I was going through a very difficult time in my life. Academic stress, then add this heap of shit I was facing right now on top of it. I didn't know how much more I could take of that. When I thought things can't get any worse than that, another bomb blasted.
That night my phone rang and on checking the caller it was Moses, my friend in the village. I was happy to see him calling at that time. At least I would get to laugh for a few minutes and forget my problems.
"Hey bro what's up. Long time bro how is it going there."
"I'm good bro, just some academic stress and shit."
"Bro, you don't even call anymore. What is happening with you these days?" Moses was right. I had been in a lot of shit lately, and I even forgot to check on my only friend in the village.
"I'm sorry bro it's just that…"
"It's okay bro, I understand you're busy…did you receive the invitation?"
"What invitation? I don't understand."
"A wedding invitation. I thought she would honor you with that at least?"
"Which wedding are you talking about…who would honor me with that? Why don't you just go direct to the point and stop beating around the bush." I was confused, I didn't understand a thing Moses was talking about."
"Okay before I say anything, do you have a handkerchief there with you?"
"For what bro…I hate this suspense you're subjecting me into."
"Bro, Pamela is getting married."
"What? …which Pamela are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry bro. she is two months pregnant. The pregnancy belongs to a tycoon's child from our neighboring town and he is conducting a mini wedding this Saturday."
The phone just dropped from my hand. Two heartbreaks in a single day! So Pamela was gone too. She was even getting married to a tycoon's child, how fortunate!
Even with a lot of shit going on in my life, days were moving very fast. It was already three weeks since Lily and Pamela dumped me. After stressing and nursing my bleeding heart, I decided to stick with Tasha as Mike advised. Tasha seemed to love me, and slowly with time I started to see a lot of potential in her. She was really an interesting person beside her beauty. And she loved me a lot, it was evident. The relationship was still a secret and nobody knew except I, Tasha and Mike. I decided not to think about Lily or Pamela anymore. I even deleted Lily's number from my phone. Even if it seemed as a great loss for me, I had come to accept that Lily didn't want me anymore and I couldn't force her. Nowadays she was even hanging out with some guy. I guess it is the guy that picked Mike's call that night he called. I didn't care anymore. Even though I saw them almost every day, it didn't affect me at all.
I had Tasha, and Tasha was beautiful. Even though we didn't show our passion in public, most of the nights she spent at my house. I preferred it that way.