Tolerating The Player

It was a great movie and we were both excited that it had a part two. We watched it for so long that we didn’t realize that the time had passed real quick.

Maya couldn’t stop squealing at every scene and sometimes she’d chuckle and say “George does that” she didn’t seem to realize when she said those words while I on the other hand watched the movie without being able to relate to anything there, I am a sucker after all.

The room door barged open and Joe ran to hug me, I lifted him and hugged him tighter. To be very honest I missed the little boy.

He looked different and it was really obvious he went on a date with Grace. He had a new hair cut on and a really new cloth that looked expensive, he wore a Nike pair of shoes and socks and a black Gucci jacket. His stomach also looked big like he had eaten a whole plate of pasta.

“Thank you for taking care of him Grace” I smiled at her as she walked into the room.

“I promise to smack you the next time you thank me for taking care of my son” she pointed her finger at me and I raised my hands in defence.

“Can you spend the rest of the weekend here with us?” She asked and I nodded immediately. There was no point going back to that house with no food and nothing good.

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It was Sunday and the house was really busy with everyone getting prepared for church. One thing I admired most about the Anderson’s is that they don’t joke with their religion and at the same time don’t criticize others for their beliefs.

It’s just six am but I could smell the delicious aroma of roast turkey coming from the kitchen. Grace had allowed Joe to sleep a little longer because of their long day yesterday but the rest of us had to get prepared.

Luna, their maid was also awake and cleaning the house, she do follow them to church too.

After everything was set and arranged we all had our sweet breakfast of Roast Chicken and salad before we left for church.

The church service was awesome and when it was time for personal prayers I prayed for Joe to always be happy.

We had taken separate cars so I got into Maya’s car.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

The drive from the church to their house wasn’t that long and in no time we got home but Grace and her husband had to visit a member of their church in the hospital.

“I wanna sleep” Maya whined in her baby time and I chuckled as she slumped on the bed.

I brought out my phone and started to scroll through my Instagram feed staring at Sunday pictures of hot teen models and I stumbled on Aurora’s post. She had taken a picture with Zach and they appeared to be in a pool. She was only on a bra and a g-string and Zach’s face looked uninterested even though his hands were firmly on her butt.

She had tagged him on the post but he didn’t leave a comment. Simp. I clicked on his profile and scrolled through some of his posts.

He didn’t seem to be the social type that writes a lot of things on their bio and has a lot of highlights. He only wrote “I’m Zach” in his bio.

I scrolled through his pictures on Instagram and all were just photoshoots of him while some were the matches he had won and some video game clips. He didn’t smile in any of his pictures yet a lot of girls commented on some nasty stuff.

I scrolled through a comment that made me cringed *let me be your bed, lay on me* who the fuck writes something like that.

A message popped up on my phone and it wasn’t the number I blocked but another.

*I’ll make you pay for blocking me* it reads and I was finding it annoying before but now I found it serious. Whoever has been sending these messages meant business.

I finally decided to reply to whoever the person was and know what game he was talking about.

*Who are you?* I sent the message but didn’t get any reply. Perhaps it was just a scammer or someone who was bored and is playing tricks on random numbers.

After waiting for some minutes and not getting any response I dropped my phone and decided to join Maya in Dreamland.

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“The girls sleep way too much don’t you think?” I heard Grace telling her husband

I opened my eyes and saw them standing by the door. I had been sleeping but I wasn’t a deep sleeper.

I checked my phone and saw that it was evening already. Damn! I must’ve really overslept.

Maya was still fast asleep so I tapped her and woke her up.

“Dinner’s ready” she said and left the room.

Shortly after she left we also left to eat. After dinner I decided to take some fresh air and walked to. their garden. It was late but the bright lights made me see clearly.

“Isabella” a tiny voice called and I turned to look at Joe who had followed me to. the garden.

“Hey there little one” I said and ruffled his hair, he groaned and tapped my hands.

“I was going to show her my new hairstyle” he complained and I knew he was referring to his new crush.

He sat his little butt beside me on the carpet grass and laid his head on my shoulder without saying anything.

I knew he was bothered about something, “what’s up?” I asked him and he exhaled his breath heavily.

“Is mummy going to come back?” He asked and my body became still. I didn’t want to make him sad nor did I want to give him false hopes.

“You have me now and also Grace” I said and he wrapped his tiny arms around my waist.

“I love you Isabella” he said and at this point I couldn’t stop the tears from flowing down but I immediately wiped it off so he didn’t notice.

After some minutes of remaining in the position I felt a steady rise and fall of his body on mine and I realized he was sleeping.

I carried him into the house and placed him on a bed in the room he sleeps in most of the time. The room had been specially decorated for him. It was painted blue and had different posters of Disney cartoons on the wall.

I should probably sleep too because I have school and work tomorrow.

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My alarm woke me up and I immediately prepared for school. I went into Joe’s room to wake him up but found Grace already doing the job.

She had promised to drop him off school even though I insisted on dropping him off so I don’t stress her but at the end of the day she won the argument so Maya and I left for school.

I silently prayed that my day doesn’t go wrong in school today and I definitely would not want to encounter Zach or Aurora.

She parked her car and I got down from it watching my steps and looking left and right hoping I wouldn’t bump into an unwanted person.

I was having Biology and Zach came for the last Biology class, I hope he doesn’t show up in class today.

I heard the warning bell and rushed towards the classroom.

I opened the classroom door and the class was already filled up, the teacher was in the classroom but the lecture hadn’t started yet.

I looked round the classroom for an empty space then my eyes stumbled on Zach seated at the back of the classroom with an empty seat beside him. Who have I offended to deserve this much punishment?

“Please have your seat” the teacher said and I nodded my head as I walked towards Zach and sat on the empty seat.

I tried my best not to make eye contact with him and breathing suddenly became difficult. I was lucky he didn’t say a word to me throughout the class but the only thing that was weird was the number of eyes staring at me throughout the class.

After some few more classes, fortunately without Zach it was lunch time and Grace had packed some lunch for me.

“Hey!” Kiki ran towards me flashing her phone on my face.

“How may I help you?” I raised a brow in confusion not knowing the reason why Kiki the tattle tale would want to talk to me.

“Is it true that Zach kept a space specifically for you in Biology class today?” She asked and turned her phone to my face waiting for a response.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” I replied and left to meet Maya who was waiting for me.

“You have to see what Kiki posted on her blog” Maya flashed her phone at me and I covered my face in embarrassment.

“I’ve been trying to keep a low profile in school but Zach came and all of a sudden my life is hell and the worst part of it is that we haven’t exchanged words!” I yelled and Maya bursted into laughter. I felt like strangling her but I was glad she’s laughing afterwards.

We brought out the lunch Grace had packed for us and as I was about to take a big bite out of it, a guy wearing a Green Land vest walked up to me.

I dropped the Tacco back into the box and raised my brow at him.

“What do you want?” I asked, remembering he was one of the guys who laughed at me the other day.

“Zach wants to see you” he smirked waiting for me to follow him but I snubbed him by taking my food and eating it.

He felt embarrassed because a lot of people began to stare and even Kiki had her camera on. Everyone seemed to now be interested in my affairs. Shit!

He left the table and Maya gave me a funny look and mouthed “I’m so proud of you”.

I snacked her laps and she giggled .

Felix walked towards our table and immediately Maya sighted him and her mood changed.

“I’ll be right back” she said and walked out of the school with Felix following behind. Then it was just me and Maya’s food which will soon be mine on the table

I took her Tacco and as I was about to eat it a hand dragged me away from the table making me bruise my leg a little and when I looked up to the person it was Zach.