Grin grin grin grin ***phone ringing**
BETTY: now that it is ringing, please place it on speaker…………..
****** chaiiiii, yawa don bust today******
ME: ***scared to press the speaker button as my hand was shaking***
BETTY: onihaxy, I’m still waiting
ME: ***pressed the loudspeaker button*** the person isn’t picking up.
BETTY: re-dial it again, I’m waiting…..
ME: ** re- dialled and still wasn’t picked up****.
BETTY: re-dial again
ME: ****with my heart beating faster and heavily I re-dialled the call and bimpe picked it***** Hello, hello, hello oooooo, I’m onihaxy, who am I speaking with please?
BIMPE: ****silent on phone****
ME: hello ooooooo,
BIMPE : ****still silent****
ME: HELLO oooo, who is there?, can you hear me?
BIMPE: ****silent****
ME: ***hanged up****, baby, you can see, the person isn’t talking.
BETTY: and what does that teaches us?
ME: just for you to know that I don’t know anything about the message. I can’t lie to you betty.
BETTY: onihaxy, I’m still not convinced.
ME: ok dear, what else do you want me to do to convince you?.
BETTY: I don’t know, I just don’t trust you anymore, I’m quite sure there is something you are hiding
ME: sweetheart trust me. Since this message didn’t come from you, then it was certainly sent to a Wrong number.
BETTY: hmmmmmmmm,
ME: yes dear, ok, let’s do it this way,
BETTY: which way?
ME: let me give you the person’s number.
BETTY: and what should I do with it?
ME: call the person and find out for yourself.
BETTY: and you think I’m that daft?, and what will it cost you to call her behind me and tell her to lie that she is someone else?, and besides, I don’t have that time for child’s play.
ME: betty, why are you so angry like this now?. Please now!!!. I have been begging you since morning, I swear to God, I don’t understand the message neither did I know the sender, atleast I called the person in your presence and he/she didn’t speak, its not as if the person heard your voice maybe that was why she was muted. Please believe me, I just wish I can convince you on this, please dear. For the sake of the love between us, please understand me my love.
BETTY: ok dear, I heard you, I just pray it doesn’t repeat itself. I hate someone who cheat on me with passion.
ME: ***Hugged her** thanks so much dear. I swear and promise you it won’t repeat itself.
BETTY: and get this straight, any day I catch you red-handed cheating on me, just kiss this relationship goodbye, and I mean it onihaxy.
ME: my love, why on earth will I cheat on you?, when I’m not mad. What else do I want in a woman that I haven’t found in you dear. I’m assuring you that I will never cheat on you.
BETTY: ***strolling with me**** alright dear, so when are you travelling?
ME: tomorrow, you know I have to go to work on monday ***phone ringing in my pocket****
BETTY: Thank God she has called back, maybe you can convince me one more time and vindicate yourself.
ME: **scared, sweating and heart beating heavily as I dipped my hand inside my pocket to bring out the phone.
BETTY: let me see the caller.
BETTY: onihaxy, come closer, let me see the caller
ME: ***removed the phone from my pocket with fear and I drew closer to betty**** checked the screen,
BETTY: ***looked at the screen*** bimpe!!!, who is bimpe?
ME: oooooh bimpe, its your sister inlaw
BETTY: same aunty bimpe?, how come?, when did you guys exchanged numbers? And since when have you guys been exchanging calls?. And you never made me to be aware of all this?
ME: *** depressed **, please will you let me pick this call before answering your questions please?
BETTY: ok, Go ahead?
ME: ok ****placed the phone on my ear*** hello.
BIMPE: ** whispered*** how far? Where are you?
ME: **looked at betty in the eyeball*** I’m on my way home, betty is even here with me.
BIMPE: ok, I just wanted to thank you for everything. Henry also said he so much appreciate you and he sent his greetings.
ME: ok ma, thanks so much ma for the meal, thanks for hosting me, and my regards to your husband ma.
BIMPE: you are welcome, please pass the phone to betty.
ME: ok, ***gave the phone to betty****
Bimpe and betty were conversing on phone with betty laughing out loud, their conversation lasted for about 12minutes before betty handed over the phone to me.
ME: hello ma,
BIMPE: **whispered*** talk to you later.
ME: ok ma, take care.
Betty and I continued strolling
BeTTY: onihaxy, you haven’t answered my question.
ME: ooh, about bimpe right?
BETTY: yes
ME: ok, it happened the day she dropped me off after I donated blood to daniella, she asked me for my number that she would like to call me when I reach home safely.
BETTY: and you didn’t bother to tell me about it?
ME: I’m sorry, I never took it as a serious issue.
BETTY: really?, then I will get your friends or brother number behind you and be calling them behind you since its not a serious issue.
ME: ok love, I’m so sorry, please forgive me dear. Alright, let me delete her number in your presence, I will never talk with her again.
BETTY: onihaxy, don’t get me wrong, I never said you shouldn’t call anybody or talk to anyone. But atleast, you should let me know when you started it, for integrity sake.
ME: ***pecked and hugged her*** ok dear I’m so sorry.
BETTY: its ok, let me know when you reach home.
Betty stopped at the bus stop, I took a bus back to lekki gate while she returned home. I took a bus from there to oshodi and finally to mushin. I was thanking my stars that I wasn’t exposed today.
I got home at few minutes to ten, I called betty, spoke with her on phone and told her to extend my regards to bimpe and henry.
About 15minutes later, I got a call from bimpe.
ME: hello bimpe,
BIMPE: onihaxy, how are you?
ME: I’m good.
BIMPE: what happened today?, why calling my secret line while betty was with you?,
ME: I’m sorry, betty caught me and she said she wanted to know who owns the line.
BIMPE: what!!!!!!, how?, when and where?
ME: she read your text on my phone when she went upstairs with it.
BIMPE: onihaxy!!!!!!!. How can you be so dumb and careless?, why will you leave such text on your phone?, can’t you hide it or archive it?, or can’t you just be a man and defend the text or cook up something else?.
ME: ehn?
BIMPE: yes, you even have the mind to call me in her presence, what if I wasn’t smart enough to calculate the situation and remained silent when you called? Only God knows what would have happened by now. Your type can’t keep two relationships successfully. Haba!!!. So what happened next?
ME: asking me what happened next after insulting me?, you are not serious*** hanged up***
Bimpe continued to call me that night but I didn’t pick up. I woke up the following morning and got her message on whatsapp begging me to forgive her for been rude and also encouraged me to be more careful next time. I replied her and we had several minutes of chats thereafter. I had my bath, dressed up, spoke with betty on phone and departed from lagos at around 10am to ado ekiti and resumed work at the water factory on monday.
Two weeks later, betty called me and told me that they have been making plans to fix me into the family company but she was against it. I asked her why?, she said how come the same woman who once said onihaxy was a criminal and ran away with his former boss money is now saying onihaxy should be employed by the family, betty also said I won’t be respected and might be remotely controlled around by her family.
I tried changing her mindset but betty still insisted that I must not work with them, I had no choice than to reject the offer even when henry called me officially to inform me about the family decision.
Three months passed away, there was no call from the interior decorating firm. After several hope of getting the marketing job. I was at home one weekend when she called me.
ME: hello dear,
BETTY: hi onihaxy, how is work going?
ME: work is going fine.
BETTY: onihaxy, I have something to discuss with you, I don’t know if you will be interested.
ME: what is that dear?
BETTY: concerning the marketing job, I’m still in-touch with the man and he said you guys will be called when the new showrooms under construction are ready.
ME: ok, how soon will that be?
BETTY: can’t really say, but it should in three to four months time.
ME: ok dear
BETTY: but I have a guy at an outsourcing firm here in lekki,
ME: ok
BETTY: he said they are outsourcing for a bank who needed temporary staffs for a three and half month project. So I don’t know if you will be interested.
ME: its cool, how much is the pay?
BETTY: he said 70k
ME: for the whole project?
BETTY: no, its the monthly payment.
ME: what will now happen after the project? Will I loose the job?
BETTY: he said there is a tendency that you might be absorbed to be a permanent contract staff depending on your performance at the bank. And incase you are dis-engaged, the marketing job should be ready by then.
ME: no problem, its cool then, how soon will it be?
BETTY: I will text your details to him today, so you might get a call any moment from now.
ME: ok dear, thanks so much.
BETTY: you are welcome dear. Talk to you later.
After betty’s call, I had a chat with segun concerning the new development, he said its ok and he encouraged me to take the risk and move ahead. He later asked me about my property in Bimpe’s possession that I promised to discussed with him. I cooked up an excuse and changed the topic for him.
The following week, I was on my seat on thursday morning when I received a text to come and pick my offer letter at lekki by 9am the following day. I was like me? Offer letter? Without any test and interview?.
I called betty immediately I received the text and she told me that she was aware of it. We discussed on how I will travel that day. There after, I went to my manager and discussed the issue with him and told him about the text, he was so happy with me and he gave me brotherly advice. He said I should travel first, see the job environment and if I’m ok with it, I can send my resignation letter via email to him.
I also called my uncle Mr Zach in Ado ekiti to also inform him, I informed segun too and I left Ado that afternoon and arrived at mushin at few minutes to 11pm.
On friday the following day, I went to the outsourcing firm in lekki with my credentials, following the description that betty gave me. I was surprised when I just given an attendance to sign against my name which had been typed along side some other names, I was asked for the copies of my original credentials which I tendered.
From the discussions of the other guys I met there, they were once there for test and also for interview. They were relating with one another while I appeared odd among them.
By 3pm on that friday. I was through filling the forms I was given. I was given the offer letter and was told to resume at the bank on monday morning.
After leaving the outsourcing firm, I went straight to betty’s house to give her feedback. I arrived at the compound and I was picked from outside after calling her that I was at the gate. I got to the living room and met the house empty.
ME: dear, where is everyone?,
BETTY: my brother travelled to abuja as usual, Aunty Bimpe went to work and daniella is sleeping upstairs.
ME: sleeping upstairs? Hope the door is locked sha.
BETTY: ***smiled** trust me now, the accident that happened the other day shouldn’t repeat itself again.
ME: alright dear.
BETTY: how far with where you went to?
ME: ***narrated everything**** thanks so much dear
BETTY: you are welcome dear **hugged me***
ME: I was given two guarantor’s form self to fill and to be returned back to them
BETTY: alright, when will you do that?
ME: I will give them to my brother and his friend to fill.
BETTY: ok dear, I’m so happy right now. I want aunty bimpe to realize that we can make it without her help.
ME: you and this your bimpe sha.
BETTY: yes na, I just hate it when someone feels that without her, the heavens will fall.
ME: na you sabi.
BETTY: onihaxy, Have you been to my room before?.
ME: I don’t even know which one is your room out of all the rooms in this house.
BETTY: na wa for you ooooo, and are you ready to know it now? **flirty smile**
ME: **smiled** won’t you entertain me first?, not even a glass of water for the past 35 minutes that I have been around.
BETTY: Handsome, if you want any entertainment, follow me as I’m going upstairs ***smiled and cat-walked while oscillating her booty as she was climbing the stairs one after the other.
ME: chaiiii, today na today!!!!!
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