How I escaped this today is quite fascinating
One can never be too careful but sometimes if youāre observant you might see the signs
Went to pick a waybill this evening, on my way coming back I took a wrong bus and this is how it happened, normally I only take bus at the bus stop because for you to load there it means youāre part of the union, this helps reduce the chance of entering one chance.
But this evening I was in a rush , just wanted to get home, I got to the bus stop and the bus loading was empty and that road isnāt really a busy road in the evening so I thought it will take time to load , so I saw a bus turning I just thought to enter since itās empty but it wasnāt stopping to load
I entered and was alone, somehow I looked back and I saw clothes , toothpaste and brush and other house stuffs in the car, I didnāt think it deep, few minutes later the bus stopped to pick a young girl, the driver didnāt ask her where she was going and when she entered they looked at each other and it felt like they commited with eyes, I became uncomfortable and vigilant, the road was lonely bus thereās a bus stop ahead and I know thereās a cross junction there with no roundabout or flyover so thereās always traffic that became my escape route
But the driver stopped to pick a guy, immediately he entered I felt goosebumps all over me, texted my babe to monitor my location from her ends
When the guy entered , the girl passed something to him but I donāt know what that was, I really needed to act clueless so they donāt suspect I clocked it , I was on AirPod so I started playing music and was singling out and scrolling on twitter, did all this for them to think Iām distracted and we were closer to the bus stop and after that bus stop is also a dry road
I knew Iād drop at the next bus stop but I didnāt announce it and all along this driver refused to pick any other person , another red flag
We got to the junction and there was traffic as usual I told him to drop me, my plan was if they refused I will drag the starring with him while screaming to get peopleās attention, he hissed and said āI thought youāre going toā¦.ā
I told him no while coming down , asked how much and he drove off with speed without collecting money , i literally wanted to delay when bringing out money until the traffic light turned red so I can get peopleās attention and they catch them but he knew I clocked them already hence why he drove off and beat the traffic
I was rambling about my stressful day to the guy I've been dating, and mid sentence, I caught him typing on his phone under the table. I felt that familiar sting of rejection. I thought he was ignoring me.
āWhat I actually found on his screen completely broke me š
āFor context, weāve been seeing each other for about a month.
Heās an engineer very sweet, very logical, but a little quiet.
āWhen I stopped talking and asked, "Do you need to answer a work email?" trying not to sound annoyed, he looked up, genuinely panicked.
ā"No! No, I'm so sorry, I was just jotting something down."
āHe placed his phone face down, but I caught a glimpse of the Notes app. I immediately assumed the worst.
I thought he was keeping a tally of my red flags, or texting a buddy to come save him from the girl who talks too much.
āFast forward to that evening. We were at my apartment watching a movie, and he got up to grab us some water.
He left his phone on the couch arm. The screen lit up with a spam notification, and his Notes app was still open.
āIām not a snooper, but my curiosity totally got the best of me. I leaned over to look.
Thereās this stage of life where you can afford owning (using) a car but canāt yet afford buying a car. Thatās my stage now.
Dear Car, itās time, come home.
Please Mention just one thing you really want so well but due to funds, you can't afford it. Someone might surprise you today in the comments.
A closed mouth is a closed destiny. š¤²š¾š¤·āāļøš„ŗ