Counting cost
Counting cost
Kayla
Nice play Jonathan.
Really nice of you to think of me as a fool.
Really bad of me to think that I could trust you one more time with my heart even after you have shown me what you are capable of in the past.
I really don't think you are to be blamed for anything actually.
You don't.
I'm the one who should be ashamed of myself.
I smiled as I walked into the house.
“ Hello ma, welcome home.
You came home quite early.”
Elsa commented, and I smiled.
“ Yeah it sure didn't go as planned. Where is he?”
I asked, and she looked up before replying.
“ He has been put to bed.
He waited upon your arrival till he could not more, and he went to sleep”
I nodded at her response.
“ Hmm, alright then.”
Reaching for my phone from my purse as soon as I heard it ring.
I check the dealer and it was Jonathan.
I couldn't help but laugh.
“ Hi Jonathan.”
There was a moment of silence afterwards, and I could feel the pain in every breath he took.
He finally broke the silence.
“ Hey Kayla, listen to me.
I know you have no reason to believe whatever I have to say now. Given that the circumstances were not in anyway convincing.
But then I plead still.
Look into this issue.
I would not be all over you still, if I had anything doing with anyone, not to mention her.
I mean, she literally caused your downfall. The one that causedbthe both of us pains.
I honestly hate her,
But in this situation, I am held hostage.
I do know that the circumstances doesn't make me seem sensible for asking you to take a good look at things, but then again I cannot just accept this fate.
This whole thing is some constructed scheme.
I am not even kidding you, we are being attacked, and I am scared that they might just get what they want if we fail to put up a proper fight with them.
I am sorry, but that is just the truth of the whole matter.”
I rolled my eyes as he spoke.
Still silent since the get go.
“ Hello, you're not saying anything.
This is not about me alone.
We both are under attack don't you read the lines?”
I hissed and blurted out, “ hey Joe.
I've heard all that you have to say about you getting Miriam, the person you supposedly hold accountable for my downfall, pregnant to keep your father's name going.
And I'm quite shocked that you seem shock about he need of her pregnancy.
I guess you're knowledgeable enough to know that Intercourse births children.
That makes it funny that you are shocked at how things turned out.
And honestly, I don't think we are under attack.
You set yourself and I up for this episode, and I'm grateful I had not gotten deep into it with you.
Maybe this whole thing was never meant to be.
Maybe we'd just stop trying actually.
Focus on your marriage.
Your mother was right.
Nothing can be done now, you're a father and a husband.
Your wedding in a few days, and you cannot call it off like you did mine.
She is heavily pregnant for you.”
“ Stop!”he called out.
“ Stop it Kayla, Kayla please stop this. We don't have to begin revising the past do we?”
I laughed softly, “ that sounds funny to me.
You know what Joe? I have no business with a married man honestly.
Asides business, I have nothing doing with you, or in your life.”
He laughed and I could smell anger in his laughter.
He whispered in a threatening manner.
“ Listen to me Kayla.
“ You dare not attempt to throw me under the bus here and now.
I swesr on my life, I did not give a piece of myself to you all these months for you to let another man have what's mine!”
I smirked at his voice.
“ And what is yours? Jonathan we agreed to keep things professional didn't we? So what do you mean by what is yours?”
He cut me off, “shut it now! Don't you be silly! What do you mean telling me such?! You are not daft, and I know very much you understand every damn bit of what was going on.”
He lowered his tone once more, “ listen to me Kayla.
I sacrificed all I did to prove my love and commitment to you.
I pulled out funds and labour from my division and got them to make you on your feet.
There is a business side, but you and I know it's a fugazzi.
Nobody embarks on such a deal with a 2 percent cut per profit.
You know why I did what I did.
And now I'm telling you that I have been framed and held hostage by this daughter of Jezebel.”
By now my heart had become softened, and tears threatened to roll from my eyes.
“ So what do you want me to do right now Joe?
You claim you have ditched her months back, but she is over 4 months heavy for you.
And if I remember correctly, around that time you claimed to hate her.
So how come Joe?!”
I had began to slowly sniffle and tear were finally dropping.
“ Kayla I should have been on my way to file for paternity fraud,but this girl is sent to ruin my life.”
I immediately chipped in, “ oh holy! What is it then? Since you're sure of having nothing with her around that time, go file the case then?”
He exclaimed “no!”
I paused in shock, and he continued.
“ No it's fucking not necessary.”
I broke down in complete tears immediately.
“ Listen Kayla, this girl is a witch I'm telling you.”
I was done with his words and I was about to hang up but he caught my attention.
“ I saw some files in her room when I went to investigate secretly, and guess what?”
He asked and I stayed silent
“ Allright fine.
She had apparystoted my semen from over a year ago in a sperm bank.
I'm sending the pictures to you right now via email.
I'm as devastated as you are at the moment.
Hence the reason I said we are both under attack.
I would never try to hurt you Kayla.
Not after giving my soul for you to get back to your feet.”
He sighed, and murmured some unrecognisable words under his breath.
“ You know what Kayla, think this through, considering all you know now, and make your move.
Do what you feel is right, but just know, I never wanted to do you wrong, and None of this was my fault.”
He hung up, and I stared at the phone in my hand.