*LAST WEEKEND*
On Friday morning of that week, I was on my desk at work when Betty initiated a chat with me on BBM.
BETTY: hi dear
ME: hello love.
BETTY: how are you doing? And hope you aren’t missing me too much?
ME: I miss you so much dear. Infact, I’m just managing to cope here without you.
BETTY: hmmmmmmm, what about those cute customers that do visit your bank, hope you aren’t winking at anyone of them?
ME: trust me dear. You know I won’t do such now. Everything I wanted in a woman, I can find them in my Betty, so I don’t need to look elsewhere again.
BETTY: hmmmmmmm. That’s my baby.
ME: will I see you again before you travel out of the country?
BETTY: I’m not so sure about that onihaxy. You knew I told you my introduction would be coming up tomorrow. And I will be travelling on Tuesday morning.
ME: ** silent and don’t know what to type**
BETTY: PING!!!
ME: hi
BETTY: onihaxy, I know why you are silent and I understand how you feel. Please don’t be weary and heartbroken, I’m yours forever.
ME: Are you sure dear?
BETTY: yes I’m very sure. Like I told you earlier, I already told this guy that I’m a virgin and I don’t want to have any intimacy until my wedding night.
ME: but what you wanted to do tomorrow is a form of wedding?
BETTY: not at all dear, it’s just a parlour introduction between the two families, that’s all.
ME: baby I’m scared.
BETTY: onihaxy please, don’t be scared. Nothing on earth can separate you and I. I just needed to have my masters from a foreign school in other to have a competitive edge in the job market. I knew my father will disown me after school, I knew I will loose my inheritance in my father’s property but I don’t care, I’m just ready to spend the rest of my life with you dear.
ME: hmmmmmmmmmm.
BETTY: baby, you still don’t believe me?
ME: I do dear, I am just bothered
BETTY: ok onihaxy, what do you want me to do in order to convince you?,
ME: I just don’t know jaree.
BETTY: ok, do you have anywhere we can go and have a covenant or oath?, I will come to Lagos on Sunday and we will go there together.
ME: covenant/oath kee?
BETTY: yes onihaxy, I mean it. I’m ready to do anything to convince you.
ME: I’m already convinced dear, don’t worry.
BETTY: ok onihaxy, let me run away from home again then, I will pack my things and move in with you at Maryland. I will start job hunting with my first degree.
ME: haaa, what about your master’s programe?,
BETTY: I’m ready to forfeit it. Abi why should I travel out of the country to further my education and end up loosing you due to lack of trust?, its certain that I will remain miserable for the rest of my life even with the second degree certificate.
ME: betty, don’t worry, you are free to go. I already trusted and believed in you. For you to love me at my poor state of living despite the fact that you are a multi millionaire’s daughter, there is no love more than this. I’m just scared that my rich rival won’t snatch you away from me.
BETTY: trust me dear, the love I have for you is more than riches, silver and gold. I love you more than anything in this world and I’m not ready to loose you because you are my life and my heartbeat.
ME: thanks so much dear, I love you so much.
BETTY: I love you too honey.
ME: let’s chat later dear, I have some work to do on my desk dear
BETTY: ok dear, I will update you on any development dear.
ME: alright dear. Bye
BETTY: bye dear.
I resumed my duty at work after the chat and began to ponder on everything. The next day which was Saturday, Betty uploaded a picture of her and the guy on her Facebook, bbm and whatsapp. I couldn’t help it but cry like a baby as I saw the pictures. But poor me, I had no choice than to keep mute and play long with her just as she kept assuring me that nothing could stop her love for me.
After the weekend introduction, my dearest Betty departed Nigeria for United Kingdom on Tuesday and she updated me with pictures and chats right from when she left home to the time she got to the airport and boarded the flight.
The next day after receiving the suspense text message from bimpe, I was totally disturbed and restless as I began to imagine so many things.
“What could the test be about?”
“Could it be an infection?”
“Could it be HIV/AIDS ?”
“Could it be STD ?”
” Hope it’s not what I’m thinking?”
“Or could it be another pregnancy?”
” I hope it’s not pregnancy sha”
” I just pray it’s not what I’m thinking?”
“Or what could be my business with her test?”
“If it’s an STD, it’s still better because it’s curable”
“If it’s an HIV infection, I think it’s bad”
“But if it’s another pregnancy, then I’m doomed”
“How do I face betty to explain?”
“How do I explain to the world that the wife of my fiancé’s brother is keeping a second child for me?”
“How do I handle it especially now when segun doesn’t want to be involved in bimpe’s matte again?.
” Onihaxy……. You are in trouble”
Throughout the day, bimpe didn’t call me neither did I received any text message from her nor did she chat with me and this made me more uncomfortable and restless as it was unlike her, The adebimpe that I knew would never let a day pass by without me getting atleast 20 missed calls from her. I thought of ignoring her text and pretended as if I never received it earlier, but my troubled mind wouldn’t let me to rest and move on.
The more I tried to forget it, the more I get scared with heavy and strange thoughts in my heart. When I couldn’t hold on again, I decided to pick my phone and dial her number, she didn’t pick up until the 3rd call attempt.
BIMPE: ****silent****
ME: hello bimpe.
BIMPE: ***harsh voice**** hi, how can I help you?
ME: Adebimpe, why are you sounding like this?
BIMPE: what do you mean about why I was sounding?, you have been trying to avoid me for the past few days and I’m already getting used to it. So what is the problem?
ME: anyways, I got your message about a laboratory test you did. What was it all about?
BIMPE: it’s not something I can discuss on phone, if you are interested in hearing, then let’s see and discuss.
ME: ****curious**** must we see before we discuss?, can’t we say it here on phone?, after all, I’m calling you with my airtime?
BIMPE: don’t shout on me Mr man, I never forced you or begged you to call me in the first place, so stop lamenting about airtime.
ME: me abi?, “iyen emi naa?”
BIMPE: yes, you!!. Like I said earlier, I’m not saying anything on phone, not until we see.
ME: ****angry*** then forget about it then, keep whatever you want to say to yourself. I don’t care anymore and I’m not interested in seeing you.
BIMPE: *****laughed**** well, no problem, when the bubble eventually burst, you will hate yourself and you will almost cry blood. Onihaxy, you have just laid the foundation to your destruction. Have a nice day **hanged up***
I opened my mouth wide and I was staring at the phone at the same time in a surprised mood. I began to soliloquies
“Did bimpe just hanged up on me?”
” What does she meant by bubble burst?”
” Am I actually laying the foundation of my destruction?”
“What could be going on?”
” Did she just threatened me?”
“Onihaxy, you are in trouble”.
I continued to think and I was totally confused and dumb folded at the same time. I began to think whether I should call her back or ignore her. I tried putting it off my mind but the thoughts keep pushing itself to the center of my heart. I felt like calling segun then I remembered that segun had sworn not to get involved in Adebimpe’s matter again.
After several minutes of struggling with the thoughts, I couldn’t just help it anymore than to call her again to just clear my head. I picked up my phone and dialed her number again. This time, she didn’t pick up until the sixth call.
ME: hello
BIMPE: yes!!!!, what is it?
ME: ok, can we see this Sunday?
BIMPE: time?
ME: what time will be ok for you?
BIMPE: anytime is ok by me.
ME: ok, around 2pm
BIMPE: alright, no problem. At where?
ME: where will you prefer?
BIMPE: any venue is ok by me.
ME: what about an eatery?
BIMPE: no problem. So which eatery is that?
ME: maybe the sweet sensation very close to my place.
BIMPE: no problem. See you on Sunday then.
ME: alright dear, bye
BIMPE: ***soft voice*** me? Dear?, *** chuckle**** alright, bye too.
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I woke up so early on Sunday morning, feeling so bothered and disturbed about what adebimpe wanted to tell me, the anxiety in me couldn’t let me go to church that day. I looked up and check the time. It was few minutes to 7am. I picked my phone and called bimpe.
ME: hello Adebimpe
BIMPE: hi
ME: how was your night and weekend?
BIMPE: fine. And why did you start acting like you care if my weekend and night was good or not?
ME: what do you mean?
BIMPE: never mind. So when and where do you want us to meet?
ME: the same eatery I told you about.
BIMPE: if I will be meeting you outside lekki, then it will be in the evening when henry arrives so that he can look after daniella. I can’t leave her alone with the gateman.
ME: ok, what time will he be around?
BIMPE: he is already on his way. So, any moment from now.
ME: how do we do it then?
BIMPE: I will update you when its time.
ME: alright, no problem.
BIMPE: yeah ****hang up****
I dropped the phone, stood up from my bed and began to walk to and fro in my room as if I lost something. I began to have strange imaginations about what the news could be all about. I returned back to my bed and started forcing myself to sleep but sleep refused to come. I picked my earphone from my trolley, connected it to my phone and plugged it into my ears to listen to music but it wasn’t helping matter as my mind was far away thinking about bimpe and her strange news. I thought of driving out so as to ease tension but I remembered I was just a learner who is yet to be perfect on Lagos roads.
I remained clueless and confused in my room until I got an international call from Betty. I was so happy and my mood changed instantly. We talked for some minutes before switching to facebook chat with her. I was so much carried away with the chat until around few minutes to 1pm when bimpe called to inform me that she was on her way coming.
I got up, went to the bathroom to freshen up, prepared noodles to eat and resumed my chat with Betty. When bimpe called and told me she was at obanikoro. I got up and started strolling down to the eatery to wait for her as she told me earlier. I ordered for a meat pie and a bottle of coke and I was eating slowly while I await bimpe.
At around 3pm, I saw the security guard at the entrance of the eatery opening the door and bimpe walked in looking so radiant and elegant. She doesn’t look like someone who has a daughter at all, and her make up added more magic to her beauty. I waved my hand and she sighted me and walked closer to my table and sat down opposite me with a grin on her face.
ME: welcome ma. What should I order for you?
BIMPE: **looked at my table*** same thing you are eating
ME: ok. ***stood up to get a pie and coke*** have it.
BIMPE: thanks.
ME: so, what is it that you wanted to tell me?.
BIMPE: not so soon. Tell me first, what exactly is my offence and why have you been avoiding me?
ME: nothing, its work, I have been busy of recent.
BIMPE: ***** stared into my eyes with a flirty smile******, onihaxy, you aren’t telling me the truth.
ME: what do you mean?
BIMPE: I have been with you for years and I know you more than you can imagine. With the look on your face, I can easily tell when you are lied.
ME: ***looking down at the table****
BIMPE: onihaxy, I’m listening. And besides, has it gotten to the extent that you don’t want to look into my eyes again.
ME: ***dropped my food***. Ok bimpe, the truth is that I’m tired of hurting Betty, she loves me and I love her too. I want to concentrate and focus on her without any distraction.
BIMPE: **voice softened** so I’m a distraction to you right?
ME: Try to understand me bimpe, if I don’t let go of you, there is no way I can focus on my relationship with Betty.
BIMPE: ***sobbing*** onihaxy, I’m also cheating on my husband because of you. Do you think you are the only one feeling that way?, I don’t know why, I can’t just understand what you did to me, it’s just so hard for me to let go of you out of my mind. The more I try to push you away, the more I think of you.
ME: hmmmmmmnm, but it’s not supposed to be so bimpe. You have henry that you are married to and I have Betty whom I want to marry. Why don’t we just focus on our spouses and make them happy?
BIMPE: and you think that abandoning and ignoring me is the best way to approach this situation right?,
ME: let’s put that aside. Let’s discuss on why we are here.
BIMPE: ok, I have been confirmed two weeks pregnant.
ME: whaooo, I’m happy for you and henry. That’s good news dear. Is that what you wanted to tell me that you couldn’t say on the phone?, I knew you just wanted to see my face, that was why you used this trick.
BIMPE: ***smile**** onihaxy. I’m carrying your second baby. The pregnancy is yours.
ME: what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.*****fainted*****
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