©️Opeyemi Akintunde
The fair skinned girl gave a beautiful uncertain smile. I could pick from her face that there was definitely more to the girlfriend story. Leni took a good look at the girl and I could tell Leni knew she had lost the battle. The girl; Shalewa was beautiful!
” She is from the Grace Orphanage, she is the girl I always go to see there.” Mrs Abrahamson said to her husband. He sure looked confused but nodded …
” Honey, can we talk inside?” Mr Abrahamson said
” Sure! Marcus you can take Shalewa to the other living room and keep her company while we are away.”
Marcus’s eyeballs were red and the girl obviously saw that…She looked sideways and saw Leni’s swollen eyes.
As soon as the parents disappeared from the room, Shalewa spoke…
” I can tell something is definitely wrong, maybe I came at the wrong time, but whatever it is, I want you to know God is able to pull you through the bad situation “
The room became quiet and I had the strong urge to speak up for my sister…
” She is pregnant for your boyfriend!” I said not caring what came next
” Oh!” Shalewa said
” You are just a beast…” Marcus said to me
” And that makes you what? What name do you call a guy who is not ready to be responsible for his baby? A Baby actually! A Mummy’s boy” I said very angry
Leni didn’t say a word, instead she bowed her head in shame, she couldn’t dare look up…
Shalewa sat back into the chair quietly. If Marcus was not a Mummy’s boy, one would have expected him to go talk to Shalewa, but he sat there shaking and chewing his fingers. I knew all that mattered to him was travelling out of the country.
Silence permeated the entire living room for few minutes before Mr Abrahamson and his wife joined us. It was obvious the power of womanhood had worked as Mr Abrahamson’s countenance changed and so did his words…
” F.D, I guess we will have to wait for Leni to have the child, and the DNA carried out before we know what next to do. In the meantime, I will place her on a 50k monthly allowance. Once she delivers the baby, call me… Shalewa, You are welcome, but I need to attend to an assignment upstairs immediately” Mr Abrahamson left the sitting room hurriedly.
” Shalewa, this is Friday. I am his Sponsor as well, She is his sister from the orphanage. She came with Friday for visits, and unlike you, she is a girl of easy virtue, she forced your boyfriend into sleeping with her and after just one hurried sexual intercourse, she claims to be pregnant. Shalewa, don’t be afraid…I am very sure my son is not responsible for that pregnancy. Like I told you, Marcus saw your picture on my phone and fell in love with you. I was slow about telling you, maybe if I wasn’t, this gold digger won’t have been able to crawl her way in…” Mrs Abrahamson said and I was too shocked to speak. For the 15 years I had known her, she had never come across to me as a wicked person.
On the other side of the coin, I could understand the anger and rage in her, she had almost lost her only child, but even at that, she was ripping Leni to shreds…
Speaking of Leni, Leni stood up and Whispered…
” Let’s go”
” The best decision!” Mrs Abrahamson said
I stood up and together with Leni walked out of their house.
On getting out of their premises, Leni flagged down a bike…
” Any hospital closeby where they can do abortion” Leni said to the bike man
” Ah! I don’t know ooo” the bike man said in a rush zooming off.
” Leni, What’s that? Abortion? Are you crazy?” I asked
” Yes, I am going crazy, and to gain my sanity, let me get out of my body system anything that belongs to them.”
” Killing yourself in the process shouldn’t be the way out. Leni, you will keep this baby because Marcus is going to come back ” I said reassuring her
” Not with that beautiful girlfriend!”
” It is an arranged relationship, it won’t last “
” I assume you didn’t hear the part that she is like us; from an orphanage. Do you think I will have the opportunity to Marry a guy like Marcus, that will give me the life I only dare to see in my dreams and you think I will not make that relationship last ? “
” Not everyone is like you!” I replied
My phone beeped and on checking the number, it was an unfamiliar number that texted me…
” Hi, this is Shalewa, Please text me your address. I will like to see you…Please note, with my knowledge of the situation at hand, I can never marry
Mrs Abrahamson’s son. “
I got glued on the spot. A lot of questions running through my mind..
” How did she get my number?”
” Why did she refuse such a great life?”
” Why did she want to come to our house?”
I was interested in finding answers to my questions.
So I hurriedly sent her the address…
” Whai is it? What’s wrong?” Leni asked.
She had seen my expression.
” Nothing! We need to get home fast!”
To be continued
