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THE PACT
-CHAPTER 35-
Aisha
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5 days later
‘’Are the c@m£ras set?’’ I ask.
‘’Everything has been set as you advised.’’
‘’He should be here shortly, I don’t know where you guys will hide but he should not see you and like I said, as soon as we get some action, you start recording and capturing, the videos and the pictures must be clear.’’
I have been trying to get Lee to meet with me for the last couple of days but my efforts have been in vain. I called him again today and pleaded with him to meet up with me for a few minutes because I have something important to tell him.
And because I was desperate, I feigned the bur-sting into tears as I spoke to him until he eventually agreed to meet up with me. He is actually on his way to meet up with me right now and I have my c@m£ra people re-ady to capture every moment I will spend with him, today I will beat at her own game. I am sitting on my be-d slowly sipping my wine when I hear the sound of a car driving in, peeping throu-gh the window, I sp©t him pu-lling up in my driveway before he steps out of his car.
I gave instructions to my maid to lead him to my room once he is here.
‘’He is here,’’ I give a signal to the men and they rush into the bathroom taking the bottle and glas-s of wine with them.
Sliding un-der the covers, I feign illness and f0rç£ the tears to start pouring down my face.
A knock sounds on the door a few minutes later but I don’t respond, the door swings open and he walks in.
‘’Aisha!’’ he exclaims, ‘’what’s the meaning of this and why are you crying?’’
‘’I am sorry for calling you to come over but I haven’t been fine and I didn’t know who else to call.’’
‘’What happened to your b©yfri£nd?’’
‘’We broke up,’’ I respond. This is the truth, George and I broke up when I started working, he was upset that I got a job at Sondashi Inc. so he packed up and left without giving it a second thought. Well I don’t even care about George, my aim is to get my man back, get married to him and start building a family with him. I regret leaving Lee but what’s done is done, I am not dwelling on the past anymore, I have forgiven myself and I am re-ady to start afresh with him. I am not giving him up this time around.
‘’What exactly is wrong with you and how am I supposed to help you?’’
‘’I think I am dying Lee but before I die I want to make amends for what I did to you and Joan.’’
‘’What makes you think you are dying?’’
‘’I haven’t been fine for a couple of weeks now.’’
‘’What exactly is the problem?’’
‘’It’s a long story, plea-se sit down and listen to what I have to say.’’
‘’There’s no chair here.’’
‘’You can sit on the be-d, I won’t bite.’’
He hesitates before he sits on the edge of the be-d.
‘’Can you forgive me for what I did to you?’’
‘’I forgive you a long time ago.’’
‘’I regret walking away from you and Joan.’’
‘’Aisha, that’s in the past, I don’t hold any grudges towards you, I have moved on, my wife and I are happy.’’
‘’Forgive me.’’
‘’I forgive you, can I leave alre-ady? I am not comfortable being in this place with you,’’ he stands up.
I get out of be-d too and stand in front of him, I only have a towel wra-pped around my b©dy.
‘Do I ever cross your mind?’’
‘’No you don’t, I am a married man and I love my wife.’’
‘’Can’t you give us a second chance?’’
‘’I am sorry, I can’t do that, I think I should leave this is not ma-king s-en-se at all.’’
‘’Leave! Run back to Kristy!’’
‘’Bye Aisha and make this the last time you call me and pretend to be unwell other—.’’
Before he finishes his s£ntence, I drop the towel to the ground, throw myself on him and k!sshim ha-rd and pas-sionately.
‘’Aisha are you crazy! He pushes me off him but I don’t even care anymore because those few moments of plea-sure are enough to ruin this stupid thing they call a ‘’marriage.’’
‘’You are such a crazy bit-ch!’’ he yells before walking out and slamming the door behind his back.
Lee
After my encounter with Aisha, I drive back home angrily. I shouldn’t have fallen into her tra-p, she called me claiming she nee-ded to talk to me and she nee-ded my help about something, I gave in when I heard how sorrowful she sounded. When I got to her house, I was against going to her room but the maid insisted that she was terribly ill and I had no option but to go there. I should have known this was just p@rt of her plan to try and get me to be with her, Aisha is stupid, I hope she rots in hell.
Walking into the house an hour later, I find Kristy lying on the couch watching television. I told her I nee-ded to run a few errands before I drove out to meet up with Aisha.
‘’Babe, you are back?’’
‘’Yes,’’ I walk towards her and k!ssher forehead.
She sits upright, ‘’are you okay?’’
‘’Yes, why?’’
‘’You look restless.’’
‘’I am fine.’’
‘’You are sure?’’
‘’Yes.’’
‘’I prepared lunch, I was waiting up for you so we could eat together.’’
‘’Let me just wash my face, I will join you shortly.’’
‘’Sure
The PACT
-CHAPTER 36-
Kristy
‘’Are you sure you are okay?’’ I ask Lee again, we have just finished eating our supper but I have noticed how there has been a restless anxious expression on his face from the time he got back from running his errands.
He feigns a smile, ‘’I am fine babe, what do you want us to do for the night?’’
‘’I am cold, make me a cu-p of tea and then we can watch a movie just to pas-s the night, I don’t want to sleep yet.’’
‘’Okay, I will make the tea while you find us a movie to watch.’’
‘’But you are okay?’’ I ask again.
‘’I am fine babe, I am perfectly okay,’’ he leans in and lightly brushes hisl-ips across mine. I inhale sharply as I melt against him.
‘’I love you,’’ he whispers. ‘’I love you so much Kristy, I don’t ever want to lose you.’’
I wra-p my hand around the back of his n£¢k and slant my mouth over his, he trails his ton-gue across my lower l!pand I gro-an , p@rting myl-ips for him, at my invitation the k!ssde-epens, we k!ssfor a couple of minutes so pas-sionately and intense, I don’t want this moment to end, every time Lee k!sses me, he clears my doubts about him, there’s a way he communicates to me throu-gh his k!sses, always as-suring me that I am the one for him and he will never hurt me.
‘’I love you too babe, sometimes I think this is a dream.’’
‘’This is real, this is our reality.’’
‘’You give me the kind of feelings that people write novels about.’’
‘’Who would believe we hated each other once upon a time?’’
I laugh, ‘’If someone told me I would ever fall in love with you, I would not have believed them.’’
‘’But here we are, see God.’’
‘’This surely has to be God.’’
‘’We should do a renewal of our vows after you give birth.’’
‘’I would want that.’’
‘’It’s a deal.’’
‘’The tea babe.’’
‘’I will have it on your table in the next few minutes.’’
‘’Okay.’’
He heads to the kitchen and I gr-ab the remote but before I have the chance of changing the channels there is a knock at the door. Rising to my feet, I head to the door and pu-ll it open but there’s no one at the door standing on the other side. I am about to head back inside when something catches my attention- a box wra-pped in black on the porch in front of me. I bend and pick it up, there is a note on the box written in blue ink and it re-ads ‘’For Kristian Msizi.’’
Closing the door behind my back, I walk back into the living room and open the box, I am frozen in front of the box as I stare at the ph0tos that have been lined up, ph0tos of Lee and Aisha, in some ph0tos he is sitting on the be-d while she is lying down, in other ph0tos she is n-ked and holding on to him while in other ph0tos they are k!ssing.
‘’Babe, your tea is re-ady,’’ Lee mutters throu-gh as he walks towards me and places the tray on the table.
‘’Are you o—,’’ he st©ps the s£ntence mid-s£ntence when he sees the ph0tos on the table.
‘’Babe!’’ he g@sps.
‘’How could you?’’ I stutter with tears in my eyes.
‘’I can explain babe.’’
‘Don’t! plea-se don’t.’’
‘’Kristy plea-se listen to me.’’
I shake my head, ‘’ I knew this was too good to be true, you men are all the same. Mr. Msizi! You!’’ more tears pour down my cheeks. I want to scream and cry so ha-rd for being a fool. History is repeating itself.
‘’Babe, allow me to explain, it’s not what you think it is.’’
‘’I don’t want to listen to you, plea-se leave me alone, leave this house or I will.’’
‘’I love you.’’
‘’Lies! All lies! Lies! We should have stuck to the plan, this marriage was fake in the first place you shouldn’t have complicated things by lying that you had fallen in love with me, I was okay on my own.’’
He tries to t©uçh me but I move, ‘’Leave or I will leave.’’
‘’Fine, I will leave but–.’’
‘Don’t say any more words to me, don’t.’’
He gr-abs his car keys and phones, walks towards the door, at the door he pauses and looks back.
I use my hand to wipe the tears from my eyes, ‘’Just leave, I will get the divorce papers re-ady.’’
He opens his mouth to say something but quic-kly shuts it then he opens the door and walks out.
When the door shuts close behind him, I sink to the ground and break down in tears- the pain I am feeling at the moment is similar to the one I felt when my father walked out on us, my heart is aching. I can literally feel it ripping into a thousand pieces.
Lying on the ground I cry so ha-rd until I have no tears left. Eventually I rise to my feet and head to my room, sliding un-der the covers, I close my eyes and pray silently to God to grant me sleep.
Aisha
‘’These are perfect Aisha, job well done, I am transferring some money into your account just now, I will s£nd the rest when the mission is completed. These ph0tos should be s£nt to Kachepa and other media platforms, I want them to trend.’’
‘’Okay! What time do I do the interview with Kachepa?’’
‘’Tomorrow morning, I actually have more information about that charade of the marriage, I talked to Kristy’s maid and she gave me some information, I will brief you before the interview, Kenzie and I will come over in the evening after work.’’
‘’Sure.’’
‘’I will talk to you later, child keep up the good work.’’
‘’Thank you,’’ I respond before hanging up the phone. A few minutes later, my phone vibr@tes with a bank notification. Kenzie’s mother has s£nt me half of the money that we agreed on. Pouring myself a glas-s of wine, I sit down and start s£nding the ph0tos. The mighty Kristy is about to fall, I can’t wait to see the look on her face when she sees the ph0tos of Lee and
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