Chapter 18

"You are scaring me, what happened?"

"It was a mistake, Jacob. I didn't mean to," Osaze croaked as he gripped the sides of his hair with his hands. He had started shaking his head repeatedly almost and kept on muttering silently, the words 'I didn't mean to.'

"I know, you didn't mean to but what exactly are you talking about?" I responded still trying to calm him down before reaching to pull his hands away from the tight grip he had on his head for fear of him pulling out his scalp.

But he startled me by shooting up from where he sat immediately.

"Jacob you don't get it. It is my fault, I destroyed everything," he repeated the same cryptic words while pacing for a few seconds before stopping in front of me and I equally stood too but in confusion.

"Okay, so make me understand."

"I cheated on Lilian," he disclosed, lowering his voice and his stare in guilt. I could see the shame evident on his features, but still things didn't match up.

"Why?"