Shade of Lust (Episode 27)

Joe showed up at my apartment by 9am full of concern. I

narrated everything to him while he listened patiently.

‘’do you think they were after my life?’’ I asked when I was

done with my story. He shrugged and breathed deeply.

‘’hmmm that’s a very tough question but I think if they were

actually after your life, there are many ways to do it than

sneaking into your house in the middle of the night. Perhaps it

could be nothing but plain robbery or maybe they came for

something you have in the house’’ he said intelligently, leaving

me in deep thoughts.

Just that moment, my phone rang and it was no other person

than Jessica calling me for the first time.

Kelvin’s side of the story continues

‘’hi what’s up?’’ Jessica greeted as soon as I picked up her

phone call.

‘’I’m cool and you?’’ I replied with a soft tone, wondering the

reason she called by that hour.

‘’you asked for another date with me and I promised to give

you a reply today. That’s the reason I’m calling now’’ she

quickly added as if she knew what I was thinking.

‘’oh cool’’ I stammered, not really sure of what to say to her

words.

‘’I will be free for another date this evening, but it’s going to

take the form of an outing’’ she said softly, leaving me silent

for some seconds.

‘’outing?, I really don’t get what you mean by outing’’ I

muttered, expecting her to explain in details because what I

wanted was to have a quiet date with her in a restaurant or

someplace private but the way she mentioned the word outing

looked as if she was suggesting a road trip or something

similar which really looked out of ordinary considering the

level of our relationship..

‘’never mind, hope you can come over to my house by 4pm?’’

she asked quickly.

‘’Yes of course ‘’ I answered .

‘’Good. Here is my address ‘’ she added softly, calling out her

house address which I already knew.

After the call, I faced Joe with a smile.

‘’it’s Jessica. She called to accept another date request I made

the previous day but she wants a road trip which I really don’t

understand. She asked me to come over to her house by

4pm’’ I explained to my friend, who laughed.

‘’maybe she wants you to take her to Nekede zoo or maybe

Oguta lake’’ he joked, laughing hard.

‘’this isn’t a laughing matter brother’’ I said seriously, stopping

his laughter with my words.

‘’well I really don’t have any advice to give. You already know

she was involved with your late uncle and could probably be

behind the attack you had last night. So you just have to be

very careful. I hope she isn’t taking you out of town to kill

you?’’ he said with a very serious tone while I shrugged.

‘’I really think she is very bad but then there is this feeling of

calmness, this feeling of openness I always have whenever

I’m with her. She acts like an innocent angel and I don’t just

know what to believe anymore’’ I confessed .

‘’you just have to be careful. Only time will tell what she really

is’’ he breathed with an air of certainty.

‘’I will meet her by 4pm. Life is all about taking risk. Whatever

will be will be’’ I said with a forced smile.

Jude’s side of the story continues

I left Pamela at the hotel by 6am with my head high like

someone who just graduated with first class result.

Pamela

never uttered a word to me nor tried to stop me from leaving

after the little talk we had that early morning. I couldn’t

imagine what she was thinking by wanting me to leave the

country with her. I couldn’t imagine what she could be

planning or what exactly was going on with her life.

Leaving the relationship was definitely one of the best

decisions I have ever made in my life but deep down I was still

nervous, I was still scared that somehow she was going to

pop up in my life again.

I returned to my hostel, very restless and nervous. I badly

needed something to calm my nerves but unfortunately a long

weekend was still ahead and Tracy wasn’t around anymore to

keep me company.