Short story- A surprise- by Meshack Mathe Bevhula

A surprise.
Palesa's day is filled with joy and happiness as she wakes up to the text by her boyfriend Paul. She reads the message on her phone written as " Hey my flower as you know today is my birthday I decided to rather spend it with you at your place, see you later. I love you angel".Palesa's smile is like of someone who just got confirmed for a job interview. She concludes that is better she makes the day extraordinary. She prepares everything from candles ,flowers and food. The good smell on her room is so refreshing she deems the light bad enough to not see the person who could enter her door. She goes extra mile on everything that she prepares for her boyfriend that she referred him as "my one and only".

As she badly want the day to be so special she passionately wait  and stay naked on her room as she is not expecting anyone but her only boyfriend. She keeps calling him but his phone goes to voicemail. That doesn't worry her much as she knows that whenever his boyfriend promises to come he  always pitched. So she really have nothing to worry about.

Her room is decorated like it is a Valentine's day. R.Kelly song titled "Touch me baby" is the one playing on the background. She hears the knock that she was dying to hear. " oh here is him", she mumbles. She keeps him waiting at the door while she sprays her body with a perfume. "I'm coming", she shouts as she runs to the door to open up the door.

"Oh baby, I waited for you for hours now, I almost finished the wine. She has no reason to turn the light on with the long wait she had been put on. She start kissing him until she finds herself on her bad. She breath so heavily, she can't control it. She can't resist it. She needs it so badly. " oh give it all to me baby", she says with the voice that refuses to come out. The wine had loosen her up after. "Come, come , come Paul", she finds herself screaming so high.

Everyone is still sleeping until Palesa receives  a call from Paul's mom who can't hold it but crying so hard  on the phone from the word go. 
Palesa answers" Hello mom, you sound so worried what is wrong"? " Everything just went wrong last night my child", as she continues to cry.
" mom you are worrying me now what is wrong"? Palesa is worried sick now she really want to understand what is going on but the news seem to be delaying on her ears. She feels like Paul's mother is taking time because now she is made to be curious and worried about the news, just like a dog that is prepared food but yet to be unleashed to eat the food.

"He got involved in a car accident yesterday while he was coming to you", she explains  while continues to cry as her voice is nolonger coming out clear just like of the voice of a child who cried for long. " who are you talking about mom?" Palesa ask out of worry.
" Paul, he said he was coming to you last night to celebrate his birthday with you.Then this morning we received the news that he is badly injured and crippled at hospital", she says.
" No ways mom,check your facts right Paul is with me and who called you?", palesa asks as she is confused.
"The nurses called us using his phone since he can't even talk now, and what did you mean when you said he is with you there?" she asks

Confused Palesa quickly drops the phone and pull down the blanket to check her boyfriend. She is shocked to see the person she slept with and bad enough is not Paul..........

Written by Meshack Mathe Bevhula
Title : A surprise
Written date : 20 February 2017
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