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How Love Left Me - Episode 5

Few minutes after their conversation, Sellina walked into the shop and started with series of questions which really made me feel very uncomfortable. Dede on the other hand was still outside chatting with my boss while Sellina was trying to play with her new toy.
Of course, she had to force those answers out of my mouth. I was very nervous I didn't know why but I could tell Sellina was really a cool girl. Aside the fact that her appearance doesn't impress me much, I really think she is a cool girl.
Questions upon questions as if I was in an exam hall. She sat by my side on a bench where I was trying to get few stuffs fixed and she was somehow trying to get me talking to her.
She was so persistent that I had to give up trying to send her away by not talking. She got into my head and before I realized, I was answering every question she was asking.

She asked so many personal stuffs including where I stay, how old I am, why I'm working for my boss, where I schooled, where my parents are and even how I got to know my boss.

She also wanted me to ask her questions as well and that will be over my dead body. Definitely not me. I was just quiet so I realized she started telling me about herself without me asking any personal questions. At least if I don't know anything at all, I could tell if someone wants to become a friend.
The conversation wasn't ending any soon and my only prayer was, she should get hungry and leave.
Few minutes into the conversation, Dede rushed in, pulled her away and said to her; "Come lets go home. If I don't get you out of here, you will spoil the innocent boy."
Dede also said to me; "Bro, Please don't allow this girl to get into your head. She will spoil you."
I raised my head and smiled at them in a blink of an eye and fixed my head back into the down looking position.
Actually, it felt like I was carrying sacks of sand on my head so it took a really big effort to raise that head up and give a smile.
Within few minutes, Dede and Sellina were out of the shop and I am back into my good old self. Did I say "my good old self?", I lied. The truth is, I felt really happy and I could feel butterflies in my tummy.
I was so happy I had the opportunity to chat with a lady for the first time in my miserable life. Not only that but Dede said something to me for the first time.

I felt so happy and for that whole day, they never showed up at the shop again after leaving.

SILENT ANGRY WEAVER BIRD

In silence did he work like the weaver bird
Anger sang in his little head
Cus hatred was forgotten in the days of old
Long forgotten before stories were been told
But some men bought it and are been sold
And when you realize laughter is gone
Do not ask where had the smiles gone
When we come together to share comfort like the pillow
Words gave hatred to a fellow
And weighed him down like tons of kilos
 
Rich or poor never said I
 
But proclaimed by an empty vessel with no good eye
And when you realize laughter is gone
Do not ask where had the smiles gone
Sorry I say to those I have offended before, now and after
But not to a man who proclaim abundance
 
But yet has nothing
From wisdom to the common light of a lantern
 
And if you realize laughter is gone
Do not ask where had the smiles gone
Lost in his thoughts
Not anger
 
But the edge to do more was like hunger
In silence was he able to listen
 
Cus joy and success are predestined
Envy and hatred not his focus
Love and peace expensive not low cost
When you realize laughter is gone
do not ask where have all the smiles gone
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Copyright ©2016
Brako Siemens
Brako the poet

How Love Left Me - Conclusion


Thank all those who followed this story from the beginning till the ending. I thank you all for reading.

Love is one thing that we all give or subject ourselves to at one point in time. Sometimes it hurts and ends so quickly but other times, it is fun and last very long. It all depends on how you two relate.

Some of us do have bad lucks and for that matter, every relationship we go inside vanishes out of sight very quickly. This doesn't mean that every relationship will end as it ended in this story.
It takes two to make a relationship work and it takes only one to destroy a relationship. If you two believe in each other, there is no way your relationship is going to end like Dede and Joe.

This story was written just for your reading pleasure and not to give you any idea of a step back in your relationship. Everybody has their own fate and so has God planted the right person on this earth for you.

Maybe you are already with the right person. Maybe you are yet to meet the right person it's all in the hands of God.
Just hold onto your relationship until it totally fades out before you let go. Don't let go because you think your relationship is fading out.
We all have our believes but when it comes to love, I think we all wish to have a relationship that can last.

Thank you once again for following this story till the end.
Watch out for more.

How Love Left Me - Episode 37



My boss told me that Dede was pregnant. He asked me to keep it a secrete because both Dede and her family didn't want anyone to know about the pregnancy.

It was the biggest blow of all. I thought Dede would've done something better after I have given her a second chance but rather, she was meant to hurt me and that was exactly what she was doing.

I kept very quiet and was pretending I didn't know about the pregnancy.
Within few days, Dede started calling and chatting me more often. Even more than we use to. Most of the time when she call, all she talk about is s3x, s3x, s3x.
I dated Dede for many years without giving her a kiss, not to talk of s3kx... Even as I speak, she doesn't know the route to my house.

I didn't know what Dede wanted to do but I was still in hiding. I only chat with her over the phone, no visiting and no physical contacts. We chat as lovers. anytime she bring the issue of paying me a visit, I always find a better excuse for her.
I was just waiting for the rumors to start spreading. I pretended for 2 months until Sellina called and asked if I have impregnated Dede which my answer was a big NO.

The rumors were spreading bigger and bigger everyday until Dede herself called me to tell me the mistake she did. The most painful part of all was where she told me my friend is the father of the unborn child.

I was totally shocked at the beast Dede turned into. I didn't know what to tell her.

On 23rd September, 2013, Exactly 4 years since I started dating Dede, I went to Dede's house. I didn't go to visit Dede. I went to find answers to questions that were running inside my head.
I went there and met only Deborah in the house. I didn't even know her mother was sitting right behind us so I opened up my mind, my heart, soul my everything and told Deborah from the beginning of the story till the end and asked one simple question which till now, I haven't find any answer to. "Why did Dede Choose To Hurt Me?"

That wasn't the end of the story but I will end it here. Until I die, the story still continues
I will end the story here.

How Love Left Me - Episode 36


That was so fast huh?
She was also shocked how I accepted her back  so fast without any long thing.  She called back again to be sure whether I was serious when I said I have accepted her back and I told her I was very serious.

Yes off-cos! I was very serious that I accepted her back. I didn't accept her back because I have forgiven her but   I accepted her back because I wanted her to feel how it feels like to be broken.

I don't forgive. I like taking revenge on those who hurt me and that was exactly what I intend doing when I accepted her back. Her love was still inside my heart but the pains she caused me comes first before that love.
After accepting her, I don't call her but she always do call me and we chat like we use to. Whenever she calls me, I make her remember the good memories we shared together and how she erased them with pain. She always felt sorry for breaking up with me.

I didn't want anything to cross my mind by then. Even though I didn't love her like I use to, I still care about her and because of her, I wasn't dating anyone else because I was still believing I was in a relationship with Dede.


About two months and a week after we reunited, My boss called me one evening and asked; "Have you broken up with your wife?"

Me (so confused); " No! We are still dating."

My boss; "But why didn't you come to visit her ever since she came?"

Me (more confused); "We having been chatting on phone everyday but she never told me for once that she was in Town."

My boss; "She has been in Town for like three days now, looking very beautiful but has changed her character. I think this girl is not the Dede we use to know way back. Just be very careful. She can give you problem."

Me; "Thank you boss:"

I was so angry but I kept quiet and didn't call Dede that day. The following day, I called Dede and asked why she has been in Town but didn't  tell me. She couldn't give me any reasonable reason so I also refused to pay her visit.
 We always chat on phone just like we use to do way back but no visits.

About a month after Dede came back, my boss called me again and guess what he said.

How Love Left Me - Episode 35



I sent that message with tears running down my cheek. Dede really crushed my heart. I thought I was in love but not knowing I was just finding myself pain. I still do love her even as I write my story, I still do love her.

My brokenheart was just like a disease that falls on you that no matter what you do, you are going to live with it. I was just managing to live with my broken heart.


Weeks passed and months passed. It was the fifth month since Dede broke my heart.
I was just there one evening and listening to music as usual when Dede called.  I answered the call without wasting time but I didn't say anything after answering. She also refused to talk so we were both on the phone listening to each others' background.

Non of us uttered a word for like 10 minutes. I realized she was tired of being on the phone without saying or hearing anything but didn't mind her.

She said; "Won't you talk?"

I replied; "You called me so if you don't have anything to say, please hang up."

She said; " I know I have wronged you big time but please  don't be silent on me. I have wronged you and I am calling to apologize. Please I want to be with you again."

I asked; "Have you finished talking? "

She answered; "Yes please."

The next minute, I hanged up the call and switched my phone to plane mode.
It wasn't because I don't love her. I do love Dede but her mode of quitting was too harsh for me. I could have died if I should be a HBP patient.

I woke up the next morning and switched my phone back to network mode. Within 5 minutes, my phone started ringing and it was Dede. I answered the phone and said one simple thing; "I accept you back."




The story continues.

How Love Left Me- Episode 34


In fact I cried that whole night till morning. I was so hurt by her actions and words.
It was all like the girl was trying to push me to hell.

The next morning Dede never called.
A week passed and Dede never called. Anytime I pick up my phone to call her, all that comes out is tears rolling down my cheek. It was such a girlish act for a young man like me to be crying but I had no control over my tears. They just kept coming anytime Dede's thoughts fall into my head.

I had no choice but to delete Dede's number from my phone. I even changed my whole phone because the phone also reminds me of Dede in so many ways.


It was about a month and two weeks since I last heard from Dede.
I received a call from a strange number. Even though I deleted Dede's number, I could still recognize her number when I see it.
I was just there looking while the phone was ringing. I was just thinking if she was going to add more pain to the wounds she has already created in my heart or she was going to mend them.

The phone rang for 3 times and I didn't answer the calls. The forth time, I answered the call and this is what she said;

"Joe!, I just wanted to ask you to stop thinking about me. Please do me a simple favor by not calling this number again. Even if you call, I am not going to answer. Go and find someone else to date."


It was too much to take in. She couldn't even hold on to tell me why she did that.
Within 30 minutes, I have called her like 100 times but she didn't answer any of my calls instead she turned off her phone.

I felt what it was really like to get a brokenheart. It felt like the last chords joining my heart were tearing apart. I cried all night long.
The following day, I didn't go to work, I didn't eat, I didn't bath and I didn't answer any call. It continued for 1 day more before I came out, took my bath and ate.

My phone was off.  So I charged my phone and went through all the important calls. I had nothing to tell them than to say "I am sick."

After going through the important calls, I called Dede one more time but she didn't answer.
I went into my SMS and composed a new message that reads;

"I love you no matter where you go, no matter how you treat me and no matter who you have become. You have your own reason for what you are doing but I will plead with you to watch your back while you go forward. No matter how many times I cry, I will still be there when you need me.
I love you and I will forever love you. Its never goodbye."




The story didn't end there.