The Engagement Party

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xpectedly, I exclaimed out and they both turned to look at me, and that was when I tried composing myself, it

e problem?", she aske

pened to your old car?",

sm

right here…", she said pointing at the car and waving the

ering backwards and quickly, I held onto Kelly so as not to

mediately and Kelly actually gave me a helping

tulations", he said point

smiled

elinda, I think you should try their food, i

hing, I only just nodded

you some other time", she s

ly raised up my hands like I wanted to

e back, I smiled, trying so very hard to compose my

s approached us. I looked around

us smiling so broadly, obviously, I could see it

her, noddi

how you to a special table", she said and immediately began

nd followed her. We got to the table

phone and adjusted into his seat, I watched him closely, as expected, he was c

th them, our orders. It was exactly what I had seen Jasmine fe

eggplant chicken streaks and veggies, an

appetite wasn't there anymore, the discovery of Jasmine's new car had taken it away

bothered about anything, ignored m

h, I was watching him. At the instant the food entered his mouth, he im

cutleries and stretched out his hand to take up the souv

ored him, still pl

s horrible",

at bad", I said al

y?", h

, I r

re you no

s flic

hen picked up noodles with my

e, I wasn't good in cooking but I could tell th

t had a sharp taste on the tongue, the pepper was much as

ard time swallowing it, it was really horrible. But I had to

stuttered, my eyelids fli

y sm

claimed, nodd

I quickly picked up the glas

is… this misery, let's go get a better

led m

ver",

his

better than this nonsense", he spat out and I

the counter and

and a POS terminal in her hands. She got to us

menu and his

, he ex

s it?",

e and turned

food or the price of the

of the food si

he was really shoc

this?",

in muffles, tryin

he complained, his voi

g me", I continued saying in wh

y looked around, as expected, people were watching, al

I continued ple

n eat the fo

him, trying to communica

his pocket and handed it over to the lady, he still wasn't ready to

my hand to take the card fro

, smiling, and then turned to h

inal, punched in some digits and then handed t

e took his card and immediately got up and walked away, leavin

o our movie location, he didn't talk t

our journey

g to me, and I ignored him. He l

ong?", he a

o look at him, "you are what is

a while and then he

w?", he

always finding a way to embarrass me. Kelly it's not fair", I said,

ing and just focusing on the

felt embarrassed, it wasn't intentional", he imm

least we would not have eaten that nonse

I asked, almost interrupting him, "I just only thought that if Jasm

utting me short, "you need to keep up appearanc

e is there

is time, interrupting me, "I don't care", and I

thousand naira I paid in there for nothing",

head and trying very hard to hold the te

ut it always seems that all I do is never enough, you always find a reason to pick

I'm not trying to figh

unloved Kelly?", he quickly turned to

son to spend my money on frivolities,

head in d

not what thi

at this is about",

?", I asked and he gnashed

t, you know that", he said and I

the car engine a