Chapter 34: He leads people on.


    "Love can cure heartbreak, misfortune, or tragedy. It is the eternalpanion." - Anonymous


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    Raina Williams.


    "Thanks for showing me around Los Angeles. It''s really beautiful here." Antota smiled admiring the


    view around the park. She asked if I could show her around the city since Yasmine had been busy and


    I didn''t mind so I did.


    "It''s the least I could do." I gave her a smile with my pearly whites. The park was the best ce to just


    think, the old men ying chase on the other side while cyclists continuously rode their bicycles past


    us. It was much greener than anything. It was just a beautiful atmosphere to be around.


    "Hey, I''m sorry about the other time-" i immediately cut her off, knowing exactly what she was going to


    say and I wasn''t really one to hold grudges.


    "It''s okay, you were just defending your friend. I would have done the same thing really." I shrugged.


    "Honestly you are so brave being part of the wedding of someone you were once in love with." She


    smiled lightly giving me a pat on the shoulder.


    "I don''t love him anymore so it''s much easier." I added. Honestly I don''t understand why I settled to be


    treated like crap ?


    "I know Yasmine is my friend but Raina, we both know she is in it for the Reputation and money." She


    said taking a picture of the view in front of our bench.


    "You know the German saying a rtionship is for two and three is crowd." I muttered.


    "I know, i know but I can''t seem to shake off the way he looked at you during that dinner." She took a


    snap at me.


    "- Hey I thought the camera was for the view not me." I giggled facepalming as she snapped even more


    pictures.


    "Well I made a genuine friend so I wanted a picture." She said taking a look a the filmstrip of the picture


    previously taken.


    "And here I was thinking you were a designer and not a photographer." I said sarcastically. She gave


    me a lopsided smile. "I thought so too but I think I''m starting to like photography more. It''s really


    mediocre considering I went to school for designing only to want to be a photographer so I don''t pay


    much attention to it."


    "My dad always says when you enjoy the things you do, you do them well." I muttered proudly


    remembering my father.


    "Well your father seems like a wise man." She said.


    "I would like to think so too, he is actually a pastor back home in Ohio." I tugged a few strands of my


    hair behind my ear.


    "That''s so cool, preachers kid." She teased pinching my cheeks. Goodness I had never met someone


    so childish but I liked how she was just generally being herself all in all.


    "Stop Antota." I giggled my cheeks probably beetroot red by now. Then she snapped another


    picture from the side angle and I wasn''t aware or quite ready for it.


    "Now you are acting like a tourist and you are really going to attract thieves." I said mywyer side


    showing itself.


    "I''m from South Africa, Jozi Johannesburg... crime is basically culture there so this doesn''t scare me


    Ray ray." She quirked a brow. I was at loss for words since no one ever called me Ray ray, her new


    profound nickname was cute.


    "Really well then noted, I''m never visiting South Africa thanks for the warning." I said with a grin.


    "Goodness Raina you should get out of your shell, those are the moments that make an experience


    worth remembering." Sheughed. "I remember when I was walking down town ghandi squre on my


    phone then a someone who was pretending to be jogging, ran past me and grabbed my phone. I


    couldn''t even catch up to him but I was like whatever It was a sign I needed to upgrade to the new


    iPhone 6." She exined.


    "That''s horrible but still I would have ran after him or reported him to the police." I said and she threw


    her head back inughter.


    "Here''s a piece of advice Ray ray, if anything goes missing in Mzansi, forget about it. You will never see


    it again unless they sell it back to you or its on disy for sell." She shrugged.


    "The police.." I added.


    "Haha this is not FBI or NCIS well 90% of them are just so unfit infact they don''t care about their job."


    She said snapping more pictures.


    "But I wouldn''t change South Africa for any ce because those little things make it what it is and that''s


    home." She exined.


    "Now I really think South Africa is a really interesting ce." I thought.


    "Anyways where is that your Hottie of a boyfriend ?" She grinned.


    "Argh He''s in Washington, I''m not sure when he will be back." I replied.


    "Business trip ?" She asked and I nodded. "Well are you sure he isn''t up to something else because


    business trips are excuses to-" i let out augh, at the sardonic thought that Gray is cheating because


    one : we ain''t even in a rtionship in the first ce and two : he ys for the other team. Impossible.


    "No, i trust him alot. He wouldn''t." I said inwardly smiling.


    "I think Angelo is still hang over you." She said waiting for my reaction and it was a bluffingugh. How


    can he be hang over me when he wasn''t even hang over in the first ce.


    "Let me let you in on a little secret." I shifted on my seat making myselffortable. "See Angelo as


    you get to know him, he is apulsive liar." I exined thinking about how he thought telling me he


    was inlove with me would get me to envelope his member between my thighs.


    "He leads people on, he makes you think the feeling is mutual then he pulls aways and let''s you know it


    was a one sided feeling." I said calmly and she listened attentively.


    "He is so good with words, he will make you think otherwise but-" i paused speaking from experience.


    "It is just best to ignore his mediocre attitude." I said genuinely because this advise was working for me.


    "Do you think he is deceiving my friend as well ?" She gasped and honestly I was talking for myself not


    Yasmine but now I wasn''t sure just maybe.


    "No no I''m sure he loves her." I gulped down a lump on my throat as I let those words slip off my


    tongue.


    "I doubt it." She added. " They both don''t love each other and I don''t know when they will realise it


    maybe twelve years into the marriage and kids are involved." She shrugged her shoulders and I just


    kept quiet. Thanking God that I wasn''t in that situation anymore, i can only imagine how heartbroken


    and hurt one of them will be when it finally happens.


    I''m honestly happy with the way my life has turned out. My twins are the only reason for my strength to


    face all these pain. They make me want to be a better person for them and no one else.