đđALEX-ANDRAđ·đ
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ââïžTWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN ONE WORLDđ)
©GIFT OKORIEâïž
đCHAPTER 21Bđ
âhi Alexâ she greeted.
âwhat do you wantâ Alex asked her.
âoh, I donât want anything, mum wants to talk to Andraâ she replied
âMumâ I breathed out and sprang up.
The phone cli-cked and I heard my mumâs voice say âhi Andra, how are you guys doing, I heard that you and Alex left the house, where are you right now, Andra plea-se talk to mâŠ..â
âmum, Iâm fine, we are fineâ I cut her off.
She sighed and asked. âbut where are you guysâ
âwe are⊠weâŠumhâ Alex tried to speak but I cut him off.
âwe are fine mum, youâ I asked.
âmy un-deraged pregnant daughter is away from home and I have no idea where she is, how exactly do you think I feel, I feel lost Andraâ she stated in broken voice.
âmum, plea-se st©p worrying yourself, we are fineâ I as-sured her.
âI had wanted to rent an ap@rtment for you but your father has alre-ady blocked any transaction I can make that is bigger than my monthly withdrawal, you know we have joint accountâ
âbut he canât do that without your permission, that account is yours as much as it is hisâ I stated in anger.
âI have no idea how he did it, but my signature was there, and I canât change it without his signature which Iâm pretty sure he wonât giveâ she complained.
âso what are we gonna do nowâ I asked as I almost broke down but I had to hold myself.
âthe only alternative I have is to leave the stateâ she stated and tears sli-pped down my cheeks.
âmum, are you sÂŁnding me awayâ I cried.
âwhat, no baby, Iâm just trying to helpâ she replied and I cried the more, I know sheâs telling the truth but that didnât st©p the hurt I was feeling.
Alex ca-ressed my back and whispered âcalm downâ to me. I sighed.
âIâm sorry mumâ
âitâs ok, I un-derstand how you feel, but trust me, Iâm not sÂŁnding you away, I just want you to be comfortable baby, you donât nee-d all this stressâ
âok, so where do you suggestâ I asked.
âI have a longtime friend whoâs from baritana city, south America, she lives there with her family after she and her husband got divorced, I called her an asked if you guys can stay there for at least a yearâ she stated. âshe acceptedâ
âmum, staying at someoneâs houseâŠâ
âno, no, you wonât really be staying at their house, sheâs gonna give you a place to stayâ
I sighed and looked at Alex, I mean heâs the one to decide right? I canât take this decision alone, itâs both of us we are talking about here, will he accept to leave his family, but he has alre-ady left them, urgh, I donât like what we are going throu-gh but itâs alre-ady happening and thereâs nothing we can do about it.
âwhat do you think?â I mouthed to him. He shrugged and nodded. I sighed.
âok mum, Alex agreed and I think Iâm in tooâ I stated.
âok, you will be leaving tomorrow, I had planned a business trip for three of our company staff, but the trip was canceled, they are gonna do the meeting throu-gh zoom network, but I havenât canceled the trip expenses transaction, Iâm gonna have two of the pas-sports changed with yours, Alex after this call, youâll sÂŁnd me your details so that I can get a copy of your pas-sportâ mum instructed and Alex replied with an ok. âitâs gonna be fine, you guysâ
âmum, why are you doing this, I mean why are you helping us, itâs as if you know what happened, and you are trying to protect usâ
âwhat happened? How do you mean, Andra if you think Iâm not disappointed in you for the kind of shame you brou-ght to my family and the curse that will follow, then you must be out of your mindâ she fired and I regretted asking that question.
âIâm only doing this because you are my daughter, if notâŠ.â She barked. Why is it that African parents canât complete their threats?
âmum, Iâm sorry, I didnât mean to be rudeâ I apologized.
âyou should really be sorryâ she fired.
ânow get some rest you guysâ she added and the phone beeped indicating that she has hung up.
âis she really that angry with me, I said I was sorryâ I cried, Alex c@mÂŁ closer to me and hvgged me, he patted my back and made me l@yback down.
He la-id behind me, facing the heavens, I wonder what heâs thinking about, is he regretting walking out of his family house with me, does he really want this baby or is he just here because he pities me, as I was thinking I dozed off.
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Alex and I got to the airport, we started looking for the blue jaguar mum instructed us to find and get our pas-sports from the driver. When we finally found the car, we rushed to it, the driver got out, he probably saw us running to him.
âyou Andra Edward?â he asked and I nodded. He scoffed and eyed me a little, Alex and I exchange glances, we turned back to the mid 20-year-old guy, Alex wanted to talk to him but I gr@bbÂŁd his hand, st©pping him from talking.
âcan we have the pas-sports plea-seâ I asked the guy, he shrugged and whined his mouth and thatâs when I noticed the gum he was chewing, seriously how can someone be a full grown man and still be childish.
The dude bent his head into the car and c@mÂŁ out with a brown doÂąv-ment file in his hand.
âhereâ he said and I snatched it from him.
âthanksâ I stated, not that I meant it though, he was being a jÂŁrk.
He shrugged and entered the car, he didnât even say safe journey. I wonder why I care about that though. Lol.
âcome onâ Alex took my hand and we walked into the airport, and luckily for us, our flight was the one loading, we cleared our details, and then entered the plane.
Thank God our seat were together otherwise I would have insisted that Alex l@pped me in any seat heâd be on, cause Iâm not about to let my eyes off him, that Iâm ma-king this journey is because he was there with me otherwise I could have committed suicide long ago.
âI remember when we first metâ Alex stated 15 minutes after the plane took off.
I laughed a little.
âyou were being such a jÂŁrkâ I replied.
He chuckle and turned to look at me, I noticed his stare but I pretended to be concentrated on the view, I was sitting by the window, I can see the clouds, usually when I travel with my family, mum or dad wonât let me stay by the window, theyâd always say, âyou might leave usâ or âthey might come againâ. Jeez I wonder what that means.
âthatâs because I was afraid of falling in love with youâ I was f0rç£d to turn back to him, he was staring right at me.
âand nowâ I asked, didnât know what I was expecting to hear though.
âIâm gonna go to the bathroomâ he stated and unfastened his seat belt but I pu-ll-ed him down.
âyou canât leave me hereâ
âAndra, st©p being paranoid, Iâm just gonna go to the bathroom, ok, Iâll be right backâ he stated and t©uçhed my fluffy cheeks which has automatically become fuller cause of the pregnancy, literally everything in my b©dy is fuller now. I nodded at him and re-leased him, he walked out and I sighed.
I turned back to the window, I watched the plane bounce up and down the clouds which looked like a thousand of cotton candies, so beautiful.
I noticed a movement of something or perhaps someone hiding behind the clouds, I could see her shadow, itâs definitely the shape of a girl.
I tried to look closely, trying so ha-rd to believe that itâs nothing but my imagination, but suddenly the shadow which happened to be a very beautiful dark girl dressed in a bronze war amour, a sword on her w@!st, a vest across her shoulder and a war-like crown with gold beads gracing her nÂŁÂąk, she slowly c@mÂŁ out of her hiding place, standing right by the window staring at me, moving with the rhythm of the plane, I g@sped when she smiled. Gush what a beauty, and someone dared to say that I was the most beautiful girl in the world, but suddenly, she slowly faded into the cloud, and I felt a hand on my shoulder, I jÂŁrked up and turned back to see Alex staring at me.
âjeez, did you see herâ I asked him excitedly.
âwhoâ
âthe beauty, I saw her on the clouds, she was standing on itâ I shook his arm.
Alex palmed his face and shook his head.
âjeez Andra, is that how bad your own pregnancy hor-mones areâŠ?â
TBC.