ERRONEOUS WAY TO LOVE pt22

Dawn arrived quickly than i expected. I
tossed uneasily on Samuel’s bed.
“How do i face Emmanuel today?” i
wondered and closed my eyes,
“God help me” i prayed and breathed
deeply. My strength failed me.
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I stayed away from lectures that fateful
day, and stayed indoors with Samuel, who
really was very glad to sacrifice his lectures
because of me. We had a wonderful time
playing, joking and he  never went beyond
his boundary,which i really loved most
about him.. Deep down within me i still felt
very uneasy.
I kept thinking about Emmanuel and his
next line of action, since i failed to show up
in school. My heart leapt each time i heard
someone knocking on a neighbour’s door,
fearing it was him knocking on my door.
“Hope you are alright dear, you look very
anxious and uneasy?” Samuel asked
numerous times that fateful day. But
instead of telling him my plight i preferred
to keep it firmly sealed in my heart.
“I can’t believe you still haven’t told him
about Emmanuel, upon everything i said to
you yesterday, seriously you are no longer
behaving like the Mary i know, are you
under a spell or are you still habouring
some form of affection for that boy?”
Mariam asked suspiciously, when she came
into my room later in the evening, after
returning from school..
“You won’t understand” i murmured and bit
my lips,
“Yes i can’t understand your behaviour
anymore, you even skipped lectures because
of that boy nawa oh” she replied and shook
her head.
“I know what i’m doing okay, you are just
misunderstanding my actions dear,” i
murmured. She shrugged and changed the
topic, while I instantly felt relieved, because
i really had no strength to argue with her.
However when Samuel confronted me about
Emmanuel later in the night, i knew my best
friend had snitched on me. I felt very
terrible, weak and lost, but what pained me
the most was Samuel’s words, which really
injured me immensely.
“I never knew you could keep such
information away from me. I never believed
i will ever hear such news from someone
else, why Mary?, why??” he asked after
repeating all Mariam told him.
I swallowed hard and looked away, with an
injured pride, totally ashamed of myself.
“I can’t even imagine you stayed away from
school just because of him” he muttered,
“Baby i kept it away from you because i
didn’t want to involve you, i know how
upset you will be if i tell you such news” i
explained truthfully, but for the first time he
choosed not to believe me. He stared at me
for a while before looking down.
“Seriously i don’t know what to believe, how
am i even sure you haven’t been meeting
him secretly, perhaps it was your friend’s
conscience that made her open up to me
even though i suspect she tuned down the
whole thing” he murmured. I gasped in
shock, grabbed his right hand strongly,
forcing him to bring his eyes back on me.
Samuel has never doubted, suspected, nor
spoken silly words to me, but that moment
it appeared as if i lost all his trust. The
most painful part of it all was that he
accused me unjustly and kept staring at me
as if i was a half penny who.re.
“My God, why did Mariam do this to me” i
wondered with a weeping heart, totally lost,
dejected and heartbroken……
“Good night” Samuel muttered, snatched his
hand from my grasp, and turned his back
on me,
“Where are you going?” i asked stupidly,
“To my room of course” he replied coldly,
“Spend the night here with me dear?” i
begged,
“I don’t think it’s necessary, you never
wanted me to get involved, so it’s better i
stay away so that you can clean up your
problems alone just like you wanted. You
can notify me when you are done” he
murmured and left my room.
“Dear your behaviour is punishing me, don’t
leave me here alone” i begged as he left.
I never knew Samuel could ever get so
annoyed with me in such manner, and It
just looked as if my life was crashing in a
terrifying manner.
I spent that night tossing on my bed and
crying. I woke up the next day emotionally
weak, pertubed and uneasy.
Mariam showed up in my room by 7:55AM,
I felt like murdering her, but had to control
myself because i didn’t want to create a
scene with someone so vulgar.
“Why the drawn face huh?” she asked and
sat beside me with concern. I sighed and
looked the other way,
“Snitch” i hissed quietly,
“Hmmm okay, now i understand the monkey
face you are showing me. Of course i told
Samuel because you have no reason for
hiding Emmanuel’s disturbance from him.
You won’t understand what i did for you,
hahaha you can thank me later shaaa” she
patted my back and laughed.
“This is no laughing matter, your big mouth
just cost me my relationship” i murmured,
“Abegi make i hear word jare” she replied
and fell back on my bed,
“I’m very serious, Samuel almost pounced
on me yesterday” i complained bitterly. To
my surprise, my dear friend laughed out
loud.
“Anyway i don’t blame you, i caused
everything by revealing my problems to you”
i added sadly. She sat up and stared at me
seriously.
“Baby don’t talk like that, Samuel loves you
very much, he just reacted as he should.
Relax he will come back to make peace” she
assured,
“What if he doesn’t?” i asked,
“Then you go yourself and beg him, you
have legs don’t you?” she replied and
winked at me, “anyway i don’t think
Samuel can last a day without you” she
concluded while i shrugged.
We argued and debated about Emmanuel,
Samueland how to settle my problems
throughout that morning till 11:3AM when
we heard a steady knock on my door which
interrupted us.
Mariam quickly answered my door and
froze when she saw who was knocking. She
slowly walked backwards like someone
possessed by an evil power. My face
instantly coloured. I gasped and swallowed
hard when i saw Emmanuel confidently walk
into my room with a steady smile. But
before i could recover from the shock,
Mariam quickly regained herself and pushed
him ferociously with an energy i never have
seen in her.
Her push took him by surprise, and sent
him staggering backwards towards the open
door. Mariam pushed again and again until
he was out of my room without much
resistance. She quickly locked my door with
great speed and rested her body on it as
she gasped for breath.
I really was totally stunned, and surprised
at the great stunt she pulled. I stared at her
gratefully for some minutes and breathed
deeply,
“God please give me the type of mind,
strength and courage Mariam has” i
prayed….
-To be continued-