“I have been holding my peace since Saturday when we ran into Ronald, I thought your reaction that day was something normal but right now I can’t hold it back anymore….. Melanie I’m so jealous, so jealous” Tobi is trying so hard not to sound so emotional but it’s failing him “You don’t have to feel jealous Tobi there is no need to” “Really, are you sure there is no reason for me to feel the way I do?….. well I’m human and I have feelings too, seeing you in that man’s arms, I…I couldn’t take it” “That meant nothing my love….it meant nothing” “How about to him….do you think it meant nothing to him, it certainly didn’t” Mel holds his hands and begs him to understand her “My heart is yours, I might have probably reacted the way I did because his presence is stillshocking to me but that’s how far it is, there can’t be anything between us when I have you, you’re my family and I’m your wife” “You’re not my wife Melanie….. you’re not my wife, we’re only two people who have something in common that’s a daughter…. we’re only cohabiting and you know why?….. it’s because you want me as a boyfriend or something but not as your husband” “Calm down Tobi please…… you know very well I see you more than what you just said, you’re my husband and in love you” “How about Ronald…. what do you feel for him” she keeps quiet and this time he’s the one holding her hands “What did he want…. be honest and tell me” “To ask for forgiveness and also explain what really happened” “And what was his explanation” “I didn’t give him a chance to talk” “Is that all that is about it” he asks narrowing his eyebrows “That’s all” she lies to him “Let’s just forget about Ronald, he’s not going to come in between us I Promise” for now they make up and Tobi asks her not to hide these things from him………… Ron’s next stop is at his sister’s office where Perry asks where he’s coming from dressed like that” You’re the last person I can ever lie to Perry so I have to be honest with you, I went go see Melanie” Perry opens her mouth to say something but no words come out “I had to see the condition under which she lives in and I must say she’s doing pretty well, a successful husband, a well furnished office of her own and a beautiful daughter in a beautiful home” “Why do I smell jealousy in that tone” “Because I’m jealous Perry” he points to his hearI can’t give up on Melanie….. I can’t do that, my heart won’t let me…..guess what, I’m so confident she feels the same way too” “Don’t be so stupid Ronald, you’re only hallucinating, didn’t you see how in love she was with her husband that day” “Appearance sister…..appearance can fool, have you forgotten so soon Mel and I were each other’s greatest love” “That was five years ago” “Exactly…. but the look in her eyes today told me there is still a possibility that I might have a chance to win her over…… and above all, there is nothing on her ring finger” Perry has no words for her brother who won’t hear reasons no matter how much she tries but she’s so afraid this won’t end well……….. Meanwhile at home, Becky who has started smelling something unusual about Ronald is pouring her heart out to her favourite sister in-law “We were fine in Zambia…. he was so loving and caring until when we came back….. it was OK still until when we ran in to that woman” this gets Patience’s attention “What did you say her name was” “I don’t remember her name, it just skipped my mind” “How was she….I mean her condition” “She looked Rich, she was not just an ordinary person like these useless girls you see scattered around in town….. she should be doing something for herself and has her money…..I mean she’s Rich” “Hmmmm! that can’t be Melanie” she wonders out aloud “Wait!…. did you just say Melanie?” Becky finally remembers that was the name “Yes Melanie….. was she called Melanie?….. though I have my doubts after hearing your description” “I’m sure that was the name Perry called, who was Melanie to Ronald”Arrrgh…..some low life idiot who didn’t know her boundaries and fell hard for him, no one except Perry and Dad loved her for brother…. they eventually parted ways and that was the end of it” Becky is not convinced “What if she’s the same person” “It can’t be…..she was impregnated by some fool she didn’t even know….she never got to sit for her final papers and you can just imagine….. I’m sure you might have heard Ronald mention her name once or twice back there in Zambia, that’s it…just chill but we’re going to find out who that woman responsible for his sudden change is, Ronald used to be quite a ladies man back then”……. for now Becky is relaxed………… Two days later Perry and Ron have met with her ever busy boyfriend Patrick in a restaurant for a dinner after so much persuasion from Perry that her brother wanted to get to know who the man in her life was……they are settled at a table near the entrance and there are only a few people in there…..they continue to have their dinner and chat getting to know each other more……….. Tobi drives his car to the restaurant and packs it, stepping down….. he comes out to open for Melanie who is dressed in a very long evening gown….. after their makeup, he had ordered for a romantic dinner just for two where he can be able to spoil his wife a little, Mel has not given him a reason to doubt her love for him in these past two days, she’s so excited as well because his surprises are always extreme “Ready my Lady” he’s trying his best not to laugh because he’s acting in a funny way, the ever beautiful Melanie in her blue dress steps down as he takes her hand “So ready Sir….. so shall we” he locks the car and takes her hand “Let’s go….” they walk into the restaurant hand in hand, with Tobi not taking his eyes off his beautiful wife, all eyes turn to their direction as they walk and Mel felt on top of the world…… they have just stepped in when someone calls Melanie, they turn towards the direction of the voice and it’s Ron who is with two other people, he had stood up on seeing them and Mel looks shocked, Tobi too is taken up by someone but not Ronald, it’s the man who is seated with Ronald…… “David……” he wonders within himself “This can not be happening…… what are doing with Ronald” his heart races first, Mel herself is shocked for Tobi’s reaction…….. David looks at his ex Friend and wonders what the hell Tobi is doing there, he swifts his gaze towards the woman with him, he wonders who she could be, shelooked familiar to him “Where have I seen you from…..where” he can’t tell but right now he’s more afraid of Tobi unmasking him but all of a sudden, Tobi grabs Mel’s hand and pulls her along and they exit the restaurant “Get in….we are leaving right now” Mel thinks he’s acting out of jealousy so she keeps quiet and gets into the car with no complaint or what so ever……. the drive home was a quiet one, it didn’t take Tobi long to reach home and asks Mel to go on in, he’s going to follow her but that was it, he never came in to the house…………. David lies on his bed starring at nothing in particular but with his mind so taken up by that woman with Tobi and why he reacted the way he did “Think David think…… where have you seen her from” it took him longer than he thought but finally he does he remembers when they watched her come to the place they grabbed her from “That’s it…..that’s it, she’s the one….Hahahaha…. she’s the one, that babe he raped Hahaha….. or poor thing, let’s wait and see what happens Tobias, I’m paying you a surprise visit tomorrow”……… Tobi slept outside in his car and never came into the house giving Mel the scare of her life, down in his car, he couldn’t even sleep a wink, he was trying to come to terms with the fact that he was finally going to face his worst fear, paying for his grave mistake……. he remained in the car till morning at around five when he now sneaks into the house, Mel was sleeping but this time she was sleeping on his side of the bed, holding on to his pillow…… he leans over and kisses her head ” I’m so sorry my love…..my heart is broken into pieces already ……if only the love I feel for you was big enough to cover all my sins against you”…….he walks into the shower and didn’t take long there, he comes out and dresses up quickly, he leaves before anyone was even up, but he stops at Mira’s room to give her a kiss, he leaves the house and it’s only the gateman who is aware………….. Melanie wakes up to an empty bed and empty room…..she looks around and realises Tobi really never came in……this is the very first time in five years when Tobi has slept outside apart from a few time when he had traveled, she’s smelling something is wrong somewhere “Was it that man in the restaurant???…” she wonders and gets out of bed, grabs her nighty and covers herself, she comes down to the kitchen where her mother is preparing breakfast “Good morning mum”Mel….you’re up already, how was your night” “Bad……very bad have you seen my husband” Ofelia is surprised, Tobi doesn’t leave this house before saying Hello to Everyone, he Normally comes for Mel’s breakfast himself to prepare it if he chooses to serve her in bed so this is so shocking to her “Did you guys fight or what” Mel didn’t respond but walks out, running towards the gateman who tells her Tobi just Left this morning not at night like she thought, she’s relaxed a bit…..she walks back inside to get ready as well “You have some unfinished explaining Tobi….. I’m coming for you”……….. David now Patrick meets up with his two other friends Eddy and Clems to discuss this latest development, he was able to find out last night from his girlfriend that the woman who came in with Tobi was his wife and the ex girlfriend of Ronald, she explained to him the condition under which they parted ways, this was after he remembered who the lady was ” This is the best news I have heard in a long time….in fact since I came back to this country ” says Eddy “Now is the best time to get back at him for the way he treated us” Clems says “What do we do…..how do we go about it” “Good question guys, we are going to pay him a visit in his office today….. Perry also informed me that Ronald would do anything to get the man who destroyed Melanie….. how about we send him a little text with and unknown number, just to let him know we mch know who the man is” they hi five and get so excited “It’s time the whole world gets to know who the righteous Tobias Akankwasa really is he thought by marrying her, that would be the end of it ……”……
To be continued…
