Chapter 17

" I will be patiently waiting for your call then gorgeous", Simon uttered with a sweet voice that could bring about some feelings in Crystal's heart if only she was not as a head string as she is.
Reaching Georgia's home, she made use of her car cornucopia to notify the security agent at the gate so that he could verify who was outside in order to open the gate for her.
Georgia who had already listened to the sound of a car horn outside went out of her room and was placed at the terrace feeling joyous that her pal had reached to come together so as to console her from her pain.
The security agent, glimpsing that Crystal was the person in the car, opening up the portal so that she could go in, welcomed her with a smile.
"Welcome Ms. Crystal", he spoke out heartily.
Crystal coming down from her car that was well parked in the parking lodge, reciprocated the lookouts greetings, inquiring where her friend is.
The warden murmured that she was in her room so Crystal appreciated him and left for Georgia's room.
Ringing the bell as she endured for Mirabelle the maid to come to open up, Crystal's mind went back to what she had lived with Blaze in his office just a while and goosebumps covered her whole body as she felt like she has been deeply embarrassed.
The got opened and Crustal was so deep in thoughts that she had no idea that Mirabelle had been talking to her for some seconds but she was not listening to her.
Stretching her hand towards Crystal, Mirabelle called out her name as she raised a question,
" Ms. Crystal Taylor, are you okay?".
Shaking out of fear as Mirabelle startled her and confirmed that she was okay, she interrogated her on how she was doing as well and how work had been going.
Mirabelle was happy with her job and she could not complain ad the pay is very good and she has free accommodation and food.
She was brought into that mansion when she was a teenager and she has spent a better part of her life serving that household and its partaker.
Crystal was pleased to catch a glimpse of how happy she is as she went inside taking the stairs to her friend's room.
Mirabelle inquired whether Crystal needed anything so that she could make something for her and she responded that she should bring whatever she had in the kitchen as she was starving.
Georgia had already taken her initial position again on the bed, and when she heard her friend's footsteps coming up to her room, she sat on the bed looking so sad like someone who has lost both parents on the same day.
Crystal, with a huge sigh and hesitation, breath in and out as she stood in front of Georgia's room wondering how she must be coping with the heartbreak.
She finally mustered the courage to knock on her door while pushing it at the same time, walking inside the room calling out her find's name.
"Georgia baby, I am here now", she spoke out noticing her crouching in her bed with her head bowed in between her knees and her hands crossed in front of her knees holding each other for stamina.
Crystal felt bad seeing Georgia in such a mood and she drops her bag on the sofa by the side of the room, she went to sit down by her friend to console her in the best possible way that she could.
On catching a glimpse of her friend, Georgia shrieked even further looking all red from weeping all day.
Her eyes were swollen and her face was sticky from the tears and sweat as her air condition was not in motion.
Crystal held on to her, calm her down, and told her to stop crying and explain what had happened.
Finding it difficult to stop, Georgia looked at her friend in the face and the only thing that came out of her mouth was " why me", as she increased the magnitude of her sobbing.
Crystal did not know what to say about the situation as all she was aware of was her saying that she had caught Jake cheating on her but she did not know anything else.
"Can you just calm down please and tell me what happened?", Crystal raised a question rubbing her friend's back with the palm of her hand while consoling her to stop.
She was that Georgia could fall sick as she was first as fragile as a newborn baby.
Her present state was not good for her and if her mother happened to walk in and see her in that mood, then she will turn it into a huge fuss knowing how much she loves her daughter.
Crystal not knowing what to do anymore, arranged the pillows that were in her bed, to the wall so that her friend could crouch on them and feel comfortable.
A knock was heard on the door and that could only be Mirabelle, Crystal told Georgia to wait while she gets the door.
Mirabelle had made some omelets and a glass of juice and water and that was on a server.
"Thank you Mirabelle I appreciate this", Crystal spoke out with a smile.
" You are welcome", Mirabelle responded throwing a look at Georgia as she told Crystal that she had been like that all day.
Turning her attention to Georgia and back to the maid, she said to her,
"I want you to tell me everything that happened to her today", Crystal notified.
There was complete silence in the room for some seconds as Mirabelle gave a pathetic stare at Georgia feeling sorry for her and whatever she might be going through, she created her throat and moved her lips from one position to another, she grumbled,
" Ms. Georgia left the house this morning after her mother had gone to work, I interrogated whether she wanted breakfast before leaving, but she did not answer back and just left the house in a hurry", she related but paused for some minutes.
Crystal wondering what could have happened to put her out of herself in this manner, asked the maid to continue with the story as she was all ears.
Twisting her fingers under her apron, she continued with the story as she told Crystal that, Georgia was very angry when she was leaving the house and she had turned on her car without even giving the security agent enough time to open the gate so that she could out.
Out of anger, she horned so many times and that made the guard at the gate to be confused.
Crystal turned and looks at her again, and her appearance was still detached as she was still crying painfully.
Having listened to enough, Crystal told the maid to get back to her quarters and if she needed anything, she was going to call on her.
Crustal walked back to the bed joining Georgia and spoke softly,
"Are you ready to tell me what happened at Jake's house?", she raised a question again, picking up the glass of water ok the platter and giving her friend some to drink.
While growing up, Crystal had learned about the magic of drinking and giving water to someone who is crying deeply as it helps to cut the anxiety of crying out.
She had just helped her friend drink some water and she was aware that in less than a minute, Georgia was not going to be able to cry anymore and that was exactly what happened, as she was only catching her breath with no tears.
Max rolling his pen on his desk, felt a coldness in him that he could not explain.
He had never felt something as strange as what he had felt some moments ago, so he called out for his secretary, asking whether there were any updates on what he had asked her to do and if there was anyone available for the job.
His secretary looking at him with a confused look let out,
" Sir, you instructed me to put the deadline for three days, and that is what I did".
Max knew that what he was about to do was not good but because he is been blinded by greed and power, he has chosen to consider the fact that, he could give out his niece for marriage.
With a disgusting stare, Max yelled at his secretary telling her to contact those who had shown interest in the chasm to come for the interview tomorrow morning.
Frightened by her boss's fallout, his secretary nodded in acceptance and took off to his desk shivering like someone that has been drenched in rain.
"I need to get her out of my way if not, she will ruin things for me", Max spoke out wheezing like he has seen an apparition.
Talking on the phone, Blaze was bringing in arrangements for his dinner date with Crystal with one of the most outstanding bistros in town.
" I want everything to be perfect Cornelius", Blaze let out feeling confident as the owner of the restaurant is his college friend.
He could not explain why he was so excited about the coming day but he just wanted to see Crystal no matter the place and time.
"I just love being in her company though she wants to prove that she is tough, deep in her I still keep in seeing a beautiful soul", the thought of Crystal was all over his mind.
" Blaze wakes up from your fantasy", he slapped himself and picked up a file on his desk to check up what he can do to distract himself from the pretty crone.
Georgia had calmed down as the water trick brought into her some stillness.
She held her friend's hands thanking her for coming as she did not know what she could have done to herself.
Crystal paying close attention to her friend told her not to worry as everything was going to be fine and she was there with her.
Georgia was aware that amongst all her friends, she and Crystal shared a stronger bond, and what she loves most about her is that she is not self-righteous like the others.
Crystal could never judge someone from their mistakes and past but will rather listen to them, while they let out all of their anger and frustration.
She was one of a kind, as she always helped her friend with matters concerning relationships when she was not in a couple with anyone, nor did she have any relationship experience on her own.
"I am so sorry for disturbing you Crystal but my heart is heavy and if you had wasted any more time, I would have done something so stupid", Georgia went on.
Crystal was getting impatient already as Georgia kept on turning around the same point whereas she was not saying anything apart from apologies.
"Tell me what is going on instantly or I will start eating my meal before I die of hunger here", Crystal spoke out looking at the omelet that Mirabelle had brought for her and they were looking so delicious that she could not resist them for long.
Getting up from her bed and stepping down to sit on the couch, she wore a sad look asking her friend if she has been a bad girlfriend to Jake, but Crystal not being able to understand what the connection was between her question and what she said Jake had done to her, answered with a question,
" Defending yourself, will you consider that you have been a good girlfriend to him?".
Georgia turned with a long stare that freaked Crystal out and she was forced to apologize immediately, asking her friend to forgive her if she had spoken one's mind that is not true.
Crystal drew in a breath of fresh air when she noticed that Georgia was not glancing at her anymore,
"Crystal you have to be very careful with what you say if not your friend might kill you", she said to herself lifting the plate that had been kept on the little table beside her shank, and sipping from her glass of juice, she began eating as she could not withstand the hunger in her system for another minute.
Georgia who had been turning in the room spoke up with a hard voice,
" Jake had the nerve to cheat on me with his ex-girlfriend".
Crystal ensnaring with what she had said, choked up from the piece of omelet that was in her throat as she was shocked,
"What did you just say Georgia?", she raised a question keeping her plate down and drinking some more juice.
It was very heartbreaking for Georgia to be in that kind of state but Crystal wanted to be sure that what she had heard was substantial.
"I have been phoning Jake since last night cause I wanted to inform him that I will be passing this morning at his house for us to spend the day together but he was not picking his calls", Georgia began to narrate what had happened.
As she spoke out, Crystal could feel the pain in her voice and the sadness on her face, but what could she do at that point except to listen to her friend and give her a shoulder to cry on.
Georgia continued to recount trying her best to keep her calm as much as possible.
She had left him so many messages but no replies, and he was not reciprocating her calls either it was like he had disappeared from the veneer of the globe without any imprints.
" So what happened?", Crystal asked waiting for the rest of the anecdote.
When she woke up this morning after a stressful night of finding sleep as she was worried about her boyfriend, she soon picked up her phone, thinking that he might have at least replied to her messages or calls but there was nothing.
Folding her hands under her breast to feel comfortable standing up, she turned to face her friend whispering,
"I thought that he was in danger or something like that as Jake always has his phone with him 24/7, but I was wrong, he was catching sight of my calls but deliberately ignoring them as he was busy with something else, or rather someone else?", Georgia let out the last words as tears dripped down her eyes.
Lacking words to console her friend, Crystal rose to her feet, walking towards Georgia as she brought her to sit down before she falls.
The pain she was feeling inside could not be understood by her friend, but knowing how talkative, crazy, happy, and always playful Georgia is, catching a glimpse of her in such a dilemma is also hurtful for Crystal as it is for her as well.
" I am so sorry that you had to go through such a terrible thing", Crystal held her friend close while she began crying got tears again.
"How could he do this to me, why did he make a fool out of me Crystal whereas he told me that he had broken up with his ex-girlfriend and he never wanted to see her again because of all the nasty things that she had done to him, how come she was in his house putting on his shirt?", Georgia screamed out in pain and veins could be seen on her leg as she yelled out her frustration.
That was rather the reaction that Crustal was scared about as it was the real sigh. of her pain towards the predicament, she was facing.
Tightening her grip on her, she caressed her hair wiring off her tears while Georgia kept on weeping and cursing Jake for what he had done to her.
" I could not believe my ears when I went to his apartment and I could hear music playing from inside his flat when I knocked I heard footsteps walking towards the door and he unlocked it, the sight of me his Face dropped like a thief and he unlocked me from going into his house when I wanted to", she narrated all these with pain in her heart and tears in her eyes.
Catching a glimpse of the fervor that had cropped up on Crystal's face, one could tell that she was feeling so much pain that Georgia was in that situation.
Using her chin to maintain her friend's head from moving up and down, she pulled taut her body against hers, preventing her from shaking so much.
Crystal was hungry but at the same time, she could not leave her friend in such a manner to eat food, so she carried on with what she was doing.
"Why me Crystal, why did he have to do this to me, am I not beautiful enough or am I not classy enough that he had to go back to his ex-girlfriend?", her pain could be felt like a spasm of lightening but there was nothing she could do at that moment.
" Please stop now Georgia if not you will be sick and I do not want that, if you do not stop crying now, I will be forced to call your mother from her Office to come home immediately", Crystal spoke outputting on a serious face as she knew that Georgia could not bear to get her mother involved into this because it might be very fatal.
Searching around for her phone, Crystal was shocked to listen to Georgia telling her to call the mom if she wanted to and that it will be very okay ad she was going to show that fool called Jake that no one hurts her and goes free.
At this point, Crystal could not take it anymore so she turned inside out and asked Georgia what was going on in that tiny little head of hers.