She placed a call to her friend, Zhang Min. She needed someone to talk to. Min was her only Friend in Country B.
They had been friends since they were little they've always had each other's back as best friends would do.
"Hello, Min. Please can you show up at my house right now, I do need you here now" Fang Spoke as soon as the call went through.
From the way she sounded, the person on the other end of the phone could easily tell that everything was not alright with her.
"Why are you sounding this way, is anything the matter?" Zhang Min asked over the phone.
"I need you at my place before the unusual of me takes place" Fang responded a bit threateningly.
On hearing that from Fang, Zhang Min quickly dropped the call and rushed out of her house to the roadside to get a cab to Fang's house.
On getting to Fang's apartment, she met her friend in a state that already succeeded in telling her she was suffering from heartbreak.
"Fang! Why are you looking this way?" Min asked in disbelief.
She was so shocked to see her strong friend looking so down because of a broken relationship.
"How else do you expect me to look when what I least expected just hit me like a bomb" Fang voiced amidst tears
"You sounded so much like your life was at stake over the phone. What's up with you?" Min asked Curiously.
"Min, I just discovered that I've been in a relationship that I have been dating myself all these while " Fang uttered!
"How do you mean?" Min asked
"I broke up with him" Fang responded in a low tone.
"You did what?! Why did you do that?"
"he had always wanted it, he just wasn't ready to be the one to break up with me and I think that is the reason why he's been giving red flags and I failed to read the meanings of his attitudes. Maybe I allowed myself to be blinded by love "
"Did he tell you he was no longer interested?"
" Wei didn't have to say that to my face, his actions gave him out. Even when I told him I was done with him, he didn't say much. He didn't bother stopping me from walking out on him."
"Fang, do you know I still find it hard to figure out this whole thing? Like what are you talking about?... What exactly did he do to get a break up from you? I thought you two were getting on well, what changed? " Min asked, wanting to know more about her best Friend's broken relationship.
"Min, it may interest you to know that Wei had been cheating on me all along. I knew about it all this while but I just didn't want to say anything to you about it because I felt it's not something to be proud of so the need of letting you know about it didn't cross my mind." Fang responded regretfully.
"Ooh, my goodness.. for how long have you found out he has been cheating? Min asked in disbelief
"I guess it's more than a month now. I started suspecting him from the way he always excused himself whenever we were together to take some calls.
So, I quickly took some measures to be sure it was what I was suspecting.
I was still trying to come to terms with telling you that Wei we both thought was responsible, was a chronic womanizer. I just couldn't think of a better way to tell you so I opted for silence instead."
"Like Seriously, are you for real? Like how some of you girls do these things? How do most of you girls tolerate attitudes that can be changed by him or can easily be worked on?.. You accepted to love him even with him disrespecting you and that is one of the reasons he treated you the way he did. Men can be so unpredictable!" Min said in utter disbelief.
"Well, I think this happened at the right time. I mean....the relationship was still very much young. Just six months. It's pretty young and early right?" She said in tears
"Fang, I feel your pain but like you said, it happened at the best time," Min said holding Fang close to herself to cheer her up.
"I thought he was going to change for the better that's one of the reasons I didn't bother telling you about it, but he became worse by the day"
"Can you just listen to yourself? How can you even think of it? him changing when you never confronted him regarding all that he was doing?" Min asked rhetorically.
"You know what Fang, it baffles me to know that you of all people could expect a quick change from a cheat and phony like Wei.
I saw this coming though. You remember the day I told you that guy isn't genuine? What was your reaction?? .... You did scorn my words. And then I said to myself never to say anything about that Wei of a guy again."
Zhang Min Warned Wang Fang about Li Wei before she accepted to date him.
But Fang failed to see the reasons with her friend. She rather preferred to give Wei a space to come into her life.
"I guess I was not smart enough to have not seen these coming. I'm sorry for not listening to you initially, I got carried away by his sweet utterance and composure that had blinded me from seeing the bad side of him. "
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Truly, Wei's Sense of fashion and carriage is mindblowing. Hardly can any good lady turn down such a presentable and responsible young man in his mid-30s.
He was so heart stolen and that had always made him have his way with any lady of his choice.
Wang Fang was the only lady that was a huge challenge to Li Wei. That made him to be persistent in getting her.
Even though Wang Fang fell in love with Wei even before Wei did, she made sure she didn't make it obvious so Wei wouldn't notice.
Even when Wei finally fell in love and asked Fang to date him, fang asked him to give her some time to think about it.
She spent two weeks thinking about Wei's interest in her.
Li Wei never liked any other lady as much as he liked Fang. Maybe his love for her was a result of the stress Fang put him through.
Fang was the only lady that had stressed him. Every other lady he had dated was at his beck and call. Some of them craved his compliments and attention.
"I'm not happy with what you went through dating Wei, but am glad it happened for you to learn your lessons. I expected you to learn from my own past mistakes, but I think one's own experience is the best teacher and you've learned from your experience."
"If only I had listened to you Min, I would not have found myself in this mess"
"Yes! You were just being carried away by his good looks and sweet words dearest friend" Min sounded Mockingly.
"It was never meant to be, it just happened for some reasons best known to nature. I sure will get over it within a short space of time" Fang Assured Herself.
"Exactly my dear, just forget about everything you both had. The best will come your way. This isn't going to be the end of your love life."
"I believe this happened for a reason to have a way for a better man to come your way, you know right?" Zhang min Encouraged her friend.
" I know. Thanks for your words of encouragement. I'm blessed to have you as my best friend. You are truly a Sky Father's Sent."
Fang said in agreement with her friend's words and thanked her for her words of encouragement.
She was relieved of the stress that comes with heartbreak. Thank her stars she's got Min as her best friend who always has her back in whatever decision she decides to take in life.
Not just that, Min was a good adviser and source of encouragement.