Stella

As Stella walked back home that day, she regretted everything she has ever done that brought her to that very moment. She regretted not being patient enough, she regretted taking her mom’s advice, she regretted not listening to her friend Amanda who had pleaded with her to stay back and most importantly, she regretted leaving her house that morning.

That very morning, Stella had been doing her laundry when a friend of hers ran into her mom’s compound. She had a newspaper with her and for some reason Stella couldn’t imagine what was so important to show her that she had to run to her house that early in the morning.

But about two hours after Stella read the content of that newspaper, she found herself applying makeup on her face to go fight a battle she had once abandoned. The newspaper had the picture of her ex boyfriend on it, her ex boyfriend who she had left because of his broke state after her mother pressured her to go after a wealthy man who ended up not getting married to her after he slept with her.

According to the newspaper, her good for nothing ex boyfriend like her mother always called him, had won a lottery of about twenty million naira. When Stella angrily showed her mom the newspaper, the woman had been speechless. She knew her daughter blamed her for everything and she was right to do so. So she gave her one last motherly advise, to go get her man back.

An advise Stella had gladly accepted without thinking twice. But just as she finally located his home after asking for directions from strangers for about an hour, she rearranged her dress and knocked on his door, only to be met with the shock of her life. Her ex boyfriend had slammed the door at her face but not before revealing his bride to be to her. It was no other person but Amanda, the same lady who had pleaded with her to stay back. According to her ex boyfriend, Amanda had been there for him after Stella left. She had given him food and water and now she was going to reap the fruit of her labour same way Stella would be reaping hers. Stella had shamelessly pleaded with her ex boyfriend to take her back but he slammed the door instead.

As she walked back home, she knew the one person responsible for her misery and she swore she was going to make her pay.

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