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EP 39
Jide knew it was probably because of his ego or the gnawing fear within him, that had halted him. Even if he refused to admit it to himself, He knew he was Afraid of rejection and afraid of losing Daisy if he happened to
say the wrong words.
‘the club?’ Daisy asked now. Disappointed, inspite of herself.
‘yeah, the club, you know i never got to understand who the lady on red you so talked about was…you do remember, don’t you?’
‘I don’t know for sure if i remember discussing that, but the lady i should mean would be Grace, as Ade said, your ex or maybe not…’
‘offcourse she’s my ex! we…’
‘well’ Daisy continued ‘we ran into eachother and she rooted for a
fight…’
‘a fight! She didn’t hurt you or…’ Jide was saying as he moved towards her.
Daisy put up a restraining hand.
‘No she didn’t, Brenda showed up and…’ a pause ‘that reminds me, I’ve not called her’
‘Brenda is her name then?’ Jide scowled and sat back.
‘yeah. And I’ve not called her!’ Daisy exclaimed searching for her
phone.
‘i don’t really like her, don’t you think she is bad company…’
‘excuse me!’ Daisy cut in, stopping her search to stare at him.
‘I mean, since she appeared, you’ve been…’
‘Been what? Wild! Awake! Daring! Living a life!’ Daisy shouted.
‘I didn’t mean to upset you’ Jide calmed. That was exactly what he’d
been afraid of, saying the wrong word and cracking a shell.
‘am sorry’ he pleaded
‘you have no say about my friends! considering the way you’ve treated me
all this while, Brenda is the best thing to ever happen to me! And if
it wasn’t for her that…that classless girlfriend of yours would have
ripped me apart yesterday, so you have no right, whatsoever to
disapprove of her!’
Daisy was now standing and fuming in anger.
‘I don’t disapprove of her, its just the way you changed since she came
that…’
Jide was also standing trying to calm her down.
Gone was the comical
Daisy of moments ago, in her place was the new Daisy that cut at his
heart.
‘and i still maintain that…’
‘It’s okay! it’s okay. Brenda or whomever can remain your friend just as
long as you calmed down and not get like this’ Jide pleaded moving to
calm her.
‘don’t touch me!’ Daisy shrieked, curling away ‘don’t bloody touch me!’
‘okay, okay’ Jide said putting up his hands. ‘Just calm down’.
Daisy calmed down then, heaving in angry rhythm. What was it about him
that steered so much hatred in her? She wondered. Like Brenda had
pointed out, wasn’t he the same Jide who she had flown over seas and
oceans to love and marry, the same man whose picture was potent enough
to captivate her for over six years? why had her ‘red’ love suddenly
turned blue?
These and more question raced in her mind as both stood, lost to the
tick-tack of the alarm clock resting inches away. It was as if the air
in the room froze in time while seconds ticked into minutes.
‘am hungry’ Jide blurted out suddenly.
He knew it wasn’t the best thing to say at the moment, but that was the
best he could come up with. Saying ‘sorry’ would be appropriate, but he
doubted if that could solve a thing, hadn’t she reacted even worst to
his apologies?
Hunger it was then, since that had been his other reason for coming
here.
Daisy just shook her head and stormed out.
‘food!’ Daisy yelled from the Dining, set the dish she held on the
table, then stormed back into the kitchen.
Jide roused from where he sat staring blankly at some musical video
showing on Mtvbase. His mind had been in a confused state ever since the
fight, and his heart was hurting deeply. Why couldn’t he ever get it
right? He wondered.
Now in the dining, Jide sat down and stared irritably at the covered
dishes before him, he didn’t know what they contained and wasn’t curious either. His hunger had developed wings and flew while his appetite had long left him. Daisy anger wasn’t helping matters either.
She was banging the dishes and pots in the kitchen, and grumbling angrily.
Jide didn’t need a soothsayer to tell him every words was directed and about him.
Soon, she came out with a pack of juice and a glass cup, dumped it on the table and made to leave when Jide’s hand caught hers.
‘before you protest more, just hear me out’ Jide pleaded as he rose.
Daisy held still.
‘am deeply sorry for the things i said about your friend, but you staying angry at me is really tearing me apart and I hate to see you this way with me. Believe me when i say so’ a pause, then ‘My heart is aching deeply Daisy’ he said ever so slowly, like a whisper.
Daisy’s heart fluttered at the way he’d called her name. She looked up at him then, their eyes met. Slowly she felt her heart melting, her anger cooling, her love burning.
She took down her head. She shouldn’t be feeling love for him again, her heart should burn with anger, not love.
Daisy started to struggle her hand free from his hold.
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