I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIM THE WAY YOU FALL ASLEEP.
Slowly and then all at once. I still didn't know why or how I fell in love with him. It was slow and steady and then at once, like a volcano erupting.
Maybe it was how he walked, talked, how he looked at me, or how he protected me. I fell in love with him wholly and completely without boundaries and even after many years he was still the love of my life.
I could never bring myself to forget Scar. I did hate him for lying to me, for betraying me, for taking me for a fool, and for manipulating my heart, but then, deep down in my heart I knew that I loved him more than words could explain.
He played me well and stole my heart even before he started playing the game of love with me.
At times I felt as if he was with me, watching my every move even though I was so far away from home.
After Adrian I decided that love was really not for me so I concentrated on my studies. Because of this I graduated from the Faculty of international relations with a first class honours from the university of California.
My mum was so happy with me that she didn't know when she outdid her promise to me. She didn't just get me a beautiful house she got me a new car in addition to the many I already had.
Zara and Yvonne both graduated with a good result back at home.
Zara had gotten married to the hot guy she met at the club and she was now working in the US Embassy. We later found out that the club guy was so wealthy, he had branches of his business even in the states.
Even Yvonne was now in a serious relationship with a movie star. We never ever stopped keeping in touch with each other.
I was the only one left single in the group. My friends tried to set me up on blind dates during and after college, but I declined each time with the excuse that I wanted to graduate from school and get a good job for myself before starting to go on dates.
At first they were quite insistent on getting me a man, but when they saw that I wasn't going to bulge they gave up.
After college and even while In college I did public speaking just like I had promised Scar and It turned out that I was really good at it. So even though I didn't study law like I told him I would at least I kept to my promise of public speaking.
His memory remained so fresh and alive in my heart they were more seductive than the flesh of any man.
Two months after college I was personally invited for an interview in the biggest shipping company in America. It was for the position of a the P.A to the CEO in New york. He was so rich he could buy 5 countries according to Forbes list. He had inherited a lot of money from the worlds top billionaire Mr Rush.
For some reasons I couldn't wait to meet this Man.
My mom had wanted me to come back to Nigeria after college but after much argument she agreed that I stayed over with my brothers. She even promised to come visit me with my new father. I had another little sister and another little brother as my mum had given birth to twins and honestly I couldn't wait to see all of them. I hoped my mum would bring them over for Christmas.
I didn't know when next I would be going back to Nigeria, not when my demons were there always ready to claw at me should they find me. Not when his memories were still very much alive in me.