C2 Heartbreaks

Both of us were seated in a Cold Stone ice cream eatery in Lagos Island having some ice cream. I was having a chocolate flavored ice cream which is my favorite of all ice cream while Lady C was having vanilla flavored ice cream.

"I love this ice cream" I moaned in pleasure, this chocolate ice cream I was having had some sprinkles on it and not only that it contains Oreo cookies in it, it was quite different from the ice creams I do have. "How come I don’t know about this place?" Lady C chuckles at my question.

"Because you hardly go out" she teases.

"It’s not like that, I do go out. Remember I told you I take ice cream when I’m sad but it isn’t this place I get my ice cream" I took a full spoon of the ice cream and crunched it gently.

"Hmm, I still think you should discover more places"

"Hmm, not with my busy schedules but I’ll try" I told her knowing she's trying to make me go out to have fun like most of my age mates do. I'm just twenty four, what's with the rush? I don't even have time for doing all that anyways. We both kept quiet and had our ice cream in silence.

"How are you feeling now, Lady C?" I asked few moments later.

Lady C gazes up and smiles weakly at me, "I guess I’m feeling better now that I’m around you having an ice cream" she chuckles nervously but stopped when she saw my serious stares and blank face.

I really wanted to know what happened, I don't like pretense. "What’s really going on, lady C? Is everything okay with your marriage? Did you get into a fight with your husband?"

My friend sighs weakly and the feeling of sadness appears on her face all over again, "Everything is wrong, Esosa. How could he…."

"Hello ladies" a male voice interrupted her and I felt anger boiling up inside of me.

Right now is not the time for casualties, so blast whoever is trying to make acquaintances with us at this moment.

Lady C and I glance up and saw a guy wearing a sky-blue body-hug collar shirt paired with a black jean trouser and a white sneakers couple with his dark-shaded glasses smiling at us, what the heck? I mean who the hell is smiling with him? He just interrupted us he should be apologizing.

"How may we help you?" I asked coldly with a scowl and then in my peripheral vision I saw lady C shooting me cold glares and I knew what that meant but I pretended not to know at this moment.

I raised a brow at her before returning my gaze to my ice cream while Lady C flashes him a smile, like seriously?

"Hello Handsome" I almost choked on my ice cream when I heard her greeted the guy in such manner.

I glanced briefly at her and I saw a wide grin plastered on her face.

"Good day Madam. I’m sorry for interrupting; do you mind if I join….."

"No! I mind" I answered bluntly cutting him midsentence without glancing up at him."The empty seat you see is taken by a friend that will join us shortly. Go fetch yourself another seat

but let it be far away from us, thank you" I continued with my ice cream like I didn't just said something.

Without someone telling me I knew their eyes were on me.

"Esosa!" Lady C exclaims my name like I just killed someone, but I refused to gaze up at her. I heard her sigh softly. "I’m sorry about that, trust me she didn’t mean what she just said. Please do have a sit" she apologized and damn! right now I was really pissed at her.

I slowly dropped my spoon of ice cream back to the cup and I glance up briefly at the young man and then to my friend.

"I meant every word I said earlier, but if you want me to repeat them I’ll do just that. Go fetch yourself a seat somewhere far away from us!"

I half-yelled while still staring at my friend and when I saw how horrified she was looking at me, I dropped my gaze on my ice cream.

"Uhmm, its okay, enjoy the rest of your day" I heard the guy said and with that he walked away.

"What was that for?" she half-yelled and I gazed up at her.

"What?" I asked nonchalantly with a shrug and took a spoon of ice cream into my mouth.

"Oh please, don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. That was so rude of you; I didn’t expect that to come from you" she scolded.

"Well at times is needed to cut off some irrelevant conversation or people" I answered.

"Really? Even to a gentleman like that?"

I snorted, "Gentleman?!" I exclaimed with a raised brow, "Oh please! You have no idea if he’s a gentleman or not and besides who cares if he is? He interrupted our conversation so I had to cut him short because we don’t have time to listen to whatever bullshit he has to say".

I guess she didn't like what I just said because she was now staring at me like I had grown two heads.

"Esosa, you’re a woman for crying out loud, you don’t act that way towards men because…."

"Oh please!" I cut her off raising my hand, she's taking this thing too personal and I'm not liking it one bit.

"Let’s not banter over what doesn’t matter right now; we have a reason for coming here which is you and no one else" I continued.

"I don’t want it to be me anymore; I want us to address the issue at hand of what you just did" my oh so good friend said.

I gasps with a raised brow, "Oh really? You actually want me to sit here and talk about men with you when literally is a man that got you crying to me?

Or am I wrong?" I blurted angrily.

Now it was her turn to gasps looking dumbfounded, she opens her mouth to speak but words weren’t coming out. I honestly didn't know why I said that but I just wanted to distract her from talking me out from what I did which I knew wasn't wrong, and besides truly I was more concerned of her telling me what got her crying to me.

"Tell me it wasn’t a man that hurts you and I’m ready to sit here with you and talk about them as much as you want. Am I right or wrong?!"

I snarl at her and hit my fist on the table causing Lady C to jerk from her seat, oh no what was I doing? What if is not a man that got her crying.

"Fine!" she half-yelled and raised her hands in defeat, "you’re right; it’s a man" she almost said in audibly but I heard her. Shit! How dare a man hurt my friend? And which Godforsaken man would do that?

"Not just a man but my husband! He cheated on me!"she yelled answering my thoughts not given a damnif people were paying attention to our conversation or not.

Damn it! I screamed inwardly, of all things I never imagined her husband cheating on her. "Calm down, Lady C" I begged gesturing her to bring her voice down.

"No, I won’t calm down, don't tell me to calm down. What? Isn’t that what you wanted to hear? That beloved husband fucking cheated on me!" she half-yelled and broke down into tears.

I gasps looking dumbfounded, I didn't know what to say at the news I just heard, within a blink of an eye I found myself sobbing softly. Everything went distinct to the both of us, just the muffles of our low sobs could be heard. Our heads were bow low.

Couple of minutes passed before I stopped sobbing and dabbed my eyes with my face towel. I reached out for her hand across the table and squeeze it with warmth.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry" I utter quietly. My friend gaze up at me, her eyes were now red and puffy. "I'm so sorry for such thing to have happened to

an amazing woman like you, Lady C".

"Do you know the most painful part of it all?" she asked in a croaked voice and I shook my head in response. "The lady he cheated on me with just put to birth three weeks ago to a baby girl"

"Damn it! What?!" I exclaimed causing a little attention from the customers around to our table but I cared less at this moment.

"Are you kidding me? And you still have the nerves to call the goddamn thing a ‘baby girl’? What the heck! I mean who does that?" I scolded her like I was older than her which I wasn't. I was really pissed.

"Esosa, the baby is innocent. How else would you have expected me to say it?"

"Really? That sounds more pathetic that I’d imagined" I spat in disgust and took a long gulp of my bottle water.

"Esosa! Please calm down"

"Calm down? This is quite infuriating. Your man’s ball needs to be shoved off right away" I bluntly said.

My friend snickered, "Wow. Take it slow" she gestured me to calm down and I glanced away bitting my bottom lip.

I really do hate when men cheat on their spouse, I mean,why? Is all this dramas that comes in a relationship that made me decide to be on my own till when I'm ready to act the drama along with them.

I heard my friend heaves a deep sigh and it distracted me from my thoughts.

"So what do you advice I do now?" she asked and I squint at her.

"What you should do?" I repeated the question like I didn't hear her the first time. She nodded in response.

"I’ll dump him like a bad habit if I were you!" I spat out my words without any emotions. Truly that's exactly what I'd do if such should happen to me because I ain't got no time for shit!

"You’re not helping matters" she replied coolly with an eye roll and rested her back on the chair.

"You bet!" I scoffed.

She sighs heavily not knowing what else to say. And then a question struck my mind.

"How did you come to know about his god-forbidden deeds?" I questioned making eye contact with her.

"He told me" was her answer.

I furrowed my brows at her, "He told you?" she nodded. "What do you mean he told you?" I asked unsure.

"He told me, Esosa. He confessed to me".

I shook my head confusedly "I don’t get it. You meant he confessed to you?"

"Yes he did"

I snickered, "Wow that sounds more like a Telenovela shit to me" I replied humorously.

"Don’t joke around with this now; it’s a crucial matter that I need an advice on to handle that was why I came to you" my friend said in all seriousness.

"I’m sorry. I was just surprise that’s all" I shrugged but her facial expression looks sad. I have to take this seriously because she's serious about needing my advice.

"Besides what makes you think I’m the best person to give you an advice that would work for you?" I questioned.

She shrugs, "I don’t know. All I do know is I trust you more than my other friends I have. I just have that feeling you’re in a position to advise me despite your age and inexperience of a relationship. You're intelligent and smart, in all, I see you beyond the outward appearance you know" she explained and I just stared at her not knowing what to say.

I sigh heavily still thinking the right words to say to her.

"Actually, I know what I’m about to say is absurd and stupid but I do believe it" she interrupted my thoughts.

I placed my fingers on my chin, "Believe what this time around?" I asked in a bored tone.

"My husband is deeply sorry for what he did. He admitted he was wrong and he regrets ever doing what he did. Do you think I should give him a chance?"

I sat up and raised a brow at her, "A chance? Seriously? It’s quite obvious it always ends with 'I’m Sorry". I blurted and glances away feeling more agitated of her husband's deeds. Mehn, I really did respected that man but right now is....

"I know. But I think he truly is sorry" my friend jar me out of my thoughts again.

"Well, to me I don’t think so, I mean not that I don’t really believe he’s sorry, what I’m more concern about is you. You might choose to forgive him now and the next minute he might return to his forbidden deeds again and another minute he's back into your arms. Men can be so manipulative you know" I vent out my thoughts.

"You think so?".

"Not like I think so, but I know so, that’s what most men out there do" I answered bluntly because that's the truth. This things happen every day in many homes.

"You talk like you’ve been cheated on before. Is that the case?"

I gasps at her insinuation, "Of course not! I've never been in a relationship and you know that" I shook my head disappointingly.

"Anyways, that’s not the issue we're trying to fix up here, Lady C. What I’m trying to say is you can forgive him, but not so soon. The reason you shouldn’t give him a chance yet is because he might take that for granted and return to his unforgiving act. I’ll advise you give him a little time to prove he’s a changed man. But at the same time you can live freely with him but don’t let him make love to you just yet"

"Of course not. I never planned on allowing him do those things to me after what he has done, at least not so soon".

I'm becoming proud of my friend for her decision but before she thinks I'm only talking about sex I need to make something clear, "Not even a kiss" I added.

"What?!" She almost exclaimed. Wait, was she planning on allowing him kiss her so soon? She must be joking.

"You heard me" I answered frantically.

"But……"

"There’s no but Lady C" I cut in, "you're not allowed to kiss him until when you see an act of repentance in him" from her facial expression she wasn't buying it.

"Remember I’m your marriage counselor for now so you have to listen to me. But if you don’t want that I think I should leave" I threatened and took my phone and purse from the table pretending to leave if that would change her mind.

"But it hasn’t gotten to that, you shouldn’t just leave like that" she whined.

"Well, you didn’t give me a reason not to" I answered without glancing up at her.

"Okay fine, I accept. No kisses no sex. Are you happy now?" She announced and I felt a small smile played on my lips.

I glance up at her, "I thought so" I said with a triumph smug on my face. Remembering it's not always easy for ladies to cope after knowing their spouse was cheating on them made me

want to know my friend's decision.

"But to be honest my friend, it’s a very tough decision for most ladies to forgive such act of unfaithfulness. Are you sure you’re ready to forgive him just yet?"

She sighs weakly, "I don’t really know, Esosa".

"Would you like to stay away from him for a few days before you come to a decision?"

She stared at me blankly and I knew she was in deep thoughts.

"I think I’ll just follow your advice. I’ll give him space and watch him if there’s going to be any act of repentance in him before I take an action.

"Oh okay. Whatever you finally decide just know that I’m in support of it, okay?"

She smiled and reached out for my hand across the table, "Thank you, thank you".

I gave a nod and returned her smile. I glanced at my wristwatch briefly and my eyes widened at how fast time flies. My crew is on duty today and we'll be flying along with some passengers to California.

"Oh no! I need to get going, my flight is leaving by 6pm and this is almost 5pm, and I’m still here"

"Are you travelling?"

"Yes, I mean, no" I faced palm myself inwardly, "You already know my job as an air hostess apart from my personal business; we travel to all part of the world, I'm on duty today till tomorrow and we're traveling to California" I explained briefly.

"Is okay, I understand, my hardworking female crush" she winked at me with that her beautiful smile.

"Oh please, quit flattering me now" I giggled.

"You sure know I’m not a flatterer. Well, let me not keep you waiting then. Thanks for creating out time to listen to me; it really means a lot to me and I owe you one"

I frown at her, "Stop it please, it’s really nothing and you owe me nothing. I love being there for people especially when it comes to advising them. And you being my friend, deserve more of my time".

"You’re such a darling, come here" she beckons me to stand up which I did and she also did the same.

She enveloped me in a big hug before letting go of me. We both walked out of the eatery to the car park.

"Let me drop you off at your office so you could pick up your car" she offered but I can't accept her offer knowing I'll be so late if I do.

"I don’t think I’ll need my car right now. Its better I save myself the stress and time from traffic and get a bike to take me to my house. I’ll call one of my employees to bring the car home".

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes, Lady C"

"What if I offer to drop you off at your house?" She insisted.

"Lady C, its fine really. Thank you for the offer. I’ve got to go".

"Okay then. Have a safe trip. And make sure you give me a call when you’re back, okay?"

"Sure I will. Take care, and remember no kissing, no sex" I reminded with a wink before stopping a bike and climbed on it. I saw her blushing face before the bike exited to my destination. I grin widely at the thought of her.

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