'I thought... Sameer... wait no , I thought they would pick her up last night.. why did she have to lie to me... what type of trouble did she want to... wait did she have to endanger her self in that manner... could I have hurt her so much that she just wanted nothing to do with me...at the cost of her own safety, damn it...'' his thoughts were so loud in his head everything felt so real that he even banged the door so hard trying to comprehend the circus in his mind..
''but still isn't it better this way...she's better off without me anyway as am just going to bring her much pain n hurt...'' he consoled himself trying to find peace in his conscience,still conflicting within himself he thought of calling her to scold her for endangering herself , even if he himself believed it or not he cared deeply for her... the thought that something bad .might have happened to her on that fateful night made his limbs weak with worry. At the same time he wanted to apologize but he was still fought between doing in and not doing it... he picked up his phone and scrolled to his messenger app...and tapped Maya's contact icon,
"Hey ...Maya, its Steph, you probably know who it is anyway why do I even intro..."" He texted but then deleted every thing only to stare at this phone and then made another attempt.
""Maya what were you thinking anyway. something bad would have happened to you ...what would I do if anything happened ,I couldn't live with myself knowing...""
he typed but then stopped and stared at his phone again only to delete the whole thing all over again..He struggled for sometime still conflicting within himself...later on completely giving up ...as he was about to put his phone away coming to the conclusion that Maya obviously didn't want anything to do with him and a text from him would only make things worse he also noticed that she had not posted anything on her social media not even her usual borrowed if not stolen memes from other meme lords,she had not been online since the previous night... he really felt bad about this but still felt so helpless.
Then he decided to read through his previous chats with Maya..the ones before the great confession from Maya. The more he kept going through them the more he realised that Maya was quite frank about her feelings for him from the very start but because of his own stupidity or so , he failed to notice this,he had made himself blind to Maya's obvious hints that she felt something deeper for him... he then went through the media file she had sent him photos of herself with her dog Chili, photos of her outdoor activities and camping ,photos of them together hanging out,pictures of her baking.. these were some of which he'd never opened,Maya always made sure to capture each moment they spent together always updating him with everything she did.. how could he have been so blind ,how could he have been so insensitive? he still argued within himself.
Just then still battling out with his conscience he saw a pop up notification
'Griffin Brozz...One new status update'
He was kind of reluctant to open it but since it kept on popping up every time he attempted to log into any social network sight, he finally decided to open it.
To his surprise... " Damn where did he get this one from and how come he posted her barely months after Fiona dumped him" he exclaimed almost choking from the tea he was sipping, he coughed it out then sat properly so as to view the status once again..
'°£Spending the rest of my life with...•••❤🤘😘me!'
was the caption under the photo he posted... he tried to zoom in on the photo to see if he'd seen this girl before or even if he knew her in anyway but nothing about this girl clicked familiar... he was to pre-occupied by his own demons to text him and ask so he put his phone away and decided to wait for him to come back from school so that he would ask him personally.
While at the police station, Griffin had quite a rough time trying to convince the officers on post to release his car ,the bail they were asking for if not a bribe was too much,he tried to check on his M-pesa balance only to find he had 500ksh left... he had been restricted from using his credit card by his Granny who had earlier cancelled all of them and so he was at the mercy of these peculiar officers who really did not seem to care about his situation...
''Young man you either scratch our backs with something smooth or you can go ahead and play along with your age mates, otherwise stop wasting our time"one police officer retorted
"listen guys I don't have that kind of money with me right now but I will cash it in immediately you have cleared my car,I really need it "
he pleaded with one of the officers who seemed to be having the time of his life finally given a chance to frustrate a rich kid...
"listen here young man, that car is government property now not unless you cooperate with us...500k or nothing then again you're old lady gave clear instructions not to give it back to you, whatever made you think you would have it easy was lying to you..now can you please leave we have other law abiding citizens to serve we don't have time to waste just because its you we are serving" The officer pushed Griffin aside as she made her way back to her desk giving him a scornful look later on snaring at him.
"So much for honourable cop serving the common citizen seems these guys are having a blast pushing me around the even went for lunch leaving me here and sluggishly came back ignoring me like an old fashioned magazine... is it a crime that I come from a wealthy family...damn the money isn't even mine, I don't refuse I messed up but 500 k is pure extortion... the woman I hit didn't even die then again didn't I use all my savings to pay her hospital expenses?" he mumbled angrily still at the post.
"Young man don't act wise we can still put you in and charge you for an even bigger crime so don't play game with us..." The tall ugly office roared as he pointed his club at Griffin who bang the door post rushing out frustrated and angry. On the contrary the officers at the post were not offended it's just that they couldn't pass on the chance to frustrate a so called rich kid...
Griffin went ahead and boarded a matatu back home .On his way home he couldn't help but wonder about how his day went asking countless questions wondering what was happening to those around him. He wondered why Stephano always preferred solitude over company,why Fiona chose to walk out of his life the way she did, whatever it was that was really going on between his mom and dad above all he'd not gotten over the feeling of being betrayed by his favourite person his grandmama,why had she refused to back him up even if it was this last time.
His mind raced at mega speeds.
It then occured to him that the whole day had been a fracase because of these fine MAMA everyone was thinking him to be tripping for,he pulled out his phone to check his famous status but to his dismay it had already shut down on accounts of low battery.
"great!"
he thought as he closed his eye layed on his back just to wake up again on arrival.
Stephano was sure not to sleep and wait for Griffin to get back home and give him the juice..He seemed to be unable to bare the suspense as time went by. It was now getting late and Griffin was not yet at home.. stephano tried calling him but he was directed to voice mail each time he tried.
"Enjoying my dark room plz text me coz I won't listen to this Griffin out...!!"
was the voice mail setting.
he tried calling home one last time and the same voice mail was heard.he couldn't understand this. he then got himself some movie series and binged on them watching an entire and another season on his laptop... he was obviously literally killing time to ease his curiosity.
On arrival Griffin completely exhausted, removed his shoes at the door and got inside the room,he noticed that it was kind of clean maybe cleaner that usual,Stephano had headphones on concentrated on the eroticly tantalizing scene suiting his taste in a typical adult series the only thing missing was a bottle of lotion or just some random lube to spice the atmosphere up.
Griffin stood behind him wondering how the room would be so clean and whatever had come over Stephano either way whatever it was..he liked it.Stephano was too absorbed to notice Griffin walk in or even Standing behind him. he then closed the door behind him and jumped straight to his bed he lay there for a while before getting up to look for his charger. He checked his usual charging spot but did not find it,he then remembered that Fiona had it and that she'd borrowed it sometime back and since he had another one he did not bother to ask it from her,the problem at hand was that this other charger was back at his dad's place and Stephano didn't use a type-C charger. "So much for trying to live a wholesome day!" He thought banging his head .He had probably though that he'd figure out the best day yet but well it was not so. He thought of going to borrow from his other buddies but it was then too late.The room still being deem with little light comming from Stephano's laptop screen barely lighting the room,he laid down staring at the lower part of the upper bunk bed,a rriver of thoughts making violent rapids in his mind, may be he would finally sleep as time went by, Stephano rarely cooked so there was nothing to eat.
"seems am sleeping on an empty stomach today...hehehe...the irony of life...I'm not poor yet I sleep hungry...infact I can afford any meal money can buy yet I sleep on an empty stomach.!"
he thought to himself as he turned on his stomach and once again attempted to sleep.
Just then flashes of very vivid memories flooded his mind all over again....