BROKEN EPISODE 7

This episode is dedicated to a special friend Miss Ozioma Anyanwu
The series of event that took place from that
particular Friday night till this midday of Monday
was one that was going to change my life indeed.
I found out that I met a lovely lady at the bar
that was into me, Cynthia & I had sex and Kofo
was also into me. My emotions were torn into
three different dimensions, one was interested in
maintaining a physical relationship with Cynthia
but a part of me was aware that it wasn’t going
to end well; the second dimension was interested
in testing the waters with Kofo, to find out what
could come out of that, it could either be a joyful
relationship or a heartbreak or both. I was still
unaware of what was going to happen between
me and Brenda so I am to keep a lid on that for
the main time.
Lunch break came and everyone went to get
themselves something to eat, I was really hungry
but I noticed that Kofo didn’t leave her desk and
it looked like she didn’t have any plan to do that
so I decided to stop by her desk to talk, she was
so deep in thought that she didn’t even notice me
walk up to her desk and sat beside her, I called
her name to get her out of her trance and she
had sadness written all over her face. I faced her
and said:
“A wise lady once said to me ‘If I can see pain in
your eyes then share with me your tears, you’ve
been hurt; you need to be happy again’ and she
was very right about what she said. Tell me
what’s going on with you”
She went on to explain to me that her boyfriend
cheated on her for the second time and she loves
him too much to break-up with him.
I wasn’t the best when it comes to dishing out
relationship advice so I asked her when last she
felt genuinely happy with him, and she was
unable to give me an answer. According to her,
the relationship has been on the edge of the cliff
for a while but she was the only one holding on
to it and making sure it doesn’t go off the cliff
because he is her first love and she keeps telling
herself that he can turn a new leaf even though
he’s always doing something to hurt her, he has
been avoiding her calls all day because she’s
trying to talk to him to know what else they’re
going to do, they had a big fight that weekend
about him cheating and he denied the whole thing
even though she saw messages from the girl on
his phone by mistake.
I felt bad for her as she talked, I’ve never seen
someone feel so much pain in them except for
myself, I could relate to all what she was saying
and I just wanted to hug her and tell her she’s
too good for him and she deserves all the
happiness in the world. She was trying her best
to remain strong to hold back the tears as she
spoke and the next thing I heard in my head was
a voice that said “Hug this girl for Christ sake”, I
moved closer to her and gave her a really tight
hug, she held on to me and didn’t let go as I
whispered into her ears:
“Everything will be alright, you’ve me now, you’ll
be happy again. I promise you.”
We finally let go of each other and as our faces
met again she was smiling, I felt fulfilled with
myself, and I guess Cynthia was right even
though she could be crazy sometimes. I told her
I was famished and was heading out to eat
before the lunch break came to an end and she
was going to accompany me, no excuses. A smile
that looked like sunshine came across her face
and she stood up to follow me, as we walked out
of the office, a tall figure walked up to us and
asked to speak to Kofo alone, I turned to her and
from the look on her face, I could tell that this
was her boyfriend, for a moment I felt like
someone just snatched my most precious
possession as she walked away to him but I
wasn’t going to get myself depressed because I
had a brief “romantic” moment with her, I brought
out my phone as I walked away and dialed
Brenda’s number, I guess I was left with my third
dimension of emotion that was yet to be explored