Life of an illiterate episode 14

LIFE OF AN ILLITERATE
EPISODE 14
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"Just follow your heart man. If you love her then spill it out and stop compressing it in. You won't be aware when you will explode soon and yell to the whole world truly love her and can't keep it hidden anymore. It will only weigh you down and get you depressed. I still remember when I saw Sandra for the first time in the states. She was so pretty.
She was like the prettiest woman in the while world but her behavior was something else entirely. She was arrogant, rude, in fact I had cursed myself for falling for her. She never loved me back. She meant the whole world to me but that stubborn lady didn't care. She did what she wanted all the time. I am often the one who gets punished for her mistake. I do everything for her in school. She was damn lazy.

Just one day she came to me and said there was this guy disturbing her and wouldn't leave her alone. What the hell was my business? I didn't care. I wanted to ignore but then she began crying and pleading I help her. I fell for her tears and introduced myself to her parents as her boyfriend. It was really tough carrying on with her. We had to pretend we were in love with each other. But with time, it seemed everything suddenly changed between us. She turned out to love me so much more than I even did. I am so happy I married her and till date I don't regret it" Chris smiled.


"You really deserve her. But that isn't same with me and Clara"
"What do you mean? "
"We can never be happy with each other. The gap between us is wide. I am not educated like her. We won't understand each other "
"That's wrong. If you love her then you will learn how to understand her. You will both teach each other"
"I don't even love her at all and eve if I do I can't have anything to do with her. I want her to be happy. She deserves to be happy"
"Then what do you deserve? "
"Nothing. I don't deserve anything "
"Don't say that. You are hardworking and intelligent. You are talented too. You deserve the best. Not all illiterates are fortunate like you. You just have to follow your heart"
"I don't love her. Please nothing more on this matter"
"Alright. But be careful because she is slipping from you soon. She is getting married to a man she doesn't love. Don't you get it? "
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On arriving home, Chris lay on his bed feeling confused and uncomfortable on the situation at hand. He couldn't accept the way he felt towards Clara. He didn't want to fall for her and he knew it. He turned to the right side of his bed and panicked seeing Clara lying beside him in her night gown smiling her usual cunning smile.

"Chris, I thought you were asleep. When did you wake up? Was I the one who woke you up?" She asked shifting toward him. He jumped out of his bed immediately feeling he was going insane. His heart began pounding fast. She gave him a confused look now. He stepped back slowly and wasn't aware when he had hit his fist on his table hurting him.

"Christian are you hurt? Are you okay? "she had asked rushing towards him. She picked up his hand and became teary realizing he hurt himself. He got more shocked realizing she had a wedding ring on her ring finger. She slowly began blowing air on his wound. "Why did you hurt yourself? You know I hate you hurting yourself "
"Clara are you real? " He asked in shock.
"Yes. I am your wife. Come on let's go to bed now. It's already late. You will have to go to work tomorrow. Remember that" She reminded him letting go of his hand.
"Clara... "Without completing his sentence, he drew her closer for a very emotional warm hug. To his shock he realized he was hugging a pillow and Clara was gone.
"What has really come over me? " He thought.
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A month later, he went for his usual work. While working, Sandra approached him smiling.
"You Came to See Me... " he asked.
"Yes and to give you good news too"
"Really? That what I really need right now. What? " She opened up her bag and put toward him an invitation card. He collected it immediately.
"My sister is getting engaged. Her engagement has been fixed. I want you to come for her pre-engagement party" He got surprised and speechless. He felt his heart pounding against his chest. "Will you come? "
"I.... I.... I...don't know if I will be able to come" he confessed trying to hide his fear.
"Why? She is your friend and you told her you had forgiven her"
"Yes I have but I have lots of work. I can't leave them all and attend her party"
"Come on. She will feel hurt if you don't come. At least watch her move on with her life. She will be so happy if you agree"
"I... I can't come. I... "
"What's wrong with you? Why do you feel nervous? " she asked with a skeptical look. "and why do you look as if you are going to cry? "
"I don't want to talk about this anymore. Don't force me to attend "
"I won't but it's not too late to rethink. You can still get her into your life. She doesn't really love her fiance as much as she loves you. If you really love her then you will watch her move on but if you don't then you can stay at home and ignore"
"I have told you I don't love her"
"Think about it. It's a commitment we are talking about "She walked off immediately. He stared at the invitation card and put it away immediately.
"I won't go. I don't love her and that's it"