??Love and betrayal ??
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??Episode 22??
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Chris wakes up and lies on his back. He
is quite spent, and he is luxuriously tired.
His heart is joyfully happy.
He remembers them having the sweetest
breakfast he has ever tasted, courtesy of
Mr. Katoto.
He remembers them starting ki-ssing in
the living-area, getting nak-ed in the
doorway of the bedroom,
and ending up making love,
yet again, on the bed.
He rolls on his side and reaches for her,
but her side of the bed is empty.
Suddenly Chris is alarmed. His eyes fly
open and he bolts up in bed, but then he
sees her.
She is fully-dressed, and she is standing
by the hu-ge glas-s wall that gives a
perfect view of the lake.
She is leaning her left shoulder against
the glas-s, her arms crossed un-der her
b—–s, but she is not watching the view.
She is watching him, and her face is so
serious and thoughtful that for a moment
he feels a pang of fear.
CHRIS
Precious?
She smiles, a very sad smile that fails to
light up her beautiful face as usual.
EFFE
Can we go now?
Something in her voice scares him. He
looks at her critically, trying to remember
if he had done something wrong to make her angry.
CHRIS
(in a concerned voice)
What’s wrong, Princess? Have I angered
you?
EFFE
(almost crying)
Can we go, Chris, please?
He is confused, obviously beginning to
panic. He pushes the luxurious
bedspreads away and stands up. He
begins to walk towards her.
CHRIS
Effe-
EFFE
Put on your clothes, Chris.
CHRIS
Hey, Precious, what’s-
EFFE
(almost screaming)
Just put on your clothes, Chris! Pleeease!
He stops, and he is now very panicked
indeed. He holds up his hands and walks
around the room, picking up his clothes.
He enters the bathroom, closes the door,
and drops his clothes on the floor. He
stares at the door with absolute
confusion.
He turns on the shower and takes a cold
bath. He dresses slowly, and then he
goes back to the bedroom. She is not there.
He rushes to the living area and finds her
standing beside the door.
They look at each other. She looks
absolutely miserable, and it cuts de-eply
into his heart.
EFFE
Can you call Mr. Katoto? I want to leave
now, please.
Chris walks forward and stands a few
paces from her.
CHRIS
You’re not being fair to me, Effe. We
came here last night, I discovered love,
real love, and what you’re doing now is
killing me, breaking my heart. I can’t hold
you if you want to leave, but you should
let me know why you’re like this?
After what we have shared, why this? Why’re
you killing me? Did I do something to hurt
you?
She looks at him with strange eyes that
are filled with unshed tears. She raises a
trembling hand to her trembling li-ps.
EFFE
You haven’t done anything wrong, Chris.
It’s me. I hate the woman I have become,
I met you just three weeks ago, and in
that time I’ve lost my husband to my
cousin. I’m supposed to be hurting,
to be getting over him? And yet what
happens? I make love to you all throu-gh
the night! I dated my husband for many
years! I went to his bed a V¡rgin! And now
just twenty-one days after meeting you
all my principles are gone,
all my discipline is gone! I made love to you
over and over again! It’s not right, Chris!
It’s not right!
He shakes his head with absolute
incredulity.
CHRIS
Effe, Precious! Lord, my love for you
doesn’t know time, or principles, or
discipline! It doesn’t feel like I’ve known
you for just three weeks! It feels like I’ve
known you forever! I’ve changed my life,
my ways, and everything for you!
I don’t know what happened, or how it
happened, but I’m living loving you! I
can’t even bear the thought of being
without you, Effe!
She looks him straight in the eye, still
unfriendly, still worried.
EFFE
That’s the point, Chris! I really don’t know
you! All I know is that you grew up in an
orphanage. I don’t know anything more! I
don’t know your friends, your family, your
life-
CHRIS
(shouting with sudden pain)
I don’t have friends! I don’t have a family!
I didn’t have a life until you came into my
life! I’ve been alone all my life, Effe!
EFFE
(shaking her head sadly)
If you disappear right now, Chris, how
would I find you? Things don’t add up,
Chris! Who really are you? A taxi driver?
Some poor orphan who can get my father
his capital loan with just a phone call
because he knows someone? A taxi
driver who can get access to the most
expensive private suites and even holds
a magical golden card that gets him this
…. this beautiful place?
CHRIS
Yes, Effe, yes! I know people, who like
me, what’s so bad about that? Where’s
this going? Have you regretted making
love to me, a mere taxi driver?
EFFE
(screaming now)
Oh please, stop that, Chris! Don’t you
dare go there! You know me better than
that! You know that has nothing to do
with it! I loved the way you made love to
me! I couldn’t get enough of it! I see you
and all I want is to get you nak-ed
and make love to you! You did things to my
body, tou-ched and loved me in ways I’ve
never experienced before! You gave me
more Orgasms in one night than I’ve had
my entire married life! Who the hell are
you, Chris?
No ordinary man can make love like that!
You’ve had a lot of
experience, haven’t you?
CHRIS
You’re angry because you enjoyed the
way I made love to you? Is that it? My
God! That’s a first!
You’re the only woman who hates
the guy that gives her
the greatest lovemaking!
EFFE
(coldly)
Because you know just what to touch,
what to do to make me crazy in bed!
Because you have been with a lot of
women!
CHRIS
(almost weeping)
Effe, why are you doing this to me? I told
you I had to satisfy a lot of women
when that d–n woman Sweet Ama Baby turned
me into a d–n male prostitute. I had to do
it to survive. If I didn’t do it the orphans
were punished, Janet was also punished!
EFFE
(almost scornfully) Oh, yes,
your sweet love Janet, of course!
CHRIS
I was se-duced, Effe. I never enjoyed
making love to those women. I hated it.
No boy is supposed to go throu-ghall
that. When I fled from
Sweet Ama Baby’s room I swore
never to make love to
another woman again. Love-making
sickened me, because it reminded me of
that awful period of my life. Yes, there
have been some other women since, but
I never really enjoyed my time with them.
I felt dirty, used, unworthy of love. I never
enjoyed love-making until last night and
the first part of this morning. Yes, I
wanted to please you, to make you happy
in bed. It’s the first time I’ve been totally
unselfish in love-making!
And it is all because I love you so very much,
Effe! Please don’t push me away!
Tears fall down Effe’s cheeks unheeded.
She looks at him and shakes her head
slowly.
EFFE
I did things with you I’ve never done with
any man, Chris. Even now, looking at you,
all my body wants is to be nak-ed in your
arms. But I nee-d time. I’m sorry, I nee-d to
know you, know all about you. I nee-d to
get to know you better, to love you better,
if this is true love. I don’t want to be with
you on a rebound. My heart is craving for
you, but I have to know Chris Bawa,
inside out. Being with you, I am
convinced of one thing … if I should lose
you, I’ll never be able to get over you.
I nee-d a little bit more time, Chris. I want
to know that I’m not making a mistake
again.
Chris holds out his arms.
CHRIS
Oh Effe, my Precious Angel!
Don’t do this! I have been so happy,
the happiest in my
life! You’re the love I’ve missed all my
life! You’re the one! I just want to spend
the rest of my life making you happy!
Lord, I thought after we leave here I’m
going to get the prettiest ring I can buy
and propose to you, to make you my wife,
to hold and cherish you forever! Don’t
push me away, please. Let me love you,
Precious.
EFFE
I’m really sorry, Chris. I really am!
But this … this is a bit too much for me, too
hurried! I nee-d to know you!
CHRIS
There’s nothing to know, not more than
what I told you! You want to visit the
Orphanage I grew up in? I’ll take you there!
You want to meet the women who
se-duced me? I can give you a list, but I
never knew their real names or real
identities! I don’t have a father, or a
mother, an uncle, family! I have only you!
You may be just another brilliant doctor
in the world, but to me you’re the world!
My world, Effe! I just wanna love you! Is
that too much to ask?
EFFE
(crying now)
I’m sorry, Chris. I’m really sorry.
Please, give me time. More time.
Let me get my
emotions on the right path. Let me know
I’m doing this because I love you.
He tries to hold her, she moves back with
a little sob. She opens the door and goes
outside. Chris opens the door and follows her.
When Mr. Katoto accompanies them to
the taxi, she ba-rely speaks, but shakes
his hand and then she enters the taxi.
She does not sit in front … she sits in the
back. He drives, his br@in and heart in a turmoil.
Much later when they get to the Kedem
Residence and he stops the car she
opens the door and runs inside without a
word to him.
He stares after her, wounded,
even after she disappears throu-ghthe gates.
He leans back in the seat, his heart
pounding unbearably, solid pain
suffusing his whole body.
He can’t drive away. He sits there,
expecting her to come out again and
reas-sure him that everything is okay.
The gates open, and Mrs. Ivy Kedem
steps out.
When he sees her he makes a U-turn and
drive past her.
She stares after him with murderous eyes
filled with sheer hatred.
He is very disturbed. His face is very
pained, his heart beating with unbridled
pain.
And he is not surprised when he feels a
w£tness on his cheeks… and
realized that he is crying.
His heart, indeed, is breaking.
To be continued..