ONE OF US IS LYING 2
SANDRA'S POV
Love is the word on the very lips of many. It has different meanings and interpretations to quite a number of individuals. Always do we spew the word love without knowing the true perception. It's like telling a child to sit without showing or teaching her how. Most of us know the word but certainly not how to express it.
You know what!
When I was in a relationship with Sam, it was just at the base. He was a good man. Yea, he was great but he wasn't reciprocating the kind of love I want. We call them little things which do not really matter but it does to me — waking up to the praise from him, his cuddling, every night as dinner date and more. I just want more love, more romance, more spice to relationships. They were not forthcoming with Sam,so I had to end things with him.
When I was in a relationship with Sam, it was just at the base. He was a good man. Yea, he was great but he wasn't reciprocating the kind of love I want. We call them little things which do not really matter but it does to me — waking up to the praise from him, his cuddling, every night as dinner date and more. I just want more love, more romance, more spice to relationships. They were not forthcoming with Sam,so I had to end things with him.
At some point, I thought I would never find him—the right person to love me the way I want to be loved. Why can't they love more, just a little more.
Then Leonard came along. A typical national boyfriend. I couldn't accept him because keeping him was a battle with a million women to get through with. I didn't want such stress in having a man.
He was different from men I dated before. He knows how to pamper a lady. I still remember him coming every day before my gate to take me to work. It's not him taking to work but the way he does it— he would open the car door, kiss my hand. He loves love, the way I just do.
He has that little more love I wanted in a man and I was prepared to fight in order to keep him.
He has that little more love I wanted in a man and I was prepared to fight in order to keep him.
Three months in a relationship felt so sweet with him. I could see forever with him beside me and when he asked the WILL YOU question, I didn't have to think for a second to say YES. Who wouldn't? He kneeled before me in the presence of that crowd and said “ this past few months with you is the forever I wish for. Make me the happiest and luckiest man on earth. Will you marry me?”. He gave the best engagement proposal just the way I imagined. Leonard knows how I love to be Loved, so he wasn't just the lucky one, I was too.
Our marriage was top notch. I felt like the queen. Leonard does have the money and sure know how to treat a woman right with it. I could see jealousy in the eyes of most ladies at the wedding. They wanted to be in my shoes. Most people will think, I accepted to marry him for his wealth but being wealthy was not the top criteria I wanted in a man, love was, yet I got the two to myself.
One thing about Leonard, I loved so much was his playful nature. Being adults shouldn't make us all serious and mean. Despite his busy schedule, he always has time for us and our childish play.
The question then is: Why would I leave such a good man that has shown me nothing other than love and care?
The popular maxim that says “Marriage is an institution and sure has hidden courses”. Relationships and marriage are of two different levels. When we think we know our partner so well, to vouch for them but it happens to be a lie we were meant to believe about them.
I remember saying to peers that if a man would love and care for you, nothing is bound to break the marriage. This was the exact situation I am in — Leonard loves me but way too much. At first I thought it was jealousy but It was way beyond that. He wouldn't let me have any male friends or even have a talk with the opposite gender.
And I thought it was something I could work on with him. No one has it all for all but it was an addiction he had no control of and didn't see any negativity in them.
And I thought it was something I could work on with him. No one has it all for all but it was an addiction he had no control of and didn't see any negativity in them.
I can't run from all the male gender to please him because In one way or the other it's bound to happen. It turned from cautioning the men to beating me yet he called it, Love.
I can't live this way. I didn't see the end of it, so I had to definitely create one.
"Why run when you can divorce him?" This must be in the minds of many.
But it was not an option to take or a risk I am ready to partake in because that would be the end of my existence and that of my parents. I was stuck in this nowhere road.
But it was not an option to take or a risk I am ready to partake in because that would be the end of my existence and that of my parents. I was stuck in this nowhere road.
With the help of Ken, Leonard's best friend, I planned for my escape but for how long will I live as a fugitive?. It's either his end or mine.
PS: Thanks for reading. Please do share and comment on your thoughts. What would you do if you were in Sandra's situation?. Why would Ken betray his best friend? Is it out of pity for Sandra or he has ulterior motives?. Will you want a continuation of this story or not??. I will be waiting at the comment section.