©️Opeyemi Akintunde
AS INSPIRED BY THE LIVING WORD
I couldn’t believe I had been played. Leni was F.D’s wife and the father of her three kids. I can’t remember how I left the herbalist place, but I know I got home.
I waited patiently for F.D to return and I made sure I did not look disturbed. I served him his favorite meal the way he loved it.
Just like I had planned it, he didn’t last twenty minutes before he dozed off. I took his phone and unlocked it with his thumb.
I checked through his text messages and chats between him and Leni and there was no implicating message.
I wanted answers, so I kept checking through his phone till I checked his mail.
His account transactions implicated him, I saw a monthly transfer to Leni Omojola.
My head started spinning…. The impression F.D gave me was that they were not in contact, but here he was sending money to Leni every month for over two years.
For over two hours, I checked through his phone for any information about Leni but found none…
He was hiding her from me, I concluded.
The pills I had slipped into his drink would knock him out for 4hours, so I sat for hours deliberating on how best to get F.D and Leni of course.
They both had taken me for a ride. I was going to get back my money from them with interest, all F.D had worked for, I would collect it for myself and my daughter. Thankfully, my child was not his, that way I won’t have the guilt of destroying the father of my child…
First things first, I was going to find out where he had kept his other family…
“Hey baby….” Promise said from my side. Though I had been trying to live in peace with her, I knew whenever something was going off…
“Hi, what’s wrong?” I replied
“What’s wrong? Why do you think something is wrong?” Promise replied
“I know you Promise… you only use this voice when you want something” I said plainly
“Yes, I want something”
“Ok…hope I don’t have to cut my head for you?” I said truthfully.
“It’s about Leni” She said and I Froze
“F.D, I had a dream about Leni” She continued and that caught my attention…
“What about?”
“I saw her in pain… F.D, when last did you hear from her” Promise asked
“Our Wedding Day…. I told you she didn’t want to drop her ways. Like I told you, when you got me pissed on the day of our wedding. I went to the house to cool off, on getting there I met a man there. Can you imagine? I couldn’t contain my anger; I said a lot of terrible things to her….”
“It’s time to forgive her and find her”. Promise said….
I was skeptical at the sudden interest in Leni, but I told myself it could be from a plain heart, and just like Promise said she saw her in her dreams, she could honestly be suffering.
“I don’t know where she lives like I told you, she has shut me out of her life” I said….
“I will give her a call”
To be continued…
