LOVE IN SUNBEAM (3)



The next she saw was a text message from her bank, confirming the transfer of money she made the previous day. Charles’ mother had been terribly sick since the previous week, and the family needed a lot of cash to treat her. And since Alice considered herself to be part of the family already, as the fiancé of one of the sons, she sent
her own contribution for the treatment of her soon to be mother in-law. Alice had almost run into an overdraft before she could get the seventy thousand naira she sent. Her transfer had been successful, the money had been sent into Charles’ account. Alice kept nodding as she read the message, it was to her the right thing she could have done. If she hadn’t sent that money, it would look like she didn’t care. It is up to Charles now to know the right thing to do with it. For him, she was ready to do much more. I’ll at least be able to empty my life for him soon…. Soon.
       She clicked the back button twice and moved back to her list of notifications. Next on the list was the one she had been waiting for. She smiled, closed her eyes and opened it again to be sure it was real. Yes it was, just there, another message from Charles, her fiancé. The good morning message was always there every morning and Alice always got flattered by it. Charles knew his way and he used it right. That morning, the message started with; My Sweetheart….. Alice had to close her eyes, she couldn’t bear the flattering, and it was too much for her heart to keep. Alice truly loved those kinds of word, and Charles knew that too. Alice could remember when he had first met this guy who had stolen her heart so much. It was at her sister’s birthday in Ibadan, she was sitting at a table when Charles had graciously walked up to her. Some minutes prior this, Alice had noticed that a guy was staring at her. Charles had not just been staring for minutes, the only person he had looked at since the party started was Alice.
        He had introduced himself at the same moment as Charles, and she had replied that she was Alice. From that very moment, something rose in her that she couldn’t describe. Something she didn’t know told her that they were meant to be together. She had loved Charles from the first sight. That was where it had all started, almost fifteen months before. And there relationship had grown with every passing wind. It wasn’t that it was all perfect, there were times they did have minor issues, but that was what they were minor. Charles was all she had; he was all she wanted to think about. No other person can take the place of Charles in her heart, no….. No one. And when they get married she would have Charles all to herself, and all the time in the world to spend with him. I am ready to wait for that time, it will come soon…. Soon. She thought.
       She clicked to view the full content of her lover’s message, and it read: My sweetheart…….  It is hard for me to say this and I don’t know how, but I have to……. It is over between us Alice, It is over. Please find your way while I find mine. I still want you…………..   Alice couldn’t finish reading the message, she fainted.
But somewhere beneath the whole message is written……….. Just kidding dear…. Thanks for the money, it went a long way. Enjoy your day. I’ll see you soon. Kisses. Love forever.

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