Chapter 32 A bad friend
“So what are we going to do about Patrick?" James ask.
“What do you want us to do?" If he wants to keep fighting me because of Sonia then fine, but you see Christy, let him back off."
Paul can’t bear the thoughts of Christy been with another guy, she is for him and him alone.
“Guy am going home, I can’t stay here with Patrick anymore”
“Hey don’t be like that, because of a girl?, Come-on we have been friends for a very long time, don’t let a girl come between us.” James pleaded.
“Am cool with not been friends with Patrick anymore, just let him stay away from me and Christy.” Paul said and left.
“Look what you have done, I told you I don’t like what you are doing” James told Patrick.
“Fine, you can always be on his side, I don’t care and am cool not been his friend anymore.”
“Come-on guys, is this a joke? I need you guys, school is opening soon we can’t be like this, they will laugh at us.”
“Go and tell that to Paul not me, because am good”
They keep hanging out without Paul.
"How is Sharon? I hope you took her back home?" His mom ask immediately he enters the house.
"Yes mom"
“Wait son, did you notice something?”
"Something like what?
"Something like… what I meant was did you like Sharon?."
She was finding it difficult to ask Paul about how he feels.
“I don’t like her mom, why did you ask?”
“Well, you see I was hoping that you like her, because I think I like her and she is a good person, comes from a good home”.
“Really? Hmmm, that is a good one, but no I don’t like her.”
"May I know why,?"
Paul thought for a second, I don’t have to tell mom who Sharon is, it just may make she and her friend collapse
“Nothing mom, I just don’t like her, she is not my type.”
"Don’t worry dear, you will like her when you two get married."
"What? Is this a joke? Mom please stop joking because I can’t marry her."
"I said don’t worry son, you will like her when you two get married."
Paul’s mom don’t want to hear anything from Paul. She will stop at nothing to make sure that Paul ends up with Sharon.
( Sharon And her mom)
“Mom do I have to do this? I mean Paul don’t love me, is obvious he is in love with another girl.”
“You know you can do better than this my dear Sharon, if you want him to love you then you can easily make it happen, but I know why you want to give up so easily.”
“Mom what are you talking about”?
“Look I know everything about you Sharon, apart from doing drugs you also do girls, that is why I want you to marry Paul so I can at least cover my shame of been your mother.”
“What!" Sharon ask in surprise, "Mom what are you talking about”?
“Stop pretending, I know everything, but I choose to keep quiet, I only sent you abroad to study but what did you do? You went there and started doing drugs and girls. I never wanted to cry over you, because am a woman who have worked so hard to get to where I am today. So you are not going to spoil my joy, get ready to marry that boy or I will disown you”. She said and walk away from Sharon.
Sharon stood there dumbfounded, she has never known her mom to talk too much, she has never seen her mom talk like this before, and threatening to disown her is way too much for her to accept. She just knew her mother wasn’t joking at all.
“How on earth did she know about that? I have never given myself out for people to notice, I hope Paul didn’t say anything about this to anyone?”
“But wait, Paul didn’t know anything about me doing girls, he only know about the drugs, ohh shit.. how can I live a normal life?”
Paul keep turning in bed, he try hard for sleep but it just not happening.
“What do I do now? There is no way am getting married to Sharon, what about Christy?, Patrick will take this opportunity to get close to her, I wouldn’t allow that to happen.”
Christy received a call late in the night, it was Patrick.
“Hello Christy is me Patrick”
"Hello Patrick how are you? And why are you calling me at this time of the night? Is late”
“Ohh.. am sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you, but I will like to see you, I have some thing to show you”
"Ok, that will be tomorrow then, good night,"
"Yea, good night love," Patrick said.
"What? Good night love; is he serious? Why is he calling me love?" Christy look at the phone when she hanged up.
“What is he trying to do? Anyways I will just go and see what he wants to show me and then I will tell him off before Paul will notice”
Bridget rush into Christy room the next day to call her.
"Paul’s friend is here to see you, and mom is not around, come out and see him quickly." Bridget hurried Christy out.
“Hi Christy”
“Hi Patrick”
“Can I come in?” Patrick ask.
"No, you can’t come in, my mom will be mad if she sees you here."
"Ok, I just want to give you this, New Years Eve is around the corner, so I thought of buying you something I hope you love it?”
Christy didn’t want to collect what ever Patrick was offering her but Bridget was pushing her from behind to take.
“Take it you fool”
"Is ok take, is from my heart, I didn’t mean any harm". Patrick said seeing that Christy didn’t want to take it from him.
“What is wrong with you? Someone came all the way from his house to give you a gift and this is how you treat him? Take the gift so that he can go before mom comes back.” Bridget said.
“I think she is right” Christy thought.
"Thank you so much” she took the gift from Patrick bowing as she took the gift.
“That’s my girl” Patrick said smiling.
“Ok, thank you Patrick” Bridget said, “you can go now before my mom will come back”.
“Ok, thanks too for letting me see her, so how do I see her again?” Patrick ask.
“Just be good to me and you will always see her.”
“Ok, you can have this”, Patrick gave Bridget some money and she smile.
“Thank you Patrick, just trust me ok, she will be yours in no time”.
“Ok, thanks a lot.”
“Bye”, Bridget close the door and went back inside.
“What did he gave to you?” Bridget ask immediately she get back inside.
“I don’t know”
“Then just open it” Bridget yell and took it from her, she opens the package and there, this beautiful red flower dress and shoes to go with it and a lovely hand bag.
"Wow…" both Christy and Bridget couldn't believe their eyes.
"This Patrick have eyes for good things," Bridget said, "he loves you so much to get you all this” Bridget continue.
"Wait, what do you mean he must love you so much?" Christy ask.
"Patrick is Paul's friend, and you know that I love Paul and he loves me too, so just stop with all this he must love you so much thing." Christy said a little angry.
Bridget turn to look at Christy.
“Paul loves me and I love him too my foot, how many times has he bought something this beautiful for you? Oh, you can’t answer right?, all he ever do is come here, takes you out and sleep with you, and then you come back here empty handed.
Christy be wise for once, If I were you I go for Patrick, he has a good heart”
"I know he has a good heart, he was the only person who treated me like a human being in that party, but still he is Paul’s friend, I can’t do anything like that to Paul, I love him”
“Will you stop saying love, what do you know about love? I Bridget only loves someone who loves me and treat me like a human being by giving me money and stuffs.
Mom is coming go and hid all this things,” Bridget hurried Christy to her room to hid the dress and everything.
"Where are this girls?" The mom yell once inside the house.
"Christy…. Come out here, have you finished all the house chores? And why is this on the floor?" She ask seeing the bag that came with the clothe, they forgot it as they were in a hurry to hid it from their mom.
"Ohh … sorry mom, I mistakenly left this" Bridget said.
“Come here you this girl,”
her mother took her aside
“Why are you behaving odd this time and always defending this girl? I told you her mother took away my husband, and you are still helping her”
“No mom, you don’t understand, they say keep your enemies closer, and that is what am doing, so don’t worry”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes mom, just wait and see how I will collect Paul from her”
“And by the way how is that Paul, I haven’t been seeing him again.”
“Ohh.. I think he traveled, yes.. I think so.”
“If you see him tell him to visit again.”
“Ok, I will do that mom."