Chapter 2 EPISODE 2

- ONE MONTH LATER -

The Williams made their way to Cameroon and settled into their residence in the Bastos district of Yaounde. Anissa has adamantly refused to accompany her fiance and his family. Caleb is heartbroken, realizing that he was the only one invested in their relationship and that his ex-fiancee never made the slightest effort to please him. But he stays strong, hoping to meet someone new while in Cameroon.

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For 02 weeks now, Jemima has decided to get into a relationship with Ethan. She is naively in love with him and does not know that he is with her only to take up a challenge. Ethan is so good at it that she can't even imagine such a thing coming from him. To do his dirty work, Ethan has rented an apartment in the Bastos district where he usually brings the girls for his sex parties. It is the place where he sees himself with Jemima. He can't show off with her since she's not his kind of girl.

Anaëlle Nabé

Like Jemima, Anaëlle is a young medical student. She is 24 years old and comes from an average family. Her father was orphaned, and Anaëlle was taken care of by her older brother Joël who lives in Spain. Her mother is a state-qualified nurse working in the city of Kribi. With her strong character, she doesn't let anyone walk all over her and this since childhood.

The two girls met at the elementary school in Kribi when they were younger.

That day, during recess, while all the students were playing in the yard, Anaëlle saw Jemima sitting alone in her corner.

Anaëlle went up to her and invited her to come and play with them, but Jemima refused. Surprised, she asked her why? Jemima told her that she didn't want her friends to make fun of her eyes.

Anaëlle had just entered the elementary school at that time, so she did not know what Jemima was saying. Nevertheless, Jemima promised to beat up the person who would try to make fun of her if she agreed to go and play with them. Jemima was not convinced and hesitated. Anaëlle insisted and finally gave in.

As soon as Jemima entered the stadium, many of her classmates booed at her. Some of them, however, left the stadium, not wanting to rub shoulders with Jemima "for fear that she would infect them with her disability," they said as they walked away. Anaëlle, who had never witnessed anything like this, was just sorry. One of their braver classmates pushed Jemima out of the stadium. Not knowing how to defend herself, she fell. Angered, Anaëlle, who had observed the scene, jumped on her and beat her up. She then helped Jemima to her feet and the two girls left the stadium. The two girls developed a friendship that has lasted to this day.

Anaëlle adopted her as her own sister, she would do anything to make Jemima feel happy. She finds her so beautiful, kind and very sweet... She would like her friend to be in a couple like the girls of her age and she prays to God to send her a good man, who will know how to love her as she is and who will help her to become aware of her assets.

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1:00 p.m. announces the end of the internship in the odontostomatology department at the Yaoundé Central Hospital. The students leave the consultation rooms to go to the on-call room. Anaëlle takes off her white coat and puts it in her bag which she then carries. She leaves the hospital and goes to stop a cab that will take her to Bastos. She has no intention of going to class on this day. She has an appointment with Ethan in his apartment in Bastos. She does not like him and is in a relationship with him just for the money.

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She gets out of bed and wears her underwear. She quickly puts on her outfit and carries her bag. Ethan looks at her without saying anything. He gets up then, takes new banknotes in his wallet which he gives to her. All jovial, this one takes them and puts them in the external pocket of her purse. When she wants to turn the heels to leave, Ethan holds her hand...

« Remain still a little princess, I still want it...», he says by putting the hand on her breast and by wanting to kiss her.

« It is not question of it young man, my sister is waiting for me... », she removes her hand on her breast and leaves in haste.

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She must pass to visit Jemima, they were supposed to meet at 5 pm. So she is late by an hour. To apologize for this delay, she stops in a rotisserie and buys Jemima the pork meat with a yoghurt pot. She then stops a motorcycle to leave.

She knocks at the door and enters, Jemima who had her face plunged in her notebooks, raises her head and looks at her without saying a word. She is angry, her friend is late. With her, punctuality is de rigueur, after the hour, it is no longer the hour. Time is a very important commodity for her. Besides, her extremely busy schedule does not allow her to waste it.

« I know, I apologize for being late, sweetie... », says Anaëlle after taking her seat.

Jemima pouts, she does not answer. She immediately looks back into her anatomy book. To attract her attention, Anaëlle opens the bag containing the meat she has kept for her...

« There are some here who are not going to eat this delicious braised pork at all... » she declares, looking at her to see how she will react.

Jemima loves pork. So she gets up and goes to snatch the bag in question with a slight smile on her face. Anaëlle laughs while her friend takes a plate in which she pours all the meat. After washing her hands, she takes a seat and starts to taste.

« Where have you been? », Jemima asks as she chews her meat.

« At a guy's house... »,

« Okay, that's fine, never mind... », Jemima interrupts her...

It's been more than a month since they last met because of their busy schedules. So they take the opportunity to do the updates. They tell each other everything! except that Jemima misses by omission to tell her girlfriend that she recently got in a relationship...

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The phone and the comb in her hand, she takes place on her small stool. Anaëlle gets up to braid her hair. The two girls are still chatting and laughing out loud when the opportunity arises. Jemima receives a text message, she looks once more in her phone and smiles after reading it... Her sister speaks to her, she does not answer. Lost in her thoughts, she does not listen to her. Her sister taps her on the shoulder and she finally comes out of her reverie. Curious, Anaëlle decides to find out what is going on. Jemima hesitates if she should tell her or not. Anaëlle insists and she decides to let it go.

« I have a boyfriend! » she says.

Anaëlle, believing she is dreaming, instantly stops braiding her hair and goes to stand in front of her to look at her. If this information was true, she would be very disappointed in her girlfriend. Because it would mean that she had hidden it from her voluntarily.

« Wait, what are you coming to say », hands on hips, she asks to reassure herself...

To Jemima to reiterate that she is in couple... As expected, Anaëlle gets angry and takes place in the bed. Very bewildered, she looks at her friend without saying a word. The information in itself doesn't bother her, on the contrary she is very happy that her girlfriend could take this step. Nevertheless, it is the fact that this one hid it to her which disturbs her. Jemima, who has her eyes on her, smiles, she knows that her girlfriend is very angry with her. But is it her fault? No. The girls have done a month without seeing each other and this kind of thing, she did not want to tell him through a phone.

She immediately speaks up to apologize and explain herself...

« You have weird reasoning, if you told me over the phone what would it have changed? », Anaëlle said, her face devoid of any understanding.

« Actually, I... » she tries to explain further. But her girlfriend interrupts her.

« Anyway, let's drop it! » Who is he and does he treat you well? "She hastened to ask.

Having a lot of experience with men, she wished Jemima had told her about him while the guy was still hitting on her. Then she would have judged whether the guy's intentions were good or not. Knowing her sister, she wouldn't want her to be taken in by a dream salesman, it would kill her. So fragile she is, and Anaelle would like to keep her from that. But isn't it getting late already?

« Uh,...it's someone from college, he treats me well and... » she stops short. She doesn't want to tell him who it is. Ethan asked her to. Ignorant and naive, she promised him not to tell her sister.

Anaëlle blinks twice in a row, waiting for her sister to tell her who this young man is. But she looks at her without saying anything. She doesn't want to break the promise she made to her boyfriend.

« ... He's in college, yes I understood. But who is he? Do I know him? » insists Anaëlle.

« Yes, you know him. But... » retorted Jemima.

« Why won't you tell me who he is? » She asks worriedly.

« I will tell you, but later... »

Anaëlle does not insist, after all her sister is a big girl. Nevertheless, the latter is worried and she senses that this relationship will send her sister into an abyss where only God will be able to pull her out. She is already a broken girl because of her infirmity, and if her boyfriend were to be a bad boy, then it is likely that Jemima would come out of this relationship completely broken and even in a coffin. Having been with her for several years, she knows her better than anyone else on earth. She respects her decision and decides to investigate to find out who this famous boyfriend is. And when she looks at her sister, she understands that she is already in love.