Midwife to Destiny by Nana Prah

Author:Nana Prah [Prah, Nana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2014-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

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While Ora watched television in the hall, Esi came into the house and flung herself onto the couch.

“I’m in a rut,” her cousin stated.

“How so?” Ora dragged her eyes from the Friends episode.

“All I do these days is work and come home. I don’t go out any more. I can’t remember the last time I had a date. I can’t even remember the last time I hung out with my girls.”

“Why don’t you call them and go out, then?”

Esi raised her arms and let them flop back onto her lap. She looked in the midst of throwing a mini adult temper tantrum.

“That’s the issue. Nowadays, everyone is either married and taking care of their family, pregnant, or like you, dating.”

“I’m not in that category.”

“Is that so? What do you call seeing a guy every day for two weeks?”

“It’s a ‘getting to know you, restarting a friendship time’.” She made air quotes with her hands.

Esi rolled her eyes. “You’re funny, my friend.”

“Jason and I aren’t out together now,” Ora gloated.

“Didn’t you say he had a medical conference to attend this weekend in Kumasi?”

“Yes,” she mumbled.

“What’s happening between you two?”

At this point, Esi’s opinion would be invaluable. “I don’t know. As far as I can tell, we’re only friends.”

An unladylike snort came out of Esi’s nose. “Only friends? I’ve been in the same room with you two. Friends don’t stare at each other as if they alone exist. It’s annoying to be shut out like that.”

“I’m sorry. We don’t know we’re doing it.”

She made a sign of the cross sign in front of Ora. “You’re forgiven. Now let me continue my rant on your friendship theory. Friends don’t spend every available waking moment together and then use all of their phone units to talk into the wee hours of the morning. That’s just not a friendship thing.”

“I don’t know how else to describe us. We talk all the time and hang out a lot, but it’s been two weeks since he last kissed me. I don’t know what’s going on.”

“He hasn’t kissed you in two weeks?”

Ora shook her head. “He doesn’t even touch me.”

“That’s interesting. Have you asked him why?”

“I couldn’t do that!” Her eyes widened so much she lost focus.

“Why not? Isn’t open communication important? At least, that’s what you always say. It must be necessary in relationships you know aren’t going anywhere. But when it comes to the ones where true love is involved, being open isn’t important at all. I’ll make a mental note and apply it to my own relationship. That’s if I ever get one.”

“Stop using psychology on me. I hate it when you do that. We both took the same psych class in nursing school, remember?”

“Yeah, but I got an A while you got a B plus, so I’m just a little better at it than you are.” Esi stuck her tongue out.

Ora didn’t even try to contain her giggle.

“Why don’t you at least think about asking him what’s going on between you two?”

Ora sighed. After hours of contemplating the matter, only one conclusion made sense.

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