Chapter 24 my heart beat
"Then where are you taking me to?"
Paul thought for a second, "is true, I don’t know where to take her to, if I take her to my house what will my parents say?"
"Paul is everything ok?" She ask as Paul has been so quiet for some time.
"Yes, am fine but I don’t know if you will like to come to my house.?"
"What? No, how will your parents feel about it,? I don’t want to be a problem to you please."
"You will not cause any trouble, just do as I say and everything will be fine."
"Ok," she nodes.
"First we need to hangout somewhere then we can go home by night fall, that will be when my parents have already gone to bed."
"Ok."
So Paul took Christy to a restaurant nearby.
"Tell me, how did you run away from home and how did Sharon got to see you?"
Paul has been wondering how Sharon got to take Christy to her house and if she hasn’t given Christy to a man.
"Ok, Bridget and my mom were trying to beat me, they have been maltreating me all this while, so I ran away hoping to sleep in the church, but I remember that am no longer a virgin, so I decide to sleep at the market place before Sharon saw me and took me home."
Paul turns his face when he heard the word "no longer a virgin" because he knew he was the cause of that.
"She also bought a dress for me" she continue, saying it with so much joy showing on her face.
"Do you call that thing dress?" Paul ask feeling jealous, "I hope she did not do any bad thing to you?" Paul ask, and by that he meant if Sharon did not give her to another man. Christy wanted to tell Paul that Sharon was behaving kind of strange with her but she decided to keep quiet since she didn’t understand how to explain it to Paul.
"No, she didn’t do any bad thing to me, but I will not want to go back to her" she added.
"No way, there is no way you are going back to her", Paul said as if Sharon was there with them.
So he took her to his house hoping that his parents has gone to bed but alas, they are still awake in the sitting room watching TV and chatting.
"Heyy.. paul where have you been? We ate dinner without you again, what are you really up to this days that no one see you at home again?" His mother ask.
"You know mom, this is the only time I have to been with my friends, after now is school, school, school."
"He is right", his father said, "just let him enjoy himself".
"Ok, if you say so, let me bring food for you."
"No mom, am fine, I will just eat tomorrow."
"Ok, see you then," she said and turn to watch her TV program.
"Why are you still standing there?" His mom ask, seeing that Paul didn’t move an inch after she finish talking to him.
"Dad can I talk with you?"
"Sure"
"Alone please."
His dad turned to look at his mom.
"Sure."
"For heaven sake why didn’t I have a daughter in his house?" The mom yell, must you always rub it on my face? Everytime father and son talk excluding me, what is going on.?"
"Nothing mom, I just want to tell dad something and then I have something to tell you too, but that will be when am done with dad."
"Fine, go with him, I will get a daughter soon."
They both went out of the sitting room.
"What is it?"
"Dad please can Christy stay here for a week?"
"What? A week?" He almost shouted.
"Please don’t shout mom will hear you."
"But what of her parents? What will them say?"
"Am going to explain everything to you later, but for now she is in my car, can you let her come in?"
"Fine, let her come in, but you better have a good explanation for that".
"Yes dad, but want about mom?" Paul ask.
"What about her?"
"She is still in the sitting room, there will be no way for her to come in."
"Oh.. that is true, don’t worry, when you hear my signal then bring her in."
"Ok dad."
Paul went out and told Christy to come in.
"Sweetheart please can you get me my reading glass?" Mr. Brown ask his wife who was busy with her zeworld movie.
"Please honey I don’t want to miss this scene." She said.
"Just pause it and get me my reading glass." He said.
"Where is Paul? Call him to go and get you your reading glass, I don’t want to miss anything."
"Is that movie more important than me?" he ask and his wife turned to look at him.
"Honey you know you are important that this movie, but this is my favorite movie am sorry."
"I don’t like this one bit, I don’t like it at all"
her husband keep making noise.
"Fine, I will go, can you at least keep quiet?"
"That’s my queen." He said smiling.
"Don’t my queen me please" she said and got up to go and find the reading glasses.
Paul got the signal and rush Christy to his room.
"Is that your father?" Christy ask once they are inside Paul’s room.
"Yes."
"Then why don’t you let me greet him?"
"No..no.no..no.. you can’t do that now, maybe later, my mom will be very angry if she knows that you will be staying here with me."
"Ok, I understand."
"Honey I can't find your reading glass anywhere in that room and beside when did you start using reading glass.?"
"Ohh.. I just start not long ago, maybe you didn’t notice. Where could it be? He got up and went outside.
"What is wrong with Paul? He starts to think, "So Paul has become a man now, bringing in a girl and I even helped him do so.",
What a generation? In my time I didn’t have this privilege. I know what I must do, that girl will not stay in this house, let her stay just for today, but what if she got pregnant? No, don’t think about that, he almost slap himself.
But what will a boy and a girl be doing in a room all alone? No, something is going on". he wanted to go and knock at Paul’s door but no, let me leave them alone.
"Are you hungry?" Paul ask Christy.
"No, am fine, remember we ate at the restaurant."
"Ok, you can use the shower, here is my cloth," he gave her one of his white long sleeve.
"Ok, thanks."
She went to shower and when she came out wearing Paul’s long sleeve he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
She ask.
"Nothing am sorry, should I go out?" Paul ask, but hating to hear yes from her.
"No, am fine," she said thinking that is even better with Paul than Sharon, because she wasn’t feeling comfortable with the way Sharon always looked at her when she was staying with her.
"Ok, Paul took a pillow and throw it on the floor, but Christy took the other pillow and went to lay down on the floor too.
"What is she doing?" Paul ask himself.
"You should sleep on the bed" he told her.
"Then why are you sleeping on the floor?"
"I just want to respect your privacy" he said.
"Is fine, I will lay down anywhere you lay."
Paul’s eyes widened, "I hope she knows what she is saying?" He keeps imagining things in his head.
"Ok, just go to bed, I will join you later."
Christy went back to bed and Paul kept thinking how he’s going to control himself all through the night.
Paul lay down on the floor pretending to have gone far in the dream land as Christy keep calling him to come to bed.
She got up and went to him, shaking him and calling him to come and sleep on the bed with her.
Paul didn’t answer her so she left him alone.
He was dying in silence as he is now hard like a rock, but there was nothing he could do, because he did not want to take advantage of her.
Just then he heard a knock on his door.
Paul jump up making Christy wonder if he was really sleeping.
"Dad, what do you want.?" Paul ask when he opens the door.
He drag him away from the room and took him to the garage.
"Dad, what is it?"
"Come, I hope you are not doing anything?"
"Anything like what?" Paul ask.
His father didn’t know how to answer the question.
"I mean, let me see", he bend to look at Paul’s underwear.
"Dad please stop, I understand what you mean and no, am not doing anything."
"You sure?"
"Yes dad."
"Hmmm, I just want to make sure, you know she is your guest." He said not knowing what to say.
"Is fine dad, don’t be afraid, and is not as if she is your daughter"
"She don’t need to be my daughter before I protect her."
"Ok dad I have gotten your message nothing is going wrong ok."
"Ok, good boy." He said and ask Paul to go back.