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I tried for a second time to make the payment but it wouldn't go through. I shamefully took the card back and walked out of the shop. I was filled with anger, you should see the size of my lips then. Are you done honey? I heard Jay ask, I turned to ask him not to 'honey me' when I saw the old lady with him.
He told me we had to go drop the old lady off at her home. I just nodded and gave the woman a fake smile. I was filled with so much anger and would have popped at anytime. Especially when Jay and the old lady were having a great conversation and laughing after every sentence. So you can imagine what happened in the car when we rode back to.my apartment after dropping the old woman off. It was a non-stop version of how he didn't care and just left me there and he playing funny tricks with me. I got off from the car, slammed the door and headed off to my room. But half way to the door, I walked back to the car to grab the stuff he got for me. The fact that I was angry didn't mean that I let him have the stuff. He got down from the car as the gentleman he is and helped me carry the stuff to the room. He suggested we go to a grocery store close to my place to try the card out. And i agreed because then I would have proof to make a great argument. When we got there I took a few things totally ignoring the fact that he mentioned needing a few things himself. He grabbed a few things for himself which I decided to pay for because I knew the card won't work anyway. I won't be sacrificing any of my money for him anyway. I made sure he was by my side when I slipped the card into the machine. And it worked. Approved and my receipt handed to me.
I was freaking out then, my legs were suddenly heavy and I wished I don't have to sit in the car with him. after ranting like a mad woman some minutes ago. He was very gentle though, all he did was to assure me that the card is genuine and that I had to trust him. I got off at my place, this time gently closing the door as I said goodbye to Jay. I quietly laid down on my bed after experiencing exhaustion from embarrassment. I was trying to figure out what was happening. You must be thinking, why won't you find out the money in that account so you know your spending limit. Well, I didn't have the pin for that and I didn't know how I was going to ask him for that. But as I was trying to put ones and twos together, I remembered that he actually gave me a little booklet the came with the card. I immediately reached for my bag to take a look.
I found the book in a little pocket inside the bag. I hurriedly put on my spectacles and begun to read. There seemed to be a lot of details but I was focused on finding out if there was any amount written in there or a pin to check the account. The search was fruitless. I closed the book and just laid on my bed tying to forget about the whole ordeal. I was dozing off when Jay called. I picked up and before he said anything, I begun to apologize for my actions. However, I told him that I was quite frustrated about the card. He asked me to trust him. I am very genuine, I won't lie to you. I love you very much and the last thing I want to do is to hurt you, he said. Those words sank deep into my heart and I told him I loved him back. We said our good byes and I slept. For days I hadn't used the card, I spent so much time with Jay and if anything needed to be bought, he paid for it. I loved every minute with him because I got to know him more. And he was just amazing. He wanted us to go out one Friday night and of course i got all dressed up but when I met him, he didn't seem to love the way I looked. I was in a pink strapless dress which I thought was long enough though above my knee. The dress had a little beaded details on the sides and really showed the curves.
I wanted to look sexy for my guy. But it seems the guy had some issues with it. That made me upset even though he hadn't said anything until we got to the restaurant. As we were dinning he asked if the dress was one of the new ones I recently bought. I told him it wasn't and that I actually did find a blue one which I wanted to buy but his card declined then. Have you read the book that came with the card? He asked. I told him that I had flipped through it. After which he insisted that I read it. That evening I got the book out to read because I was curious. That's when I understood what was really going on. Apparently, I couldn't use the card to buy anything I wanted. The card could be used only for things that he wanted me to have. Weird, right? Things he claimed were the kind of stuff I needed to have.
How would he even know what I would be buying when he isn't around. I am not sure how the card was able to detect that I bought something that he wouldn't like and decline. Who was I dealing with? I asked myself. I knew everything in the book was right because the card truly did decline when I wanted to purchase stuff I was sure Jay wouldn't like. But what makes him think he can determine what I should wear, eat, drink or have.
But then how was he doing that? Has he been secretly following me or does he have some device hidden somewhere? I begun to search my bag and my clothes, basically everywhere but I didn't find anything. I was just going to wait and confront him the following day when I met with him.
I was at his place earlier than usual with my speech prepared and ready to spill. My first question to him was 'who are you?' Are you some kind of spy or something? How can you know when I get something you don't want and stop the card from working? So you knew I wasn't lying when I told you about all the frustrations I was having with the card right? I kept going on like I was a detective. He just sat down, poured himself some orange juice. Took a sip and watched me talk. When I was done, he poured me some apple juice which I gulped down because I was too thirsty from all that questioning. He stood up and held my hands. He looked straight into my eyes and smiled. I would have been calmed just by that if he had said nothing else and completely forgotten about everything but he had his own speech prepared. "I know you may not understand why you can't get to buy everything you want. But I love you so much that I won't contribute to anything that I know will be bad for you and for our relationship. I can't tell you how the card works but it's a system that I have put in place to ensure that it works that way. That card will pay for anything as long as it is good for you. Do you understand? he asked. I nodded and he continued with another question, can you trust me? Yes, I said.
I don't know all the things you want yet. To which he said, you can always ask me. So now I could shop with confidence even though I had a few embarrassing situations but that was fine. Because I had a plan. I was going to find someone else to date on the side who would pay for all the other stuff that I know Jay wouldn't want but I am yearning to have. After spending so much time with him I didn’t have the desire for a number of things that I used to crave for but there were a few that I still wanted. I was having a pretty good day one afternoon just after seeing Jay when this guy bumps into me. He apologises and offers to pay for dinner if I am up for it. I agreed not wanting to be rude to the nice gentleman who looked rich. I could tell from the way he spoke that he had a lot of money to spare. So we went for dinner and this guy kept talking about himself and all the money he had and the companies he owned. I had hit the jackpot, I thought to myself. He took my number and we decided to meet up later.
I felt very guilt after speaking to Jay that night. I loved him but I needed that guy's money. I had to play it safe so Jay doesn't find out because I didn't want to hurt him. Weeks and months went by with everything going great. I was spending time with both guys and spending money on all that I wanted with no restrictions at all. Until I bumped into Ed whilst walking out of the movie theatre with Jay. I put on a faint smile though angry because he was with another woman. Jay went off to use the bathroom and I went back into the theatre to find Ed who was fortunately standing alone. I went there to confront him about the other woman explaining to him that Jay was my cousin's best friend who was new in town. He then told me that the girl was his friend's ex who wanted to spend some time with him. I agreed to that because I didn't have enough time to talk since Jay was getting closer to us. He asked me who the guy was and I told him, Ed was my friend's ex. But he didn't believe me and I knew it was because he saw Ed hold me around the waist when he was trying to convince me that I was the only one. Then I realised how jealous Jay was. And I loved that.
A few days after that incident, I was shopping when I over heard a lady talking about my guy to her friend. She was being taken care of by him apparently. She even took out a card which she claimed was given to her by this guy to keep and use anytime. That card was an exact replica of the one I had. The description of the guy, the name and address was that of no other but Jay Gaden. My very own Jay Gaden, the most perfect man on earth. I could not believe what I was hearing and seeing. He couldn't be cheating on me with another woman. Maybe that was another Jay Gaden, her 'Jay' probably had a middle name of some sought. Maybe Jay Ken Gaden. Maybe they used the same bank so they had the same type of card. I was going crazy with all these thoughts running through me mind until I walked straight into a metal poll at the mall and bumped my head. I gave out a scream, and tried rubbing my hand on my fore head to reduce the pain. After some few seconds, I bent down to pick up my shopping bags which had most of the items flying in all directions and others rolling away. I begun to grab them and fill my bag. I was just about standing upright when a saw someone handing a channel perfume I had bought a few minutes ago to me. I looked up to see who this kind lady was and there was my rival smiling at me. She did have a beautiful smile I must say. Maybe that's why Jay was going after her, I thought. I gently took the perfume from her and thanked her. Her friend asked if I was OK to which I responded yes. But my rival pointed out that there was a swelling on my forehead and so we should get an ointment from one of the shops to rub it on before it got worse.
I didn't want to agree to that because her 'goody goody' character was pissing me off. I disagreed to her suggestion but she kept insisting. Ending one of her statements with, “its going to get bigger if we don't get the ointment on there. You don't want your pretty face to get all twisted right?” That statement triggered emotions within me that could have only gotten me to present her with a package of insults. That's what she would want right? So she can have Jay all to herself, I thought to myself.
Yea it does hurt, I said knowing very well I wasn't crying because of that. She handed the ointment to me as we all walked out of the shop. Aethy, Crisy's friend, had to leave because she had to get a few things before heading home. We said our goodbyes with Crisy reminding Aethy that they had to meet Jay. You will love him and he will love you, she said laughing heartedly.
What is wrong with this lady, I am not yet through with dealing with you and you are already introducing other women to Jay, our boyfriend? I thought. I needed to get away from this woman before I got out of control. We parted ways after exchanging numbers. Her number was the evidence I had to support my case. With that I drove off to Jay's house and bashed right in just to know if he might be having some other girl in there. But he was alone.
He knew there was something wrong because the vein on my forehead was about to pop out.
I took a seat and then the questioning begun.
Do you know Crisy? I asked
To be Continued....
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