokily i was delighted to know that Vivian was pregnant, i knew how much she loved babies and the thought of her carrying her own baby filled me with pure joy making me forget about my problems with Kelvin.
 
I drove home feeling very happy after my outing with Vivian, i didn’t even want to call it a day with her, i had been filled with the kind of joy i haven’t even felt in a while since Kelvin started behaving abnormally.
Speaking of Kelvin i didn’t know how he would react when he sees me, i didn’t even tell him i was going out.
I did the sign of the cross and pushed the sitting room door open.
I shivered when i saw that he was at home, i quietly closed the door and started walking towards him, my mind was already made up to receive whatever insult he would hurl at me.
 
”My love, where have you been, you left me worried” he said while coming towards me.
 
Maybe i didn’t hear right, i stood glued on the s₱0t waiting for the illusion to go away.
I only realized i was not dreaming when he grabbed my hands.
”huh, what did you say” i asked.
”i said, where did you run off to without telling me, i was worried about you”
 
”Is he high on drugs or something” i thought to myself.
 
Whatever he was high on, i don’t really care, it’s time to give him a taste of his own medicine.
 
”you have no reason to be worried about me and besides, am not a kid and i don’t remember you being my father” i said too loudly and made to walk away but he grabbed my arms.
 
”Baby, please i am very sorry for all my attitudes this past weeks, work has been really stressful” he said gently like the Kelvin i once knew.
 
”hmmmm, i don’t remember coming to complain to you about your attitude” i said fiercely.
 
”but still, i am pleading with you forgive me and forget how unfairly i have treated you this past few weeks.
 
”Kelvin, when you are done with your shakespare tales, please let me pass, i am exhausted and you have succeded in ruining my evening”
 
”please baby, i am so sorry” he said and put his hands on my wa-ist to draw me closer to him.
 
”will you get those hands off me before i chop them off” i shouted and he quickly withdrew his hands.
I am pretty sure he was surprised to see me this stubborn.
What was he expecting? To see me melting in his hands at the mere touch of his skin against mine, then he must be kidding. Althought i must confess, Kelvin had never been this sober since i met him, he was looking so fragile like a chick that just lost it mother, i wanted to hold him and tell him how much i still loved him after all he has done, i wanted to touch him gently and remind him that love surpasses all but i just couldn’t bring myself to do it, i was determined to pay him back in his own coins.
 
”Kelvin, get out of the way, i need to shower”
i pushed him aside with all the strength i could gather and started walking away.
 
”Baby please forgive me” he scre-med behind me.
Was he possessed by demons or what? Why is he acting normally all of a sudden.
I turned to him and was shocked to see him kneeling on the floor and he was close to tears.
 
”I am so sorry, i never really meant to hurt you or your feelings, i really love you more than you can imagine”
 
i stood on the s₱0t not knowing what to do, i never really expected any of the drama that was being played out in front of me. I had expected to see the stone-hearted Kelvin.
He stood up and started walking towards me when he saw that i wasn’t saying any word.
 
Baby, please forgive me, i haven’t been myself recently”
He was now nothing more than three inch away from me.
I opened my mouth to speak but no word came out instead tears began pouring down my eyes.
He leaned forward and placed my head on his shoulder.
”I have been the worse guy on earth this last weeks, i love you baby and i promise to make it up to you, please forgive me”
 
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”Hope you enjoyed your day” Kelvin asked me beaming with smile.
”ofcourse i did, who wouldn’t? I especially loved the goldfish part” i said and i could bet that i sounded like a kid who just got a bicycle for the first time.
 
”I thought as much, i saw the way you were looking at them”
”Hey don’t blame me, i thought i would hear them speak, i saw that on Big Brother Africa show once when the gold fish talked to Sally one of the housemates”
 
”Sorry to disappoint you ma’m, but gold fishes don’t speak, those are just film tricks, just like the way Disney XD made me believe that Unicorns exists”
 
”I thought i was the only one, i was actually planning on getting a pink unicorn when i grow older, only to realize that Unicorns don’t exist”
 
We were both laughing hærd.
I was really enjoying myself. Kelvin had woken me up with a nice breakfast on bed, after that he helped me prepare water for my bath and then later he took me out to the state of the art aquarium in the heart of Lagos, i really enjoyed the outing, thinking it has ended, i didn’t know he had other plans.
He later took me to the Cinema to watch the season three of ‘Magic Mike’ which he had promised me before things turned left.
I was just enjoying the moment and I thanked God for bringing my Kelvin back to me.