Sorry it took sooo long, but here is the update. I really want to update constantly, so I won’t lose your interests (insert cute face)
Chapter 8: The truth won’t set you free
Ayo parked the car back in the car, wiping the sleep from his eyes.
“Have I really lost Sophia again?” he thought
He sighed and walked into the house, feeling a heavy burden on his chest. He opened the door to find Tomiwa sprawled on the couch in the living room. He was fast asleep with drool falling from the side of his mouth. Ayo closed the door as quietly as he could and started creeping into his room.
“Yeah you think you can get away that easy?”
Ayo rubbed his face and turned to see Tomiwa sitting up on the couch
“I forgot how lightly you sleep. Can I just go back to my room peacefully?”
“Did you find her?”
“No” he said with a sad tone “I will continue looking tomorrow.”
Tomiwa got up, walked over to Ayo, and said
“I want answers, guy”
“Can’t we do this tomorrow?”
“No, you will just keep avoiding it. Today is Sunday and you have class tomorrow.”
“Exactly! I have class. Let me rest.”
“You will manage. Now can you explain how exactly you were even engaged?”
Ayo let out a deep sigh and walked over to the couch with Tomiwa following him.
“How come we still have light?” Ayo asked
“Wo, NEPA decided to bless us today.”
“Wow! Eh eh how was today’s match?”
“It was as dry as this conversation is. Stop avoiding the question. When did you even get engaged?”
Ayo looked at the ground, deep in thought. He really didn’t want to get into the details of his past, but he had to at least give him something to calm his curiosity.
Still looking at the ground, Ayo started to tell Tomiwa the details of his past, his bright past that shone in comparison to the life he was living now.
“I and Sophia met in high school. It was the typical lovebird story except I never wanted to let her go after graduation. We both went to the University of Ibadan where I studied Accounting and she studied Criminology. It isn’t really a common course, but she said she wanted to work in the security sector. Her parents gave her their support and so did I. I asked her to marry me in my 3rd year and we got married immediately after my graduation.”
“I thought you said she was your ex-fiancée.” Tomiwa interjected.
“That’s because we were engaged longer than we married. It was barely six months into our marriage when she disappeared.”
His face tightened in pain as the memories started coming back to him. He buried his face in his palms and continued
“I searched! How I searched so hard, but I couldn’t find her. I went to look for her family, but they had also moved. I was so confused and disoriented for months. I felt all alone. My parents and Tiwa did their best to console me, but it was pointless. I didn’t even know if she was dead!”
Tears started falling from his eyes to the carpeted floor. He remembered all the pain he had felt when she suddenly left. He had to postpone going for his Masters’ degree to search for her, but he had to eventually let go when it seemed like all hope was lost. And now seeing Sophia again and her denying him, denying everything they had been through, was just too much.
He suddenly lifted his eyes and yelled
“And she’s gone again! I don’t even know what I did wrong! Why is she running away from me?”
As Ayo broke down in tears, Tomiwa got up from the couch he was on and sat beside Ayo, placing his hand on Ayo’s shoulder.
“You have to let go again, Ayo. Tireni isn’t Sophia. I understand how much you want to see her again, but this isn’t your Sophia.”
Ayo stood up in anger, wiping the tears from his face, and faced Tomiwa.
“No! You don’t understand! You don’t understand anything! You don’t understand how much pain I am in right now! This is Sophia! I can’t forget her face. My mind wouldn’t play such cruel tricks on me. Don’t worry, Tiwa would bear me witness.”
“Tiwa is co..ming?” Tomiwa said nervously.
“I’m sorry, but yes she is. I called and told her about Sophia on my way back. I need her support for this.”
“You could have at least warned me.”
“What am I doing now? Wo, get over your issues with her because she’s spending some weeks here.”
“Weeks!”
“Yes, weeks. Now, will you excuse me? I have to rest for tomorrow.”
Tomiwa remained silent as he watched Ayo storm off to his room. Tomiwa had a bad feeling about this whole situation and knew it couldn’t end well. Little did he know how right he was. He quietly went back to his room, completely ignorant of the black silhouette of a person watching him from the window.
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