I was still furious even for a while waiting to see if Ciara was going to reply my message, but there wasn't any word from her and just then my mother arrives back home with herzl. They both went for some shopping, but even while he came back, he wasn't looking excited.
"Herzl man! Are you back home, come on go ahead and show me all the good things Grandma bought for you" I try to put on a smile hoping to confront him from his own bad mood.
I held up the bag they had come home with, there were a few toys and some clothes, but he did not seem too excited about it.
"Wow! Herzl looks like Grandma bought you so much good stuffs, do you like them?"
"Yes but you promised that we were going to go on a weekend with mommy and yet I haven't seen Mommy, when is she coming?"
He lowered his cute face, his lips pouted out like a child that have been deprived of Candy. I immediately ruffle his hair before I hauled him up.
"You see son, although Mommy promised to go on a weekends with us, but something crucial came up and there was nothing she could do, her hands are tied, but I am promising you that next weekend, mommy won't bail."
"That is what you keep saying to me and yet I do not see Mommy."
"I promise you this time, Mommy is going to come, now go upstairs to your room and fix them where they are meant to be."
He nodded but a frown still spread on his face as he stride upstairs. My mom, who has been watching us the entire time sighed before occupying an empty couch.
"You do know that the boy is right, he has held his hope high for a while now and you and Ciara keep going back and forth."
"I know, Mom and believe me when I say that it was actually my fault this time around, letting that witch come back, say those emotional words to me and I believed her, I believed that she was a changed person and came back only to be friends with me."
"Its alright, You can't keep blaming yourself because you chose to see the good in others, it is Anne's fault who think that she can come in for the second time and ruin this family you built for a long time now, Have you spoken to Ciara?"
"No.... I sent her the record but she hasn't replied me and I do not know what to do about it."
"Go to her and ask for forgiveness, if she refuses, go back there again and again until she finally sees your sincerity and accepts you."
"Thanks Mom, this means a lot to me" She patted my shoulder before scurry upstairs.
The issue with Ciara has been weighing me down all this while, I was happy when we finally made up, realizing how much I love this woman makes my heart ache so I went upstairs, got ready and drove over to her home.
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CIARA
I had so much fun with Gerald while trying to forget that Ryan had hurt me. Gerald and I were finally cleaning the mess we made while eating and while cooking when I received a message from Ryan, I was so furious that I did not bother going through it.
If only I did not open that parcel that day and just went through with my day like nothing else mattered, then maybe I would have been able to spend some time with my family before that awful revelation.
"Thank you so much Gerald for been here, I must say that today was so much fun, I enjoyed your presence here and hope we can do this more often."
"I will always be at your back and call Ciara because you deserve so much, you deserve to be happy and shouldn't always be with a man that makes you cry, Ryan causes you a lot of pain and it breaks my heart."
His finger carefully ran through my face and adjusted the strain of hair covering my face, I could feel his gaze piercing deep at me, it felt like he was trying to see through me about my feelings but I felt absolutely nothing for Gerald, for me it was just pure friendship and no matter what he did, I could not shake off that feeling.
He drifted closer to me, his eyes starting at my lips with longing, but there was no way that I was making that mistake of letting him kiss me for the second time, the first time I was emotional and in pain and did not see it coming.
"Gerald what are you trying to do?" I asked and immediately drifted backward, a smirk formed across his lips but I could see the disappointment in his eyes.
"I am sorry Ciara, for a moment there I got carried away in my feelings for you, I will get going now and hope that we can do this some other time."
"Sure! But you know that I am never going to reciprocate your feelings, if this is going to be a problem, you can let me know on time."
"You will! Some day!" He spoke with with so much certainty in his voice and stormed out of the house.
I scurried upstairs where I finally took my bath, I was feeling more relief, slipped into a casual nightgown and when I was through, I came downstairs still curious regarding what Ryan had sent.
I didn't want this to be him apologizing again because I was getting tired of his consistent nagging and excuses with not able to man up for his actions.
I opened my phone and listened to the record carefully, hearing Gerald's voice whom I thought was the kind one, my heart was immediately filled with so much rage, not again, these people are not going to make a fool of me, I picked up my car keys and jacket before storming out of the house.