Faith
I wake up again this morning with the sadness of having lost my mother, now I find myself alone in the world without anyone to turn to, I have this pain in my chest that I cannot eliminate, I have I feel like my heart is going to explode. My life no longer resembles anything.
I am Faith Dassivera, I am Togolese living in Togo, I just turned 23, I had to stop school in the second year and find myself a job as a secretary in a local club to help my mother who was sick. , but despite all efforts the disease did not spare him.
Im still in bed this morning thinking about my life, Im going to have to find myself a new job, my former employer fired me and hes not wrong, if I dont find a job quickly I will soon run out of money, its lost in my thoughts that I hear my best open the door
Leïla: are you still in bed?
Me: yes my darling I just woke up, I didnt hear you come home last night
Leila: yes, I came home very late at night, you yourself know with the guy…he didnt want to let me go (laughs)
Me: I see...
Leïla: you really look like a living dead, your mother has been gone for 4 months, and you stopped living, you dont go to work anymore, you dont go out anymore, you dont do anything anymore, your mother wouldnt have wanted to see you like this
Me: I know but I cant do it without her, she was all I had
Leïla: yes I know my darling but you will have to find a way to get past your sadness, Im not asking you to forget it but life goes on, you cant stay stuck in the past
To help you I have good news for you, my boss got a contract in paris, she has to bring outfits to a top model and make the adjustments but she wont be able to go, guess who is going to paris ???
Me you ?
Leila: yes but you are coming with me.....
Me: in Paris?? I do not follow you
Leila: yes, by the way, I can bring a person of my choice to help me, so I decided to go there with my bestie, were going to have a lot of fun there, were going to discover a lot of things and meet people lots of hot guys (laughs)
Me: well you are the boys who are going to kill you, have you forgotten your darling?
Leila: ah my darling, you too forget that youre up for it?
Me: Of course Im in, when are we leaving?
Leila: in 2 days
What me ????
Leila: well you should start by packing your bags at the same time, I hope your passport is up to date
Me: yes honey, Im all excited (laughs)
Leila
Im Leila Okafor, Im Nigerian, and Ive always lived in Togo, Im 25 and I like to live at 100 an hour, I went to a fashion school and now I work with a lady who works with people all over the world, everything is going pretty well for me, faith and I have been friends for a very long time and she has always supported me, since the death of her mother I try to help her to be less sad but so far my attempts have been unsuccessful, I hope this trip to Paris will help him a little
Two days later...
Faith
We are preparing to leave at the airport because our flight takes off in an hour and a half.
Leila: Im ready, what are you doing, were going to be late?
Me: am here we can leave
After some time.
Here we are sitting on the edge of the planes
Leila: I really existed to be there
Me: krkrkr me too (laughs)
Leila: I heard you talking on the phone this morning it was Chris??
Me: yes it was him Boff, its not going too well between us I think to end this relationship which is suffocating me
Leila: you should leave this sloth to find yourself a real man
Me: youre the one saying that (laughs)
Leila: hahahaaa as they say do as I say but dont do as I do
The rest of the flight goes well and we land at Charles de Gaulle airport a few hours later....
Leila
When we land at the airport the supermodel sends someone to pick us up, and drops us off at the apartment that we will occupy during our stay.
Him: here we are, weve done some shopping for you, theyre in the closet and the fridge, your two rooms are ready
Me: okay thank you very much and when are we going to tell your boss?
Him: Ill pick you up tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Me: thank you see you tomorrow then, have a good night
Him: thank you same to you.
I wait for him to leave and I close the door, we each go back to our room and sleep because of fatigue.
The next morning...
Faith
I wake up this morning with lots of messages from Hugo my future ex-boyfriend, I call him
Hugo: where have you been all this time?
Me: hello, yes Im fine and you?
Hugo: you will stop playing crazy and answer my question
Me: Leila and I are on a trip
Hugo: thats why this trip and why you didnt warn me? (In an authoritative tone)
Me: its because everything happened in a hurry so I didnt have time, its a business trip for Leila
Hugo: you are unable to go to your job, you get fired but you accompany someone to theirs you see how stupid you are, right?
Me: first of all Leila, shes not just anyone, shes like a sister to me, and she brought me along so that I wouldnt be alone so youre going to stop talking to me like her.
Hugo: so that you are not alone, I am not here?
Me: forget it, I have to talk to you about a truck
Hugo: ... Go ahead, Im listening
Me: I would like us to end our relationship, I am happier and I would like to take time for myself
Hugo: (threatening) but its not going in your head? Do you think you can leave me? Its me who will decide when this relationship will end and when I have not decided you stay with me, its this little bitch there who puts these ideas in your head isnt it? Wait till I catch you
Me: do what you want
Click
I hang up on him, I put my cell phone on silent, I go take a hot bath to relax and I join Leila for lunch.