WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40

EPISODE 40

“Jane wait where are you going?” Anita asked as she ran after Jane, they were beginning to catch people’s attention but that didn’t seem to matter to Jane, she just kept running.

“Jane please stop running, I’m really trying hard to keep up with you”

Jane finally stopped to face Anita who was already panting.

“I’m sorry Anita I didn’t know you were coming after me, I really need to go see Jeffrey and apologize to him”

“Okay I will take you to him then”

“You don’t have to worry yourself Anita, besides I’m sure you might have to go back home and feed William”

“William was properly fed before I left the house and I also had some breast milk pumped into a bottle as well, so it’s fine I will just go grab my purse and settle the bill”

Anita went back into the restaurant and grabbed her purse and paid for their food which they barely touched.

“Alright, we are good to go, my car is parked down there” she said pointing out to where she had parked her car.

WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 31 – 40

Few minutes later they were already on their way to Jeffrey’s apartment.

“How could I have been so self centered” Jane lamented as they got into traffic.

“Jane you need to calm down”

“No you don’t understand, I was so consumed with my fears and insecurities that I couldn’t look past them and let Jeffery explain things to me, oh my God I’m so stupid”

“No you are not stupid, you did what anyone in your shoes would have done”

“At least a reasonable person would have allowed Jeffery explain, a reasonable person would have heard him out but I didn’t do any of those things” Jane started sobbing, Anita who was focused on avoiding her husband’s car from getting bashed by a crazy driver beside her, passed Jane the box of tissues on the dashboard.

“Jane you have to stop crying, we all make mistakes sometimes, the best thing is you have realized your mistake and willing to correct it”

Jane dabbed her eyes with the tissue, sometimes she wonders how her tear gland hasn’t ran out of tears, because tears has become a constant and reoccurring fact in her life these days, as a matter of fact there’s hardly a day that she doesn’t cry.

When they arrived Jeffrey’s apartment, they met his house keeper; Martha who told them he wasn’t around.

“Has he been gone for long?” Anita asked

“Well….I don’t really know” the house keeper answered not quite sure of what to say.

“How do you mean?” Jane asked

“Well the thing is, Mr. Jeffery hasn’t been home for over a week now, he dropped his keys with the gate man and with a message that I come clean the house as usual but I haven’t seen him since then”

“Well it could be that he comes back from work really late and leave very early before you arrive for your clean up?” Anita asked.

“I really don’t think that’s what is happening because all the meals I prepared since last week are still untouched in the freezer and the house always remains in the same state I leave it each time I come back. And his bed is still perfectly made, Mr. Jeffery doesn’t make his bed”

Jane knew the housekeeper was telling the truth because the few times she spent at Jeffery’s place he always left his bed unmade and when Jane pointed it out, he told her he was bad at making beds, he saw it as a chore.

“So if he isn’t here, where could he be staying then?” Anita asked

“Maybe he is at the penthouse? We were staying there when the paparazzi were after me, so probably he is still staying there?”

“Okay let’s go there then” they immediately left and went on their way to Jeffrey’s penthouse. An hour later they were at his penthouse, only to hear the housekeeper say same thing to them.

“You mean he hasn’t been here recently?” Anita asked

“He was, but that was about two weeks ago and ever since then he hasn’t come back”

“Alright thank you” Anita walked back to her car with a dejected Jane.

“Are you sure something hasn’t happened to him?” Jane asked as Anita drove them out of the penthouse.

“No I don’t think so, he was over at our place two weeks ago to see I and William, besides Dele said something about being with him yesterday so I think he is safe”

“But why hasn’t he been to any of his houses?”

“I don’t know about that, but Jeffery has a lot of houses in and out of Lagos, he could be staying in any of them, you know what? I will just call him”

“Please don’t call him, I don’t want him knowing I’m looking for him. I’m very sure he wouldn’t want to see me”

“I have to call him Jane, it will save us the stress of going to every house he owns in search of him besides I’m sure he would want to see you”

“No Anita, I would like to find that out for myself”

“Okay fine, how about I call him and find out where he is, I won’t tell him you are with me?”

“Alright that sounds better”

Anita parked by the side of the road and dialed Jeffery’s number, he didn’t pick up the first time so she dialed it again and this time he picked up on the second ring.

“Hey little trouble” came Jeffery’s grumpy voice.

“I have told you to stop calling me that, I’m a mom now” Anita chided

“That doesn’t mean you’re no longer troublesome, it only means trouble has changed a name”

“Whatever, where are?”

“Where else, home of course”

“I just checked your house and you weren’t there”

“Why are you looking for me? Aren’t you supposed to be resting or something like that?”

“I decided to get out of the house today and thought it best to come see you” Anita said trying to convince Jeffery into believing her.

“Hmmmm Anita, are you sure you are not up to something? I smell trouble”

“Stop smelling and tell me your location”

“Why?”

“Because I have a favor to ask of you and it can’t be discussed over the phone” she immediately switched to her pleading tone, that usually worked with her husband.

“Are you okay? Is William okay? what about Michael?” Jeffery asked concerned.

“Yes, father and son are doing okay I left them so they can have some bonding time together. I just have something I would be needing you to do for me”

“Okay, I’m at the Royal Palace hotel in Victoria island”

“Alright I’m on my way”

The phone was on loud speaker so Jane could hear their conversation. Anita drove to the Royal Palace hotel. And just as they were arriving, Anita’s husband called.

“Hi baby, what’s up is everything okay over there?”

“Yeah but we have a situation, he has been crying non stop for over ten minutes, do you think you can back earlier?”

“Alright I will be on my way, try giving him his pacifier, I’m coming bye”

“Was that your husband?” Jane asked as they got out of the car.

“Yes, William has been crying and refused to stop I need to go back home, but I will call Jeffery first and find out his room number, okay?”

“How about we just find out from the front desk?” Jeffery might decide to meet Anita at the hotel lobby and Jane didn’t want to apologize to Jeffery in the open, with what has been going on, that didn’t seem like a good idea.

“You have a point, let’s go then”.

They went to the front desk and asked for Jeffrey’s room number, the receptionist put a call across to Jeffrey first to know if he was expecting any visitor.

“He is expecting you ma’am, room 501, it’s on the 5th floor”

“Thank you”

Anita went with Jane to the elevator. “Thank you so much Anita, I think you should go home to your baby, I will be fine from here”

“Alright don’t forget to call and let me know how it goes okay?”

“I will, hopefully it’s goes well. That’s if Jeff would want to see me”

“Don’t say that, you have to be optimistic okay? Now put a smile on your face and go get your man back”

Anita hugged Jane and then left. Jane took the lift to the 5th floor where she located room 501. She tapped softly on the door and waited, she could hear footsteps approaching the door. She tried taking a few deep breaths before it swung open.

“Hey Ani…” Jeffrey’s words were caught short when he saw Jane standing in front of his room door instead of Anita.

“Hey.. Jeff”.

“babe…. ho..w are…you?” Jeffery was surprised to find her at his door, he wanted nothing more than to hug her. But he didn’t.

”I am fi..”

”no need to answer that, what are you doing here?”

“I came to talk to you, please can I come in?”

“Yeah sure” he stepped out away from the door and opened it wider for her to come in.

“I…. emmm” on her way here, she rehearsed all the words she was going to say to him but standing in front of him and seeing those pains in his eyes, pains which were caused by her. She couldn’t just bring herself to say anything to him.

“Ho..w are you Jeff?”

“I’m fine, but I’m sure you didn’t have my sister into tricking me to give out my location so you could come all the way here to ask me how I am” Jeffery said quietly as he took a seat on one of the chairs in the room.

“about that I’m really sorry, I actually made Anita do that it wasn’t….”

“Spare me the details, why are you here Jane?”

”Jeff I’m sorry, I came here to say how truly sorry I am. I should have listened to you and allowed you to explain but I didn’t and for that I’m truly sorry”

“You are right you should have allowed me to explain things to you but you didn’t instead you chose to believe someone else, but it’s fine” he said with a very calm voice

Jane couldn’t understand how Jeffery managed to be calm, she was expecting him to be mad at her, yell or even kick her out but he didn’t, instead he was just seated calmly without showing any form of emotion.

“No Jeff it’s not, it’s not fine, I know I shouldn’t have believed what the blogs or Vivian or anyone else was saying about you and I’m sorry, I spoke to Anita and she told me everything”

“Let me get this straight, so if my sister hadn’t spoken to you, you wouldn’t be here? you would still be mad at me right?”

“No Je..ff I…umm” Jane was stuttering because what Jeffery said was true. If Anita hadn’t spoken to her and explained things to her, she wouldn’t be here asking for his forgiveness.

“That’s exactly what it is Jane, it took the intervention of someone else for you to come to your senses, it took the intervention of someone else for you to believe I was telling the truth all along. Like I said, it’s fine”

Jane was confused, she has never been more confused in her life, she lacked the words to use in begging for Jeffrey’s forgiveness. She thought she knew how to speak well but this time, words did fail her.

Jeffery got up from his seat and poured himself a drink from the mini bar in his hotel room, with what Jane noticed, he must have been staying in the room for quite sometime.

“Jeffery please say something, this silence is killing me”

“The same way your silence killed me every time I tried to contact you Jane, I called severally but you kept blocking every number I called you with, I have no words for you Jane”

“Jeff please I’m sorry, forgive me. What can I do to make things right? Tell me anything I will do it”

“Leave” came Jeffery’s calm voice again.

“What?” When Jane meant anything, she wasn’t expecting to be asked to leave.

“You heard me, please leave”

“Je..ff..”.

“I’m not sure I can do this Jane, you run at the slightest chance of trouble and I don’t think I want to continue with this”