" You need to live in my brother's estate until I return from abroad. Our own house will be completed very soon and we shall move to our own home." My sister's husband said as he hugged her, with her back in front of him.

"What about Faith? She has to go for work in the neighborhood and we can't possibly let her live by herself...." Liz, the sister to faith asked.

"Well, you have to talk to her about that....she might be fine staying here alone or even fine with moving with us." My sister's husband said after letting go of the hug.

"I'm fine with anything but I can't possibly live here alone. I can't imagine that boredom." Said Faith who barged into the living room.

"Ok, prepare all your stuff coz we are leaving by evening. Be sure that it won't affect your work." Said Liz with a concerned voice.

Faith just ignored them and went back to her room.

Faith is a very head to toe stubborn girl. She finds it difficult to respect people who are just a few years, months or even days older than her.

In her eyes, only her mom and dad deserve the utmost respect. Unfortunately, all her parents are dead.

After entering the room, she just lay her body on her soft bed as she slowly pressed her eye lids together, fathoming everything in her mind.

Fortunately, not like other days, today was on her side. She took a two hour nap without anything or anybody disturbing her apart from a phone call that suddenly startled her.

She took her hands and searched on the bed side table, lazily without opening her eyes.

"Yes? Who is this?" She answered without looking at the phone to see the caller id.

" Ohh, so you got rid of my contact, you got some...." The words of the person on the other side were cut off by faith after she recognized her voice.

"Wow wow wow,,,,, you are back home my girl?" Faith's surprise was evident in her voice.

"Oh, sleeping child.... what time is it for you to be sleeping like a lazy cat?" Asked Bella who was Faith's best friend.

" Don't talk to much right now. Just text me your current location and I will pull your cheeks." Faith missed her friend and so did Bella.

Without giving a reply, she hung up to send the location of where she was. A few moments later she entered the cafe where Bella was, looking as beautiful as ever. She didn't waste a second as they hugged each other but the hug soon ended when a weird guy came out of nowhere speaking irrelative words.

"Which generation is this? Do we still have lesbians here hugging and even about to kiss in a public cafe like this one here?" He was as serious as someone who fought lesbianism.

Bella, being the Bella she was, she wanted to slap the hell out of him but faith held her hands stopping her from fighting.

"People who don't know what they are talking about also exist in this era..... you know." Faith defended themselves and held Bella's hand to leave the cafe.

All the people who were present in the cafe could only applaud the girl for her mature behavior.

Holding Bella's hand, she walked out and made her way to the nearest restaurant as they talked about random things.

They soon reached at the restaurant and ordered for their best mouth watering meals.

"My love for food will never die....." Said Faith as she inhaled the smell of the dishes that were served to him.

They ate their food and the mojito that was recommended by the waiter as the restaurant's newly introduced mojito. And his words were absolutely true. Faith wanted to sip more but her full stomach didn't allow her to sip or eat more.

"I will use the bathroom for a while. We shall leave when I come back.......To the park.....' she said and rushed to the corridor that led to the bathroom as the signs indicated.

Faith rushed with her legs shaking from her full swollen and painful bladder. She was about to pee on herself but unfortunately, the loos were occupied by maybe ladies who were painting their fake faces.

" Oh my God! I will pee on myself. I can't take it anymore."she talked to herself.

"Forget it. Just use the men's bathroom. Be brave and enter in a swift move without minding meeting a lot of big guys." She whispered to herself again.

She closed her eyes and pushed the door but suddenly, someone held her hand making her halt as that touch felt familiar.

"I'm about to pee on myself bastard." She shouted.

"You're shouting after being caught in the guy's bathroom." He said. " Don't you dare you are the one to be blamed."

"Henry let go of me!" She shouted.

"Look into my eyes baby, there is a lot of love for you that is kept deep inside my heart. You can see my heart and feelings through my eyes." Said Henry as he held both of her hands.

"Looks like you forgot what you did to me. All your bitches have left you and now you wanna be back to me. What a joke!" A smirk registered on Faith's face as she talked to him.

Three months back, Faith and Henry were in a very serious relationship that was admired by everyone around them. They were a smart couple until Henry destroyed everything in a blink of an eye.

It was a Sunday morning, faith missed Henry so much and thought of surprising him. Henry was a game lover and playing games was the world to him. She had received a new game from Bella, her friend who was a game creator.

Faith walked in happily as a child who was eager to see their mother. Her happiness faded when she saw what was taking place inside the house. Henry was on top of a bronde woman, kissing her like nothing else mattered at the moment. He had never got lost in her world like that. He always kissed her but well, he never kissed her with that passion.

She walked towards the two who were moaning under each other's kisses. They didn't recognize her presence until she opened her mouth and spoke.

"Henry....." She called him as tears flowed on her cheeks.

Henry was surprised and shocked. For the beautiful bronde, she just smiled and licked her lips while she pulled Henry's face and planted a seductive kiss on his beautiful and handsome lips.

Faith felt her knees break down but she still gathered the energy to walk out. She never believed that she wasn't Henry's ideal type or maybe he used her in his bored times. She cried as she walked out of Henry's apartment. She sobbed for days until she felt better and indeed, time healed her.

*****

"You took so long. What happened inside there?" Asked Bella with full concern in her voice.

Faith was breathing really hard as if she just completed a marathon. She inhaled deeply before she squeezed her own hands together and started talking. "Henry happened." She looked down as she remembered that day this stupid boy cheated on her.

"A jerk like him deserves to be slapped in the face." Bella muttered.

"I think we should get out of here. I'm not comfortable in this place."

A few moments later, faith went back to her sister's apartment where she also resided. Their stuff was already neatly packed and they were being carefully loaded in a truck.

She smiled at the thought of moving to another city. Maybe by then, that cheating jerk would barely find her to disturb her peaceful quiet life.

She was sitting in a jeep Wrangler and her eyes focused on the busy street as they headed to the new city where they would be living from that night.

Her thoughts didn't respect what she wanted but rather drove her back to the past.

Tears kept rolling down to her cheeks the more she thought about her time with Henry. She had given her all to him. It was her first love and she surely gave it everything.

Her sobs were as silent as darkness that the other two people in the front seat didn't recognize what was taking place in the back seat.

****

"We are here." Said her sister's husband as he jumped off the car.

"Wow.... The place is so cool and quiet." Liz excitedly said as she admired the place.

"Oh...my... God..... there's a pool here? How did you find a residence with a pool?" Said Faith. At the moment all her twisted thoughts stopped and she focused on the sight of the pool.

"We knew that you are a duck so we had to find you a place to swim all day and night hehehe." Liz replied and walked to the house to take a look.

Faith also followed, opened the glass window and went straight to the balcony. The air was so fresh as it blushed her cheeks giving her that unfanthomable feeling.

Liz also joined her there with two wine glasses. She handed one to faith and toasted to her. The two sisters sipped their wine as they talked about random things.

Next morning, the sun fulfilled it's promise for the umpteenth time, sending it's rays that were shinny and matched Faith's caramel skin as they met. She slowly opened her eyes and yawned loudly before she directed her steps to the bathroom.

After being satisfied with her looks she walked out of her room and a smell of grilled chicken welcomed her. That was her favorite thing to be digested in the early morning. She sat in the dining and enjoyed the chicken chest that was prepared only for her. Liz and her husband were enjoying their cereal.

"Are you going out today?" Asked Liz.

"Yeah, I need to get my COVID-19 vaccine." She replied without looking at her sister.

"And what about your job?" Liz asked again.

"Ummm....I will do programming at home. No need to move on a daily basis." She swallowed her last bite and stood up to go for her bag inside the room.

"Ahhhh,,,,she whimped as she knocked somebody. She knocked a chest which seemed to be a man's chest. All the time she was on her phone and didn't see someone coming.

"Are you blind?" Asked the man.

Faith didn't reply but rather gave him a deadly stare.

"Oh, I had that short people rarely see people who come in front of them." He added.

"You expect me to knock your forehead, hehehe." She gave him her mocking smirk and walked away.

"Short girls are cute at starting trouble. Exactly my type." He murmured to himself as he watched her sway her body.

Evening.

A lot of useful things were done during the day and it was time to enjoy other things. Faith picked up her phone and gave Bella a call as she moved outside the house to the pool.

She was dressed in brief shorts from Calvin Klein and a sports bra for Fenty. She sat on the pool side table and talked to Bella giving her stories of how they moved and many more updates.

The two best friends talked for a minutes and when they finally closed the chat, faith placed her phone on the table and lay on her back on the pool chair, absorbing the night air.

It felt so good.

"Ghosttttttttt." She shouted when someone just popped out of the water. She didn't see anybody enter inside the swimming pool and neither did she see somebody swim inside there. All was normal for her to shout like that.

There was a handsome figure that walked out of the water making her heart stop beating for a moment and admired everything on him. He was the definition of handsome. His jaws, his chin oh my God.......she couldn't take her eyes of him. He was wiping water from his face with his hands.

She swallowed deeply when he made his way closer to her. His upper body was naked and he was putting on a black wet short that showed his defined and toned thighs.

He bent down and she felt his breath blush on her skin. She was ready to kick him if he did anything on her but unfortunately/ fortunately, he stood up and she noticed that he just picked up a towel.

"Hello my short boss......" Said the handsome man as he walked to sit in the next pool side chair.

She recognized the voice. During the day ，she had knocked the owner of this voice on her way outside. She didn't mind looking at the face of the man as she wasn't interested. Wait, she didn't even say sorry? She just complained about his forehead which was inches away from her height and walked away.

"Who is even your short boss?" She said and in the next second she was already pushing the waters. He just watched her swim like a duck and smiled to himself.

Next morning.

It was a cool summer morning, so chilly. Faith was sitting on the porch at the balcony as she did her work on her laptop. She was sipping on her favorite coffee.... cappuccino. Suddenly there was a whistle from the other side of the balcony and she turned to look around.

She took a glance and saw that the other man was standing their half naked with a glass of milk in his hands. She didn't seem to mind him even when he waved at her. All she did was walk back inside to finish her work early and maybe play later.

INSIDE THE HOUSE

"Your sister insisted on going abroad with me. She wants to continue her work from there. Will you manage to live alone for a few months?" Asked Liz's husband.

They were sitting across each other in the living room.

"En..." Was all faith replied.

"Yes or no?' asked Liz who was getting bored with her young sister's answers.

Faith smiled.." I can live alone. I'm not a kid anymore. I'm 23 and I can't be possibly scared of living here alone hehehe."

Liz and her husband, Peter smiled widely.

"We're leaving tomorrow morning." Said Liz with a wide smile. She was so eager to continue her work abroad.

EVENING

"My short boss, come and have some cappuccino with me.....I promise it's the best you will ever drink and on top of that, you need to get familiar with your neighbors Incase something goes wrong." He Said.

"You talk too much." Said Faith entering inside