The Love From Vengeance

“Goodbye, my babies. Take care, and remember, Mommy always loves you!” I exclaimed happily to my little children on the phone. We were having a video call.

“We love you too, Mommy! We love you too! I can’t wait to see you!” Janice said before ending the call. That was my little daughter. Lukel was the name of her twin brother. Yup, those were my two adorable children.

They were both in Canada, living with Andre’s parents. I had decided not to bring them along for various reasons.

I was lying down on my bed when I heard a knock on the door. “Come in, it’s not locked.”

The door opened, and Andre stepped foot inside the room, dressed in his pajamas.

“You’re still awake?” I asked, sitting down on the bed.

“Yeah, I’m not feeling sleepy,” Andre answered, walking close to me. He looked kind of tired and exhausted. “Does your leg still hurt?”

“Not that much. The pain has gone down.”

“Oh, right,” he said inaudibly. “There’s this company I just finished discussing with, and we’re going to start a project with them, probably around next week.”

“Business discussions; no wonder you were asleep,” I teased him.

“It’s not that; I’ve just been thinking too much,” he explained.

“What’s the problem?”

“Well, there’s this lady who I’ve been spending so much time with lately.”

“The one you’re texting always, right?” I gave him a silly laugh, accompanied by a

grin.

He laughed softly. “Yes, the one I’ve been texting always.” The cast on his face didn’t look so good, and I didn’t like that at all.

“Come sit down next to me.” I patted the bed. Andre sighed and settled down on the bed, a few inches away from me. “I think the big man’s more comfortable now, right?” I joked.

“Yeah, I guess,” he said softly, smiling narrowly. I could tell that was a forced expression.

“Okay, so tell me what’s going on? Did anything bad happen to this lady? Did the two of you get into a heated argument or something?”

“No, no, it’s not that.”

“Then what is it?” I asked him curiously.

exhaled deeply. “Turns out she has a

hold on. So the girl you like, spending

found out today,” he answered. “And you want to know the most confusing part? This lady

I

But I didn’t just want to jump into a relationship. I was actually

when was the

don’t know.”

for the spirit of your ancestors to tell

“I just wanted us to spend more

you find out that this girl is in a relationship?”

his expression turning sad. “After all the wonderful moments, I… I just don’t even know what to say.”

hair.

sorry, friend,” I said, placing my hand on

and you want to hear something else that’s crazy?” He looked at me. “Both of us had sex this one

on a minute. You guys

“Yes.”

his shoulder and stood up

the side

not a girl.” I furrowed my

it’s just so painful, you know. It was

with my arms crossed. “And I’m pretty sure she was after your

mall, bought different clothes for her,

as he stopped counting with his fingers. He looked at me. “Yeah, I

him. “She was just using you for your money; she never

he uttered in a low tone, thinking about this lady, I’d

have to. I

I introduced myself, but he just

for a moment, with my mouth partly open. “Okay, but still, most people know Andre Jones, owner of The Vitality Group, a billionaire. Who

his head. “Don’t start praising me

all because of the money.

going to be

know, but you have to do it. Or else you’re going to keep getting your heart broken. And

זיי

Andre said,

each other in confusion. Who would visit us so late at night, especially when it

shook his head, still trying to figure out