By Joy Owie
It started on a quiet Friday evening.
The kind of Friday where the sky looked softer than usual, and the wind carried memories instead of dust. Tola sat by the window, staring at her phone, reading his message again.
“Let’s spend the weekend together. Just us.”
It had been months since she last saw Kunle. Months of missed calls, delayed replies, and excuses that felt heavier than the truth. But still, she said yes. She always said yes.
Saturday morning came with hope.
Kunle arrived early, wearing the same cologne she fell in love with two years ago. The moment she opened the door, they smiled—awkwardly at first, like strangers trying to remember how they used to love.
They went to their favorite spot, laughed over old jokes, and held hands like nothing had changed. For a moment, everything felt right again.
But love has a way of hiding cracks until silence reveals them.
By evening, the conversations slowed.
Kunle kept checking his phone.
Tola kept pretending not to notice.
“Are you okay?” she finally asked.
“Yeah… just work,” he replied, forcing a smile.
She nodded, but her heart knew better.
Sunday morning came too fast.
They sat on the balcony, watching the sunrise — the same place where he once promised forever. But this time, the silence was louder than any words.
“Tola…” he finally said.
She didn’t look at him. She already knew.
“I think… we’ve changed.”
Her heart sank, but she stayed calm.
“Or maybe,” she whispered softly, “you just stopped choosing me.”
Kunle didn’t reply.
And that was the answer.
He left an hour later.
No drama.
No shouting.
No tears in front of him.
Just a quiet hug… and a goodbye that never fully came.
That evening, Tola sat alone, staring at the empty chair across from her. The weekend that was supposed to fix everything had quietly ended what was left.
Her phone buzzed.
A message from Kunle:
“Take care of yourself.”
She read it once… then dropped her phone.
Because sometimes, the most painful heartbreak isn’t betrayal…
It’s when someone you love slowly becomes a stranger — over one quiet weekend.
