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
gering 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
then 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
I stuttered, my eyelids f
y sm
claimed, nodd
I quickly picked up the glas
is... this misery, let's go get a bett
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?",
d in muffles, tryin
he complained, his voi
g me", I continued saying in wh
ly 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
ut my hand to take the card f
, 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
ou felt embarrassed, it wasn't intentional", he i
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
is there an
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 fi
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