Made - Episode 2

 

Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might.

Every Monday morning i would tell my brain this old saying and it would do the trick. My job was not that fanciful. It sure did pay a lot of money for a beginner like me but it did not give me satisfaction.  Getting of my bed every other week to go to work was like being asked to shower with cold water on a winter morning. What made it worse was the fact that i had to do it . I always thought i would have been much happier serving as a waitress  in my own restuarant. Taking orders and crap from people i imagined was much better than staring at a stack of paper that i had to go through everyday because someone higher than me needed to look good at his job.

If life give lemons make lemonades. That was exactly what i was doing, making lemonades. I had a quick shower, got dressed in a grey pant suit and complimented them with a pair of black heels. It was already 7:30 and i did not want to be late for work so i left without breakfast. Luckily for me there was no traffic and by 8:10 i was at the office. I just prayed that the week would be less engaging than the previous week.

Mercy the receptionist was already in when i entered.

"You look great, goodmorning." She called with a broad smile.

"You don't look bad yourself," i replied.

"You are just being nice."

Mercy was one of the people i could count on. She would cover for me at work and  always said the right thing when i needed advice

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. She was there with me as i went through the rollercoaster of my break up with Kim.

"Any message for me? " I asked.

"Yes he called again."

"What did he want now? " I inquired

"Girl i dont know what is wrong with that guy."

I looked out the window and saw my boss parking his car.

"You will tell me during lunch break, he is coming."

I hastily walked to the cormfort of my office to begin the day. What in the world was wrong with Kim? Was the gift of  a broken heart given to him in trust not enough?

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I met Kim during my second year in campus though we did not date until my final year. I would see him in class. We shared some of the basic courses though he was my senior. I would also see him in church once in a while. He was one of those guys who seemed to have everything put together in life. I was content in my shell to be just the secret admirer. Not in my wildest dream did i think i could date him let alone be his friend. It never even crossed my mind because to me it was an impossibility.

On my third year in campus a friend asked for my help in revision. We met up in one of the lecture halls that was unoccupied. After completion she asked me to escort her to one of her freinds hostel who happened to be a boy. She was not comfortable going to the male hostels alone so i agreed to go with her.

You could have imagined my suprise when i found out it was Kim's place. We go to know each other that day.  We spent alot of time there and all through it i was so impressed by him.

Read " So We Got Married " by the same author ( DORSILA ANYANGO )

. I felt like he was the man of the century. Though i was really taken by every word and gesture i could not bring myself to open my mouth or talk to him. I felt inadequate smilling each time trying not to get in their conversation.

I was sitting in a laboratory stool facing them and as the afternoon progressed it became very uncormfortable.  A book titled  "The Destroyer" was lying on top of a table beside me so i picked it up trying not to feel the discormfort i was in.

"Daniella are you okay? You dont seem to be enjoying our conversation. Is something wrong?" Kim suddenly asked.

Partly glad that he noticed me i pretended to be interested in the book i was carrying.

"No am okay, only that am looking at this ," i said waving the book in the air 

"If you say so but i must get you a chair. You dont look comfortable in that stool." He said heading out to the next room.

After that he made sure to include me in the rest of the conversation. I warmed up to him eventually and found that we had a lot in common than i initially thought. I could even see a hint of jelousy in my friend's eyes. If only i knew then what i know now i would have never rejoiced that the man of my dreams was taking interest in me. He was just a highway to depression.

After that day i did not meet Kim for a very long time. I would get a lot of 'Kim said hi's' from my friend Becka but eventually lost hope of ever dating him.