Chapter 11

…we see Mirabelle…

-Mirabelle: Hi Josiane.

-Josiane: Yes hi Mira, what are you doing here at that time?

-Mirabelle: No, nothing special, I came to see someone in the neighborhood, so I wanted to visit you.

-Me: To visit? Josiane, how does she know we're staying here?

-Josiane: I told him that.

She turns her gaze towards me, stares at me for a moment and says:

-Mirabelle: Hey, but you, I know you, you're the new guy in the group. Josiane, is he your boyfriend?

-Me: It's none of your business.

-Josiane: Forget it, he came to visit me.

-Mirabelle: Hum, I imagine the rest.

-Josiane: Don't imagine anything. Look, my aunt is here, and she doesn't like people visiting me, especially since I don't know anyone here.

-Mirabelle plum: Ah good! OK it is understood. And him then, your aunt knows him, right?

-Josiane: No, he will accompany you to the gate and turn around afterwards.

-Mirabelle: Ok I see. So I'm going to wait for you here, pretty boy, and when you take her home, we're going to walk together.

I had quickly understood Josiane's game, she didn't want the others to know that there was a relationship between us.

-Me: No, sorry, I won't be able to walk with you, moreover I have to go see a friend in the neighborhood before going home, another day maybe.

-Mirabelle: Ok, as you wish. By the way, I don't know your real first name, what's your name?

-Me: (I hesitate a little) David.

-Mirabelle: Ok, I'm delighted to meet you, I'm Mirabelle.

-Me: Yes, I know.

-Mirabelle: You can also call me Mira. Well, I'm not going to keep you long, I'm going to go home quickly, bye.

-Josiane and me: Ok bye.

She turned around and headed for her house. As for Josiane and I, we went home without saying anything on the road.

Once at home, she puts the food on the table and goes to the kitchen to get the dishes.

When he returns from the kitchen, I ask him:

- What was this delirium just now? Why did you lie to that girl about me?

-Sorry Vido, I had to. In fact, I told Jeff you were a friend and now if he finds out you're my cousin, you see what that can do?

- it won't create anything. Wait, do you think the girl we just saw believed you with everything you said? You even forget that Carrelle knows.

- No, Carrelle won't say anything.

- Oh yes, and what makes you say that?

-If you ask her to keep it a secret, she will.

- (…) I would have liked none of this to happen, now I'm sorry.

- Stop please, if you say that, what will I say?

- Forget it for now, I'm hungry.

- I can tell you're nervous.

- How do you want me to be? In joy, after what has just happened? I lied about my own personality, about my family. Are you okay, or do you want me to continue?

-OK sorry. Let's eat.

We eat the meal without saying a word. After that I went to shower then I went to bed in my room. I thought a lot about everything that was going on and wondered if it was ever going to stop and how to stop it.

The next day, I woke up at 6am, a bit early as usual, because I hadn't actually slept well. So I went to the kitchen to get some water. Then I went back to my room, laid down on the bed and took out my laptop.

My friend Roland left me a message at 5am, so I opened the message.

-Hi man, write to me at the same time when you get this message, it's very urgent.

So I replied to his message.

-Hello, I just woke up, I saw that you sent the message since 5am, everything is fine.

5 minutes later, he answers me.

- No, nothing is going well at the moment man, it's your girl.

-Who, Carelle?

-Shit, how many girls do you have, stop joking, I'm serious, it's very bad around here.

At these words, my heart beats very hard. I immediately wondered what could be so serious that Roland sent me a message like that.

- Wait a bit bro, I'll call you in 2 min.

-Ok it's better, especially hurry, I'm very worried about you.

"He's worried about me?" My God, is it that bad? Am I in danger? Did Carelle create problems for me? So many questions that I asked myself after what he told me.

I checked my credit, I only had 500 f and a few units left, so I decided to contact him on the landline at home. So I headed to the Salon to make the call.

Arrived at the living room, I turn on the lamp and I take the landline then I dial Roland's number.

-Hello Roland, I'm here, why are you worried about me? What's going on with Carelle?

-Ah Well, I thought you wouldn't call me.

- Please, talk to me.

-In fact, I had to call you since yesterday at midnight over there but I didn't want to disturb you. It's very serious here and frankly I wouldn't like anything to happen to you, all my prayer is that you are safe and sound man, I'm very scared for you because you mean a lot to me.

- No, why are you telling me all this? Tell me what's going on.

-When I returned yesterday around 11:30 p.m., I had noticed that there is discussion and noise in Carelle's house, which is unusual for the most part, unless her brother gets drunk before returning and even if his brother was drunk yesterday, it wouldn't be so intense. So I wanted to go see what was going on, so I entered the house. It was Carelle, she had had a fit. And instead of taking her to the hospital, they were there surrounded by her, chatting and yelling at each other. In addition, her older brother had not returned, she was alone at home with the tenants. So I asked the tenants to let me take her to the hospital because I'm the only person who really knew her, and luckily they all know me in the neighborhood.

-Dude, please spare me the details and tell me what she has, I'll pay you back for what you spent.

-Bro, when we arrived at the hospital, they asked for analysis, so I accepted. At first, given her condition, it was thought that she had become pregnant but after the tests, she was not. The lady therefore said that she is going to do other texts, on the illnesses from which she could be suffering.

-So what ? Man talk to me there

-The lady came back and asked me if it was my sister, my girlfriend or others. I told her that she is my best friend but that I also consider her a sister. She said to me: "Sir, your sister's HIV AIDS test is positive"

-What ? What is she? You're kidding me there eh bro.

-My brother, it's the truth, I even asked the lady to redo the test in front of me. Carelle is HIV positive.

To be continued...