How did I get here?
Do I get to have a second chance?
Can I be shown Mercy?
These were the thoughts of a young lover, Favour after she broke the trust of her lover, Richard.
Stories of young people who fall in love are always interesting to listen to. The adrenaline, the indecisiveness sometimes get to haunt them.
Richard and Favour, wouldn't stay a day without seeing each other. Their love was often likened to that of the lovers in the Titanic ship. It was like they were meant for each other from the beginning.
Just like every other love stories, they thought their love will last forever, they couldn't see anything separating them.
Richard had a close friend, Emmanuel and he was always fond of him. All three friends love going out for picnics, to see movies and also to parks and the beach
Richard trusted both of his friends so much that he could vouch for them anywhere. But this trust had a quick accident. On a certain day both Richard and Emmanuel went to play football, but during the game, Richard got injured and had to wait outside the pitch. So he was in custody of Emmanuel's phone while Emmanuel was still playing the game. While he was still waiting, a message popped up and he had to be sure it was really Emmanuel's phone... He got to see a message from favour that read...I AM PREGNANT.
He was in shock, he looked at the phone again to ascertain that it wasn't his phone. Well he had to summon courage and acted like he was Emmanuel and asked...for who?
The reply shocked him and he had to throw the phone away.. his world was shattered. He needed to be sure that the message he saw was real...was his girlfriend pregnant for his friend?
Emmanuel who had noticed what was wrong, got to know that Richard had seen the message. He couldn't look his friend in the face and he had to run out of town...leaving behind a note seeking for MErCy.
Richard couldn't confront his girlfriend, he locked himself in his house all day long...days turned to weeks. All pleas by his family members wasn't breaking the camel's back. He was broken, shattered and his life looked like it was going down the drain.
She has been sending messages and trying to meet with him but to no avail. She seek for mercy from him. She wanted her man back, she missed him, she wanted to tell him that it was all a mistake of a drunk night.
She kept trying to see him but he didn't give her ears..
Richard why can't you allow me to explain what happened?...she screamed from the top of her voice..soaked in tears, she pleaded with him to just hear her out.
He wanted to let out all his anger but he didn't even know how to start. He wanted to tell her how broken he is but couldn't even stand her.
With a hug, she held him back and that was how the opportunity came for her to redeem herself. She explained everything that happened and asked for forgiveness..she begged for mercy to be taken back.
The answer she got showed how broken he was...
If you were in my shoes, would you show me Mercy?
Would you forgive me?
These were his words to her.
He dashed into his room more angry than he was. He couldn't even stand the shame and had to travel out.
He lived with this pain for 4 years even at a faraway land. He cut off every connection to home and started life anew. But his life wasn't moving, it felt like he was tied to a stone and thrown into the ocean. Did he make a mistake not forgiving someone?
Thoughts of this moments came into his mind, how she begged to be forgiven, how she begged for mercy. He was now mature and knew he should have forgiven her but he couldn't. He took his old notepad which had numbers of people from his past life. He dail Emmanuel's number and it went through..He heard someone's voice in the background and he could recognise her voice...Oh! They are now living together?...he hung the call and felt the anger all over him again.
But he couldn't concentrate on his life, he felt like he was the one drinking the poison but expecting someone else to die from it. He needed to pull this from his heart.
So he summoned courage to call again and the same voice on the line answered... The moment he said this is Richard, the silence in the room could cut through a piece of paper, it was like a ticking time bomb that was waiting to explode with suppressed emotions.
Richard told them he was visiting him soon and would love to be given an address.
Emmanuel and Favour felt the world cramping on them, was he coming to take revenge?
The two parties met and that time bomb exploded but this time with tears from all of them. Richard couldn't hold it in, he told them that he has forgiven them at last. They only begged and begged for destroying his trust and life.
He let out the emotions that he had held back for years...he saw their children and it was a wonderful time where they had time to have a friendly moment again. He was at peace finally... Emmanuel and Favour were also at great peace.
Richard was happy he could forgive...Favour and Emmanuel were glad that at last they could live at peace...finally they have gotten The Mercy they both wanted.
Thanks for going through my fictional story, I hope you had a good read.
I invite @imohmitch, @davidmarkgeorge and @onlyonefave to participate in this contest.
Cc,
@sur-rit
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