It took me a few minutes to digest Sabrina’s words. What have I done? Christopher remembered my birthday and always made breakfast for me. When I was down, he bought the type of lollipop I liked, getting it sent by despatch no matter how far.
And yet, I could not even remember his birthday. Yesterday, he had said mysteriously with an expression of expectation on his face that we would have a gathering. I saw that but did not give it much thought, presuming that he just wanted to meet some old friends.
Oh, God. What have I done? Why haven’t I ask when his birthday was? Even if I had not asked, I should have called Sabrina and asked about the gathering when he told me about it.
This was all Nathan’s fault. When he came, I missed the ride to the party when Christopher came to pick me up. To make things worse, I even forgot about the whole thing. Christopher must be really mad at me.
“Sabby, where you are now? I’ll hurry over instantly,” I asked her urgently.
“You don’t even know where it is?” Sabrina raised her voice in exasperation as if she didn’t know what to do with me. “Yvonne, you go get dressed and come this instance! As for the gift, you can give mine to him. We are— Hey! Why are you taking my phone—” Toot… Toot… Toot…
At this crucial moment of our conversation, suddenly, Sabrina’s phone went dead, and there was silence.
“Hello? Hello, Sabby? Sabby?” I cried out loudly a few times. Seeing that the call had dropped, I stomped my foot in frustration and jogged back to the office entrance. I looked around, but there was no red Maserati anywhere nearby.
Hence, I decided to call Christopher, but his phone was turned off. I slapped my forehead, totally at a loss. “This is bad. Christopher will definitely be mad at me. What have I done? How could I have forgotten something so important?”
I walked around in circles like someone who had lost their way. I wanted to look for Christopher, but I did not know where to go. After some time, Sabrina called again. When I saw her name on the screen, I answered the phone at the fastest speed I could. “Sabrina, where are you guys? Hurry up and tell me.”
Sabrina’s voice was solemn as she spoke in a low voice. “Eve, things are bad, and I mean really bad. Because you weren’t here, my idol was enraged. Thus, when he received a call from Monica, he left for her place immediately.
“What?” I groaned inside with tears in my eyes. “In that case, do you know where they went?”
“That’s what I wanted to tell you. They went to Centurion Jungle Park and said they were going to watch the fireworks. You’d better get here right now. I don’t care how, but you must get my idol back, or I’ll hate you for the rest of my life.”
“Alright. I’m going straightaway!”
I hung up the phone and dashed to the taxi stand. Since I was afraid to miss Christopher again, I decided to hail a taxi to take me straight to Centurion Jungle Park. Following the path paved with cobblestones, I went in and looked around the park.
Just then, I saw a couple kissing in the woods. The man’s silhouette was just like that of Christopher’s, and the woman he had pinned against the tree trunk was dressed very provocatively. They were so engrossed in their make-out session that they did not notice me.
My heart was filled with pain, but then fury swept over me suddenly. Without much thought, I pushed everything I knew about being low-key and discrete to the back of my mind, all of which were ingrained into me since I was a child.
The anger within me gave me immeasurable courage I never knew I had. Right then, I walked over in strides and grabbed the man by the waist.
Then, I pushed him aside, stood in front of him, and said ferociously to the woman, “Let go of my man! You listen to me—not only did we hold hands, hug, and kiss, we even watched movies, shower together, and make passionate love in bed! We did everything a married couple would, so you have no chance to be with him.”
