To Find Grace

Episode 11

Before she could say a thing, she heard someone clear his throat and she looked past Jack just to see Junior standing there his hands tucked in his black soft jeans.
“what is going on here?” he asked like a jealousy boyfriend which made Grace for a minute feel proud of herself, “so you feel something for me after all you fool” she laughed in her Heart.
“Who are you?” Jack cut through the silence.

“Oh, yeah Jack meet my friend Junior” she smiled standing between the two guys who eyed each other like angry wolves.
“I asked what is going on here Grace, who is this clown?” Junior raised his voice.
“no, junior am not going to allow you insult my visitor, like I told you, his name is Jack and he came to see me anything the matter here?” she asked inside making a happy dance seeing Junior`s face.
“Um, Grace I will probably see you some other time. I don’t like coming between people. Think about what I have told you and see you later” Jack added walking away leaving Grace stoned to the ground she hated the awkwardness the scene was making her feel.

“Who is that guy Grace?” Junior moved closer to her and she looked at him for a couple of seconds shaking her head
“You are unbelievable you know that?, how dare you! You are not my boyfriend so please stop playing like one” she snapped and walked away making Junior run after her.
“am your friend and I think I have the right to know if you have a man in your life Grace, at least you owe me that you know” Junior panted as he followed her to her room.

“Hahaha, I have never heard of such nonsense, so now I get it, you think am not good enough for you and chose that my friend Dingy over me and you stand here talking rubbish. Leave me alone now Junior please” she shouted as she opens the door to her room.

“What? Who told you about Dingy?” Junior asked shocked.

“I saw the two of you Junior, you were so close and it’s not even once, the fact that I never said a thing doesn’t mean I didn’t see you two, you are so …. “ she paused before she could bring her word out.
“You know what? Just leave already. And please tell your so called Uncle Ben to stop calling me” she added closing to the door to Junior`s face.

“I can explain about Dingy, it’s just that she is, I don’t know how to say it Grace, what i feel for you is different. I like you a lot but for some reason I cannot explain myself, I don’t think we can be what you thought we could. I just feel I love you but can never get to do things like, kissing and you know what I mean” he explained.

“Huh, am supposed to be comforted by that huh? I cannot believe this my God, here I was thinking you will tell me all this is not true about you and Dingy? Just go junior please, go away” she added throwing herself on the bed.

“Okey am going I know you are upset right now.” He spoke walking to the door just to stop again.

“But what was that about my uncle you mentioned?” he asked.
“Go ask him “she snapped and plugged her face in the pillow.

Ben had called her to greet her on a couple of occasions, she had asked him why he was calling the first time he did and he told her he wanted to say hi to and find out if she needed anything. Grace had assumed it was because Junior had told him about her and she felt comforted he was talking about her to his relatives.

“No sir, am okey thank you for the gesture. “She told him and they hang up.
“the second time he called he asked to invite her home for dinner with his family saying his kids would love to see her again, she was about to say yes when she walked into the passage of the hostel seeing Dingy her Friend with Junior they were smiling to each other. She went silent for a couple of minutes and Ben kept asking her if all was well.
“Am sorry sir, I got to go and about the dinner, am sorry I can’t am going to be busy this weekend” she told him and hang up the line. Ben called her back several times but she never picked up.

“He is so pathetic!” she yelled in the pillow feeling broken at the memories of Junior and Dingy.

She lifted herself up, went to take a bath and decided to go out of campus lest she got so depressed over what was going on. Grace was walking around town taking her time window shopping when she saw Ben walking towards her with a tall beautiful woman. She was smiling so widely Grace knew the moment she saw them that she was his wife.
“Uncle Ben” she called him out making Ben stop and look at her his smile fading he fidgeted.

“Hi, Grace” Ben sighed feeling so ashamed of himself.

“Hi Aunty nice to meet you finally, Junior has told me a lot of nice things about you” she looked at the woman with him who smiled shaking her hand.

“And you are?” the woman asked her
“Am Grace Ma, am a friend of Junior” Grace introduced herself excitedly.

“Grace huh?” the woman smiled
Graces phone rung at the moment and she noticed it was her fathers number so she quickly excused herself.
“good to see you both, am sorry I have to pick my father`s call” she smiled an walked on leaving them watching her.

“Ben who was that girl?” Chipo asked looking at Ben as he watched Grace Walk away talking on the phone.
“She is um, am,” he paused rubbing his head.

“I told you walking out here like this is not the right thing to do, anyone can see us out here” Ben walked faster back to his car with Chipo trotting behind him.

“relax, she is just a girl and from the look of things she didn’t know am not your wife, see what I tell you, we look good together” Chipo smiled holding Ben`s chin he pushed her hand away.

“I knew the first time I allowed myself to fail for your trap I was in trouble, you are so insistent my God” he shook his head placing the keys in the ignition.

“Admit it already, I give you what you deserve Ben, am the right woman for you not that polished lawyer who does not know how to care for a man.” Chipo laughed and before she could say another word, Ben raised his hand at her.

“Say another word about my wife and I swear to God I will push you out of this car” he warned seriously and Chipo withdraw leaning back on the seat with a smile.
“If only you were not sleeping with me I would say you love her so much” Chipo murmured and the eye she got from Ben made her sank back defeated.
“I still got you in any case” she whispered in her head and faced ahead the road.
Ben`s heart was bleeding inside, he knew what he was doing was going to crash Jena if at all she was to find out. Seeing Grace made him even guiltier, the innocent Girl looked at the woman he was cheating with, with so much respect and love he felt bad.

He remembered how Chipo had lured him to sleep with him the first time. He had knocked off from work but decided to sit in his car outside the building watching as people left till it was dark.

“Where are you coming from Jena, I called you several time but you couldn’t answer my calls” Ben had confronted his wife one day seeing her rushing inside the house.
“I went to see Muma My love, she had issues with her child so I went with her to the clinic” Jena quickly cooked up a lie. She had not prepared herself to explain herself and she spoke the first thing that came to her mind.

“Muma Huh?” Ben shook his head walking away. What Jena didn’t know was that Ben had called Muma earlier and she had no idea where her friend was. He didn’t ask further knowing from history his wife won’t say a thing. With her guilty Jena went to bed sad that night.

Ben was still lost thinking about his wife when they came a soft tap on the window making him wipe his face turning down the window to see who it was.

“Someone wants to see you sir” the Guard told him.