Stolen Sweetheart Chapter 1
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👫💞 Stolen Sweetheart Chapter One:
I was at Miranda’s house when my younger sister came looking for me. She said my elder brother had just come to the village to take me to town to begin a new life. I had been living in the village for two years now, doing absolutely nothing. That was after my high school education. I had plans of going to Nigeria in a month’s time to go and forge a life for myself. That was what I was discussing with Miranda before my younger sister interrupted.
Miranda was a good friend of mine and she also lived in my neighbourhood. She was a nursing mother as she had just given birth to a pair of twins. As fate would have it however, one of the babies died a few days later. She was seriously heartbroken over the death of her child and, it put her in a terrible mood. Every now and then, I visited her just to make sure she was not too depressed. She was a single mother because the father of her kids had refused to acknowledge the pregnancy.
I left Miranda’s house and went home to meet my elder brother. I hadn’t seen him in a while, and I was happy to see him again. He told me he had been sent by my elder sister to come and get me. He said we would be leaving the very next day. However, that didn’t go well with me. I told him it was too sudden for me, and I needed at least three days to round off my activities in the village, say a proper goodbye to my friends and spend some time with my good friend, Miranda before leaving. He accepted. That night, I went again to Miranda’s house to break the news to her.
“I will be leaving to the city, Miranda. I know this is rather a disconcerting news to you. However, there is no easy way to say it.” I revealed.
“What? You want to leave me all alone in this village? By the way, are you going for a visit or is it permanent?”
“It’s permanent, Miranda. My elder brother has come to get me. I will be going there to either resume school, learn a trade of do some business.”
“I will miss you so much. Just now that I have come close to you and have begun to be really fond of you, you are leaving.” She was sad.
“It’s alright, my dear. Travelling is not death. We will see again soon, alright?” I tried to calm her down.
“Alright, please, don’t forget me and be careful.”
“I will, Miranda, I will. I will come back to visit you as soon as I am fully settled in the city.”
“Thank you and please, be a good boy and make me proud.”
“Yes, I will, Mom.” I said and laughed. She laughed too and gave me a tight hug. Her baby started crying and she had to let me go.
Just so it is clear, I wasn’t dating Miranda and neither had I ever dated her or had any plans to. She was just a good friend, and I was someone who respected friendship. I was good at maintaining boundaries. But who knows what would have happened between us if I stayed in the village much longer?
It was the day to leave the village and begin a new life in the city. For starters, I had never lived in the city before. It was my first opportunity. I got up that morning, bathed, dressed up in what at that time I thought was my finest, packed my bag and was ready to go. My elder brother had just a hand luggage so, he was ready in no time. I said goodbye to my mum and kid sister, hugged them affectionately and got onto the waiting bus with my brother.
The journey was safe and successful, and we got to the city in about five hours. I had been hungry all through the trip but I was too excited to see the city and its sights that I refused to eat anything until I had reached my destination.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I got to the city. It was so beautiful. The streets were clean and there were so many tall buildings and beautiful cars. The people in the city were also well dressed and that was when I realized that what I thought was my best dressing was actually nothing to write home about. I looked very, very out of place. I made a firm resolve that as soon as I was able, I would get some new clothes and become like one of the city folks.
We boarded a taxi and drove to our house. My elder sister was very happy that we had made the journey safely. After I had eaten and rested, my elder sister told me that I had been asked to come to the city so that I could do some kind of business to help myself. She said she had started a telephone booth business and she would love that I run it for the time being before something better was prepared for me. She said everything was already arranged and all that was needed was to help me learn how to use a phone. That night, my elder brother taught me how to use a phone.
I was a fast learner. Back in my school days, I used to be one of the top students in my class. So, learning how to use a mobile phone took me under an hour to learn. The next day, I was shown the location of the telephone booth and was to start working the very next day.
The next day, haven bathed and dressed in my best clothes, which were still very out of place in the city, I went to the work place to begin my day one hustling. Everything was new to me. The telephone booth was just beside the main road. That made the place very noisy. There were too many taxis and so many people going up and down that it made me wonder where all those people were going to.
I sat at my booth and slowly observed my surroundings. It is said that when a tadpole is dropped into fresh water, it takes some time for it to master the forces around. That was exactly what I was doing. I, of course, noticed the main road in front of me, the public tap by my right, the primary school on the left and a few residential buildings at the back. I wondered the kind of people who lived there.
I had no friends yet and I felt lonely. The telephone booth was new so, not many customers were coming. I sat there and thought of Miranda and her baby and I missed them. I missed my mum and kid sister too very much. I couldn’t wait to see them again. I wondered what my life would look like in the city. I badly wanted to go the university. There was a university in the city, and I figured that was my opportunity.
I was deep in thoughts about my future in the city that I didn’t notice that there was a customer in front of me. The customer brought me out of my reverie and when I raised my eyes to look at her, it was a beautiful city girl smiling at me.
TO BE CONTINUED
