Contact lost
The following day i had lot of issues in my main office back in hometown. So time went quick and Cherie got some flu and started to loose her voice. She sounded very bad when I talked to her over the phone. She even went to hospital get her injection. The main subject however were the preparations for pageant contest involving some dress creation and similar issues. However that evening she was going for some birthday party to her gay friend and she would be there during that evening. I didn’t know that guy, but just heard of him, being some kind of gay friend to Giuseppe.
At the day of the pageant she remained me the contest is today, but still she has issues with her voice. We briefly talked and she send me some pictures from rehearsals. The contest supposed to start in evening but since the last picture she sent me around 3.30PM she went silent. I tried to call her, text her all the evening and WhatsApp said she was last seen online at 7.28PM. I started to be worry, especially as I was to travel back to SinCity following morning. I tried to reach her until midnight than i felt asleep, just wake three hours later to text her again. Still no response. I was really worried. The old days of “you spend days with me and nights with him” started to flash up again. Did something happen or did she walk away again? No answers as the down started this morning.
First Day without Mr. Grey, I started my morning with a lot of worries, somehow I never receive a call back from the HR. I think I made my boss disappointed with how our conversation went that day. I was waiting for the HR to call me, but nothing. I started to feel stress again, worried, I lost the job! I tried as much as I can to do something to occupy my head with other things so I won’t think of him and Banana.
Second Day without Mr. Grey, I had my photoshoot that day, It was great. I had some fun, I gained my self-confidence back. Then I received an invitation from a Gay friend to have a dinner.
I refused his invitation for two reason. First, I was too tired after the shoot, second, he is our common friend with Giuseppe. He was really insisting me to come over. I was alone anyway, and with my current situation, I really need friends to talk to.
So, I went to the restaurant, I found him with 2 others and he introduced me to them. We had few conversations, I didn’t know that Giuseppe will gonna join us for dinner. Somehow, the Gay friend set us up for meeting without my knowledge. As soon as I saw Giuseppe arrived, I stood up and told them I’m leaving. I was sitting in the corner of the table so they didn’t allow me to go out. They convince me to stay as a sign of respect. So I did. We ordered our food, I had some greek salad, while he had a steak. The rest ordered for something else.
I was quite nervous, I didn’t expect the meeting with Giuseppe that night. To my surprise, as soon as they received their food, they requested it to take away and they leave us two.
“No, you guys can’t leave us both, I’m leaving as well”. He stopped me. “Cherie we need to talk, Please allow me to have this time with you, I just want to ask some questions”. As the conversation with him, he still didn’t accept that our relationship went over, he didn’t believe that I have someone else as none of our common friends see me with someone. He still had the hope that our relationship will be fix.
“Cherie, are you really with someone now?
– No, I don’t!
Who is that lady who returned the ring?
– A friend.
So why you don’t want to come back with me, we can still fix this, just give me a chance please, we will find a solution.”
I didn’t told him about Mr. Grey, I denied it! Getting back with him was not in my plan either. I just told him that I felt suffocated with the relationship and that he is creating an unhealthy and toxic environment for me.
He is a stubborn person, he is not giving up on me. I couldn’t spend more time with his repetitive questions and drama. I had enough drama and stress, overthinking with Mr. Grey and Banana, please don’t add more. So, I ended our dinner with a goodbye and parted our ways.
Third Day without Mr. Grey, I was invited for a birthday, another common friend of us. I did her makeup around 4pm, as soon as I finish her makeup I headed back to the hotel to change my outfit as it is a formal party. To my surprise, that Gay friend was calling me.
“Cherie, where are you? We are here down in your building, We went to your apartment, the landlady didn’t open the door for us, she said you are not around, I’m with Giuseppe now and he has a surprise for you. Come please, we will wait for you in the lobby”.
What the hell is going on, What surprise? What he is up to? I’m already wearing my outfit for the party, had my make up on and immediately went to my apartment and see what is going on there.
I saw Giuseppe in his red suit holding a bouquet of roses, had the ring on his hand and a car key.
“Wait, wait, What’s going on. Please don’t do this, I can’t accept that. We are over!!! we had our conversation yesterday. I can’t be with you, I have a lot of issues now in my head. I need to focus on them. I am not ready for this”
The Gay friend somehow pushing me to accept it. “Com’on Cherie, look, he is here to prove himself to you, he will do anything for you, please give him a chance, please accept the ring, and the car, You are very lucky, he is doing all this for you”.
Didn’t have much time to waste as the party will start at 7pm, we have to go there. I accepted the bouquet, the ring, and he ask me to drive the car to the venue.
This was the second time Giuseppe get near me after the dinner last night. Now, he is trying to win me back and doing things. Our common friends in the party thought that we are back together, I told them No, we are not!
He open up things, “Cherie, I want you back, I want you to know that I signed the contract today for the apartment we’ve decided to take few months ago, I will move there this weekend, It’s for us. You choose that apartment yourself, you like it, and Now you will have it. I know you didn’t have a car, so I got you one. I know you are worried about your visa, I already contacted my staff to do that for you. Like I told you last night, I will fix us, I will do things right”. I will not force you to move with me now, only when you are ready”.
I didn’t say any words, I just let him talk and right after the party we parted our ways. Since I was driving the car he took for me, I had to use it going home as I don’t want him to drop me in the hotel as he doesn’t have any idea that I am staying there for quite sometime now.
I came home that night bothered. What the hell he did, he took the flat, get me a car and what’s next? How I will tell this now to Mr. Grey? Despite of my worries and insecurities about Banana, that didn’t change my feelings for Mr. Grey. My commitment is with him when I decided to choose him. I never think of getting back with Giuseppe despite of what he had done today.
Forth Day without Mr. Grey. The final coronation of the pageant, I was preparing all day myself, went 4pm to the venue as required by the organizer. Still keeping contact with Mr. Grey, but not so much as I was focus on the pageant. I was not feeling well, I had no voice, I was sick, but I can’t back out now, the show must go on! To my surprise, Giuseppe was one of the judges. His presence made me more nervous. Despite of my condition, I wanted to win the competition. I was really focused on the pageant and never had time to communicate with Mr. Grey. With Giuseppe presence made me more conscious about myself, I should perform well on stage, I should get the question and answer it right. The show ended past 12am with me getting the 1st place and he congratulated me for giving my best performance on the stage.
He wanted to celebrated it so we went to eat in Thai Restarant together with our Gay friends. I couldn’t stay more with them as I still have another event in the morning as a Muse for a basketball team that will start at 7am. He wanted to support me with that event, and he asked me if he can go with me and watch me perform there as well. “Cherie, Let’s use one car tomorrow, I will come and pick you at 6am. I said fine, I still need to do my makeup when I get there, so 6am is perfect time to leave from here as the event will start at 7am”.
As soon as Iaid on my bed, I was exhausted, took my phone, I was happy composing a message to Mr. Grey that I’ve won 1st place on the pageant. “Message failed” Damn, I ran out of data, and I don’t have enough credit on my phone. Only then I realised that someone stole my other phone while the pageant was going on. It was already 2am, shops are close, there was no other way I can message Mr. Grey, lost my other phone and the other one was out of credit. I’m pretty sure he is worried of me at this time, not sending him a message for hours, but I couldn’t do anything at this very late. So I went to sleep.