"Are we no longer a thing after kissing me back?" Ryan asked in confusion.
"Yes... Yes, Mr. Ryan!" Enough with all these dramas of trying to get me back to your life, sorry, but you already failed with all of that. I am Ciara Fellers, and I've come too far to go back to the same man who had pushed me away from his life...I said with a bit of mockery and regret.
He should let me go, I have made it thus far without him or any man, I'm stronger than pain and a fling romance. I have a son I will take care of and not get myself rolling again with an unfortunate man.
"Please go, Ryan!" Herzl is better now, and I can take of him henceforth as usual. I bellowed.
"Ciara, stop please, you're hurting me, I did nothing wrong please, I have a lot to tell you, but you're pushing me away. Ryan said.
"Please go, go Ryan, don't even forget to close the door and let me be." I replied to him and left without, not minding whether he's following me or not.
Ryan, I know, will never let anyone talk down on him, he could've left easily without saying anything, but in as much as I enjoy seeing me taunt on him is not enough for what he did to me.
I have asked him to let me be and go home, and I hope he won't be there when I must have powdered my nose. I'm definitely going on the date with my new neighbor.
I walked down after retouching my make-up, I have had enough already from Ryan and my son trying to keep me forever locked up with their different dramas. "Father and son!" I chuckled with a beam of smile on my face.
"Where to at this time of the night?" A voice, familiar enough to know it's Ryan's, stopped me from opening the door.
"The devil is still here!" I mumbled silently and turned to face him.
"I thought, I told you to go home?" I said, with an angry face glaring at him.
Ryan should wake up from his dream of trying to sound like he cared, he never does, he left me all alone to bear the pain of raising Herzl all alone, and now he's using him to come back into our lives and ask me silly questions.
"That wasn't the question I asked you, Wifey; where are you going at this unholy time of the night?" Ryan asked again, he adjusted his sitting posture and this time double-crossed his legs to await for answers.
"It's none of your business, but if you must know, I'm going to see a new man!" I said, my face curled up in mockery. I know such statement would take him unawares and definitely make him angry enough to leave my house, and I was keenly expecting that from him.
"Mummy, are you really going to see a new man, how about daddy, is he not your man?" Herzl asked from upstairs, he must've woken from sleep and overheard all our conversations.
I stood there for some seconds, I was shocked to see my little boy hear me talk to his daddy, that's my greatest fears, I don't want him to witness the rift between his father and me.
"Yes, my boy, asked your mummy, she's planning to leave us and go see a new friend, right Ciara?" Ryan asked.
I was lost with words, father, and son are at it again, Herzl is going to pick his father's side against me always. I also felt bad for him, he's too small to experience all of those things happening in between our lives.
"Not really, I was going to see a new friend and come back quickly, don't mind Ryan, he's just..."
"Ryan!" Herzl cut me off and scoffed at his words.
"Daddy, isn't my mummy your wife?" Herzl asked.
"Yes, my boy. She's my wife!" Ryan replied.
"Then why is mum addressing you as Ryan, instead of, your daddy or my husband?" Herzl snapped.
One thing I'm sure of, Herzl is a smart boy, our genes are too strong, both Ryan and I are intelligent, and I'm not surprised I gave birth to a replica of me.
"Herzl, your daddy divorced me, when I was two weeks pregnant with you."