* People come and go & so does the mornings *
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Adria stopped her car as he bent over the window of the car grinning at her.
"What are you doing here Zaire." Adria asked unhappily.
"Well apart from your spirit boyfriend bringing me here, I wanted to see you." Zaire smiles.
"I thought you'll be dead by now." Adria said as she let him into the car.
"Oh you have a bad memory don't you?." Zaire teased. Adria glares at him daggers.
"Don't look at me like that, well I think you forgot I didn't enter the room that day so there was nothing to prove I'm the one who let you out ."Zaire smiled.
"Oh so why are you here and how did you even know this route." Adria asked.
"Well your boyfriend brought me here." Zaire said shortly as he rest his chin on his hand.
"Well I need to leave, I got a plane to catch." Adria said showing him the door to get out.
"All flights outside the country has been delayed, nightmares orders." He said
"That bastard! How dare him." Adria said as she took off the baseball cap.
"Nice disguise tho, you look like those high school celebrities in the movies." Zaire said.
"Shut up I-." Adria got interrupted by her stomach grumbling.
"Hmm just in time, so I dropped by chicken republic cause I was told how hungry you can be here have this." Zaire grinned.
Adria scrutinize the food and looked up "I hope you didn't poison this food."
Zaire smiled "I expected that ungrateful lady huff." he scoffed.
"Whatever I'll eat it anyways, what about you what will you eat." Adria replied.
"Well...I ate mine as I couldn't wait any longer, why did you waisted so much time ."
"Got pulled over by the cops so I had to stop for assessment of my vehicle." Adria said.
He scoffed "still nightmare's doing, your lucky they didn't catch you."
"Lol I bribed them." They both stared at each other as bust into laughter.
"Your really what Ryan said you are." Zaire smirked.
"What did he say about me?." Adria asked
"he said your sweet, caring, clumsy, naughty, notorious, stubborn and a lot more." he smiled at her affectionately.
"Oh really, he didn't tell you I kill people who stare at me for too long huh." Adria gave him a meniac look.
"What?! I....I'm sorry." Zaire was frightened.
"Lol I'm joking." Adria chuckled softly.
Zaire sighs in relief " you probably should pursue an acting career."
"So how long will I be here." Adria asked patiently awaiting the answer.
He checked his phone "umm 3 hours more."
"What! Who even gave that idiot such power in Lagos too." Adria because annoyed.
"Lol his brother is the governor of port harcourt remember and also friends with Lagos governor." Zaire replied.
"Ugh so when did you people arrive at Lagos." Adria asked curiously.
"When you guy came to your mom's house over here, nightmare got informed so he sent some people to watch you guys and came two day later." Zaire.
"Won't he look for you?." Adria asked worriedly, she doesn't want another dead body.
"No he won't, I told him I and my guys will look for you at the sea port incase your changing his means of transportation. Now eat up you haven't even touched your food." Zaire said.
Adria looked at the food, then back at him "didn't he tell you I hate eating alone."
"Oh he didn't maybe he didn't think it would be important." Zaire said.
"Eat with me." She said.
"Alright ." He agreed, he was kind of hungry tho and the food was too much for only her.
They ate together and talked for a while, Zaire realized he liked her, like he's madly attracted to her, he studied her smile, the way she ate, how her eyes glitters when she talked about people she cared about. This isn't a good thing she's leaving today snap out of it Zaire.
"So isn't Ryan going to talk to me." Adria asked as she had been waiting for him since Zaire showed up.
"I can't tell, I don't have the power to call him out, he would come out when he feels like." Zaire said calmly trying to keep his jealousy at bay.
Adria looked at her hands disappointment evident in her face. "Alright is still."
Zaire smiled broadly showing his perfectly arranged teeth. " I was waiting for you to call me."
Adria looked up as she smiled "Silly dramatic ass."
"I'm really glad I'll be able to say my goodbye to you." Rayn said through Zaire, he's hand tracing her jawline.
"It's not like I'm staying there forever, and you can convince Zaire to go with me, he's actually a good guy you know." Adria said
"I can't." he said.
"So you don't want to come with me?." Adria felt a sting of pain.
"That's not it." He replied not trying to go deep in explanations.
"Then what is it? explain!." Adria felt frustrated.
"I'm crossing over Adria." He said.
"What do you mean your crossing ove?." Adria was lost.
"I had not finished my work here that's why I was stock in this realm, wondering around looking for a way to fulfill what was needed till I found Zaire." He explained
"So now you have fulfilled the thing you needed to?." Adria asked.
"Not yet, but soon. " he said shortly.
"Then you can't cross over, soon is not a present event I hope you know. So what's the stuff you want to fulfill." Adria felt confused.
"The promise I made to you." He said as he stared at her.
"Wait! what?."she looked at him with dissatisfaction.
"Yes I couldn't cross over cause I didn't fulfill the promise I made to you."he explained
"So how are you going to fulfill 'not ever leave me' huh tell me." Adria became pissed.
"You leaving right now might be away around it." He said with uncertainty.
"Bullshit! That's rubbish you know." She looked at him with pain in her eyes.
"Or maybe you forgiving me." He added.Adria stared at him quietly.
"I'm already dead Adria, this body isn't mine. Kissing me won't be kissing me at all don't you get it 'I AM GONE' Adria." He enfasized.
"Stop saying that Ryan." She tired to mask that believe.
"I'm not here anymore, there's nothing both of us can do about it. So get over this stupid hope you built." He tired to help relieve the pain she has been feeling.
"Stop saying that ok stop, we could still find ways around it." Adria felt frustrated.
"I'm tired Adria. You never even loved me, take a look around you I can't do anything about our situation. This guy right here has a fiancé already, just get over everything and move on.....you didn't kill me, I saw a guy aiming at you and I took the bullet, the ambulance got there late and nature took place. So please stop, stop taking unnecessary blames." He pleaded.
"You shouldn't have, why did you take the bullet huh tell me she said as she dragged his shirt." Adria said.
"Cause I thought they were aiming at you, but it was me all along. I'm so sorry I couldn't fulfill my promise and I hope you don't get fixated because of this, I am happy where I am and this the last time I'll be able to see you cause this the only time I got."
"I said stop!!!." Adria couldn't take it anymore as she broke into tears. "I just don't get why life is on fair, you didn't deserve any of this why?."
"Life has nothing to do with this, I made my own choices and I don't regret anything, funny enough I'll still do the same thing again." He tried to make her understand.
Adria stared at him as tears clouded her vision, Ryan pulled her in for a hug and coaxed her, he wiped her tears and lend in for a kiss but Adria stopped him.
"I forgive you for breaking your promise Ryan, I want nothing more than your happiness and if reincarnation is real I hope you get someone to love you the way you loved me in your next life,I hope you don't end up in hell too." said as she sobbed silently.
He stared at her affectionately as he pulled her in for a tight hug, the last hug.
"I'll always have you here Adria I hope to see you live a great life and fall in love, and have mini you." He said as he pat her hair gently.
Adria chuckled and sniffed in "bye Ryan."
"Did you just say goodbye." Ryan was surprised.
"Yh." She smiled softly.
"Wow why are you crying, did he say anything hurtful to you." Zaire asked.
"Oh Zaire." she wiped her tears as she pulled back from his embrace.
"Why are you sad."
"I'm not sad Zaire, I'm happy actually these are tears of joy."Adria said as she wiped her tears as they kept falling.
Zaire felt a sting in his heart as he looked at her cry "come on it's enough everything is gonna be fine." He assured.
"Yh I know." Adria sniffed and cleaned her eyes as she starts her car. She turned to Zaire "aren't you getting off or you want to leave Nigeria with me."
Zaire thought about it for some seconds "What if I say I do?." He asked.
She laughed "what about your fiancé, what's going to happen to her huh."
Zaire was shocked and embarrassed by Adria's statement "She....she." He couldn't reply.
"Lol get off Zaire I got to a plane to catch," she said as she didn't want to waste her time on an unimportant conversation.
Zaire looked at his phone it's been 2hrs and few minutes "But nightmare will still be there."
"Worry about yourself and your FIANCÉ kid, I got my back and so does my sis." She placed enfasis on the word fiancé, he stepped out and she drove off in full speed, he looked down feeling sad, he actually started feeling things for her that he forgot Sandra still exists, Sandra was his fiancé.
Adria arrived in the private airport sector immediately she spotted Berlina, she stepped out of the car as she walked towards her Berlina kept a stern look as she ordered the military guy's around her.
Adria got close and saw nightmare at a distance watching Berlina, Adria closed her baseball cap well and adjusted her nose mask to ensure he didn't get any ideas, As she walked forward, nightmare shifted his gaze to her staring intensely, but she kept walking straight acting unaware.
Nightmare immediately sent one of his boys over to check if she was the one, she realized what was about to happen and looked towards her left it was an asian guy who was dressed in a business attire seems he came here for business.
She immediately clinged onto him And whispered softly "Act normal." The guy froze but eventually complied "I need to get close to that lady." She said.
"Which one?." he asked.
"The lady dressed in full black." She replied.
They both walked past Berlina, as Adria stylishly placed her car keys in Berlina's bag which was slightly open and she headed to the plane, she thanked the guy and left immediately not waiting for his response.
She got into the plane and allocated her seat , then she called Berlina.
"Yo what's up." Berlina said.
"I'm in." Adria replied.
"That was good acting skills tho." She commented on how easily Adria deceived nightmare.
"I'll see you soon ok, I love you sis."Adria said.
Berlina sigh and replied "I love you more."
The flight was about to start so the flight attendant greeted the passengers, directed every passenger to their seat, ensured all passengers were buckled in, they locked the doors and arm them so that the emergency slides will inflate if they are opened, they asked all passengers to off all electronic devices and they took off.
Adria sat close to the window and stared outside the window. She put on her head set as she listened to a calm music, it was late already so she eventually fell asleep.