“Aargh!” Jeff screamed out in frustration, tightening his fists and flinging his phone to the ground, he was tired of being jobless, he hated the fact that his wife had to travel round the country just so she could provide for them, it made him feel like less of a man especially during times like these when he had to sit around waiting for her to return his calls. “What’s the matter?” Lola shouted running down from her room, she hadn’t realised Jeff had been sitting down in the living room instead of locking himself up like he usually did, “I just want to die” was all he managed to say, digging his head in both palms, “God forbid! You won’t die” Lola said rushing to sit beside him, “what you’re going through is just a phase, it will pass she said giving him a hug and patting his back, “you don’t understand how it feels not being able to provide for your own family” Jeff said shaking his head, “I used to feed my wife but now she feeds me and it doesn’t help that none of these useless banks is willing to give me a loan to start up my own business” he lamented, “everything will be fine” was all Lola kept saying as she held his hand.
After that day, Jeff began to see Lola in a different light, he was thankful to her for sparing her time to give him words of encouragement at his lowest of moods; gradually, he began to notice her caring side, he realised that beneath the wild and stubborn girl was a kindhearted young girl who was just misunderstood, he concluded that her wild behaviour was probably just a cry for help and made up his mind to help her change.
Slowly but surely, he began to grow fond of her and started eating her meals again. They became such good friends that even Lara was surprised to find that they were getting along quite well when she returned, she was happy to see her husband and younger sister finally learning to tolerate each other. “Now I can leave the house in peace, knowing that none of you will kill the other before
To be continued