Life at a comma!

"Take it to God,....."

"You are not the first man who have tried..."

" Move on..."

"You are still young..."

Those words were rotating in Cavos head all the time after visiting Lovet's Mum. Her Mum was clear to him that it was not a simple sum for Lovet to fall in love again.

" Hello Cavo, where have you been from morning? You got me scared."

Why was she scared? Was she in love with him? Why was she feeling lonely? she needed him so much. She was sure of this. She couldn't sit alone all day. No, not without Cavo, she liked him. He was part of her. They became so close. So close to be separated . They wanted each other madly. They always waited for each other by the class room door from hostel, so that they could get in the class together.

" I went for a walk, yes a walk to the most beautiful place. Where someone special to me come from. I visited my mother-in-law. She is very hospitable, nice and caring. I love her daughter so much." Cavo talked with a lot of passion. He meant his words. Lovet's face turned pale, obviously she was jealous. Cavo liked this. He continued, " It was a nice journey. I love that Lady so much. She is my life." Lovet never liked the conversation. " You love her so much I can see from your smiles, May I see her photograph?" She requested. "Of course you can." He replied mockingly. He took a mirror from his locker. "Bring your face closer, Look inside here, look how beautiful she is...." Lovet looked at the mirror, she saw herself. She was very pretty. " That's the perfect wife I want, It you Lovet. "

" You meaaaan ,,,you wen't ttoo our hooome,,???? You ? " Lovet wondered mouth opened!

"To do what?"

"To talk to your mum"

"About what?"

"About you"

"About me what?"

" About you love"

"What did she say?"

"I take it to God"

They laughed together, their heads down. They were not laughing. They were crying. But crying for what? Lovet cried because she couldn't reciprocate Cavo's Love, while Cavo cried because he met a cruel love. Life was unfair to them. To him, he believed he met his life partner. He met someone who showed him true love. He wanted to create his own world. His dreams were big. He thought he was going to be the best husband to Lovet. He never cared anything. He touched love with his heart. It was beautiful to be in true love,someone you truly want to be with. Everything White turned black in his life. He missed several meals. He was dull and unhappy. Everyone complained, his half sister Emmaculate, tried her best to cool him. Emmah was like a real sister to him. They sat under the palm tree to talk a sister-brother talk. Emmah listened to him keenly. She couldn't believe Cavo was shedding tears because of a Lady. She remembered how girls were fighting in the village because of him. But there he was,seriously crying his eyes red. Emmah felt bad. It was not good for a man to shed tears in public. What is public to Cavo?, he cared less. He wanted to cry louder. He wanted to tell everyone how he was feeling. Everyone felt sorry. Lovet's close friends, Lydia, Pessy and Lynn talked to her, they told her how bitter it was to see Cavo suffering. Others told Cavo to pick one of the beautiful Ladies in the college and move on. It was true that many Ladies were created beautifully and wonderfully. They were shinning. Jungle green uniform fitted their colours. Maasai ladies were equally promising but marrying them was impossible. Most of them if not all were married already. The Kalenjins were so nice. The Luhyas and Kisiis were not left behind in beauty. Matongo was coloured with nice ladies. Luo ladies from all parts of Kenya were there and some few Kikuyu's like Polly who was very charming. Yvonne whose background was not well clear because she spoke almost all languages like Okaalo like laughing at everything. She spoke fluent Luo and fluent Luhya. Yvonne laughed at Cavo and told him. "Acha ujinga, look around how many of us do you see? so many. Look at Harry very beautiful and willing to give you everyone thing. Move on kijana kabla uzeeke" She liked mixing languages. Harry was willing to be with him. She gave up on him. Team Lii stole her heart. No one could understand Cavo, everyone wanted to comfort him. Oduor who was now going to succeed Ker talked to him. Oduor who was also dating a Luhya Lady Nashieku, encouraged him to move on. Cavo wanted to move on. He wanted to try his lack somewhere. He wanted to assume Lovet. To ignore her and move on. Was that going to work? It was a task. Running from Lovet needed an aeroplane. It was not easy. Lovet was lonely, she couldn't understand herself too. Her body was willing but her heart was stubborn. Everyone was pointing at her. Ladies created groups of gossip. They talked Ill of Lovet. " Lovet is just a pretender"

" Lovet is married" "Lovet is not human" "Lovet is two in one" people talked all corners.

At night, Matongo compound looked busy. After studies , people would sit in dark areas with their loved ones. The dark areas were known as 'Nature corner' . The lonely people were finding themselves a place known as Frustration bench. Cavo sat there. He watched the movement of everyone. People were sharing love stories. Evette and Eric leading the team. Orlando who looked spiritual, was also among the love bird team with her beautiful queen. Love looked real. It appeared as if they were taking roll call. Emmah, who was liked by Ambani ,Koipitat and Jacoo was also in a junction of life. Making a choice was rough. Everyone was occupied. Cavo walked back to class, he felt like seeing Lovet. He also wanted warmth like other people. He wanted to whisper some sweet words. Words of love. He missed it. He only wanted Lovet's love. Only her love. But the world was not giving him that chance. He was frustrated. He had to act first. There is no need to die. He was going to loose his mind. He got Lovet. She was lost in deep thoughts, what was she thinking about. Cavo helped her to stand. Cavo led her outside. They held each others hand. They felt nice as usual,being close to each other. "Look up there, what do you see?" Cavo asked. " I see the stars..they are glittering " she smiled. "Do you remember the story of Abraham when Angels visited him?" " I do" she replied. When I met you, I believed our descendants were going to be as many as those stars. They looked at each other. Cavo's heart was burning with passion. He wanted her more. He felt like bringing her closer to him. They walked towards No Man's Land. That was the point of saying goodnight to the loved ones. Many people were there. Nielson and Rebecca were always the first and the last to leave that point. For Cavo and Lovet, they needed formal handshake as they wish each other goodnight. He wanted to hug her, but something stopped him. He wanted it to be mutual. They looked at each other after handshake. Their tears rolled equally. They walked away from each other sobbing uncontrollably.

To be continued.....