Chapter 3

• Louisa dragged her feet on her back home staring blank at the air, the bag of gifts she got dangled beside her eyes got teary and she couldn't resist the urge to cry.
• "How could he do that to me, how could he deny me in front of that lady, have I not loved him in enough what else am I supposed to have done? " She soliloquized attracting the attention of several passerby.
• She reminisced the event with Alexis, The way he held her by the waist, his hand circled around her neck, his chuckles and laughter and his last words to her before she departed.
• "You mean her? She's.. She’s Louisa" he said smiling sheepishly
• “Oh. Kay...so why is she here" the lady asked folding her hands under her breast and wore a bitchy look.
• "Yeah.. She’s my neighbor, I mean my y friend, we stay really close to each other so we became friends" he lied.
• She increased her pace gradually till she started running, she trashed the gift with her inside one of the bin by the road side and continued running till she got to bus terminal. She was the last to get on the bus and the bus took if immediately.
• "I deserve better, I deserve better she kept repeating till she alighted the bus. After alighting she took to her heel, this time she ran faster, intentionally draining all her energy till she got to her house
• Chloe was busy attending to Danna when Louisa barged in panting and sweating profusely. She went straight into the room and started packing Alexi’s stuffs in a box.
• “Tomorrow you will go meet your God damn son of a bitch owner" she yelled.
• Chloe and Danna fixed their gaze on her wondering what came over her. Chloe watched her packed and unpacked without a word until she finally sank into the sofa and started crying.
• "Seven years of loyalty, down the drain, my sacrifices evaporates into the thin air right before me and there's nothing I could do about it, where have I gone wrong?"
• On hearing this Chloe left Danna, she hugged Louisa tight pleading with her that she calms down.
• It was obvious she was hyper, her body worked faster than her brain, sweat dripped from her body soaking her light chiffon top, her Jean was dirty and her sneaker looked like it was buried in the mud.
• She looked at Chloe with her red and puffy eyes, mucur run down from her nostril down to her lip gathering beneath her chin before it finally dropped down wetting her Jean.
• She tried to talk but was interrupted by several hiccups.
• "Relax for now Louisa, I'd get you what to eat” Chloe said and threaded the path to the kitchen.
• Danna rolled turned her wheelchair and wheeled herself to her sister.
• “What is wrong Louisa? Are you still bothered about your Job? Chloe told me about it, I am sorry, don't worry I am saving for my surgery, once I get it done and can walk again I'd make us really rich" Danna tried to console .
• Louisa wiped her tears and forced a smile, she raised her head to look at her sister and pulled her cheek.
• " Awn darling, that's so sweet of you, I can't wait for it to happen" she responded.
• Chloe was at the door staring at them with a tray in her hand.
• "How could she manage to pull a smile in her situation?" She whispered.
• After few minutes of watching the sisters dialogue the plodded forward
• “Hey ladies, enough of the pep talk here Is something to munch on" she said laying the tray on the table.
• Louisa took a bite from the cookie Chloe brought and immediately excused herself, she went to the box she kept the letters she had been penning down for him, and she flipped through some before she dumped them in the trash can and wept.
• She loved him to a fault and he does too, well ,maybe she thought he does.
• She sniffed several times and wiped her tears from pouring, she was determined not to break down in front of her sister.
• Chloe approached her stretching her phone forward to her
• "You have a call Louisa , it's Alexis"she  said
• Louisa snatched the phone from her and press hard on the power button, she switched it off and removed the battery angrily throwing them in different directions.
• " How dare he call me" she shouted angrily.
• Chloe bent down before her,holding both her hand and lifted her head up to see her face.
• "Louisa, I don't mean to intrude,but I can't help you if I don't know what really happened out there, please let me in" she persuaded Louisa who was staring blank at her.
• Louisa sniffed and wiped her eyes with the back of her palm.
• "Chloe,  Alexis is into another girl, a sophisticated and rude young lady and Alexis blatantly denied me before her, he didn't collect my gift neither  did he let me come in, he discarded me on the spot.
• For a while I thought it was a dream, my Alex wouldn't do such a thing but reality keep hitting me hard"Louisa narrated.
• " Damn, this is unbelievable, Alexis? How could he do that, after all this years? Chloe said perturbed.
• She punched her skin so hard and made a fierce glare
• " I will let him know what I am made of, I will live well and good without him, I  will show him, his absence amounts to nothing" louisa said with a  glaring
• She picked up her phone and battery and fixed it, she put a call through to Alexis and surprisingly he picked almost instantly.
• "Louisa where are you--"
• " You will get a box filled with your stuffs in school tomorrow, have a good life" said said cutting him short amidst his sentence.
• After the call she threw the phone on the bed,made herself a cup of coffee and headed to the bathroom.
• She took a while in shower but was soon out, she dried her wet hair and as usual bonded it up in her usual ponytail style.
• She went to the wardrobe an picked one of her favourites gown, she wore it and sat before her dressing table to wear her makeover
• "Chloe please help me with the brow and few touches, I can't wear makeup appropriately" she said.
• Chloe wore her a red bold lipstick and applied a shining gloss,she line her eyes with black eyeliner and raised her brow with a mascara, she looked beautiful, bold and feirce.
• "But Louisa where exactly are you going all dressed up" Chloe asked.
• " I am going to be me, live my life for only myself even if it is just for today, Chloe remember I booked you today already, so you still have to stay with Danna till I return" she responded.
• She turned around in front of the partially smashed mirror, posing in different styles while she admires herself.
• She took few pictures of herself and sent it to Alexis with a hash tag "first day you walked out, still breathing" 
• She went to Danna's room to kiss her good bye.
• "Hey sisi..big sis is  coming, be a good girl hun? Bye" she said and kissed her on the cheek.
• She broke  her private bank, filled her bag with some cash and hopped in her heels
• " Bye Chloe, I love you"she said
• Chloe look at her sympathetically,she could see the hurt beneath each act she put on but she however didn't stop her. She knew she deserves a fun time..
• "Alright girl,make sure you text me your address" she said to Louisa who was already at the door at the peak of her voice .
• Louisa walked across the street catching the attention of several young men whom she seem not to notice. She paraded the restaurants and bars in the vicinity hoping to find the one that could quench the rage within her.
• She finally stood in front of a huge building, well decorated with different colours of flower and light, it appeared obviously as an high class restaurant and bar, the car park was full loaded with exotic cars and people entered in twos, mostly a male and female.
• She was alone but she didn't mind, it was the bar her heart chose despite it looked expensive ,she adjusted her dress, raised her head high and walked in majestically.
• She walked past a young looking woman, and greeted her waving her hand.she swung her waist as she walked to the bartender.
• She caught the attention of the young woman and she stopped, she looked back and removed her shade to look at her very well.
• "She looks familiar, ohh it is the cab girl, she looks so much like Scarlett on makeup" she said smiling.
• She turned to her PA and whispered in her ears.
• " Get me the details of that girl and her house address" she ordered and walked out of the bar.
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• " Give me a strong drink" Louisa said
• She looked right and left and whispered to the bartender
• " One that is not so expensive but enough to drive me crazy" she whispered and winked.
• After taking several cups she became drunk, she felt the urgency to pee, and stood up staggering to find the gents.
• She found an open section and entered, her mouth fell wide Open when she saw a handsome male standing in front of her.
• She sat on the floor and started wailing
• " I knew you'd come back for me,Alexis why did you do that, I missed you so much, you don't know how much I miss you"
• " How did you get here and who are you?" The male voice echoed.