DECEPTION (THREE)

Angela played along since Amanda was very excited that the two most important people in her life had finally met. She introduced them ‘’Ermm….this is my boyfriend Jude and Jude meet my best friend Angela’ she was giggling now and they shook hands. Angela felt very uncomfortable but forced a smile.

Jude kept his composure and smiled back. Angela got to know through the conversation that they had been dating for four months. She could bet on her life that Amanda was really in love with the guy. She couldn’t take her eyes off him. He still looked like a real gentleman.

Amanda interrupted her thoughts and told her that she needed to go out and get Jude a drink. As soon as she left, Jude knelt down and begged that she forgives his foolishness. He told her he loved Amanda very much. It was very difficult for Angela to accept it but she knew telling Amanda could break her heart as she only went in for what she really wanted.

Angela forgave him because she loved the way Amanda behaved when he was around and she also got along with him anytime he came to visit his girlfriend in the hostel. She was very happy that her friend had found a man and though her encounter with him had not been good, she believed that he had changed.

Theirs as Angela saw it was a wonderful relationship until one day Amanda came back to the hostel down-hearted.she refused to say anything to Angela. She came back another day from a date with Jude even sadder. Though she was very unhappy, she still kept to herself.Angela knew that Jude might have done something to her so went over to Jude’s place to talk to him.

 He told her they had a little misunderstanding. She warned him to keep her safe because he went on and on about how sorry he was and since he didn’t get the chance to explain things to Amanda well, he would pass by later in the evening to talk to her and apologize.

When Angela got back to the hostel, Amanda was behaving awkwardly. Angela was scared because she didn’t ask her anything and she started to talk gibberish and after a while when she was able to calm down told her exactly what had been happening between them

She told Angela she had caught Jude with a number of girls.

 He would beg her and they would get back together but never stopped the act. The last straw was when she caught him sleeping with his own cousin. What bothered her most was the fact that she was two months pregnant which was why she didn’t want to let go of him.For about a week, Amanda wouldn’t talk to anyone and also refused to eat.

Angela noticed she sometimes smiled and talked to herself. She was very sad that she couldn’t do anything about it and since Amanda refused to go home she remained silent. Then her situation became worse so Angela went to see her parents without informing her friend about it.

They immediately came for her and sent her to the psychiatric hospital on the advice of the family doctor.And now here she was, sitting next to her bed. The once loving and gentle Amanda had now become very aggressive and violent. That was what the nurses around had told her. 

It really hurt her to see her best friend in such a situation even though the doctor claimed that she was responding to treatment.If only she had made her aware of the fact that she was dating the devil. Jude had flown out of the country after he heard about what happened to Amanda. Is Angela really to be blamed?


THE END.