The Woman I Cherish 13

Jewel stared at the piece of paper in
his hand with so much anger. He
was so certain that the message was
from Henry.
“Henry you must be a coward for you
to confront me this way. so you
cannot come to me personally to
confirm if there is anything going on
between me and Angel. so you
chose to do it this way. I was even
planning of telling you why Angel
and I always meet, but since you
chose to go about it this way, I will
have to see what you are capable of.
I won’t tell you why Angel and I
always meet. I will watch and see
how you will ruin my life, since that’s
what you plan to do.” Jewel said to
himself with a frown.
He tore the paper into pieces and
dropped it in the dustbin.
“Henry, you can go ahead and do
your worst.” he said.
Just as he went back to sit on his
bed, the door opened and Henry
walked in. Henry went straight to his
bed and lay down without sparing
Jewel a glance. Jewel observed him
for a while and realized that his face
was slightly curved in a smile.
‘so you are happy because you think
your threat will have impact on me.
let’s see how it goes’ Jewel thought.
Jewel observed him for some times,
before lying on his bed.
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Angel stood in front of Dr. Femi’s
office. Daniel had earlier informed
her that Dr. Femi wanted to see her.
She took a deep breath and hope
Jewel didn’t tell Dr. Femi anything.
She knocked on the door and waited
for response.
“come in” Dr Femi’s voice sounded
from within.
Angel entered the office to see Dr.
Femi sitting behind his desk.
“good morning sir” Angel greeted.
“why are you taking your study with
Jewel for granted?” Dr. Femi asked
immediately without responding her
greeting.
‘so Jewel actually reported me to Dr.
Femi’ she thought.
“do you think this is a joke? You got
the opportunity to represent your
class and you are taking it for
granted.” Dr. Femi continued.
‘so Jewel went and reported me to
Dr. Femi after what he did. what is he
trying to achieve by doing that. so he
is trying to make me look bad. He is
trying to make Dr. Femi see me as a
bad person’ Angel thought.
“let this not repeat itself. you may
leave now” Dr. Femi said.
Angel lowered her head a bit and left
Dr. Femi’s office.
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Angel sighted Jewel sitting alone in
an empty class and walked straight
to meet him. She had been looking
for him since she left Dr. Femi’s
office. She stood in his front and
glared at him when she got to him.
Jewel looked up from his table to
see Angel glaring at him.
‘what’s that look for’ he thought.
‘if there is anyone that should be
angry, it should be him.’
“why did you go and tell Dr. Femi
that I deliberately missed our study,
after what you did?” Angel asked.
“what’s wrong with what I said to
him? didn’t you miss it? you made
me to wait all night, and when I tried
calling, you ignored my call” Jewel
responded.
“why won’t I ignore your calls, after
what you did” Angel said.
“what did I do?” Jewel asked.
“oh please! stop feigning ignorance.
you know what you did” Angel said.
“I don’t know what you are talking
about” Jewel responded.
“I don’t have time to argue with you. I
just want to tell you never to try such
nonsense with me again. because if
you do, I won’t take it lightly with
you” Angel said and stormed out of
the class. Jewel stared blankly into
air, as he could not understand what
Angel was talking about.
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Francis sat quietly in the school
restuarant, waiting for Lucy. He had
made up his mind to tell Lucy how
he feels towards her. He was very
sure that he likes Lucy and would
want to date her. So there is no need
keeping it a secret from her.
‘I will tell her today. yes I will’ he
mumbled.
He felt a hand on his shoulder and
turned to see Lucy standing beside
him. she was smiling broadly. He
froze when he saw her. He was so
carried away that he didn’t notice
when Lucy walked into the
restuarant.
“Hi Lucy, you are here already” he
said, masking his surprise with a
smile.
“please have a seat”
“thank you” Lucy responded and sat
down.
“sorry for keeping you waiting”
“it’s nothing” Francis responded.
“I hope you have not had lunch
already, because if you have, without
waiting for me, I will break your
head” Lucy joked.
“No, why should I? I invited you here.
so it’s only proper for me to wait for
you before having lunch” Francis
responded.
“that’s very kind of you” Lucy said.
Francis beckoned the waiter and he
approached them. The waiter took
their orders and served them. They
consumed their food silently. After
few minutes of silence, Francis
spoke.
“Lucy” he called.
Lucy looked up from her table and
faced him.
“yes dear” she responded.
“there is something I will like to tell
you” Francis said.
“okay, I’m listening” Lucy responded.
“first, I will like to ask you a
question” Francis said.
“Go ahead” Lucy responded.
“do you have a ………..”
“hi guys” Daniel interrupted them.
They both turned to see him standing
beside them, with a plate of food.
“can I join you guys?” he asked.
Francis stared at him in annoyance.
He just ruined his plan with his
presence. Why will he choose to join
them when there are empty seats in
the restuarant.
“sure, you can join us” Lucy
responded.
Daniel placed his food on the table
and sat down beside Lucy.
“so what are you guys discussing?”
Daniel asked.
‘what do you want to know’ Francis
mumbled.
“nothing, we are just having lunch”
Lucy responded.
“Francis, I hope you know that you
are paying for my lunch also” Daniel
said.
Francis felt like giving him a heavy
knock on his head for saying such,
after ruining his plan.
“sorry bro, I already budgeted for two”
he responded, masking his anger
with a smile.
“okay, no problem bro” Daniel said.
They continued eating silently. After
a while of silence, Daniel spoke
again.
“I always see Jewel and Angel
together at night. Lucy, do you think
there is something going on between
them.” Daniel asked.
‘what’s your business if they are
seen together. won’t you mind you
own business?” Francis mumbled to
himself.
Lucy stared at Daniel for some time
without saying anything. She already
guessed that there might be
something going on with Jewel and
Angel, and what Daniel just said to
her just confirmed her hunch. She
suddenly became very sad.
“I don’t know if there’s anything
going on between them. Angel has
not told me anything yet” she
responded, masking her sadness
with a smile.
“I’m just saying, because I always
see them together” Daniel said.
Lucy dropped her spoon and stood
up.
“I’m leaving” she said.
“so soon” Daniel asked.
“yes, I have to leave now” she said.
“I’m leaving also” Francis said and
stood up.
Lucy walked ahead, while Francis
went to settle the bills. He joined her
when he was done and they left the
restuarant together.
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Jewel opened his door and entered
his room. Henry was not in the room
when he entered. He went straight to
his bed and sat down. He brought
out his phone from his pocket and
dailed Angel’s number. He placed the
phone on his ear and waited for her
to pick the call.
“hello” Angel’s voice sounded at the
other end.
“I hope you are coming. don’t keep
me waiting like the other day.” Jewel
said.
“I’m coming” Angel responded.
“why are you even calling me. it’s
just 4pm”
“I need to remind you, so that you
won’t keep me waiting” Jewel said.
“I will come” Angel responded and
ended the call immediately.
Jewel dropped the phone on his bed
and picked up his bag. he opened it
and brought out a notebook. He
opened the first page of the
notebook and saw a piece of paper
placed in it.
“not again” he said.
He knew what the content on the
paper was likely to be. He unwrapped
it and read the content.
‘After warning you to stay away from
her, you still went ahead to wait for
her at the garden. since you have
refused to listen to my warnings,
watch what will happen to you. I will
destroy you. you won’t escape my
wrath this week. I promise you that’.
That was exactly what Jewel read on
the paper.
Instead of getting angry, he became
a bit scared.
“this is getting out of hand. why
would Henry be sending me such
scaring messages. I need to put a
stop to this before something bad
happens” he said.
He dropped the paper on his bed and
rushed to Henry’s bed. He took
Henry’s notebook from his bed and
went back to his own bed. He
opened a page in the notebook and
compared the writing with the one on
the piece of paper. His eyes widen in
shock when he realized that the
writing are not the same. He
suddenly became weak.
“the messages are not from Henry”
he said.
“then who is sending me these
scaring messages.”
He became very scared that he did
not know who is trying to harm him,
and what the person planned to do