Second Chance - Episode 19

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MIGUEL

I should not have said that!

Damn! I shouldn't have said that!

I slapped my hand against the pillow several times in anger. What came over me! That was the meanest thing I could have said to someone that has taken care of me all this while.

Well, I didn't ask her to!

I ignored my pride as I sat up straight. I thought this was a game we usually play and I expected her to be say mean things as a reply but she just left . I noticed she was hurt but I never expected she would be.

She used to have all the right replies...what came over her! Why didn't she reply same way ? Why was she quiet and why was I feeling so guilty!

Why am I feeling guilty!

She had come here without any invitation! Everything that happened to me happened because of her, so why wouldn't I be mean to her! The day she took my bath flooded into my memory, I had no idea what she was doing with her hand that kept sending some electric buzz all around my skin. I had no idea if she felt it, but I think she did, for a moment, we had exchanged glances and she had looked away. That day, I swore she would never touch me again!

It was really difficult taking my bath and cleaning the wounds but I had to, I would never betray my emotions!

She had taken over everything, my mind, my body..and even my room! The room I was supposed to share with the lady I had expected. Now she had taken possession of everything

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. I couldn't even stay in the room, I had to keep lying in this stupid inconvenient couch all day.

Two days ago, I had wanted to pick a shirt and then I saw her silhouette through the cotton, she had a towel loosely  tied around her..the way she was bent while rubbing ointment all the way from her ankle up to her laps  was more than I could handle...Why couldn't she close the door!

This lady was bent on destroying me! Haunting me in my dreams and in reality! I wanted her so badly . I was afraid the slightest touch would make me explode..so I stayed as far away as possible! I had no idea if she knew what she was doing but I knew she was.

Each time she brought my food, the way she carried herself gracefuly, the way her hair looked so rough, giving her a sultry look when she just finished bathing and she had to rush to the kitchen....I covered my face in my hand..I had converted all that desire into being mean and now I was feeling guilty...was I wrong to want to protect myself!

"Hey, I am going already, I figured you could take care of yourself"

I raised my head as I noticed she was fully dressed and was carrying a bag with her.

"You are taking your bag with you?"  I asked before I could stop myself.

"Yea, five days uhn! I took everything I might need. See ya!'

"BUt ..its not even evening yet.." I said again.

Dude..shut up your mouth!

"So?" She demanded with a shrug and I kept quiet. "The earlier the better"

"Did you ..urm..make me some food?" That sounded so stupid

She scoffed. "You are a big boy, I'm sure you would do just fine. You need to be careful when it comes to a woman on a mission, you might get poisoned don't you think so?" With this she opened the door and left.

I carefully rushed to the window and pulled the curtain as I watched her walked to through the woods till I couldn't see her again

Oh men! This was going to be the longest day ever! I fell on the couch and closed my eyes.

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Some hours later, I woke up with a severe hunger. I managed to walk to the kitchen.  I have never entered a kitchen before in my entire life. I opened the cupboard, every food items, I recognised but I had no knowledge of how to make it work. Maybe I could make some tea.

I lighted the gas and put a kettle of water on it while I waited for water to boil. This is torture!

Just as the kettle started whistling, I realized I had no idea where the beverages were kept.

ARRRRRRRRGH!Damn It!

I knew what I needed to do. SO I turned off the gas and I went to pack some cloths. I was going to the damned fair before I die of starvation.

By the time I stepped out of the boat, it was already dark. The boatman pointed to the venue for me which was not difficult to pick out. It was like a carnival, there were roses and flowers and more lights everywhere, hanging on some stands that led to a very big camp.

People were standing everywhere in two's and threes, drinking and laughing. A soft music was coming out of the big camp which stood farther away.

"Miguel"

I heard some one called my name and I turned around only to found Joe alongside two older men behind me.

"Joe" I greeted with a smile while he tapped my back.

"What a surprise, we didn't expect you.." He looked quite pleased as I smiled and nodded to the rest of the men.

"I just didn't want to die of boredom" I lied.

"Well, come with me, I bet Kathia would be surprised to see you"

"No no, not yet, can I first of all get something to eat please. I'm starving"

Joe laughed and nodded. "Ofcourse, with me"

I sighed and followed him.

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Some hours later, we were still drinking and gisting in the big camp. I was sitting with older men while they talked about their wives and their marriage experiences.  There was no lady in the camp so I figured they must  be in a separate camp.

"You see..some years back, I came home drunk...and my wife hated seeing me drunk." One of the men narrated. He looked like he was in his sixties. His hair was all white, and he was holding a cup of drink.

"She didnt open the door for me on time so I went to sleep in my neigbour's house. I thought i had entered my mothers room cos we were staying with my mother then. I saw the door open so I went in and fell on the bed beside her. When i woke up the next morning, I realised I had slept beside my neighbor's wife all night and she had gone to wake the whole neigbourhood up, thinking I wanted to rape her. We left that neigbourhood that very day and since then , I never get drunk again"

The story was followed by laughter from the men as another man continued.

"I have been married for forty years. Yesterday was our anniversary. last year, I and Rita promised not to get each other presents again . She woke up when she found mine and was like "Jude, we promised no more presents" I said, "I know babe, I couldn't help it" Immediately, she brought out her own present from where she kept it under her pillow and we both laughed"

Every man clapped and cheered . There were like sixteen or more men in the camp. There were both old and young men of which I was included. We all sat on what seemed like a mat with pillows and there was a long table in front of us with different bottles of wine.

One of the young men nudged at my elbow as the others were busy listening to tales of old men. He was like my age mate, slightly built  and he had a big turban tied around his head. 

"Hey"

I nodded back. "Hey"

"Ain't you tired of all these old men love stories. I do not think such exist in this time of outs..would you like to catch some fun?" He whispered.

I smiled. "What do you mean by fun?"

"I came here with no wife..I am happily divorced and I know this is a good chance to find some pretty babes who may be going through some hell of a marriage. To just have some fun you know?"

Oh...my luck just got better.

"Oh..by all means, I would love to join you"

We did a fist-bump and quickly gulped down the rest of our drink. We realised the men were paying full attention to Joe, who was now narrating the story of how he met Helen, we sneaked away before anyone would realise we were leaving.

We laughed as we both got out of the bump.

"This is behaving like children" Said my new friend. "By the way, my name is Akeem"

"Miguel" I replied. "So where the dames at?"

He grinned. "Miguel, you are my sort of guy, come with me"

I followed him as we walked towards a bigger camp a bit closer to ours.

"Did you also come with your wife?" Akeem asked as we walked on the sand . It had stopped drizzling .

I hesitated...

"Not really" I replied and immediately changed the topic. "I thought the whole purpose of this is for couples to enjoy themselves, so why are we having different camps?"

"Well, its for men to have their men time and talk about different things and the ladies too could gist and gossip about their men. We would come together soon. That is how it is on the first night. You know, to make each miss the other" He scoffed.

"Oh..I get it"

We were close to the camp now, we could hear the ladies voices as we got closer to their camp. They were sitting a bit far from their camp , they made a fire and each lady  was lying on a piece of cloth,a all around the fire, making their skin glow.

Akeem stopped walking as were some feet away from them. "This is where we sit bro, we don't want to draw attention"

He untied his turban and spread it on the wet sand and we sat.  We were sitting very close to the camp so we could watch them from afar

We could see their faces because of the fire and we could hear their voices. They wouldn't see us since there was no light outside the camp.

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. Some were fully clothed while others were not.

"Tera, I would need that recipes you used for the soup , I love it"

"Oh, sure, I would write it out for you"

"Oh my God, I love your skin..what cream do you use?"

"Your hair is so beautiful, is it permanent?"

Akeem and I grimaced at the same time and then we laughed.

"Women are so vain" He stated.

"That makes them women" He said as I laughed.

One of the ladies stood up, she had a piece of cloth tying her boobs together while the other piece covered her ass. Apart from the two pieces, she had nothing on .SHe was bony and her was hanging down her shoulders.

"Oh mama mia! Look at that !" Akeem expressed , biting his lower lip.

"I wonder whose wife she is?" I replied.

"Man!, if you see a ring on her finger she is with a man, if not she is totally hook-able"

I noticed the ring on her fourth finger as she gesticulated while she said somethings we couldn't pick to the other ladies who laughed  and clapped.

"I wonder what they are talking about now" I said to Akeem.

We both watched as another lady stood up whom I recognized as Maimunat , she was laughing and talking at the same time too to the other lady..

Later , another lady stood up and something tightened in my throat as I recognized her. She was looking so attractive in the yellow light. She was wearing a very short skimpy skirt and what looked like a top which only covered her chest . Her hair was packed on the top of her head and she was talking with so much excitement to the other ladies.

"If there is no ring on that finger, she is mine!" Akeem declared.

Just then, she brought rubbed both hands together...

"Hook-able! Yes!" Akeem almost shouted, beating his chest excitedly .

I inhaled and kept quiet as we both watched her..now she was dancing to a music one of them was playing . What the hell are you doing Kathia!

As she danced, while two other ladies came to join, her hair loosened and fell over her

shoulders..she seemed not to care as she let it be and turned to dance with the first lady that had stood up"

"Oh my God! She is breath-taking."  Akeem said. "I think I'm in love Miguel. I mean don't you see her? She has no ring, what fool wouldn't marry her? Do you think she came alone? Do you think her spouse is here? Tell me?"

Just before I could answer, we heard voices behind us.

"There they are!"

We turned around and found the rest of the men behind us.

Thank God!

"Well, hello fellas, we missed you back there so we thought we should come join the ladies, we never knew you had beaten us to it" Joe said to us as they drew closer.

Just then , the ladies sighted us.

"Over here!" They screamed to us.

"What are you waiting for, let us go meet them" Joe replied and winked at me as we all walked to the ladies who were already coming towards us.

She remained...

"She is not running to us..I think that means she is not expecting anybody right Miguel" Akeem said to me excitedly as we got closer and watched her .

Without thinking I replied.

"Yea, she is not expecting anybody, because she didn't know I would be here"

"What!" 

I ignored him as I rushed to where she stood....this is so stupid.

"Hey babe"

She looked surprised and confused as she saw me.

"Miguel! What are you doing here?"

I got to her and held her hand while she fought me to let go but I held her steadily.

"Let go of my hand Miguel"

"Can you just be quiet damn it!" I whispered forcefully . Then I slid one of my rings into her finger.

"What the hell is this?" SHe snapped at me.

"That is a new ring and you must not lose it "

"Are you crazy! WHat are you doing!" Her eyes blazed in the fire light. My God! She is so beautiful! But she was begining to draw attention to us....

I clasped a hand over her mouth. "WOuld you just shut up!"

"I am not gonna shut up..you cannot just come here and start acting like....'

"Damn it..you made me do this.." I pulled her to me so fast and crushed my lips on hers....

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OKAY, i AM ZOOMING OFF BEFORE YOU ALL JUMP ON ME....HEHEHEH! i LOVE THIS EPISODE! So what next? let's find out tomorrorw.....don't be angry, I posted like five episodes today now, I deserved some kudos right, lol....