Act fast

Isime was thrown abased listening to Osima and her friend. She had known something was wrong from the very first day Karl introduced himself to her, but she was hoping that she was wrong and that Karl was genuinely attracted to her. After all, she knew she was beautiful even if she was not from the same social status as him.

Isime bit her lips, thinking about the situation." I must act very fast," Isime thought to herself. Although she still has a slight doubt about the possibility that she and Osima were referring to two different individuals still, she didn't want to take any chances. "Isime", Osima called, but Isime was too deep into her thoughts that she didn't hear her name. She was thinking about what to do in the situation that she did not realise that she was acting disconnected from the rest people.

"What is wrong"? Osima called out with a louder tone. She felt Isime was acting strange, but she could not tell what was wrong with her. She wondered if she had perhaps said something that upset her.

"Am fine: nothing is wrong." Isime stammered the words and tried to smile, but her face betrayed her: it was obvious that she was worried about something. Osima moved closer and pampered her back." Are you sure everything is okay because you don't look fine" Osima was concerned about Isime sudden change of mood. After all, the three of them have been joking around all evening. "Did anyone say something wrong? I hope your friend is fine?" Osima wanted to be sure that her cousin was fine. "He is fine". Isime snapped and then paused. She felt she must have overreacted when Osima talked asked about her friend. She cannot allow Osima to suspect anything she thought to herself. So she didn't want to discuss anything about him with her either. At least not now until she was sure of what was going on. "Am okay: I am only feeling a bit tired," Isime lied. She sounded calm as possible.

"Why don't we take a selfie together," Isime said trying to change the topic. "Selfie?" Osima was surprised. She was not someone who liked taking pictures. Isime couldn't believe her own words too. She just said the first thing that came to her head but surprisingly , it worked. Ela excitedly jumped down from her seat and pulled the two over and snapped. If one did not know, you would have thought she had planned it. She brought out her selfie stick too and took several shots. First, the three of them and then Osima and Isime.

"when is your friend going to arrive?" Ela asked after taking photos for a while. "Soon," Isime answered and got up from the bed. "I will use the restroom," She said and picked up her phone and left before the other two could react.

"Your cousin is behaving strange, why would she go to the toilet with her phone?" Ela commented. "maybe she is used to it, this is not a private ward. One has to be careful with their belongings," Osima replied. "true," Ela nodded her head. Ela had notice that Isime started acting strange since Osima mention her mistery guy. But it' did not make any sense to her: after all, Isime seemed to have met someone she has a crush on. She convinced herself that she was over thinking.

Few minutes later Isime stepped out of the bathroom, her phone on her ears. "It's fine, my cousin is here to take care of me," she said. There was a smile on her face.

Ela could not hear what the other person said, but she saw the smile on Isime's face. "Alright," She nodded her head and ended the call.

"My friend would not be able to make it, something came up last minute," Isime said. She was calm and composed, there did not seem to be anything wrong.

"Hop he is fine?" Osima was concerned but Ela frowned. She felt that there was something wrong with the situation but she just could not place it.

"yes, it's just that he has to attend a party this evening, he was hoping to pick me up and drop me back home but there was an accident on the way and the traffic is much," Isime explained.

"So sad, I was really hoping to meet my cousin's crush," Osima joked. She was relieved when she found out that there was no serious problem. "Let's get going," Isime said.

...

Karl looked at his phone in amazement, although he had told her that he was stuck in a bit of traffic, he did not expect her to suddenly call and say that her cousin was there to pick her up and he could go ahead to attend his party first.

"Did I keep her waiting for too long?" He could not help but questioned himself. He had only mentioned the fact that he was attending a party, so that she would not be disappointed if he left shortly after he picked her up.

Karl was not the type to care about the feeling of a woman. If she was giving him so much attitude, he easily gave up. Isime did not make him feel the way he felt talking to the lady at the bus station but his feeling for her did not change.

"That's not right, her voice did not seem angry but anxious, could something had happened to her?" Karl asked. Thinking in this direction, he felt this should be the case. They had only met a few times, so it' was only logical for her not to open up about every single of her challenges.

He wanted to call her back and understand the situation of things, but his mum called him.

" Karl, we are already on our way to the party, " She said in the minutes he picked up the call. "I will be there, but I am stuck in traffic now. " Karl replied. "Don't use traffic as an excuse; your cousin Henry would be there; you have to let people know who is the true heir of the Donald family," His mother said. "Okay," Karl did not argue, he knew when to give in to his mother from time to time.