Imperfection - Episode 21

 

I stood up from where I had sat down as I watched my mother walk up to us before holding both my hands. 

"We're all in this together, I clearly understand the reason why you both did what you did. I'm not going to blame you both for anything if I had never been in your shoes. It's time Pearl!, to face the consequences of your actions" I looked over at Greg to see that he was already on his feet just like me . My eyes were glistened with tears as I watched the lawyer gesturing us all towards the sitting room. 

I followed reluctantly as I felt Greg's large hands holding mine, I quickly held on tight hoping I'll get some strength from it. 
"I'm sorry for calling the whole family here" Daniel looked over at us all before he continued. "I know most of us here are busy business man and woman who's got better things to do with their time than come here and listen to a poor underpaid lawyer. I'm actually glad you all came when I called. Like I earlier stated, your chiinto n here called me six months back and told me that they wanted a divorce. I, in all my possible capacity, explained to them the consequences of their action, which they agreed to by signing here on this document" He paused a little to open the document with him and gently placed it on the table. Then he continued, "To make it all secretive, they told me to sign as their witness and which I did....." 

"Enough of this story, what next?, what is going to happen to them now?" Greg's father who had been silent all through finally spoke up with a bit of anger and disappointment laced in his voice. 

"I'm sorry if it annoyed you sir but I had to explain so we will all know the reason why we are here

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. To answer your question sir, I don't think there's any solution to this sir" I supported my chin with my hand as I watched the scene unfold before me. 
"Is there anything you can do to annul this whole divorce thing?, it's just a signature, right?. Daniel please do something" Greg pleaded

"If I knew you would be begging me like this six months back, if only one of you was not as stubborn as you were with your decision six months back, I swear with my life, I wouldn't have taken this document to the court yesterday. You guys made me believed that you loathed each other then, that I was so convinced that I needed to grant this souls freedom from one another. I'm sorry Greg, she has to leave. You have to let her go" 
I gently try to remove my hand from Greg's but when he won't let go, I forced it. I stood up and decided to break the silence. 

"Mom"I called out to get her attention. "Please, come help me with packing" She looked suprised as I tried to force a smile at her. 
"Are you just going to leave like that?" Greg was angry but not at me, I knew he was angry at the situation
"What else do you want me to do?, I don't have a place here anymore. It's all over, Greg. We got what we wanted not what we want. Look around you, I don't have any strength to do this, even if I have the strength, what will it be for?. I love you too much to leave you but there's nothing we can do about it. I'm sorry. I need to go" I hurried up into my room and closed the door behind me. There and then, I was able to let the tears flow freely on their own. The ones I've been trying to hide away down there when I was right in front of everyone. 

I walked over to my dressing table, while still in tears, to open the drawer and bring out the stuffs in it so I could start parking. My mother walked into the room as I tried to clean my face with the back of my hand. I ignored her as I walked over to the wardrobe to bring out my big box as I started parking. She walked over to me, placed her hand on my shoulder and called out my name. 

That was when I losed it all and I wept bitterly on her shoulder for a long time. Packing took more than an hour, I walked down the stairs with my mother in tow. I saw Greg stand up immediately I got downstairs. He walked up to me and with a heavy heart, hugged me. I smiled at him as I took hold of his right hand to make the smile sign on his own face. 

"Why don't we do this,Greg?., when I get back from the two months conference in Dublin that I told you about. You remember, right?" He only replied by nodding his head. 
"Why don't you come to pick me up at the airport?, so we could start all over, first go out on dates, like ten dates, then we'll enjoy our relationship and be the hottest couple in town, then we'll decide to choose the date of our wedding and have things our own way and not their's" I said pointing to our parents as we both shared a light smile. 

"If that is what you want, then let's do it like that. But that doesn't mean I can't call you or else.." he warned jokingly
"Don't worry, MTN will call you to advise you to beg me to stop calling you. I'll call you till your phone starts crying. I'll miss you, Greg" I hugged him again. 

"Video calls?" He asked
"Definitely" I replied
"Voice calls every seconds?"
"You don't have a choice"
"Messages?"
"When I wake up and before I sleep?" I asked. 
"In between meals is an additional bonus for being a cute girl" I laughed at that. 
"Don't bother about food, I'm going to increase my cooking power before I come back".
"I love you, Pearl" he declared as i entered the car with my parent. 
"I love you too, Greg"

I walked out of the plane two months later and entered into the airport proper. I looked around me to see people with different cardboard saying names of who they are waiting for. I couldnt find mine any where near. How could Greg totally forget that I was coming back today?. 

I tried looking again and saw nothing but as I tried to move closer, I saw something that caught my attention. It was a pink cardboard with "MY HAPPY EVER AFTER" written on it.

Read " Beautiful Faults " by the same author ( Penangel )

. "That's cute" I said to myself. 
I looked up to see who carried it and saw that it was Greg, my Greg, smiling and grinning as he waved at me, I didn't know when I dropped the bag and ran right into his open arms. As I closed my eyes, I saw my own Fairy tale unfolds in front of me. 

The beginning of my happy ever after. My prince charming is not a prince, he's a king and I, Pearl Adams is the queen!. 

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Lemme go and cook my noodles in peace now. 
I'm back!, hungry and tired though. But I can officially say it is over. 
Thank you all so much for the love and support, I'm 100% grateful. I feel like a queen right now because I have you guys and I successfully completed my second story with you here. 
It's a being a rough ride for me, as I had to fight a lot of writer's block before getting here. Your comments gave me the strength to move on and I'm grateful for that. 

It's being an amazing journey and I'm glad it was with you guys. My birthday is on the 28th of this month. Wish me blessings. 
See you guys in August(with a hot story though) or maybe sooner, I can't say. But till then, peace. 

Team Pearl, Greg, Peach, Natasha and their amazing parents says thank you. We love you!. Bye!.