TRUTH AND LIES
(My Mr. Perfect)
Episode 6
We had barely gone far when we came across a newspaper vendor and the first paper at the top was about me.
I mean, not this stupid Mico walking in common dress like a commoner, but the almighty Mico salvatore with his face mask.
“Oh,my God! It’s mico!’ The Alyssa lady exclaimed, almost making me go deaf.
She ran up to the vendor and picked up the paper.
“How much for this?” She asked excitedly, opening it’s pages.
Immediately she paid him, spending almost half of the money she had just earned.
Hold on; isn’t this the same lady that was complaining of an incomplete payment? And because of that, I have forced to walk inside the sun again?
Holy crap!
Can you imagine the way she just paid for the magazine without second thought?
I’ve been listening to stories of how fans were dying for me and today, I just experienced one.
She ran Back to me with the paper, smiling like someone who was being used for advert.
“Oh, my Mico!” She drooled as she held the magazine to her chest and we continued walking. .
“You like him?” I asked and she gawped at me.
“What re you saying? Who doesn’t like mico? I love him” she replied and smiled onto the magazine.
Wow! But this is the same lady I yelled on not long ago.
So how come she’s still drooling on me?
“Although…” she suddenly said.
“I do love him. But right now, we’re having a conflict. So I broke up with him.”.
I scoffed and looked at her.
“Broke up with him? How?” I asked.
“Well, he broke my heart.
He rose his voice on me in public and made me lose my job. And because of that, I broke up with him.”
Oh! So she was fired?
Oh-oh.
I think it must have been a result of the way I had spoken to the manager that night before leaving.
I had been too angry and while leaving, I had told him to get rid of the clumsy workers in his organisation.
Seriously, I don’t know why I’m always acting that way.
I have serious anger issues, although I’m trying to control it. It’s just too much.
I get angry over little things and tend to do crazy things when I am.
Mum had told me I inherited it from my grandfather, but seriously, I don’t like it.
“I was working in Ace of Spade and on that fateful night, he came with his cousins” the Alyssa girl continued with her story.
“I was so happy when I heard he was around but I became nervous when my boss assigned me to the VVIP room where he was staying.
Although, he’s my biggest crush, but at that moment, when I heard I was going to meet with him, I became so nervous.
I went into the room and was serving drinks to him and suddenly, he spoke to me.
His exact words were: miss, could I get some chocolates?
At that moment, it sounded like the voice of an angel and out of shock, the drink I wax holding left my hand and spilled on his shirt and that was it. Boom!
He just vibrated and walked out on me.
“I had even gone on my knees and begged him, but he turned deaf ears .me and walked away. So my boss fired me for it.
And I had to break up with him” she finally concluded.
I looked at her and scoffed. If only she knew she was talking to the same Mico.
Somehow, I kind of felt chastened.
But why was she car less with the drink anyway?
“So…you were in a relationship with him even when he wasn’t aware of it?” I asked and she shrugged.
“Well, yes of course. But it doesn’t matter anymore. Although I still love him.
She upended the pages and got to be page that was about my school.
She smiled at it.
“Mico High is so beautiful” she said.
“I wonder how the students over there feel”.
“You like it?” I asked.
“Of course I do. It’s my dream school. Too bad they don’t give out scholarships”
I looked away and sighed.
Well, yes if course. I stopped the giving out scholarships because I didn’t want a mixture of commoners in my school.
Mico High is a school for the wealthiest and that’s the way it should be.
“So which school do you attend?” I asked and noticed she cringed.
“I uhm…I don’t attend for now”. She replied.
“You don’t? Why?”
“What other reason could there be? I won’t be able to settle my fees. So I’m working and saving up for now.
“But that doesn’t mean I’m not intelligent. I do study ahead”.
“You do?”
“Yes. I take out time teach myself at home. So I’m a teacher, principal and also a student.”
I cracked and laughed.
“Okay. Uhm…what features are formed due to uneven resistance of hard and soft rocks?” I asked.
“Rapids and cataracts” she replied immediately, amusing me.
Wow! Quite intelligent.
Soon, we stopped walking and that was when I realised we had gotten to her apartment.
Wow! I didn’t even feel the walking stress anymore.
“Oh, senyour, thank you so much for the help.
Sorry, what’s your name?” She asked and I became muddled.
I looked away and thought of ignoring her question.
I couldn’t tell her my name was Mico, could I?
“Senyour?” She called lowly and I looked at her.
“Uhm…Nigel” I finally said.
“You can call me Nigel”.
“Nigel” she repeated. “That’s a nice name. Why were you feeling reluctant to tell me?
“Anyway, I’m…”
“Alyssa!” A raucous voice called from inside the house and I guess that is her mother.
The gate was slightly open.
“Alyssa, is that you?” The woman called again and she sighed.
“Well, I guess someone helped me with the introduction” she said and I smiled.
“You said you were new around here, right? Maybe we should exchange contacts. I can really be of great help showing you around” she added.
Oh, really? So you can make me hold baskets of clothes for you?
“Sorry, I…I don’t have my phone with me” I replied.
“Well, then, you can just put your number in here. I’ll give you a call” she said as she dipped her hand into her trouser pocket and brought out her phone.
Wait; is this a phone or a toy?
Most of the buttons had pulled out and a rubber was tied on it.
Seriously, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Yes, I laughed and she frowned.
“What’s funny?” She asked with a grin and I forced myself to stop laughing.
“Oh nothing. I just…remembered something” I replied and she rolled her eyes.
“Don’t you know there are ladies out there without phones?” She asked as she handed me the phone and I typed in one of my numbers .
But why are we exchanging contacts?
“it was nice having you around Nigel. Thanks a lot”. She said and I nodded.
“Uhm…by the way,” I suddenly said. “I uhm…I love your hair”.
Oh, yes! I had to admit it. I’ve been admiring it for too long already.
“Oh, thanks” she replied in warm smile.
“And uhm…” I paused and cleared my throat.
“And your eyes” I completed it and I swear, she blushed.
“T…Thanks” she replied. And I love…”
“Alyssa!”
The woman interrupted her again and I kind of felt angry.
What a wrong timing.
I’d have wanted her to finish up her statement.
What could she possibly love about me?
“Sorry, I have to go. Bye” she said in a haste and ran toward the gate.
“Don’t worry; I’ll give you a call” she said at the gate and finally ran in.
I stood, staring at the blank gate for sometime and then I shook my head.
What the he’ll is wrong with me?
I finally turned around and walked away, releasing a light smile.
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