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I was at work one sunny afternoon when I got a notification pop up on my phone, it was Beatrice saying she needed to meet, I replied immediately and told her I would meet up with her as soon as possible, my heart palpitated and my mind had a thousand thoughts. I rounded up what I was doing and took an excuse from work to go and meet her at one of the cafes around where we'd usually meet. I stepped into the café, looked around and I sighted her, immediately I set my gaze on her, I was engulfed with a sudden form of ebullience, went over to her table and sat down, then took a minute to be in admiration of her beauty, her eyes had always portrayed her innocence, We spoke at lengths about work and other things, how our lives have fared over the past few months and new developments in our lives which had included the breaking up with our various partners while still in that discussion she said to me

"I don't know how to explain this and I don't know how else I could put this but I can't hold it anymore and I just have to let it out. I am in love with you, I am deeply in love with you and there is no simpler way I can put it other than that"

I pretended to act surprised but deep within me, I was filled with joy and she explained our last meeting she was expecting me to say something to her, went on to say she even looked back to see if I was still there hoping for her to stop but saw that I was already leaving which was funny because I was expecting her to do same, but then I asked about Michael and her constant show of love towards him on social media, she said they were to make me jealous and make me realize that I messed up in not expressing my feelings earlier and by seeing them I might come out with it but seeing that they had no effect she had to openly disclose hers and also s. The rest of the evening was about us sharing our feelings towards each other, it was a pleasant evening with some late walks in the park and `some extensive public display of affection. We didn't want the night to end and I had to put her in a cab because she was staying far off, she wanted to stay over at my place but I declined because I had a project I needed to submit the next day, we shared a kiss and she left. On getting home I met Evelyn at my apartment, waiting for me and I was wondering what she was doing there, she was around the neighborhood and needed a place to stay for the night, talk about being ambushed. Well I wasn't going to be heartless and make her homeless for the night, so I let her in, she insisted on taking a shower and asked if she could have some change of clothes, I unwillingly obliged, gave a tee shirt of mine which was big enough right onto her thighs. Then suddenly I heard a knock on my door and I was wondering who that would be by this time because I wasn't expecting anybody, went to answer the door only to find out it was Beatrice. She was just there staring at me and I was just standing there amazed. Evelyn came to the door and immediately Beatrice sighted her with my shirt on, she broke into tears and ran out. I chased after her only for her to be hit by a car, I rushed her to the hospital but the hopes of her surviving were slim, she was bleeding internally and the doctors were of the opinion she wouldn't make it but I was trying to be optimistic, I even prayed which I normally don't do, hell I don't even pray for myself but that night I did for her. I slept at the hospital that night and had to be shuffling my home and hospital during the week, the following week I had to take a week leave to be able to be with her fully at the hospital. She was stable and the doctors said she was gradually responding to treatments which was great news and lifted my spirits. It was her third week at the hospital and my week leave had ended and I was to resume work, so on one of my days at the office, a call came in from the hospital that she is now awake, I leapt for joy and quickly dashed to the hospital to see her. I was overwhelmed with joy but she wasn't, well I was thinking maybe she was still mad at me putting into context the way she landed in her current state but that wouldn't be the only my only disappointment for the day, her next words would put me in a state which would leave me dumbfounded and hope what I had feared had not come to pass.