Two Wrongs

"Harrison!"

   I exclaimed, surprised. Like what the f*ck? I was sure I knew the person but I can never believe that the man behind all these was Harrison, Zain's best friend. But why?

   And I am not just surprised that he is the one but again, he is rich and controls affluence from what I have seen so far so I asked myself again, who the hell is he? Has he been pretending all these while and does Zain knows Harrison is this rich? 

   My leg wobbled and I soothed for the next seat to sit down.

  "Surprise!"

   He remarked then turned his back on me"I knew you were not going to leave here without finding out who I am and it's a good thing you did. It's good to know your enemy so that if you ever think of doing contrary to what is on the paper, you will have yourself to blame"

  His voice was icy cold and void of emotions.

  I just have one question to ask him,"why are you doing this?"

   "It's simple, to pay my dear friend back for taking Susan away from me"

I had thought I had heard enough today but this is another shock. I am not sure again if the shock will stop coming so I better put on a shock absorber.

   "What do you mean?"

I managed to ask.

"Zain and I were at your fifteen birthday party and that's where we met Susan, though Zain met her first, when I saw her I took a special liking to her. She knew about it and I asked her out which she agreed to date me. I didn't know how it happened but Zain went behind my back and confessed to her when he knew I was so crazy about Susan. I did not understand what Zain was going to achieve by dating two sisters. I watched him do his thing thinking he would get tired of Susan and leave her but they ended together."

  While he talked my mouth was hanging open. I never heard this side of the story before. Susan never mentioned that she met another guy aside from Zain on my fifteenth birthday party.

  "Zain was selfish, he wanted to prove to all of us that he could have any lady he wanted. I was ready to accept defeat but I could not when I found out that he was still in love with you and yet he was not ready to let Susan go. I told him severally to follow his heart but he was too adamant. For breaking the brotherhood code, I swore he was going to pay, so in his next life he would think twice before hurting people that love him."

   I suddenly felt angry, not at him but at Zain. Zain had really crossed the lines and I am not going to blame Harrison for this but then two wrongs don't make a right.

  "I understand that Zain has been an a****** and a total jerk but then you are not only going punish him by these actions of yours, you going to punish these innocent kids. You cannot deny them the chance of having a father in their life. I was…

    My throat contrasted and I choked on my words, I angrily wiped my tears and stared at his stiffed back, "I was waiting for the right time to let the world know my secret. I didn't want to be the reason why my sister's marriage will not work so I had to keep my pregnancy and after that, hid my babies. I had told myself that in the near future I was going to tell him. My sister could hate me all she wanted but I wasn't going to deny these kids the chance to have a father in their life. I could hand the motherhood to my sister, that was how much I was willing to sacrifice for Zain and Susan's marriage. I am not applauding Zain for what he did but do you think seeing Zain being miserable for the rest of his life was going to give you the validation that you need? Your revenge on him, will it ever bring Susan back to you? I am disappointed in you, Harrison and I'm disappointed at everyone who has betrayed me in one way or the other. I had to put them first but now what am I getting, nothing. Loving Zain has brought me an untold sadness yet my heart longs for him day and night. I don't know how I'm going to survive without him but I know that Mitchell and Michael will give me the strength to and if I never get a chance with Zain again the kids will be my consolation."

   I ended my long speech and broke down. This is so hard for me to bear. Learning the truth behind this was breaking me and also knowing that Mitchell and Michael will never get a chance to call Zain father broke me the most.

  Harrison might think he is punishing Zain but no, my kids and I are the one being punished. Zain might get over me tomorrow and get involved with another woman but I will never get over him.