Chapter 81
“Why are we going out of town Tia?” Lyra asked the girl who was smiling mischievously.
“You’ll see,” Tia replied.
“Huh… Since you’re going out of town, we’ll just see some other time” Bruce said over the phone and Lyra nodded still wondering where Tia was taking her to
“Sure, sure” she replied before hanging up.
“Tia, this isn’t funny. You’re the one complaining of much work at your company yet you have time to go out of town for fun” she complained but Tia only giggled
“Chill Lyra. I just want to spend some time with you. I’m having a feeling that something good is about to happen so we need to create an atmosphere for it, ” Tia replied, causing Lyra to roll her eyes.
She sat there looking around till they finally stopped at the roadside
“We’re here,” Tia said with bliss as she removed her seatbelt and came down.
Lyra looked around, they were by the side of the road, and they weren’t anywhere.
“Where are we?”
“Here?” Tia chuckled before pulling Lyra to walk with her “This is where Henri took me a few days ago to have ice cream. You should taste their ice cream…”
“Wait, wait, wait, wait” Lyra paused to look at Tia. And with a frown, she asked
“You brought me here to lick ice cream?”
Tia nodded with a wide grin that Lyra wanted to so much slap off her face
“I know you are pissed because I did this but when you taste this ice cream, I promise you’ll forget you were once angry” she replied trying to coax Lyra whose eyes were shooting daggers already
“Fine! I’ll have a bite” Lyra replied before walking ahead of her. They had already gotten here so what’s the need of getting angry?
Tia took her to a small shop where there were a lot of people gathered. Lyra didn’t know why Tia would take her to such a place when they were fancy places they could go to for ice cream. Tia saw the look on her face and said
“That was how irritated I was when Henri brought me here. He said he wanted a street ice cream and I couldn’t understand why until I tasted it. The journey is far, but it is worth it” she giggle while Lyra only rolled her eyes
They stood in line till it was their turn, after they bought the ice cream, Lyra and Tia took a seat under a shade
Tia kept staring at Lyra so as not to miss her expression after tasting the ice cream.
Lyra took a little and her eyes shone
“Wow, this is…” She licked again
“This is something” she completed her statement.
“It’s good right?” Tia asked while wiggling her brows. Lyra bobbed her head like a little kid with her eyes twinkling causing Tia to chuckle
“I told you it’s good” she praised herself mentally.
“Let’s take a walk as we eat our ice cream” she suggested only for Lyra to instantly refuse
“No, why will we do that? It’s against my ethics”
Tia rolled her eyes “Of course boss but you see this place, you’ll enjoy the breeze that blows. The beauty of the sky. In fact, you’ll appreciate nature better” she pressed hoping Lyra would give it a try.
Henri had also asked for this like a child when they had come here. Now she is addicted to the place but doesn’t want to go there alone.
Now Lyra has to accompany her in every way possible
Lyra stood up and decided to give it a try.
“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” she said, making Tia giggle.
As they walked, the cool breeze brewed, causing Lyra to smile. Tia saw this and her eyes twinkled
“I told you, you’ll like this,” she said. “I also found it strange when Henri asked me to do this but I later became very comfortable with it”
“Isn’t that Ella?” Tia asked when she saw a lady taking selfies with a man
Lyra looked to see that it was Ella. What’s she doing here? She wondered
“It is her. I wonder what she is doing here” she said to Tia.
“The man with her must be her boyfriend, Clinton then.”
Lyra nodded to this, “I’ve known Clinton for a while now. He is an idiot”
“Hm, I agree with you” Tia replied as she watched both couples kissing and taking pictures
Ella turned and caught sight of Lyra and Tia who were watching her and her man. She pulled Clinton toward Lyra
“Look who we have here… My sister”
Lyra rolled her eyes before licking her ice cream.
“I don’t remember having a sister except for Tia,” she smirked.
Ella waved her hand before saying “That isn’t my business though. As you can see, I’m so busy with my husband. If you will excuse us”
“Husband?” Tia couldn’t help but ask. The last time she checked they were only dating.
Ella flaunts her ring to her to see that she was happily married to Clinton, Tia gasped. Somehow, she was praying for her to change so she could go back to Ryan. That boy was too good to be abandoned by his mother at that little age
“You got married” wasn’t a question but Ella happily nodded.
Lyra didn’t feel a need to speak about it so she was more focused on her ice cream. She hates everything in her, the man Clinton
He was the worst man any woman could ever follow. She hasn’t seen him cheat before but she was sure he does. She was sure he did even worse than cheating on his partner.
“We got married just this afternoon. I do not want to keep waiting when I know I can have what I want when I want it” Ella explained with a blissful smile on her face.
“Besides, we are pregnant already. I want to spend the rest of my life with the love of my life. I’ll send you the wedding card” she moved closer and pecked Clinton on his cheek.
Both Lyra and Tia paused to look at them both. Lyra observed Clinton, he was unusually quiet. The Clinton she knows was a bully and wouldn’t mind annoying her for his satisfaction.
Clinton had been able to convince Ella to get married to him on time so they could leave the country together. Ella didn’t find anything suspicious about it so she agreed. She was even more excited when Clinton informed her that they had enough money to care for themselves if they moved to California.
Lyra stood observing Clinton for a while, it happens that the man didn’t want to lock eyes with her, he was hiding Something. Her lips tug up slightly before she pulled Tia to her and said
“We should go. Leave the two newly legally married couples alone”
“Yes, congratulations,” Tia said to Ella who snorted before ignoring her.
Lyra walked away with Tia as fast as she could. She could tell that Clinton was hiding something. She wants to know what that is.
Tia said to Lyra after they had left,
“I pity Bruce. After all, he did for Ella, she still abandoned him for a man like Clinton”
“That’s how life is. You shall reap Whatever you sow. Bruce did that to me first, the almighty just wants him to have the taste of his own medicine” Lyra replied without remorse
“Do not speak like that Lyra”
“What? Am I wrong? Can’t you see that it is exactly what Bruce did to me that Ella’s doing to him?” She asked.
“Do you think that Ella didn’t know what she was doing right from day one? But Bruce was too foolishly in love just like I was with him. Now tell me, out of all of us who lost the most?”
They both entered the car and Tia replied as she wore her seatbelt
“Bruce?”
Lyra nodded. “Yes. He lost the most. Lost the one that once loved him. Lost the one he loves and also lost love. If you look at it, I found love, Ella had always loved Clinton and Bryan also found love”
Tia nodded “I still pity Bruce though. He has gone through a lot”
Lyra didn’t reply to her as she looked out the window while Tia drove back home.
She was grateful to Tia for the outing, her mind was a little more relaxed and she has concluded to speak to Bruce about this once and for all.
She would not let Ryan suffer because of Bryan clashing with Bruce. Just seeing his mother just now, she wants to do this for Ryan. She wants to take care of Ryan and make him feel loved and not alone.
Lyra vows that she won’t only let Ryan visit but if he wishes to stay, she would welcome him with wide arms because the boy deserved to be loved and cared for.
She would need to have that meeting with Bruce. She doesn’t care what Bryan has to say about it