Ichabod - Episode 33

“Have you seen Ichabod?” Harmony asked Vivi who looked startled where she sat.

“Jeez! Girl you scared me. Chill, he will show up soon.” She replied, chatting on her phone.

Harmony frowned, “he will show up? It’s been more than four hours since I have been on set and he’s not back yet.”

Vivian frowned, “come on, chill. Don’t be a stalker girlfriend please. It’s not cool. Here. Take a drink.” Vivia said offering her a cup of wine which Harmony took reluctantly. She sat on a stool next to Vi’s and watched as new cast took over the set.

“Did he tell you before he left?” she asked.

“Sure, I only asked him to get somethings for me, he should be on his way back.”

“You asked him to get you something without telling me?” she snapped.

“Chill girl, its all part of your birthday surprise which you have just ruined.”

Harmony calmed down, “really?”

“Yes, really. Now just chill and tell me everything that happened after the kiss. While we talk he will come. Besides, I think it’s a good thing he’ being away. We can get to gossip about him.”

Harmony found herself blushing and then she started

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. “Well, I was first of all angry with him because I thought he went to see another lady and…”

“Hold it!” Vivian shouted. “What do you mean by another lady?”

Harmony sighed and drank a little, “the thing is, you remember the girl we saw that night at the club with him, outside?”

Vivian nodded.

“Yes, I don’t know, I just don’t know why I got it so twisted that he went to her.”

Vi frowned, “I don’t get it. Did you go to his room that night?”

“Yes I did,” she said, feeling embarrassed and trying to hide a smile, “I know, I’m so sorry.”

“That is so confusing. Why would you think like that?”

She sighed, “he called me Dennis when we kissed.” She retorted and Vivian gasped.

“He did what?”

She nodded, “yes but then he told me he was married…”

“Oh my god. Hes a widower?”

Harmony nodded.

“That is so sad.”

“Yes, I know but the worst part of it was that, I feel like, the name is familiar you know. Like a suppressed memory or something from my dream. When he called me Dennis, I wasn’t conscious of it, I felt like I was Dennis. Does it make any sense?”

“Well, he was kissing you. If such a cute handsome devil like him could be kissing me and he called me a cat, trust me I will  meow.”

The two ladies burst into laughter.

“You are crazy Vivian,I swear but true though.” She said.

“Do you know what else is true?”

“No.”

“I think you have fallen in love, for the first time in years friend…” Vivian stated in a tender voice. “Being worried about him, being jealous if he was with someone else….you are in love girl.”

Harmony was silent. She was in love. Why was she not surprised? The truth was, it didn’t feel like the first time or as if he was someone still new to her.  Ichabod was like….the man of her dreams…This was insane and she was trying not to be troubled by everything but she was, especially when so many memories were coming to her…like the way Ichabod had hold her around the neck and kissed her…it had happened before…like a long time ago. All these feelings she was having were all familiar and ….maybe she was losing her mind, again as she always did anytime her birthday was close.

“Are you okay girl?” Vi asked.

“No Vi,” and continued, “have you ever had a déjà vu?”

“Not sure what you mean?”

“I mean all these things with Ichabod, Dennis, the kiss, the closeness and everything…they all feel so strangely familiar….”

Vivian laughed, “I think the wine is kicking in….” she said.

“No, I…” Harmony continued but stopped as her phone rang, she frowned when she realized it was Michael.

“What does he want?” Vivian hissed.

“He has been calling me,”Harmony replied and then decided to pick it this time, “what is it?”

“Look babe, your guard is not who you think he is.” Michael shouted.

“Michael, go get a life or something and stay the hell away from Ichabod and Tracy!” she shouted at him and ended the call.

“What is it?” Vi asked.

“He was just bluffing…he’s got issues with Ichabod…” as she spoke her phone rang again, still it was Michael. She picked it again, “Look Michael….”

“No, you listen, come out right now, there is something I need to show you, the guard is not who you think he is!If you do not come out Harmony, I swear to God…”

“You swear to God that what? What will you do?”

“Please Harmony, I am in front of your movie location right now, you need to see this…” then he ended the call.

Harmony hissed and picked up her bag. “Come with Me Vivian.”

Vi frowned, “what is it this time?”

“I don’t know yet but I think Michael is going nuts!”

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“Oh, look, there is Ichabod, he back.” Vivian said as they spotted Harmony’s car at the other side of the road. They were using a house by the side of the road for the movie, there was no parking lot, so he had to pack by the side of the road under the shade. It was quite sunny.

“So, where is Michael?” Vivian asked.

“Forget Michael, let’s go.” Harmony replied on seeing Ichabod waving at her.

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. How could she have missed him so dearly within few minutes. She wasn’t going to wait for Michael again.

As the two ladies attempted to cross, a car drove quickly to their side and Michael stepped out with a man holding a camera.

“Michael, what the hell are you doing?” She demanded.

“Do not try to move…” he ordered, he looked like he has not had a sleep in days. “I am not going to allow you to accommodate a demon with my daughter, okay?”

Harmony frowned, now angry, “who are you calling a demon Michael? Look, let me tell you something, if…”

“Shut up and listen to me. Ask  your bodyguard to come out and meet you here.”

Harmony frowned, “are you crazy? What are yodoing with a camera man?what is this Michael?”

“This is about the safety of our daughter. He is not who you think he is!”

“I don’t have time for this nonsense!” Harmony said and was about to leave but Michael pulled her back suddenly, frightening her.

“Michael, what is the meaning of this?” Vivian shouted.

“Shut up Vi. It has nothing to do with you!” he shouted back at Vivian before facing Harmony who was hurting because of how he was holding her.

“You are hurting me…” she cried.

“Just ask him to come out and meet you right here. I promise I will not hurt him, I just want him to step out of that car and meet you right here, then if he can do that, I swear, I will never bother you on Tracy’s custody again. No one is leaving here until he steps out of that car…”

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Ichabod was boiling where he was as he sat in the car, too powerless to do anything… his phone rang and he picked it without checking for who it was. He could already see Michael holding Harmony’s phone close to his ears…

“Hey, Mr. Ichabod or should I call you Odin…why don’t you come out of the car and we will accept that this is all a mistake…”

“Ichabod do something please…” Vivian cried.  

Ichabod kept suppressing his emotions while pressing the pedals increasingly and angrily…he needed to keep his emotions balanced….he needed to think…he needed to do something…..but how would he do that without risking his identity in that mad sun and disappointing the woman he loved?

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SO I HAD TO STOP COS I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT ICHABOD SHOULD DO. SO GUYS, NA YOUR TURN O, IF YOU ARE ICHABOD WHAT WILL YOU DO...IF I WERE TO BE ICHABOD, I WILL JUST WAKE UP AND THANK GOD IT WAS JUST A DREAM, LMAO,,NIGERIANS, HOPE WE ARE READY TO VOTE TOMORROW..,,GUYS, ICHABOD NEEDS YOUR ADVISE,,,,COMMENTS!