š„ATTITUDE
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Episode 43
Ciara’s POV
When I woke up,Jordan was no longer slee-ping besides me…I couldn’t help but laugh at yesternight incidences..
I can’t believe I k!$$Ā£d him. Like seriously what c@mĀ£ over me??? I shook my head, my cheeks red with embarras-sment..
I know he must be feeling weird right now nowanda he left early…
I wish I could be mad at myself for what I did but it felt right…k!ss!nghim was one of the best decisions I have ever made.
Within seven months, we will have divorced and the only thing I will have is the little silly memories to cherish…
Wait, I hope he is not mad. But if he was mad, he wouldn’t have k!$$Ā£d me back..
I felt myl-ips as his image clouded my thoughts.
I was busy smiling like a fool when I heard the door knob shuffle…
I bet it’s Caro or even mum..
. Surprisingly it was Jordan with a tray on his hands…
“Good morning lazy as-s??? Do you know its noon. Lunch or is it breakfast is re-ady, your highness..”He said sarcastically…
“I thought you left for work….”I said in a surprised tone..
“You nee-d to take your medicines in thirty minutes so if I were you I would eat my food instead of whining…” And he was back to his old self…
“About yesterday,are you mad????” I asked only to feel stupid after his response,”Yesterday did anything happen???I can’t remember…”
How could he not remember that we k!$$Ā£d, no I k!$$Ā£d him. I sle-pt on his che-st, his arms wra-pped around me???Why was he doing this???
“We k!ss…….” I was cut off with Jane who entered the room screaming with Max, Brian and Sophie behind her…
“Hey Jordan???” Max stated only for Jordan to ignore him and shove his hands into his p@n-ts’ pockets.
“Jane and Sophie make sure she finishes her food and takes her medicines
. I will leave now but if anything happens, call me…” He bossed..
“Jordan, but we haven’t finished our conversation???”
“Ciara, we have nothing to discuss…”
What had changed??? Yesterday he was this caring being..He showed me his sweetest side that I have never seen.
But what was I expecting??? He was just pitying me and that’s why he did that. He saved me because he didn’t want the world to blame him if anything happened to me…
Maybe he indeed stĀ©pped acting like my husband..I was tormented by confused emotions. Why did I want him so close to me??? Did he really have to go to work???I clenched my jaw to kill the sob in my throat….
“Honey, I am glad you were okay. Do you know how worried we were???” Jane sobbe-d on my shoulders pu-lling me away from my thoughts.
“I am okay…”I said sadly..
“Are you okay???” She lifted my chin up with her f!nger….
A knot rose in my throat preventing me to speak..
I nodded but tears sold me out…
“I was scared I would never see you guys again…” I wasn’t crying because of that, I was missing Jordan.
I know it was minutes after he left but I couldn’t help but feel empty…
“Sssshhhh!!!! That’s over now. Your superhero husband got there in time and now he will make sure that man doesn’t hurt you again… Jane wiped my tears away with her handkerchief…
“We have strict orders from your dictator of a husband that you should finish your food so enough with the crying drama…”Max retorted as he begun feeding me…
“Baby, you have never feed me???” Jane stuttered.
“Are you the one sick??? I couldn’t defend my best friend but atleast I can feed her…” He retorted and continued feeding me…
“Max, I can feed myself…” I insisted but he just smiled…
“Ciara, do you know Jordan is the one who cooked the rice and mince meat for you???”Sophie wiggled her eyebrows and I couldn’t help but feel shy…
My heart was singing in delight…
“Are you seriously blu-shing???”Jane poked my arm and I had to put a serious face on..
“No, I am just feeling kind of dizzy…” I lied…
“Should we call Jordan???Should we take you to the hospital???” Jane with her paranoia, I wish I just admitted I was blu-shing.
“Calm down Jane, she was just pu-lling your leg…” Sophie chuckled and both Max and Jane sighed…
“You almost gave me a heart attack there!!!” Max exasperated, giving me the last spoon from my food…
“Finally the big baby has finished eating, so take your medicines, have a bath then we head out…” Max said emphasising every word…
“Where are we going???”I asked curiously…
“Girlfriend, we are the ones doing the questioning not you. So get there and take a bath..”
Jane dragged me from be-d after I took my medicines to the bathroom..
“We shall be waiting outside…”
After I was done, I found them on the hallway waiting for me…
“Finally the queen of the south has arrived…”Max tea-sed..
“Max if I wasn’t feeling as weak, I would have smashed your head on the floor…”
“Another Selfie Soph…Atleast I can br@g to my friends that we are bffs…” Jane beamed…
“I thought I was your best friend???”I faked a sob..
“Yes you are but Soph is my celebrity bestie..Right Soph???” She poked Sophie’s arm who had no other choice but nod…..
“I am sorry Sophie, she just crazy.” I said but it didn’t seem like she minded,”It’s okay. Actually I like her….”
“Can we go alre-ady???”Max begun whining…
“Bye Soph, hope we can have a sleep over soon…” Jane hvgged her and begun dragging me from the house..
“Ciara, where do you think you going??” I heard mum’s voice from behind me…
“Where do you think you are taking her???” She begun scolding Max, Jane and Sophie.
“Don’t you know she is still not okay????”
We were all silent especially me who didn’t know where we were going….
“Madam, Jordan requested us to take her to him when she was done with her breakfast..”Jane stammered…
“Are you sure???” Mum confirmed and we all nodded in unison like fools. She looked at each and every one of them with a serious face before turning to me with a smile…
“Take care my dear and be careful…” She said as she took my hands in hers and all I could is nod..
When we got out of the house both Max and Jane sighed in relief…
“If that woman wasn’t a clas-sy housewife, she would have been an FBI. I almost confessed our little secret…” Max shook his head, his hand on his che-st…
“We aren’t going to Jordan,are we???” I raised my eyebrows in suspicion..
“Nope…” They replied with the pop sound,”Now get in the car, it’s getting late…” Max added as he opened the left back pas-sĀ£nger door for me..
“Nice car…” I commented as I slid in..
No matter how many times I persisted they tell me where we were going, nobĀ©dy spoke. I wonder how much they were paid for their silence…
We drove around town and suddenly stĀ©pped over at Panoma restaurant…
I didn’t un-derstand what we were doing in a restaurant. Did Jordan want to surprise me???
I shook my head and laughed at the thought of that…
“This is not the time to daydream girl, get out of the car….” Max snapped his f!ngerson my face…
“Thank you guys for wanting to give me a treat but I am full…Can we go to another place????”I rested head on the seat and folded my arms….
“Why are you being stubborn Ciara???Just get out of the car. We are gr-abbing some take outs and then we will go to our place. You have eaten we haven’t…” Jane replied in almost a loud voice..
“Fine!!!!”I lifted my hands up in surrender and faked a sad face,”You win su-ckers…” I un-buckled my seatbelt and got out of the car…
They both also got out of the car and joined me…
“Ciara, are you jealous???” Max furrowed his eyebrows.
“What do you have that can make me jealous???” I rolled my eyes…
“My car, I just got it yesterday. You haven’t complimented me. I was hoping to hear something like congratulations Max finally you own something….”
“First I said nice car the moment I got in. Secondly why should I jealous when I own a Mercedes???” I pushed him aside and begun walking towards the restaurant..
“Such a br@gger…” He shouted behind me…
“Obvious, I am married to the most successful billionaire in the country…”
“Enough you two. It’s time for serious business…” Jane bossed as she held my hand,”You can do this Ciara, if anything goes wrong we are only one phonecall away…”
I was now getting worried, what did she mean??? I was about to ask her when suddenly I felt someone hvg my legs so ti-ght.
When I looked down it was Britney my little sister…
“Hey Ciara, we missed you…” She cried out as I lifted her up and hvgged her so ti-ght..
“Look there is papa, mama and Alice…” She pointed at them, they were seated at the corner of the room talking…I stood frozen with wi-de eyes after seeing them.
For a moment I wanted to turn around and run from there. I wasn’t re-ady to face Papa or listen to his insults. I didn’t have the energy to hear brutal honesty…
“You got this…” Jane k!$$Ā£d me on the cheek and both her and Max left…
I wasn’t sure if I should go ahead to their table or just stand there…
“Excuse me madam, you are blocking the way. Kindly sit or leave!!!” The waiter requested and I nodded dragging my legs forward towards the table.
Alice on seeing me, she pointed at me and the next thing I was wra-pped in my mother’s arms…
“My girl, are you okay???”She asked after she pu-ll-ed back.
“Yes mama, just few wounds here and there but am fine…” I wiped my tears at the corner of my eyes…
“After we heard the news on the radio, we immediately c@mĀ£ to Nairobi..I was so worried my daughter…” She hvgged me once more, both of us crying on each other’s shoulders…
“Come, your dad will be happy to see you…” She took my hand and walked me to the table…
“Hey dad???” I tried to reach for his hand but he drew it away… I pu-ll-ed the chair next to Alice and sat with Brittney on my l@ps..
“Brit, let Ciara be. Can’t you see, she is not okay???” Alice scolded but Britney just shrugged…
“It’s okay Alice, I can hold her…”
For once in a long time, Alice was friendly with me..
“Are you in any pain??? Were the wounds well nursed???” She asked pretending not to care and I could feel tears burning in my eyes.. She really cared for me even if she was pretending not to..
“Jordan made sure that I was well taken care of..” I smiled and turned to my father who was busy digging into his food.
“Dad, have you harvested yet???”I asked and he remained silent not even looking at me..
“My girl we alre-ady harvested. Do you care for something???”My mum intervened to ease the tensed atmosphere.
“No mama, I am okay..”
Till when was he going to be mad at me??? Didn’t he miss his daughter like I missed him??? Even if he doesn’t want to talk to me, he can atleast smile.
If only he knew the pain his silence was causing me…
“Dad, I am really sorry. Till when are you going to be mad at you???”
He still ignored me.
“Papa, Ciara is talking to you. Why are you not talking to her???”Brittney sipped her jui-ce..
I guess he felt embarras-sed and had no choice but to look at me…
“You should be careful, Nairobi is a dangerous town. Your mother was so worried..” He answered…
“But…..”
He bu-tted in, “Alice, I will go to see my old friend Mr Kamata now. Pick me up when you done with your shift. Mama Alice see you later..” He took his hat that was lying on the table and left..
Tears trickled down my cheeks and gave me away, “It’s okay my girl..Your dad will come around…” My mother tried to console me..
“I will also go mama,” Alice retorted, “Ciara I will be in the office. If you want a check up or I countercheck your medicines. Take care…” She spoke calmly, gr@bbĀ£d her purse and left…
It’s not what I expected in a family reunion. I thought it would be full of chaos but atleast dad spoke to me and my sister was friendly. That was a great step. The rest of the afternoon, I took my mom and Brittney for shopping and also bought some things for Dad and Alice. We took Brittney to the park for a while before they took a cab back to Alice’s place..
That was the best day of my life. There was light at the end of the tunnel.