EASY LIFE Christabel Growing up, Brenda had an EASY LIFE.

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Episode 7

Christabel

Brenda was engulfed in sorrow as she shed tears on Franklin's lifeless body, She wasn't aware that Franklin's brother was standing right behind her as She was so lost in her thoughts and in grief.

"Who are you?" Lucas finally said and then Brenda turned shockingly, one close look at Franklin's brother.

"Lucas?"Brenda said at once

"Brenda?"Lucas responded, as he ran his eyes on Brenda, she was still looking beautiful but Lucas wondered why she was on a wheelchair.

"I can't believe we are Seeing each other again, the last time I saw you, was after our final exam in college, are you the same Brenda who my brother loves so much? And the person that I have been talking to on the phone?, I knew there was something familiar about you" Lucas added and Brenda smiled faintly.

"I knew there was something about your voice too but I never paid attention" Brenda replied soberly.

"I can't believe we will meet again after all these years on a sad day like today, Franklin is my knight in shinning armor and my strength in times of weakness" Brenda added in tears and Lucas came closer and hugged her. He was also in tears.

Franklin's body was taken out of the hospital room to the mortuary, Brenda and Lucas had a long conversation with at the hospital, Brenda told Lucas how she became disabled and how he had meet his brother, Franklin.

Lucas also told Brenda how Franklin's health deteriorated each passing day and how he started experiencing severe pain and mostly at nights which made it difficult for him to sleep properly.

"At first, I had thought it was just a minor crisis that would fade with time but it persisted rather, I and my parents were devastated, Franklin would toss back and forth in severe pain and he grew slimmer because he wasn't sleeping at nights anymore. The doctors were called upon whenever it started and they usually administered treatments but nothing changed, even till he was admitted to the hospital" Lucas revealed

As Lucas told those horrible tales, Brenda was in tears, Lucas had to stop as he watched Brenda cry bitterly and released every emotion she had been bottling up in her heart. Lucas felt helpless and it killed him to know that Brenda, will never walk again. Brenda and Lucas couldn't do anything but to shed tears on each other's shoulder. That day was just horrible for Lucas and Brenda. But the good part of the sad story was that they met each other again after so many years.

Few days after, Franklin was buried, Brenda was inconsolable but when she remembered the promise she had made to Franklin, she began to let go of her pain. On the other hand, Lucas continued to care for Brenda, he offered her, his friendship and she relunctantly accepted his friendship, it was obvious that Brenda was still attached to Franklin.

Lucas, just like his late brother was a selfless and a good young man and in no time Brenda began to notice the similarities between Franklin and Lucas.

She found herself falling for Lucas again like in their college days. Often times she had wandered if Lucas would ever look her way.

"I'm disable and sterile, I don't think love is for me, The only man who accepted me, the way I was, is dead, even though we never dated but our friendship was unique and special. I cherish every moment I spent with Franklin, may his gentle soul, rest in peace" She had thought.

12 months had passed since Franklin was buried but Lucas and Brenda's friendship was becoming stronger by the day, Lucas continued to care for Brenda and that was one of the reasons, Brenda was still sane despite how bad she was feeling ever since Franklin died.

Lucas presence in her life had brought her hope and she had began to understand why things happened the way it did.

"I would have killed myself, if Lucas was not in my life" She had thought.

Brenda was hopeful that one-day Lucas would love her again. Lucas who had assumed that Brenda would still be in love with his late brother, never told Brenda about his feelings as he had thought that it will be an insult to his late brother's memory.

"It would not be okay to date a girl, my brother loved so much before he died" he had thought

Brenda almost died of disappointment when Lucas introduced his girlfriend to her.

As usual Lucas had called to check upon on Brenda, when he suddenly said "Brenda, I want to introduce you to someone special, her name is Jane, she is my girlfriend and some one, I will want to settle down with, I have not propose to her yet but I can see myself doing that soon" Lucas said excitedly and chuckled while Brenda's heart skipped several beats, she lost words as tears rolled out from her eyes.

When Lucas handed the phone to Jane, Brenda barely uttered a word to her. She was in tears as jane spoke to her at the other end of the phone.

When Jane gave the phone back to Lucas, he could sense sadness in Brenda's voice.

Lucas kept asking "are you okay?" But Brenda manage to sound as if nothing was wrong.

But when the call ended, Brenda was thrown in to sorrow. But she remembered the promise she had made to Franklin on his death bed, she managed to say a little prayer in tears.

" Lord I don't know why I'm passing through all these trials and test but I trust you have a good plan for my life, I'm tired of feeling pity for myself, Lord please show me love and take control of the affairs of my life, I'm sorry for the times that I was ungrateful and for the times I took my life for granted, I thank you Lord for saving my life, three years ago from that accident that almost killed me, even though I can't walk, I'm grateful that I can talk and sit on my wheel chair, I'm thankful for the wonderful people in my life and for bringing Franklin into my life because he made me appreciate life and to trust your plan, Please Lord all I want is to be happy and healthy. I know you will never leave me or forsake me, thank you Lord, for all you do for me" Brenda prayed

Few weeks later, The unimaginable happened. Brenda was shocked when Lucas told her that Jane had ended their relationship.

"Just like that? Why?" Brenda asked calmly as she could sense sadness in his voice.

"What happened?" Brenda added

"She ended our relationship Because I told her the truth" Lucas said in a low tone

" The truth? What truth?" Brenda entered

"I don't love her yet but I like her and I was trying hard to fall in love with her but couldn't, so when she jokingly asked if I loved her and I told her the truth, she got upset with me and she ended our relationship right away. She left in anger and for the past three days, she refused to take my calls" Lucas narated.

Brenda was confused, but she tried her best to console Lucas and she advice him to visit Jane and fix things with her.

"How could you tell her that you are not in love with her? What kind of joke was that?" Brenda said and Lucas entered sharply "but that was the truth, I was not joking around, I wanted to be transparent and truthful with her, now I see why people tell lies, people don't want to hear the truth, I have good intentions for her is that not important than falling in love?"

"Why do you keep saying that you are not in love with her, if you don't love her, how can you have good intentions for her?, Date or marry who you love, I am talking from experience, if I had married who I loved, my life will not be like this, come on Lucas, Every lady needs a man who will love her unconditionally, not a man who doesn't, Lucas if you don't love Jane, So who are you in love with?" Brenda said innocently.

" You, Brenda I'm still in love with you, I can't conceal my feelings any longer, I still love you like the first time we met in college, many years ago." Lucas responded and Brenda almost lost her breath.

End Of Episode 7

To Be Continued

Brenda and Lucas still love each other, Lucas was late Franklin's younger brother, do you think Brenda's parents will give their consent?

Have a wonderful night rest 😘