My ex, Bernard, called me two days after my wedding. I left him three years ago when I found out that there were three women in his life, and I was the third. He promised that he was going to leave the two other women. He didn’t love them, and that was why he came for me. He asked me to give him just one week, and he would come with evidence that he had left them.

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I agreed, but I got home, thought about the whole thing, and asked myself if my dad raised me to be that girl. Yes, Bernard was rich. He had cars. He took me to driving school, paid for it, and even paid for me to get a licence. When I was with him, I was the one driving. He knew how much I loved to drive.

That aside, there was nothing I asked for that he didn’t give me. Just name it, and the next moment, it was on my table. My best friend at that time told me, “It’s not easy to find a man like that these days ooo. He said he would leave them. Believe him.”

I texted him and said it was over. I didn’t want to see him anywhere near me again. He should go after those two women. He came to my house with fake evidence that he had left the two women. I said he should go and find another one. He said he loved me and would do everything to have me. I said he had done enough not to have me.

Then he said, “You’ll never find anyone like me. Someone who loves you the way I do. Mark my words.”

I marked them.

And then I found Joshua. He didn’t have much, but he had love and respect for me. When Bernard found out I had a boyfriend, he intentionally stalked us to a place, bumped into us, and laughed at me right in front of Joshua. Later in the evening, he texted, “So this is what you settled for when you left me? I told you. You can’t find anyone like me.”

I read the message over and over again and then blocked him. He would intentionally send a gift to my workplace and call with another number and say, “When was the last time he got you a gift like that? He can’t afford it.”

He would send me lunch and many other gifts just to tease me or even make me feel small and run back to him. I didn’t want to tell Joshua. I felt it was disrespectful, but when push came to shove, I told him everything, and he said, “When he buys you anything, collect it. Let’s see how long he will continue.”

Then Joshua and I got married. Bernard called with a new number. He said, “You left me and rushed into this miserable wedding? Is it because your soul doesn’t like good things?”

Then he burst out laughing. I responded, “I’m happy you keep calling me with different numbers. It tells me you haven’t had anyone like me since I left you. I’m happy with what I have, but can you say the same? What do you have?”

I blocked that number too, and he never called again. Exes like him are the devil himself. When they lose you, they try to make you lose everything so they can tell you, “I told you that you’ll never find someone like me.”

I found more.

I found millions in Joshua.

—Akua  

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