Stories By Hope

   Daniel lived alone, that was a known fact… but there was someone in the house…someone new. A lady to be precise. She was sitting on one of the couches in the living room…facing the TV. She had on a really short nightie. She looked like she wasn’t expecting to see me. “Who are you?” she said as she got up. Daniel bumped into me before I could reply. “Damn, did you fall asleep on your feet Bibi? What about…” he started to say but I never found out the rest. He stopped still as soon as he saw the third party. “Where have you been, Daniel?” the third party asked. She seemed to be the only one in the room that couldn’t stop still. “You were supposed to be back two weeks ago.” She continued, then moved to give him a hug.    Daniel recovered then. “What are you doing here?” he asked her but not before stealing a glance at me. “I thought I’d surprise you.” She replied. Erm, what’s going on here? I kept wondering. Who was the chick and how had...

                                                                     I didn’t care if he wanted to be with me for just sex , i’ll take the  stolen moments and go , I thought to myself. I wanted him. I started to touch him…moving my hands down his length until they got to the band of his pyjamas trouser. I really wanted him then… He pulled away from me. He studied me for a bit then scooted over. “What?” I croaked, barely able to form the words. I was overwhelmed with lust. I cleared my throat and tried again.”What’s wrong?” There was a silence in which I felt I should be embarrassed but I wasn’t. After all, he started it. “I know you think ever...

“Why wouldn’t she? It’s THE BUZZ.” He said the buzz like it was of popular importance. I yimued at him, then turned my attention back to the magazine. “You obviously don’t know the movie…but how come? It’s been the talk for months now. Everybody back home is anticipating it and now, we’re going to be the first set of people to see it.” Lord knows I had never heard of the movie…not even a single advert. “Duh…the movie editors and crew members have seen it already.” “That’s because they shot it.” He shot back at me. “Bibi what can ever get you excited?” he continued, rolling his eyes at me.    I rolled my eyes back at him then yelled several things in my mind then out loud, “Whatever! We’re still going back home tomorrow morning.” I continued to read the magazine but stopped to look at him when I didn’t hear him say anything else. He was watching me... And then, he threw himself on the bed. “Hey.” I shouted, then ducked…but it wasn’t really ne...

  Three weeks in Vegas and we were headed back! It happened to be the best time of my life. I’m sorry Kendra, I thought to myself. I’ve had really good times with you…I mean you’re my best friend but someone has surpassed you in that… Daniel… My boyfriend. Yes, you heard me right!    The business trip only lasted one week and I played my part as a ghost P.A. my only job was to record the proceedings of the meeting…with a pen. It wasn’t easy trying to catch most of the words as they rolled back and forth between the two parties but I did my best. In the end, it wasn’t necessary, Daniel had only given me the pretend job just to have me with him. The meetings were video recorded from start to finish…I only found out when it was all over but I wasn’t upset. I wasn’t upset that he had manipulated me into going with him, after all, he was the spender…who still had to pay for my pretend job. The morning before we were supposed to head back home, he made...