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 me watch him have
the money wired to my bank account.
The
whole 400k…in its dollar equivalent.
I
won’t lie, I did the calculation as soon as we got back to the hotel…with my
pen and a piece of paper. imagine me
having that much money in my account, I thought to myself. I haven’t let Kendra down at all.
Only
I got something extra too…
A
real relationship…based on real feelings…I loved him and knew he loved me too
even if he’d never said it. His actions throughout the trip proved so.
The
flight home was…
Well,
I don’t know. It was the second time I was on a plane. I was almost as scared
as the first time so I did my best to sleep through it…all the while
inconveniencing Daniel as I did most of the sleeping on him so on the drive him
and so he slept all through the drive
home.
I
let him sleep…and so there was quiet I the car.
I
stared at him as he slept (his head on the headrest but facing me) and smiled.
He looked so tired and yet so peaceful. It made me remember how the past two
weeks started. That was the day he extended our stay.
I’d
just finished my calculations on the wired money when he came out of the
bathroom that night. Yes we shared the same hotel room. He said the hotel
people told him that was the only available room the first night but I didn’t
believe it. In the short while I’d known him, Daniel liked to plan…so I was
sure he already made reservations before we left Nigeria….but I let it
slide…after all, dude already spent so much on my passport, visa and both our
flights. He was still going to spend on his Casino too…
“Guess
what?” he had said, drying the water from his hair with a towel other than the
one he had on his waist.
“What?”
I said, trying to look innocent. I had just hurriedly thrown the piece of paper
I did the calculation on into the dust bin as soon as I heard him come in.
“Bibi,
the phrase was guess what?” he said
it like he was talking to a slow learner.
“Yes…and
I said what.” I replied, trying to sound smart.
He
sighed and gave up.
“The
buzz movie is premiering right here in Vegas tomorrow night…and I got us
tickets.” He said smiling.
“But
we’re supposed to go back home tomorrow morning.”
That
wasn’t the reaction he was hoping for…obviously.
“Really?
I thought you’d be excited. “ he said, putting on his pyjamas trouser. I did my
best not to look. “Other girls would’ve gone wild with excitement.”
“Number
one, I’m not other girls…” I said, picking up a bedside magazine the hotel
people had the good mind to leave. It was the perfect distraction. “Number two,
why would a girl go wild just for a movie ticket?”
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