Chapter 2 Friendship and betrayal

• I thought about everything that just happened and that's when I felt my cheeks getting wet. God I've really invested my time, money and effort into this relationship and you let it end up like this.
• I parked my car on the roadside and cry my eyes out. It hurts so bad.
• When I was sure, my emotions were a bit on check, I drove home and sluggishly walked inside. Throwing my bag on the couch, I sink on my bed and cry myself to sleep.
• I wake up to numerous text messages from the girls about my absence from the brail and that's when I realize it's past 9:30.
• I tell them I wasn't feeling too good and after hitting send, I walked inside to kitchen to make myself a cup of coffee.
• Gabby's cheating didn't hurt as much as what Frida did to me. The pain would've been better if it was only Gabriel who hurt me but Frida's part stuck differently.
• Where did I go wrong? I take all the girls as my sisters so why would she betray me in this manner?
• My doorbell rings and I discard the remnants of the coffee and turn on the faucet to rinse the cup then gently place it back on the rack.
• I wear my bathrobe and rush to open to door. I find the girls standing there as well as Frida. Her face looks devoid of any emotions while I am fighting the urge to strangle her to death but I compose myself.
• "Get out" I yell at her
• "Girl are you okay?" Gina asks whilst Mia looks on.
• "Why don't you ask her?" I point towards Frida. "You had the guts to come to my house and stand before me after everything you did?"
• "Kathie I am..."
• "I'm not in the mood to talk to you cause I might end up killing you so get out" I yell in a high pitched voice
• "We need to talk about this situation sooner or later so why not now?"
• The audacity. My eyes are red from all the anger bottled up inside me.
• " Leave Frida. Haven't you done enough damage already?"
• " I'm sorry that I hurt you but to be honest, I don't regret falling for Gabriel. He is more of my type than yours so I came here to tell you to please stay away from him so he can be with me"
• I slapped her so hard that my fingers imprinted on her cheeks.
• "How can you say that? You know they're engaged to be married soon" Gina faces her but she just stays quiet.
• "It's not my fault if he chose me over her"
• "You threw yourself at him, despite knowing that he's your friend's fiancee. Karma is a bitch and I hope that she pays you a visit soon. Now get out. None of us ever want to have anything to do with you anymore. You whore" Mia tells her in a stern voice.
• "The only reason you're with Gabriel is because of the money and I hope you know that all those money he spends on you are from my bank account. I made Gabriel. He's just a leech feeding off my hard earned cash so when it's all dried out, I hope he can still remain faithful to you"
• She glares at me angrily before storming off. I couldn't care less.
• "We're so sorry babe" Gina tells me as they both engulf me in a bone crushing hug.
• "If we knew what had happened, we wouldn't have brought her here with us."
• "It's okay and I'm feeling better now. Better late than never right?"
• "Let's go inside"
• We get into my apartment and I sit on the couch. Mia orders pizza while Gina picks out a movie for us to watch.
• It was a very funny movie so we ended up laughing at intervals. I was so happy that my girls came through for me cause I wouldn't know what I would've done if they weren't here.
• We lay sprawled out on the floor and I pretty sure we slept there as well cause that's the only thing I remember before I woke up.
• I woke up the next morning feeling tired, hurt and exhausted.
• Betrayal from a loved one hurts more than that of an outsider or stranger. Frida crossed the line and the worst part about everything was that she wasn't feeling remorseful at all. Her words broke and paralysed me to the point that i kept on blaming and telling myself that I would never have anything to do with any man in my entire life. I am done with love and I've also come to a conclusion that relationship isn't for me anymore.
• Countless times, I woke up in the middle of the night and cried myself to sleep. My eyes are red and itching cause of the many tears I've shed in less than one day.
• Now that I'm done with Gabriel and his cheating ass, I'll try to invest more on myself. The girls are still asleep and I'm very happy that I have these ones in my life. I notice the engagement ring on Gina's finger and that's when it hit me. She's been proposed to. That was why she insisted I come to her brail yesterday.
• Now I feel so damn bad that I wasn't there to share in her happiness and I also feel bad cause I feel like my biological clock is ticking. Can this day get any worse.
• I open the bathroom and sit down to take a dump then I brush my teeth and quickly take a shower.
• When I step out of the bathroom, the bed is already made and I hear sounds coming from the kitchen.
• I feed Elle her breakfast and head to my living room.
• The adjoining room is my kitchen so I can practically smell what Gina is cooking In there.
• "Good morning sleeping beauty" Mia greets whilst kissing my cheeks and I smile.
• "Gina you shouldn't be doing this" I speak up immediately I step into the kitchen but she waves me off.
• "Girl I'll be scrubbing your ass and you wouldn't even tell me to stop" she tells me and I laugh.
• "I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you babe"
• "Oh please. I came to spank your ass but apparently you got spanked in the wrong places honey"
• "Tell me about it" I take a seat on the dinner table and she served breakfast.
• Bread, tea, bacon and eggs. Damien is one lucky guy to have a woman like Gina in his life. They're like the power couple of all times. And I know that they'll make each other happy.
• "Thanks Gina" I thank her gratefully whilst she takes a seat and Mia follows suit. They dish up for theirselves while I do same.
• "so how did the proposal go?*
• "That nigga swept me off my feet at the brail last night." She sounds genuinely happy and excited.
• "I always knew you'd both end up together"
• "Speaking of which, he's coming to meet my parents very soon cause apparently, he can't wait for us to get married" she squeals happily
• "congratulations babe, I'm so happy for you"
• "So my kitchen party is next month and you guys are not missing it for anything in the world. I'd drag you there if I have to especially you Kathie" she points her beautifully pedicured hands at me.
• "Of course." I reply with a faux smile
• "Baby are you okay?"
• "I just can't get over what Gabriel did to me. The fact that he cheated is still breaking me. I feel like I'm not good enough or Maybe it was something I did" I sadly reply.
• "You don't have to think about that loser and never ever blame yourself for what happened. Frida and Gabriel are asses and it's not your fault if they decided to be a major pain. They're birds of deception and confusion so it's best that they flock together. Everything happens for a reason and maybe it's not yet time."
• "I know, I just feel out of it"
• "Then you need to feel in of it. There are plenty of fishes in the sea and I don't mean the ones with fins but the ones riding on a yacht honey" Gina exclaims and we all laugh. Trust her to be a bitch and she will deliver.
• Mia gives me a light squeeze on my hands "He doesn't deserve you babe. Trust me, you're the best and any guy will be insanely lucky to have you"
• "Awwn. Thanks guys. I love you"
• "Don't need to butter me up cause I know I hold a special place in your heart."
• "You all do"
• "Now eat up and thank me later"
• I pick up my bread and munch on it. I have a habit of eating my bacon and eggs separately even though Gina considers it irritating and even if she'd be shooting me daggers right now, I still won't care.