It was her twenty-first birthday, and Havilla was the happiest person; she was finally leaving her teenage years behind and was very happy to share the news she had held all her life with the man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. (Georgia) She walked down the hall as she swayed her beautiful hips left and right, eager to reach faster and give the man of her dreams the warmest hug ever and her very first kiss.
Alas! Somebody said that good things don't last forever. When she was almost passing her cousin's room to go to her room, she suddenly had a bad feeling, but she didn't know where the feeling was coming from. Thinking about her good news, she dispelled all the thoughts in the back of her mind. Just as she passed by her cousin's door, she heard a familiar voice she had never forgotten for the past 7 years.
"Big brother Georgia, when are we going to announce our love to everyone?' Clarinda's voice came through the small gap left by the door and reached her ears. She was thunderstruck and didn't know whether her ears were lying to her or if it was a hallucination. She was debating on eavesdropping and passing by. Just as she was about to choose the second option, she heard the familiar voice that was etched in her mind, talking sweetly to her cousin.
"Babe, be a little more patient, let the vixen celebrate her after-teenage years birthday first before we drop the most painful bomb on her. Let her think that all is too well and continue living in her fantasy that she is the love of my life." Clarinda's voice came over again, "but I have loved you for too long and I do not want to hide it any longer, even my parents support our relationship, what are you afraid of?"
"Have you forgotten that we have not taken everything from her yet? The assets her mother wrote in her name before she died have been taken away by her uncle and aunt. That car she gifted me on my twenty-first birthday has not been transferred to my name yet, and even the apartment she gifted you has not been transferred. We have to coerce her to transfer the ownership of these properties first unless you want us to lose everything by revealing our relationship." said Georgia
havillah was so shocked that she thought she was dreaming, but the conversation of the two did not end there. she heard her cousin's voice again, "i want to have everything that belongs to her, what right does she have to compete with me for the love of my life? She is just a poor orphaned bastard who was raised by my parents as a dog to help serve me; they thought that I would be lonely." What gave her the authority to challenge me? I am obviously more beautiful than her, more intelligent than her, so why does everyone fawn over her as if she were a god?"
"Even you almost went all in; if I were not constantly reminding you about your purpose, you would have fallen for her a long time ago."Havillah was on the verge of breaking down and was mad at herself because she did not know what to do. How come she did not realize all these? She is super intelligent, but how come she did not know anything? Then she heard the most heartbreaking words ever uttered by Georgia,
" My little sweet wife, do not worry, even if no women are remaining in this world, I can never fall for that slut. Just seeing her face every day disgusts me to the core. I do not even care about the properties too much, but you insisted. You do not know how much I regret knowing that dog. If I continue seeing that face, I'll want to kill myself. I have never even kissed her before."
They started kissing right in front of Havillah, and that woke her up from her daydream. Overcome with hatred, she stormed into the room and walloped them with the bedside lamp until she was tired. At first, both Georgia and Clarinda were shocked by her presence, so they started comforting her, but realizing that she heard everything, they stopped pretending and sneered. With bloodshot eyes, she told Georgia, "I have always thought that you are the strongest pillar of my life; I never thought that I was just a pile of trash to you."
"I even thought that you respected me, that is why you have never touched me before, but now I realize how wrong I was. i thought we were a couple, that is why i never bothered transferring the ownership of the car, if i hurt you, you could have told me and i would do it immediately because you were my most treasured person. " she then looked at her cousin and said " i gave you that apartment because i thought that since uncle and aunt were the ones who gifted me, i thought you deserved it more."
"No matter how they love me, you are still their biological daughter, and I did not think it was right for me to have all these things that should have been rightfully yours," she finished her statement, wiped her tears, and left the room and shut the door with a bang. Today was her bitter discovery day. After a few minutes, she came back with already signed papers of property transfer. She walked up to them and threw the papers on their faces. They both took the papers and saw the deeds of both the house and the car; Havillah had already signed them. She wanted to surprise them today on her birthday.
clarinda was so happy that she forgot about the situation at hand and went forward and hugged havillah, then it dawned n her and her body stiffened. she released her and quickly hugged her boyfriend and said in a pitiful voice. " cuz, i know i wronged you and i wish to ask for your forgiveness but it was you who wronged me first." "How did I ever wrong you?" asked Havillah, "You knew that I was always in love with him, and I confided in you, but you went behind my back and fell in love with him," accused Clarinda. Havila was so shocked that she stuttered,
"The boy you loved so much, you could not concentrate on him?" she asked, pointing at Georgia. "Why did you not tell me? I could not have fallen for him..."It was so obvious, I told you everything about him, his age, likes and dislikes, eye color, and even his favorite movies, did I still need to mention the name?" Clarinda bellowed. Havilla stuttered again," But but but when I introduced him to you, why did you not react at all?"
"That is because he told me not to worry, he only had eyes for me, and I believe he wouldn't fall for an orphan and leave a princess. Just because he calls you beautiful does not mean he likes you. Wake up and leave my man. It is a good thing you found out about our relationship today. It has been eight good years, and I do not have to hide our relationship in front of everybody now."
Georgia hearing his beloved declaration about him made him move forward and hugged her from behind, he whispered loudly " babe, you know you are the only one i love, that is why i never crossed any boundary with your cousin all these seven years." havillah laughed at herself mockingly and silently left not daring to listen to any more hurtful words. she went to her room and packed her stuff, only those she bought herself the rest that were bought for her by either her aunt or uncle, she left them all. She did not know where she was headed, but she had to go for a clear peace of mind. She looked at the mansion one last time and left.