After the men left, I decided to go shopping for groceries because I was out of everything in my house. It was 6 pm when I stepped out of the building. I felt it again, the feeling of someone watching me. I shook my head, trying to keep a clear mind. I was overthinking and it was probably nothing.
While in the grocery store, I couldn't help but feel like something was off, I looked around me, but everyone went on with their business. I knew I wasn't overthinking at that point, something was definitely wrong, someone was watching me.
I pulled out my phone and called Aliyah, she was the only one I could think of to help me, because I knew Noah and Antonio were annoyed.
"Hey girl!" Aliyah hailed.
"Hey, uhm there's a situation and I need help, can you come get me? I think someone is following me" I rushed.
"Oh my love, I'm sorry, Harry took me out of town. You could call Anto" she suggested. Shit!
"Okay, enjoy. Say hi to Harry for me" I told her. I held my shopping bags tightly in my arms, thinking of how to get home before the sun would completely go down. I contemplated calling an Uber, but what if the person followed me back home and then barged into my house? I needs someone to stay with me.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes for a moment. I was running out of time, so I did the only thing I could do: I held out my phone and called Antonio.
"Sewa, now's not a good time to talk" he attacked me immediately he answered the call, but I wasn't having it.
"Help!" I cried into my phone.
"The fuck? Cara what's wrong? Where are you?" Antonio asked sharply. I heard him shuffling around in the background.
"I'll send you the location. Please come get me" I cried and hung up, sending him my location immediately.
I walked towards the exit of the store, looking around me to be sure I wasn't being followed. I felt a vibration on my hand, my phone was ringing, I picked up immediately, looking around me; immediately, a man dressed in black, with a black mask and a face cap that covered his face, walked towards me. I ran out of the store immediately, the Nigerian blood in me didn't let me stay to find out if the man was coming to me or not.
While running, I ran into a wall, well more like a broad firm chest. The person's hand on my shoulders kept me from falling.
"Hey, look at me! Are you okay?" It was Antonio. I hugged him immediately, hiding my face in his chest.
"I'm here now" he said and put his arms around me. I felt so grateful that he came for me. Lord knows I would've slept in the store.
"Home please" I cried to him. Antonio collected the bags from me and put them in his car, only then did I take in this outfit.
He had a grey tank top and matching sweats on, but on his legs, he had two different adidas slides on. I was tempted to laugh, but the situation was too serious, so I swallowed my laughter.
On the ride home, Antonio didn't ask me anything about what had just happened, and I couldn't be more grateful. I wasn't even ready to talk about it, what would I say?
We finally got to the driveway of my apartment building, Antonio didn't make any move to walk me to my door, so I dropped all pride to ask him, my life was on the line.
"Please stay with me tonight. I'm scared" I told him. Antonio was quiet for a few seconds then he nodded. His attitude was off, which meant he was still pissed about what happened earlier. I didn't bother talking to him about it because I was worried for something else. Antonio helped me with the bags filled with groceries to my apartment.
"Do you want something to eat?" I asked him, but he shook his head immediately.
"I'll be in your room" Antonio said and went towards the direction of my room. I let out a sigh and dropped to the floor, letting the realization of what happened at the grocery store hit me. It wasn't the first time I felt like that, some weeks ago, I had the feeling; I ignored it because I thought it was nothing, but it wasn't nothing, someone was following me. What would anyone want with me? My mind went to Anabeth immediately, that lady was a witch and I couldn't put it past her. I wanted to talk to Antonio about it, but he seemed too annoyed to care, so I shut my mouth. I went to the kitchen, drank a glass of water and went to my room. I was only thankful Antonio was with me, Lord knows what would've happened to me.
I picked a short and tank top from my closet, rushed to the bathroom room to take a cool shower then changed into the comfortable clothes I carried. I got into bed beside Antonio and he put his arms around me.
I slept comfortably that night, so much that I prayed for the sun to never rise up, I wanted to be in Antonio's arms forever. When the fucking sun showed up, I touched the side of my bed Antonio slept in, but it was empty.
I opened my eyes immediately, looking around my room, he was nowhere to be found. He was really annoyed then. I genuinely wanted to tell him the reason I called for him, but like I said, he was too annoyed to care.
I ran my fingers through my thick 4c hair, wishing I had apologized to him when he brought me home. I grabbed my phone, contemplating on whether to call him or not. I hated the fact that he left without saying anything; I guess we were going back to strictly fuck buddies then.