EPISODE 16
Sammy: “Ehn? So you think I am
dumb? I know what it is of
course: you were doing with a
lady what you are supposed to
be doing with my dad. What did
my social studies teacher call it again o…”he put his second
finger on his lips trying to
recollect what he learnt in a social
studies class. “Choi! I can’t
remember now, but she said it’s
an abomination and infact it has been banned in Nigeria, any lady
caught doing it will be sent to
kirikiri prison. Sebi you came to
replace my mum! Sebi all you do
is shout at me in this house. You
will be going to prison very soon” he said giving her a tongue out. She thought for some time and
remembered how he had used
his sister’s disappearance against
him several times and decided to
see if it will work again. Ophelia: “Have you forgotten so
soon?” she said in a whisper,
sitting down gently beside him. Sammy: “Forgotten what?” Ophelia: “Have you forgotten that
Annie’s disappearance was your
fault? I am going to your school
tomorrow, I will tell everyone in
your class what a terrible brother
you are. How you could not even take care of one tiny baby. I will
also tell your dad about it so he
can start blaming you too just the
same way everyone in school will
blame you. You will no longer
have any friend and people will start running away from you. You
know I can do it right?” Sammy: “Aunty I am sorry, I will
not tell dad what I saw so don’t
tell anyone this please?” Ophelia: “Then from now on you
will start doing everything I ask
you to do without complaining to
anyone? Just imagine how much
Annie must be suffering now
because of how terrible a brother you are? She might even be dead.
God I pity poor Annie” she said
pretending to be very sad. Sammy: “Don’t ever say she is
dead again!” he yelled on top of
his voice. Ophelia: “Hey! No screaming at
me from now on no matter what I
say to you otherwise the whole
world will hear about how
cowardly you are. Do you get
me?” Sammy: “Yes but please don’t say
she might be dead, I know she is
not dead, I am praying very hard
for her” his voice quivered with
sadness. Ophelia: “I guess we have a deal
now. That’s my boy!” she said
patting his head. “Gloria you can
now come out, we are good
now” she called out to her friend
who remained in the room so she could take care of the situation.
She came out clutching her bag in
front of her. Gloria: “I have to go now. I have
something I need to tell you so
come by the house whenever
you are free okay?” Ophelia: “Okay! Take care of
yourself for me” she said winking
at her embarrassed friend as
Sammy scrutinized her from head
to toe. Sammy: “I can’t believe she is
pregnant and still doing that
abominable thing. As far as my
teacher taught me, women
cannot get women pregnant.
Hmmmm! My dad is in trouble” he thought to himself and shook his
head in disgust. === The next day, she prepared and
went to Gloria’s place. She met her
husband who was preparing to
go out. He eyed her suspiciously
when he saw her, the memory
and doubts of that day still lingered on in his mind. He was
never comfortable with her, he
thought it was because she was
too beautiful but now he wasn’t
so sure anymore. Gloria made signs to her to wait
for her husband to leave so she
sat down quietly watching music
videos on Hiptv. She sprang up as
soon as Johnson had left and
went to meet her friend, hugged her at arm’s length because of her
pregnancy and place a light kiss
on her lips. Ophelia: “So you said you wanted
to see me? Here I am” she said
spreading her arms. Gloria: “Yes I said I wanted to see
you. I don’t know how you will
take it but I still have to let it out”
she said looking downcast. OphelIa: “Hmmmmm! What is it?” Gloria: “Please don’t take it the
wrong way. I want you to know
this is breaking my heart too but I
don’t know how to keep it up. I
want us to stop what we are
doing right away. I want to be a good mum to my child and a
good wife to my husband” Ophelia: “What are we doing that
needs to be stopped? What are
you talking about? It’s not like I
am stopping you from being a
good mum and wife to whoever
you want so what are you talking about?” Gloria: “I want us to put an end to
this relationship” Ophelia: “What? What are you
talking about? If it’s a joke please
stop it cos it’s not funny” she
sobered up immediately. Gloria: “I am serious dear. I really
am. I can’t do this anymore. Let’s
break up, you should face your
new home too and find a way to
start loving your husband too. I
know how much I made mine suffer, Richard is a nice guy, and
so please be a good wife to him” Ophelia: “Breaking up with me is
one thing but don’t ever lecture
me about how to run my own
marriage. How can you break up
with me now that I need you the
most? How can you?” Gloria: “I am sorry dear” Ophelia: “you promised me your
husband will not get in the way of
our love, have you forgotten so
soon? Have you forgotten all the
moments we share? I don’t think
I can live a sane life without you. Please reconsider your decision?
If you want me to wait till you
give birth, I will but don’t tell me
we are breaking up okay?” Gloria: “Well I mean it. We are over
from now on. We can be friends
but nothing more. If that is not
okay by you then I will have no
other option but to cut all
relations with you” Ophelia: “I swear you will regret
this. You will regret this” she said,
picked up her bag and dashed
out of the house blindly. === Richard noticed that his wife was
even more withdrawn than ever.
She acted like someone who was
heartbroken and he could not
remember ever doing anything
wrong to her. Each time he tried talking to her about it she’d shun
him down but one thing he could
not still fathom was why she was
so rigid on bed. All she did was lie
down while he worked his guts
out, he could not remember the last time he enjoyed making love
to her. That night after a bout of
boring and unsatisfying love
making, he rolled to his side of
the bed, looked at her and
realised she had turned her back to him… Richard: “Honey! What exactly is
happening between us? I can’t
seem to remember ever doing
anything to warrant this kind of
treatment from you. What is going
on? Please talk to me, your silence is killing” Ophelia: “You don’t know what
you did? Your offence is not
letting me be, I hate having sex
with you, I hate your stupid hard
body, I miss Gloria” she thought
to herself as tears flowed down her face. “Aren’t you satisfied
with the one you just did now?
Should we go again?” she asked
unemotionally. Richard: “You are getting me
wrong baby. The sex is one of it
but what I am mostly alarmed at
is your attitude towards me. Did I
unknowingly do something
wrong to you?” Ophelia: “Yes you did! I lost my
heart because of you and that
Johnson, I hate you two with
passion” she thought but ignored
his question. He was becoming
more annoying with each passing minute. Richard: “Aren’t you the one I am
talking to madam?” Ophelia: “Richie you did nothing
wrong to me. Can we just sleep
now?” Richard: “Fine then! Just know
that this is really frustrating, put
yourself in my shoes and you will
know how terrible I feel these
days” he said feeling so
disappointed and forlorn. She said nothing even though in her
mind, she felt sorry for him but
she just was too heartbroken
herself to meet anybody’s
expectation of her at that
moment. === Some weeks later, she sat in front
of the mirror in her room,
thinking of how to get another
lover to satisfy her sexual needs
since no matter how hard she
tried, or how hard Richard tried, he just wasn’t getting her there.
The whole thing disgusted her
especially since he could not give
her orals the way Gloria used to.
She heard the door open and
heard footsteps approaching the corridor which led to Sammy’s
room and knew he was back. She
went and stood by the door
waiting for him to show up. Ophelia: “Hey Sammy Come here!”
she ordered as soon as she
sighted him. Sammy: “Good afternoon aunty”
he said wearily. Ophelia: “Nothing good about
this afternoon, just come here
now” she said, turned and
walked back to the bed while he
followed her. “How old did you
say you are again?” Sammy: “I am seven year plus.
Hope there is no problem?” Ophelia: “Not at all but I want you
to do something for me. Come
closer…”
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Sorry for the late update guys..
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