©️Opeyemi Akintunde.
I knew I was hooked, now that Promise was pregnant, there was no escaping the marriage.
“Congratulations to us Baby, at least now we can get married, so we don’t have our child outside wedlock” her words echoed in my ears
“Yes…” I managed to say
“I am calling mum right away” Promise said
In less than a month, we were married. I rented family members as I did with Leni because of Promise’s family…
It was a small wedding; we had the court wedding and the traditional wedding where I paid her dowry.
On getting home that evening after our wedding, I noticed Promise was all puppy eyed…
“What’s up with the puppy eye” I knew her tricks, she used her flirting in different ways if she wanted to get something from you. It was so bad, she could flirt with a common pepper seller just for him to put a few extra tomatoes. I remember when she flirted with a police officer in front of me, and the police officer mockingly said…
“Sir, your wife is fire, if you leave her alone with some men, by the time you come back, there won’t be anything left of her again. Chairman, you are enjoying…”
It had been highly embarrassing.
Therefore, the puppy eye she was giving me that evening definitely meant something…
“I have a confession” she said. My heart raced… I hoped she was not going to say she killed her husband, so she could get married to me…
“Am all ears…” I said not showing my fear and anxiety…
“I am not pregnant”…
Her words were meaningless at first…
“What do you mean?” I asked
She remained silent…
“Promise what do you mean?… Tell me you didn’t fool me into getting married to you?”
“You were not planning on getting married to me.” She said crying like a baby.
I was past falling for that…
“This marriage is over” I said madly
“Please F.D, don’t do this to me”
“Promise I got married to you because there was a baby and since there is no baby, there is no marriage.”
“There will be a baby soon”
“Then our marriage is on hold, till I can hold the baby in my hands” I removed the expensive ring and I dropped it on the table…
I walked out of the house and the only place I wanted to be was… You know where? Right?
“What are you doing here?” Leni asked very alarmed on seeing me at the gate after my wedding…
I didn’t know what came over me, from the gate, I pulled her by the hand and dragged her inside…
“Where are the children?” I asked
“There are asleep…. F.D…. Seg…” Leni was saying
I kissed Leni with all aggression. Leni was my relief… I noticed she was pulling away from me with all her strength
“Stop….”
“Leni, I can’t do this anymore…Promise is driving me crazy…”
“Segun….” She said pointing at a corner of the living room . My pain didn’t let me realize there was someone else in the living room.
Leni had Segun’s baby about five months back. She had hinted me he was planning to take the child from her when he turned 2, I was surprised seeing him there around 8pm…
“Oh! sorry” I said
“No problem Sir, I will like to take my leave” Segun said standing up.
“Segun, this is not what this looks like” Leni said following him.
There was a bit of back and forth between them before Leni came back in…
“F.D, I am not your emotional dumping ground, I am not your side chick when things go wrong with your main chick…” Leni said screaming at me.
“I am sorry, I didn’t know he was here”
“Sorry? F.D…. you just destroyed my chances of getting back together with Segun… For the past five months I have been begging him to come see the baby and he told me he couldn’t come to see a married woman in her husband’s house. I tried convincing him you had left me, but he never believed me until I sent him a picture of your wedding today. He immediately sent a text asking for the house address.” Leni was weeping deeply
My heart broke in uncountable pieces watching her cry…
“F.D, he just got here like twenty minutes ago and We were having a good conversation, I was telling him about my HND, and I could see the slight possibility of us getting back together, but no you won’t let that happen, you came in like a tsunami and destroyed whatever this night could have birthed.” Leni fell to the ground crying…
“I am sorry….” was all I could muster strength to say
“Get out…” Leni screamed at me….
“Leni…”
“Get out and never come back” Leni screamed…
“Leni…. please”
“If you do not want me to kill myself right here and right now, get out now!”
Leni screamed as she was wailing in tears as well….
I left my sister and friend… she needed me out of her life, if I wanted her to amount to someone….
To be continued…
