Shade of Lust (Episode 53 & 54)

Kelvin’s side of the story continues
I just didn’t know what to say as I faced Jessica,
who quickly
regained her composure, ignored Cynthia and
walked towards
me with a cold smile.
Her face was simply plain and expressionless as
she walked
towards me. I couldn’t help but wonder what was
going
through her head that moment.
Cynthia equally was stunned by Jessica’s presence.
She
couldn’t say a word as she watched her walk up to
me.
‘’I made this breakfast for you. I never knew you
had a guest. I
just got back from church and rushed over to bring
it over.
Happy Sunday dear’’ she breathed calmly, offered
the flask to
me, smiled, turned and left my house without
another word.
I couldn’t even make a move or say anything to
her. My head,
my tongue, my speech all were frozen with tension.
However I
thanked God for the calm and matured way she
acted. I never
expected such calmness from her.
Cynthia soon sprang to my side, snatching the flask
from me.
‘’I knew it. Yes I knew it. That w.hore, she even had
the
nerves to offer you food in my presence. You guys
have
enjoyed enough romance already. I’m here to stop
it. Enough
is enough’’ she breathed fiercely and headed to the
kitchen
like an angry cow. I cursed inwardly as I followed
her.
I felt like smashing her head to the wall but I knew
it would do
me more harm than good. She really was tempting
me,
knowing full well that I could lose my head any
moment.
On getting to the kitchen, she opened the food flask
and threw
the contents into the dustbin while I bit my lips in
anger.
‘’I can’t tolerate this nonsense anymore. She has
bewitched
you’’ she muttered furiously.
‘’listen Cynthia. You are not my wife and I will never
marry
you. Simply get your things and leave my house. I
don’t want
to kill you but you are tempting me’’ I shouted
angrily.
‘’you can’t do anything to me. You can’t’’ she dared
me.
‘’I won’t lay my hands on you again. You are sick.
You are
looking for someone to kill you but I won’t give you
the
pleasure. I will get the police to throw you out of
my house.
You don’t know what I’m capable of’’ I shouted, left
the kitchen
and headed to my room to freshen up.
I left my apartment minutes later without saying a
word to
her. I had to leave my house in order to cool down
my
temper.
As I drove out of my house that morning with a
heart full of
anger and confusion, I totally was at lost on how to
deal with
Cynthia. She just was a wild lady capable of
withstanding
anything and she had no atom of shame in her.
‘’how did it all get to this level’’ I asked myself over
and over
as I headed to Joe’s gym.
After a short drive, I stopped, turned my car and
headed
towards Jessica’s house. Of course I had a lot of
explanations
to make and I knew I had to come up with a good
one.
———————–
Jessica frowned on seeing me walk into her sitting
room. She
first searched me with her eyes before shaking her
head.
‘’I’m sorry for what happened this morning. It was
totally
unexpected’’ I apologized softly.
‘’of course you weren’t expecting me to show up by
that hour.
So what’s your excuse or lie?’’ she demanded.
‘’I have no excuse. I have no lie. I’m totally
responsible for
everything. The young lady was a girl I used to have
fun with
in the past. A girl I always used to cure my sexual
hunger
before I got to know you. I haven’t seen her for
almost a
month and when I got home from your house
yesterday, I saw
her waiting for me. She is claiming to be three
months
pregnant for me. I tried forcing her out of my house
yesterday
and she almost fainted in the process. I will have
to get the
police to help me out’’ I explained weakly.
‘’so should I believe you?’’ she asked with a strange
smile.
‘’no you don’t have to’’ I replied honestly.
‘’but I do believe you’’ she muttered, surprising me
with her
words.
‘’you saw a cheap girl and started enjoying her
without
reservation. Your stupid head never told you she
had her own
plans. Why are guys always good at cheap things?’’
she
asked while I kept quiet like a spoilt kid.

Episode 54
‘’just give me her phone number, I will talk to her
and see what
she wants’’ she suddenly offered, leaving me with
no choice
than to oblige even though I was very suspicious of
her
motive. I knew Cynthia would never listen to her.
———————————————–
I headed to Joe’s gym after spending some
minutes with
Jessica. I must confess Jessica’s calmness and
understanding was a welcomed development but
equally
extremely suspicious. I never expected her to be so
understanding and calm. Could it be that her love
for me is so
strong to make her this understanding?’’ I wondered
as I drove
to Joe’s gym.
————-
Joe and I had a long very long talk when I got to
his place but
unfortunately he couldn’t offer any solid advice to
me.
‘’my brother your situation is a very difficult one.
Supposing
you are dealing with young school girls I would
have known
what to advice. But the two ladies are big time
adults with
their own plans. Only God will help you out of this.
If I’m in
your shoes, I will simply forget about Jessica and
deal with
Cynthia before things gets out of hand’’ he advised,
leaving me
deep with thoughts but unfortunately i couldn’t
accept his
suggestion because I was already way deep into
Jessica to
back away. My main priority was getting rid of
Cynthia.
————
I returned to my house, uncertain on how to push
out Cynthia
from my life. I threatened earlier to call the police
on her but
failed to do it. I went into my house with prayers in
my lips.
I really didn’t want things to get messy with her but
the d--n
girl was daring me. I couldn’t help but wonder what
she was
doing inside.
As I walked into my sitting room, I was surprised
to see her
well dressed up, holding her big handbag. I stared
at her
curiously, wondering what she was up to.
‘’I’m leaving but I will be back later. So don’t
celebrate yet’’
she muttered coldly, eyed me and left my house
without
another word.
She simply left without any fight and I couldn’t
believe myself.
My phone however rang a minute later and it was
Jessica
calling.
‘’so how far?’’ she asked as if she was seeing me
from
somewhere. I breathed deeply, unable to find my
voice.
‘’meet me at my house by 5pm’’ she said and hung
up.
By 5:15pm that fateful Sunday, I slowly arrived at
Jessica’s
house. I couldn’t help but wonder why she asked
me to come
over.
As I approached the door leading to her sitting
room, I heard
two female voices arguing with great energy. I
easily made
out Jessica’s voice but couldn’t make out the
second voice
even though it sounded very much like Cynthia’s
voice. I knew
she had no reason to be there and so it never
crossed my
mind that it could be her.
As I walked into the sitting room, I was confronted
with the
greatest shock of my life. I couldn’t believe myself
as my eyes
fell on Cynthia and Jessica exchanging words.
Cynthia was
standing with both hands on her waist while Jessica
was
sitting a distance away, facing her.
I froze for some seconds as I quickly thought of
how to face
the unexpected situation.
‘’thank God you are here’’ Cynthia quickly said as
soon as she
saw me while Jessica stood up with her eyes on
me.
‘’I invited her over to see if we could reach a good
compromise but I just realized I made a very
terrible mistake.
She has been threatening me ever since she got
here’’ Jessica
softly explained.
‘’of course you deserve everything that I have been
throwing at
you. Why can’t you go and find your own man?.
Why can’t
you struggle to build your own man?. Aren’t you
ashamed that
at your age and with all your acclaimed
accomplishments, you
stooped to low to steal another person’s man’’
Cynthia fired
violently at her while I shook my head, uncertain of
what
exactly to say.
I never expected to confront such scene and it just
looked like
a dream. I never expected Jessica to be so stupid
as to invite
Cynthia to her house unless perhaps she had
another hidden
motive.
‘’Jessica I never asked you to invite her to your
place. I never
asked you to help me with my problem’’ I scolded
Jessica
before facing Cynthia with a cold smile.