Chapter 22: Chapter 22

CHAPTER 21B

“hi Alex” she greeted.

“what do you want” Alex asked her.

“oh, I don’t want anything, mum wants to talk to Andra” she replied

“Mum” I breathed out and sprang up.

The phone clicked and I heard my mum’s voice say “hi Andra, how are you guys doing, I heard that you and Alex left the house, where are you right now, Andra please talk to m…..”

“mum, I’m fine, we are fine” I cut her off.

She sighed and asked. “but where are you guys”

“we are… we…umh” Alex tried to speak but I cut him off.

“we are fine mum, you” I asked.

“my underaged pregnant daughter is away from home and I have no idea where she is, how exactly do you think I feel, I feel lost Andra” she stated in broken voice.

“mum, please stop worrying yourself, we are fine” I assured her.

“I had wanted to rent an apartment for you but your father has already blocked any transaction I can make that is bigger than my monthly withdrawal, you know we have joint account”

“but he can’t do that without your permission, that account is yours as much as it is his” I stated in anger.

“I have no idea how he did it, but my signature was there, and I can’t change it without his signature which I’m pretty sure he won’t give” she complained.

“so what are we gonna do now” I asked as I almost broke down but I had to hold myself.

“the only alternative I have is to leave the state” she stated and tears slipped down my cheeks.

“mum, are you sending me away” I cried.

“what, no baby, I’m just trying to help” she replied and I cried the more, I know she’s telling the truth but that didn’t stop the hurt I was feeling.

Alex caressed my back and whispered ‘calm down’ to me. I sighed.

“I’m sorry mum”

“it’s ok, I understand how you feel, but trust me, I’m not sending you away, I just want you to be comfortable baby, you don’t need all this stress”

“ok, so where do you suggest” I asked.

“I have a longtime friend who’s from baritana city, south America, she lives there with her family after she and her husband got divorced, I called her an asked if you guys can stay there for at least a year” she stated. “she accepted”

“mum, staying at someone’s house…”

“no, no, you won’t really be staying at their house, she’s gonna give you a place to stay”

I sighed and looked at Alex, I mean he’s the one to decide right? I can’t take this decision alone, it’s both of us we are talking about here, will he accept to leave his family, but he has already left them, urgh, I don’t like what we are going through but it’s already happening and there’s nothing we can do about it.

‘what do you think?’ I mouthed to him. He shrugged and nodded. I sighed.

“ok mum, Alex agreed and I think I’m in too” I stated.

“ok, you will be leaving tomorrow, I had planned a business trip for three of our company staff, but the trip was canceled, they are gonna do the meeting through zoom network, but I haven’t canceled the trip expenses transaction, I’m gonna have two of the passports changed with yours, Alex after this call, you’ll send me your details so that I can get a copy of your passport” mum instructed and Alex replied with an ok. “it’s gonna be fine, you guys”

“mum, why are you doing this, I mean why are you helping us, it’s as if you know what happened, and you are trying to protect us”

“what happened? How do you mean, Andra if you think I’m not disappointed in you for the kind of shame you brought to my family and the curse that will follow, then you must be out of your mind” she fired and I regretted asking that question.

“I’m only doing this because you are my daughter, if not….” She barked. Why is it that African parents can’t complete their threats?

“mum, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be rude” I apologized.

“you should really be sorry” she fired.

“now get some rest you guys” she added and the phone beeped indicating that she has hung up.

“is she really that angry with me, I said I was sorry” I cried, Alex came closer to me and hugged me, he patted my back and made me lay back down.

He laid behind me, facing the heavens, I wonder what he’s thinking about, is he regretting walking out of his family house with me, does he really want this baby or is he just here because he pities me, as I was thinking I dozed off.

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Alex and I got to the airport, we started looking for the blue jaguar mum instructed us to find and get our passports from the driver. When we finally found the car, we rushed to it, the driver got out, he probably saw us running to him.

“you Andra Edward?” he asked and I nodded. He scoffed and eyed me a little, Alex and I exchange glances, we turned back to the mid 20-year-old guy, Alex wanted to talk to him but I grabbed his hand, stopping him from talking.

“can we have the passports please” I asked the guy, he shrugged and whined his mouth and that’s when I noticed the gum he was chewing, seriously how can someone be a full grown man and still be childish.

The dude bent his head into the car and came out with a brown document file in his hand.

“here” he said and I snatched it from him.

“thanks” I stated, not that I meant it though, he was being a jerk.

He shrugged and entered the car, he didn’t even say safe journey. I wonder why I care about that though. Lol.

“come on” Alex took my hand and we walked into the airport, and luckily for us, our flight was the one loading, we cleared our details, and then entered the plane.

Thank God our seat were together otherwise I would have insisted that Alex lapped me in any seat he’d be on, cause I’m not about to let my eyes off him, that I’m making this journey is because he was there with me otherwise I could have committed suicide long ago.

“I remember when we first met” Alex stated 15 minutes after the plane took off.

I laughed a little.

“you were being such a jerk” I replied.

He chuckle and turned to look at me, I noticed his stare but I pretended to be concentrated on the view, I was sitting by the window, I can see the clouds, usually when I travel with my family, mum or dad won’t let me stay by the window, they’d always say, ‘you might leave us’ or ‘they might come again’. Jeez I wonder what that means.

“that’s because I was afraid of falling in love with you” I was forced to turn back to him, he was staring right at me.

“and now” I asked, didn’t know what I was expecting to hear though.

“I’m gonna go to the bathroom” he stated and unfastened his seat belt but I pulled him down.

“you can’t leave me here”

“Andra, stop being paranoid, I’m just gonna go to the bathroom, ok, I’ll be right back” he stated and touched my fluffy cheeks which has automatically become fuller cause of the pregnancy, literally everything in my body is fuller now. I nodded at him and released him, he walked out and I sighed.

I turned back to the window, I watched the plane bounce up and down the clouds which looked like a thousand of cotton candies, so beautiful.

I noticed a movement of something or perhaps someone hiding behind the clouds, I could see her shadow, it’s definitely the shape of a girl.

I tried to look closely, trying so hard to believe that it’s nothing but my imagination, but suddenly the shadow which happened to be a very beautiful dark girl dressed in a bronze war amour, a sword on her waist, a vest across her shoulder and a war-like crown with gold beads gracing her neck, she slowly came out of her hiding place, standing right by the window staring at me, moving with the rhythm of the plane, I gasped when she smiled. Gush what a beauty, and someone dared to say that I was the most beautiful girl in the world, but suddenly, she slowly faded into the cloud, and I felt a hand on my shoulder, I jerked up and turned back to see Alex staring at me.

“jeez, did you see her” I asked him excitedly.

“who”

“the beauty, I saw her on the clouds, she was standing on it” I shook his arm.

Alex palmed his face and shook his head.

“jeez Andra, is that how bad your own pregnancy hormones are…?”

TBC.