I took another deep breath after knocking on Kimberly's door waiting for the door to be answered.
"Who is it?" Her voice came through from inside the house, I guess she peeked through the small hole in front of her door to see me because of the fierce nature in which she open the door.
"What are you doing here and how did you get to be here?" She asked furiously glaring at me.
"Good morning, Mrs Kimberly," I said instead, moving back a little.
"I just asked you a question, what are you doing here and how do you do come to know of this place?" She asked again in a fierce manner.
"Slow down please, Mrs Kimberly," I told her, raising my hand to try and calm her down.
"What are you doing here?" She asked yet again glaring at me.
"I came to see you, Mrs Kimberly,"
"What for?" She asked almost immediately, folding her arms under her breasts and glaring at me, I guess she must really be displeased to see me here.
"I just want to talk to you, please give me a chance to talk to you," I told her the words coming out of my mouth as fast as I could.
"I do not want to hear anything from you, we don't have any business with each other anymore, my son is no longer in your hospital," she told me again in a fierce manner, she must be very angry to see me here.
"Look, Mrs Kimberly, I came to check on your son, I mean, how is he doing?" I told and asked her instead, not knowing what else to say to her.
"My son is doing alright," she told me, "now you can leave," she added immediately.
"Hold on, Mrs Kimberly, can I see him?" I asked holding the door when she turned to walk into her house.
"I said leave," she turned and told me immediately, again, in a fierce manner.
"I just want to talk to you," I snapped not knowing when I did that, "please give me a chance to talk to you, Mrs Kimberly," I told her rather calmly this time when I saw the furious look on her face, "I did not mean to raise my voice, Mrs Kimberly," I added.
"I do not want to talk to you, Mr Kyle, or whatever you call yourself, so please leave my house this minute," she said pointing towards the road.
"I am sorry, Mrs Kimberly I am not going to leave until I have spoken to you," I told her, forcing my way into her house, I did not know what came over me for me to force myself into her house like that,
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked walking in immediately too after me to her living room, I quickly looked around her living room which looked small and with very little furniture.
"What business do you have here and what exactly do you want from me, Mr Kyle? She asked me all at once, sounding very furious, I think she is furious because of the way I entered her house uninvited.
"I just want to talk, Mrs Kimberly, I do not mean any harm," I told her lifting my hands, not liking how I forced my way into her house.
"Look, if you don't leave my house this minute, I will be forced to call..." she was saying when I interrupted her.
"Forced to do what, Mrs Kimberly, what are you going to do tell me, are you going to call your husband?" I asked her sounding very angry this time and I do not know why I got this angry, maybe it is because I recalled what I saw outside her house, I mean, why is she so stubborn, why does she not want to listen to me even after trying to be nice to her, why is she driving me out of her house, is it because of that cheating husband of hers? I could not help but think and this got me angrier, she is staying mad at me and living happily with a cheating husband, I thought.
"Excuse me, how dare raise your voice at me, and in my house?" she asked, "Are you scared that I want to call my husband?" She asked again, walking to her table in the living room to picking up her phone, I guess because I can see a phone on the table.
I tried to stop her from picking the phone up but before I could get to her, she already has the phone in her hands and tried to dial a number.
"Will you stop this, Mrs Kimberly?" I snapped at her, bragging her hand to stop her from dialing a number, I am very angry now because she is going to call a man like her husband because of a harmless man like me, I mean if not for my situation then, I would never have done what I did to her, and if I were her husband, I would never cheat on her not to speak of cheating on her with her best friend.
"What do you think you are doing?" Kimberly asked in clenched teeth.
"Stopping you from calling that cheating husband of yours," I suddenly blurted out without thinking about the consequences.
"What?" She asked, glaring at me.
"Mum?" We both turned at the sound of her daughter's voice, she called from another room.
I slowly let go of her hand, realizing that I am still grabbing on to it.
"Mum, come quickly," her daughter called again, and almost immediately, Kimberly ran off, I followed behind her too, thinking something was wrong.
"What is it, Sandra?" Kimberly asked.
"I am looking for my doll, can you help me find it?" Sandra said and asked her to my surprise, I did not know she could give such an alarming call just to find a doll.
"Where could it be, sweetheart? You were playing with it some minutes ago," Kimberly asked her daughter.
I am marveled at how lightly she took it, I guess she is used to it anyway.
"Who is this, Mum?" Her son, Alex asked, staring at me, I did not even take note of him, I was carried away by how messed up their room is, I mean, it is scattered in toys, and some other things, I can also see that Sandra is staring at me too, she probably did not notice me.
"Oh, him, um, he is a guest," Kimberly said in reply.
"A guest?" Alex asked, he is seated on the floor with a bunch of toys in front of him.
"Yes, a guest Alex," Kimberly replied again, eyeing and gesturing for me to leave.
"What kind of guest is he? I have never seen him before," Alex asked again.
"Oh, I remember him, Alex," Sandra suddenly said, like she recalled something, "he is the man that knocked you down with his car, Alex," Sandra told Alex.
"He is?" Alex asked, still staring at me, "what is he doing here, mum?" He asked Kimberly.
"I am here to see you, Alex," I replied before Kimberly could say anything, "I came to see how you are doing and to say sorry for knocking you down," I told Alex.
"It's alright, I mean, it was an accident," Alex replied.
"It is not alright, Alex, he only said sorry to you, he has not said sorry to mum yet, you know when you were sick, mum cried a lot and it was because this man knocked you down with his car," Sandra said pointing at me, "if he was looking, it would not have happened, so please say sorry to my mum," she added staring at me.
I watched her speak in amazement, I did not know a little kid like herself could talk like this.
"I am sorry, Mrs Kimberly," I told Kimberly, "I am sorry too, Sandra, for making you all go through that, you are right if I was careful, that would not have happened," I said turning to Sandra.
"It is alright, sir, apology accepted," Sandra said to me.
"Here is your doll, Sandra," Kimberly said, giving her a doll in her hand, gesturing for me to leave but I do not feel like leaving these two cuties yet, they are so adorable.
"How are you feeling now, Alex," I asked making a move to go to where he is.
"He is alright now, thanks for stopping by, but it is time for you to leave," Kimberly said, grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the room.
I followed her willingly not wanting to stop her from pulling me like that, not because I can't stop her, but because I liked the touch of her hands against my skin, and I do not want to argue with her in front of her kids.
"What do you think you are doing?" She asked when I did not want her to pull me out of her living room.
"Your kids are adorable, Kimberly," I told her standing very close to her, she looked very beautiful, why would her husband cheat on her anyway? I asked within me gazing into her eyes.
"Yes they are," she said after a while, looking away from me, I did not know why she paused the way she did though after my statement, but I think we had a little something right now, I feel like kissing her, and she probably feels something too, only I do not know what it was.
"Look, I am sorry about what I said earlier about your husband, I was just carried away," I told her trying not to make her feel hurt especially after seeing her kids even though I hated what I am doing right now, her husband has a beautiful family and I do not know why he is cheating on his wife anyway, and I do not want to be the one to ruin things for them.
"You mean, about my husband cheating?" She asked staring at me.
"Yes," I replied, "No woman will be happy to hear that her husband is cheating on her, that is why I am taking back my word, I was just a little angry then, so I am sorry," I told her.
"It is alright, Mr Kyle," She said, sounding like she is not worried by what I told her before, she must love and trust her husband, I guess, so I made the decision to talk to him later to stop what he is doing.
"You have to go now," she said, opening the door, I stared at her steadily, not wanting to go.
"I want to talk to you about something," I told her instead of leaving, thinking this is the right opportunity for me to apologize to her for what I did to her years back.
"Save it, Mr Kyle, I think you should go now, I have work to do," she said, sounding angry again, I guess she knows what I want to talk to her about.
"Look, Kimberly..."
"I said save it, Mr Kyle, leave, and I do not want to see you again, I have a life now, a happy family of my own, and I am sure you have yours," she told me again, gesturing for me to leave.
I stood still unable to move my feet, I do not know how to react to what she just said, but I guess she is right, only one problem though, she has a life, even though she is living a not comfortable life to me, she has a life but I don't, I can never imagine leaving with Sonia and doing what my family wants a life even when I live in comfort.
I wish there is something I could do and she is not even giving me a chance to explain and apologize for what I did to her in the past.
"You have to go now, Mr Kyle," she said again, still gesturing for me to leave, but just as I was about to summon the courage to live with my broken heart, I heard something that stopped me right in front of the door.
"Mum, can you call uncle Jimmy for me, I would like him to get something for me?" Sandra asked Kimberly.
"Wait, what did she say?" I asked, turning around again to face her.
"Go to your room, Sandra, I will call him later for you," Kimberly told her daughter.
"No mum, I want you to call him now, I want to know if he is coming back here today, I forgot to tell him when he was here, please mummy," Sandra said pleadingly to Kimberly.
"Alright Sandra, but you have to be quick okay," Kimberly told her, "here you go," she said again, giving Sandra her phone.
"Thanks, mum," Sandra said taking the phone from Kimberly and headed back to their room.
"Is that man, Jimmy, not your husband?" I asked searching her face, it dawned on me then that Jimmy is not her husband before she could even reply.
"He is not my husband," Kimberly said, rather slowly.
I stared at her wondering why she had to make me believe he is her husband and make me think the worst of him, I also do not know if I should be happy about it, or not...