Emotional Echoes

CHAPTER ONE

The HEARTBREAK 💔

The door to the well lighted master bedroom flew open with a great force and Jeff barged in, hitting the door close with all his might, it closed with a loud bang, loud enough to make someone deaf.

He was fuming, his hands were fisted as he walked to and fro the room in agitation, gnashing his teeth and running his hands through his short black hair at intervals.

Then as if on impulse, he sank into one of the sofas positioned at the foot of the bed, then he let out a wail and got up, moving to and fro again.

Still pacing about, he ran his eyes through the room obviously searching for the next available object to avenge his anger on, they finally did as they rested on the empty glass flower vase on the bedside table. Quickly, he reached out to it and flung it across the room, it hit the wall and smashed into pieces on the floor.

A loud wail from him followed, he was literally growling and howling.

Why not? This was the third breakup, in four months, four months, four blessed months, jeez!

And you know one thing, these ladies all kept complaining of one thing about him, before saying their goodbyes.

He was still wailing in pain when the door opened and revealed Mrs … standing in her full blossoming of aging beauty, at the door.

From the door, her eyes immediately scanned through the room and she saw the mess her son had made, and she sighed deeply, then went further in, closing the door behind her.

“Jeff darling?...” She called, walking up to him. He was by now standing at the far end of the room, having his head bowed on the white wall.

He said nothing to her in reply, his head still bowed on the wall. Mrs … sighed again and slowly walked up to him, then wrapped her arms around him from behind.

“Jeff?...” She called again, “you have to take things easy, please son, please”, she pleaded and it worked like a soothing on him, as he slowly mellowed down and she led him to a sofa, and made him sit.

As soon as he had sitted, she proceeded to take off his suit jacket and loosen his tie.

“Look how you are perspiring, despite the air condition in this room huh”, she said as she took them off.

Then she talked something into the intercom and sat down opposite him.

“So tell me son, what happened again?” She asked as soon as she settled into the sofa.

Just then there was a knock on the door and it opened, a maid dressed in white and black clothes came in, and the duo stopped talking.

Smartly, she walked up to them and bowed slightly.

“You sent for me ma'am”, she spoke softly.

Mrs … immediately pointed towards the mess on the floor.

“Get that cleaned off”, she instructed.

“Okay ma'am”, the maid replied, bowed slightly and then left to get the materials for cleaning up.

Jeff's mom turned to him as soon as the maid left.

“I am still waiting for a response Jeffery”, she said, this time a little bit sternly.

“Ann broke up with me”, he spilled it all at once.

Mrs… nodded knowingly. She already knew it was something related, so she began chewing on her lips.