Broken Halo by Dayo Benson

Author:Dayo Benson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dayo Benson
Published: 2018-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

On Tuesday morning, I still can't bring myself to switch on my cell phone. I don't want to hear from Timothy or Mom.

I go through the motions and attend my college classes for the day. I email Quin to ask if College Life has been in touch yet. They haven't. I tell him to email me once they have.

I wait for an email from him all day, but nothing comes.

When I get home in the evening, I shut myself in my room and try not to hyperventilate at the fact that I'm going out with Colby in two hours.

I look at my cell phone and realize that if I don't switch it on, I won't be going out with him because he won't know where to meet me.

I switch on my cell phone and it immediately begins to buzz with notifications. I've missed a dozen calls from Mom and Timothy and I have text messages from both of them.

My heart constricts at the mere sight of their names on my screen. I don't read their messages or listen to the voicemails they've left.

I have a message from a number that isn't stored on my phone. It came in last night at eleven-thirty. I tap on it: Hi, Chloe. It's Colby. I'll pick you up from your place at six forty-five tomorrow. We have to be somewhere awesome by seven-fifteen. You're going to love it. Please send me your address.

A strange feeling floods my whole being. It's both excitement and terror. Eager anticipation and anxiety.

I reply with my address.

Immediately, my cell phone buzzes with a response from him: Thanks. I thought maybe you'd changed your mind.

I don't respond. I switch off my cell phone again and then grab two chunks of my hair and squeeze my eyes shut.

I have no idea what I'm doing.

I prayed last night and this morning that God would give me some guidance about whether to marry Timothy. It's the first time I've done so except for last Friday when I asked him to send me the right guy. All along, I've just figured that it's safest to do what Mom and Nana say. It didn't even cross my mind that their choice for me might not be God's choice for me.

I would never tell Gina this. She'd consider me brainwashed and naive. But the truth is, I just figured Mom and Nana have prayed about it and God has told them. And that's why they're telling me.

"Please talk to me, God," I whisper. "I need some guidance."

I decide not to start getting ready until six fifteen. I never do anything to prepare for seeing Timothy so I shouldn't for Colby. As I take a shower, I realize that this will actually be my first-ever, real date. Timothy and I have been for meals together, but it has never felt like a date and we've never called it dating. It's just been grabbing a meal together. And there's never been any excitement.

I figured that was how it should be.

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