"Oh my goodness! What are these?" Vicky exclaimed and asked as we walked into Kyle's room.
Yes, Vicky is right to have exclaimed the way she did, I could not believe it either, Kyle's room is completely messed up with so many toys scattered about his room, Alex and Sandra are still sleeping peacefully on this huge bed I know is Kyle's.
"Did you get all these toys because of Alex-Sandra?" Jimmy asked in a surprising tone too, I guess he is also astonished as I and Vicky were.
"Yes, I did," Kyle replied picking up the toys to try and tidy the room, I think.
"And you slept with Alex and Sandra in your room on the same bed?" Vicky added still in a surprised tone her eyes wandering from Alex-Sandra to Kyle.
"Yes, they are my kids, are they not?" Kyle asked staring at Vicky in a way I can't explain.
"I know, but I did not think you would allow them to sleep in your bed given that this may be new to you," Vicky told him, "and the toys too, they are so many, did you get a truck load of them?" Vicky added.
"No, I did not," Kyle replied her, "But you are the one who told me that they love playing with toys," he added referring to Vicky.
"Oh yes, I did, but I did not tell you to get so many toys, did I?" Vicky said and asked trying to ignore the way I stared at her, I guess she could read my mind right now.
I was wondering why she told him that Alex-Sandra likes to play with toys anyway, is she trying to help him win my kids over? I asked within me still looking around the room which is so huge and exquisite, giving a clear definition of class and wealth, this room is sure bigger than my house put together if I am not exaggerating, I guess Alex and Sandra must have played a lot with all these toys, many of which I cannot afford for them, and I bet that they would not even remember or miss me, and then suddenly the dream I had earlier flashed back into my memory, the part where Alex and Sandra held on to Kyle's hands ignoring me when I called out to them, could this be it? Will Kyle and his family befriend my kids with these luxuries that they will not want to go back home with me to our almost retched house? I asked within me as anger swept through me.
"Get the Kids Vicky, Jimmy, we have to leave now, I can't let my kids stay here any longer," I told them walking towards the bed.
"Woo, slow down, Kimberly, what are you doing? Can't you see that they are still fast asleep?" Kyle said stopping me from going any further.
"So what if they are fast asleep, this is not their house, they can continue with their sleep when they go back to their house," I snapped pushing Kyle's hand away from me.
"Come on, Kimberly, let them sleep please, they did not sleep early, you know," Kyle told me, trying to make an excuse for me not to go with Alex-Sandra.
"And whose fault is it?" I asked glaring at him, "whose fault is it?" I asked again angrily.
"Come on, Kimberly, there is no need for this, I mean, you do not want to wake them up, let them sleep alright, it's good for them," Kyle told me and listening to him like this did nothing but got me irritated.
"Hold on a minute, what do you think you are doing? You think you can walk into my kid's life and begin to play Daddy all of a sudden?" I asked him.
"Kim..." Vicky called, and from the sound of her voice, I think I know what she is going to say to me.
"Stay out of this, Vicky," I told her, not letting her say another word, "I wonder whose side you are on now," I told her.
"How can you say a thing like that, Kim? You know whose side I am on, I am on your side, you know it," she said to me.
"I am beginning to doubt that, Vicky, if you were on my side you would not have told Kyle how to please Alex-Sandra, now look around you, do you think Alex and Sandra would want to go back home with me after all this? And even if they do, do you think they will be alright and not think about this?" I asked her again angrily.
"Listen, Kimberly..."
"Mrs Kimberly, Mr Kyle, will you stop addressing me inappropriately," I snapped at him, I do not want him to address me that way, and I wish now that I am in a relationship or knew someone who could play the daddy role for my kids, maybe that way things might not have gotten this far and my kids will not have been involved like this.
"Stop pretending to me that you are married, you and I know that you are not, and quite this act of saying Alex and Sandra are your kids with another man because I know the truth already, the DNA report I have can't say otherwise and I believe that report because from my calculations those kids are mine given the time we had sex," Kyle snapped at me too.
"What? We had sex, is that the way of it?" I asked him furiously ignoring the other things he said after he said we had sex, "we did not have sex, Mr Kyle, you raped me, you did not only rape me, you sent your tugs to kidnap me from the stage in my school contest and you raped me after that," I snapped right back at him.
He went mute all of a sudden as if I hit him where it hurt and without a word, he started picking up the toys again from the floor.
"Is that the way it happened Mr, Kyle?" Vicky asked him after some moments, I stared at her wondering why she would ask him that anyway, I think she is hoping that by some chance all these will turn out not to be true so that she can go ahead and match-make us again just as she did before, there is no doubt we would have made a fine couple if not for our circumstances and the fact that he does not strike me to be a good man but his looks, his handsome face and well-structured body, that was what got me to start developing interest in him before, before knowing his true self.
I watched as Kyle piled the toys to one corner of the room, quietly without words, he did not even reply to Vicky, he only stared briefly at her and continued with what he was doing.
"Come on, Vicky, Jimmy, help me lift Alex and Sandra, we have to go now," I told them but they seemed not to be in support of my decision because they both still stood still looking from Kyle to me, I would have lifted the twins up myself if I do not feel weak right now and it pains me that my body feels this way.
"What are you two doing?" I asked them getting furious and a little frustrated by their behaviour right now because they do not seem to support my decision to take Alex-Sandra home, or could it be that they feel pity for Kyle? I asked within me again looking from them to Kyle who is still picking up the toys.
"Vicky..." I called but was unable to speak further because of the tap on Kyle's door, Sonia walked into the room after the tap, I furrowed my brows at the sight of her.
"Kyle, Mum and Dad want you to bring our guests to the living room," Sonia said to Kyle.
"We are not your guests," I snapped at Sonia, "we are here to get my kids," I added.
"Kyle, Dad is waiting and you know what he is like, tell your mistress that it will do her good not to keep Dad waiting for long," Sonia told Kyle, "Excuse me," she added and walked out of Kyle's room, with a mocking smile at the corner of her lips.
"Please let all go to the living room," Kyle said rather calmly.
"I am not going to see your parents, Mr Kyle," I told him spitefully.
"Please, Mrs Kimberly," Kyle said again wearing this weary look on his face.
"Come on, Kim, let's just go, try to look on the bright side on all of this," Jimmy whispered to me as he walked closer to where I am standing.
"Take a look at Alex and Sandra, your kids will have a better future with Kyle in their lives," Jimmy whispered again in my ears.
"Do not take his side, Jimmy," I said in clenched teeth, angry because of Jimmy's statement, it is obvious Kyle has said something to them.
"This is not about taking sides, Kim, they are his kids after all, and I think you should try and give the man a chance to explain what happened between you two, because looking at him, I think there is more to what happened than it is made to appear, also I think you should forgive him because the man has feelings for you..."
"Stop it, Jimmy," I said, interrupting him, "do not be deceived by this guy's looks, I was deceived once, Jimmy," I added.
"I am a guy, Kim, and I think I know it when I see a man who is genuinely in love with a woman," Jimmy told me again.
"Stop it, Jimmy, if he is in love with me, why then is he getting married to another woman?" I asked him, not willing to hear anymore of what he has to say.
"That question should be for Kyle to answer, who knows, maybe if you give him a chance he may let go of that Sonia and marry you instead," Jimmy said rather teasingly.
"Stop nursing that idea, Jimmy, that Sonia has Kyle around her fingers, and besides, I am not interested in him," I told Jimmy.
"Okay, if you say so, please let's go and hear what his parents have to say, personally, I think good will come out from all of this, even if it is for your kid's future," Jimmy told me, and reluctantly, I followed him as he gestured for us to go out.
I peeked at Alex and Sandra who are still sleeping on his bed, and some how deep down, I think Jimmy has a point, even if it is just for Alex and Sandra's future... I said within me...