©️Opeyemi Akintunde
It is very unlikely that everyone reading this would trust me to be disciplined enough to ignore that message but I did…
I ignored the message…
I did for good thirty minutes. Thirty minutes that felt like eternity. I paced around in my room as the surge of the familiar excitement I had for Precious ran through my veins. I thought I was over her but a simple text from her knocked me out…
I suddenly started perceiving her smell though she was not anywhere close. It seemed like my memory suddenly brought up every feeling, every thought, every emotion associated with Precious.
With shaky fingers, I dialled her number. I swallowed hard and I could hardly breathe. My heart was beating very fast…
” Hello!” Her voice still sounded delectable though sad..
I ended the call. Why? I knew what I was doing was wrong. Leni was first my sister before becoming my wife. I couldn’t hurt her this way. Though things were not at its best for us but as her brother, I still had pity for her…
” No! I can’t do this to Leni”
” But I deserve to be happy!” I convinced myself
” Friday, if you didn’t marry Leni in a rush, this would have been a happy moment, Precious coming back would have been great!” I said to myself
She called back…
I resisted the urge to answer..
” I am lodged in Sentinel Hotel 313. I will be expecting you” She texted
I turned off my phone hoping that would kill the urge of seeing her…
Two hours later, I found myself in front of Sentinel Hotel.
” You can still turn back” the Me that didn’t want to hurt Leni pleaded
” Go in” the Me that loved myself said.
Ten minutes later, the Me that loved Me won. I knocked at her door; the receptionist had told me to go to the room as she had been expecting me…
She opened the door and without saying anything to each other, our lips found each other. We took each other into each other’s embrace like hungry dogs.
For the first time in years, I was making love to a woman. Whatever I had with Leni was just bodily exercise. My soul was in the one with Precious . I was at home here. As we were at it, I knew there was no turning back, I knew Leni was going to lose out in this. Precious was my soul mate and there was no leaving her for another man…
” Marry me, before you run off with another man!” I said as we lay naked in each other’s arm. I felt naked and unashamed with her. I was at ease with her. I felt no shame, but a little Leni guilt kept trying to tug at my heart but I kept pressing it down..
” And we have a lot of money to spend. My husband left me a lot of money before he died. He worked so hard to make the money, but didn’t stay to enjoy it.”
” How did he die?” I asked in fear. I silently hoped she didn’t kill him for us to be together.
” Cardiac Arrest! He wasn’t resting, he was all about making money. F.D my life has been hell in the past two years. I almost died of depression. I was always lonely, I decided to have a child with him at least that way I would have someone to play with, but the baby was not forthcoming. I decided to go for prayers for conception, but everywhere I went for, I was always told I have missed the man I ought to marry. I knew it was you F.D and I knew I had to find my way back to you. Thankfully, he died.”
I dragged her close and kissed her forehead…
” I am happy you are not married, I would have killed myself if I found you married” Precious said
I couldn’t tell her I was married…
” How is your Sister?” She asked out of the blues
I was shocked, how did she know about Leni?
” You told me about her that night we chatted for hours!”
She said as if to answer my thoughts
” Yeah! She is fine.. She has a second baby” I said
” Wow! Nice…that means she is married now? “
” No…she let another man impregnate her, so she still lives with me” I said trying to cover my tracks.
” Aww…she must really be a girl who wears her heart on her sleeves. She is getting entangled with guys who are not ready to settle down with her.” Precious said
” Yeah!” Was all I could say
” I would love to meet her” She said. This was exactly what I saw coming.
” Sure, I will arrange a meeting” I said
” Why not now?”
” No…I am on the night shift , I am going to the hotel from here. I will come pick you up tomorrow morning “
” Ok!”
I had told a lie, I was not going to the hotel that night. I went back home. I had to beg Leni for one thing…
She had to tell a half truth; I wanted her to pretend to Precious that she was just my sister and not my wife.
I couldn’t lose Precious again and as for Leni, she was going to be my secret wife. I would get her a better Accomodation and try to give her the life I was hoping she would have, with the money Precious got from her husband.
I am a good man right? Don’t say I am a bad man, If you were in my shoes and you are entangled with the wrong person in marriage and suddenly the right person shows up after marriage, what would you do?
Be honest!
To be continued
