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Final pakaun...
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Queen and her mother in law got tired of moving
from one psychiatric hospital to the other. They
were also tired of trying out different traditional
solution centers and herbalist. The search for a
cure for Kelvin had eaten up the remaining money
his mother had left and feeding became a
problem for Queen who was almost more than due
for delivery. She had no option than to open up to
Mercy who had sent her some money and had
advised that they take Kelvin to a Bible believing
Church. Mercy had flown from Port Harcourt and
together they had taken Kelvin to the Church she
attended when she was living in Abuja. After
seven days of prayers and fasting, the soft
spoken Bible carrying man of God informed them
that there was nothing that could be done since
Kelvin was not willing to confess.
Pastor: “I hear a voice telling me that Kelvin needs
to confess if he must regain his sanity. Until he
confesses and asks God for forgiveness, I am
afraid his healing will still be far away” he
repeated the umpteenth time that day.
Queen: “pastor, what are you talking about? You
said we should fast and pray for seven days, we
have done that. Why is he still mad? Me I am
already tired of all these things o, if not that I am
pregnant, I would have gone away o. I know
where my mates are enjoying themselves right
now” she signed.
Pastor: “yes my daughter, remember that some of
your mates are in the mortuary, awaiting burial.
Some are in the grave rotting away, some are in
the hospitals with one chronic ailment or the
other while others, the worst category of all are in
hell. This is your cross; you must carry it till the
end”
Queen: “cross oshi wo ni yen? Am I Jesus Christ
that I will carry my cross? Come and force me to
carry my cross now” she remarked sarcastically.
Pastor: “The Lord tells us that if anyone wants to
be His follower, he or she must take up his or her
cross and follow Him. Do you believe in God? Are
you a born again Christian?”
Queen: “wo, leave me alone jare. Which yeye
believe in God? Where was God when the man I
schemed to marry because I thought he was rich
lost all his wealth? Where is God that He will allow
me be in a condition where to feed is a problem? I
have been carrying this pregnancy for the past
two years and the doctors told me that they
cannot operate me else I will lose my life, what
kind of God allows that? If not for Mercy, we
wouldn’t have even seen what to eat today. Don’t
tell me about any God again”
Pastor: “kneel down and let me pray for you. The
revelation I am seeing about the foetus in you
womb is not pleasant at all. The enemy will not
exchange the child in your womb for another
thing, if only you will believe in God”
Kelvin: “they are coming for me, somebody help
me” he screamed suddenly.
Pastor: “my brother, confess your sins and be free
again”
Kelvin nodded and began to talk.
Kelvin: “when I was 17 years old, I ran away from
home and followed my friend who helped me
secure Visa to India, my friend promised to get me
a good job as soon as we got there. When we got
there, he took me to a shaman who did some
favour charms for me and gave me connection in
exchange for my celibacy. He took away my
erection and told me that I must remain single
because there was no way the charm would be
potent if I touch any woman. Queen had to drug
me that day to turn me on, if I was in my right
senses, I wouldn’t have been able to get erection.
He told me that the day I make love to any
woman or get married is the day I will begin to
lose all my wealth, properties and connections
mysteriously. After I discovered what happened
that morning when I woke up, I ran back to India
but the shaman told me there was nothing he
could do about it unless I offer my mother as a
sacrifice to appease the gods. I refused because I
know how hard my mother struggled to raise me.
My refusal made him to cause me untold poverty
and hardship. After a while, I ran mad in India
and had to be deported back. The shaman
promised that I would die as soon as I make this
confession and that my unborn child will be born
with serious deformity and that Queen and my
mother will live to suffer all the days of their lives.
Can God forgive me and have mercy on my soul
when I eventually die?”
Pastor: “the devil is a liar; you will not die young
man. The shaman did not know when God formed
you in your mother’s womb and so he has no
right to determine when you will die. But to allow
God help you, you need to acknowledge him as
your Lord and savior. Do you believe in Him? Are
you ready to give your life to Him and get
baptized?”
Kelvin: “Yes, yes, I believe. I accept Jesus as my
Lord and personal Saviour from this day
henceforth”
Pastor: “is this coming from your heart or are you
just saying it because you are afraid of dying?”
Kelvin: “I have always wanted to come to God but
I was afraid that he would not accept me because
of my many sins”
The pastor prayed for him alongside other prayer
warriors.
Queen on seeing that giving her life to God was
the solution to her problem also repented and
surrendered all to God and was delivered of her
baby there and then in the Church.
All attempts to get Asha to turn away from her
prostituting ways proved abortive. Few months
after Mercy’s last attempt to make her turn to the
Lord, Asha went to abort a four months old
pregnancy and got her womb damaged in the
process. She was also having anal complications
from the anal sex that she had been indulging in.
After spending all the money she made from men
on treatments, her new friends whom she
prostituted with had to take her back to her
parents’ house where she stays indoor with the
smell of feaces and urine around her because her
anus can no longer hold waste product and
neither she nor her parents could afford the
millions of naira needed for a corrective surgery.
Queen and her husband relocated to Port Harcourt
after he regained his sanity. Mercy and her
husband had to rent a one room apartment for
them and feed them and their baby for month and
out of pity for them, Mercy’s husband, Peter
employed Kelvin as one of the sales agents in his
gas plant so that he could earn some money for
himself and his family. Queen seeing that getting
a white collar job was not easy enrolled in
Mercy’s fashion school so that she could learn
how to sew and become self reliant.
The End!
Note: It pays to wait upon the Lord. Queen had
no patience, she despised the days of little
beginnings because she thought that Peter would
remain the way he was forever, forgetting that
change is the only constant thing in nature.
Kelvin on the other hand was deceived by the
lures of materialism, forgetting that if the Devil
gives you a shoe, he will take one of your legs as
payment.
Asha continued in her immoral ways despite all
warnings forgetting that whatsoever we sow, we
shall reap.
The three people ended up empty and miserable
with nothing to show for all their years of so
called smartness and slaying.
I say to you today, for as many of you that are
going through one challenge or the other and are
holding on to God and waiting for Him rather
than devising other worldly means to help
yourself, God will not disappoint you. It doesn’t
matter if you are a Christian or a Muslim, God will
do for you what people think is impossible. Do
not be discouraged because people are probably
laughing at you or talking behind you because of
your job or handwork. In due time, God will cause
you to eat of the fruit of your labour and those
people who laughed at you will come to you to
seek for jobs. Do not envy your friends, family
members, younger ones or school mates who are
doing better than you. Remember it is not how
fast but how well. When God has not spoken,
every other speaker is a noise maker. He will uplift
you and cause you greatness for the sake of the
glory of His name. Hold on, cry no more for joy cometh in the morning.
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Episode 23
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Queen tried to get in touch with Kelvin all to no
avail. His numbers were switched off and he
would not reply his messages on all his social
media accounts. Two months had already passed
since she met him and since then she had missed
her monthly period. She was still engrossed in
deep thoughts when Asha who had been in the
bathroom came out and began to get dressed.
Asha: “what happened? Why are you looking this
dull? I don’t understand you these days again o”
she rightly observed.
Queen: “I am just confused” she said turning to
face her friend.
Asha: “What for? Anyway, I ran into an old
university friend of ours yesterday and we got
talking. She told me that she attended Mercy’s
wedding and that it was glamorous. I even heard
that Mercy and her husband travelled abroad last
month courtesy of their state governor who
rewarded her for returning 10 million naira that
was mistakenly paid into her account” she said
cleaning her face with cotton bud and facial
cleanser.
Queen: “Lucky them” she said indicating lack of
interest.
Asha: “can you imagine that Mercy and her
husband now travel abroad and we are still here
with nobody asking for our hand in marriage.
What a world”
Queen: “Asha, can you just stop talking about
Mercy and her husband? Stop tormenting me for
God’s sake” she shouted.
Asha: “what was the outburst for? Are you okay
girlfriend?”
Queen: “I think I am pregnant o” she said quietly.
Asha: “pregnant? How? Who is responsible?” she
said going to sit beside her friend.
Queen: “stop asking silly questions. You know
that Kenny was the last man I had unprotected
sex with”
Asha: “wow! Congratulations, dear” she hugged
her affectionately.
Queen: “what is wrong with this one?
Congratulations for what?”
Asha: “I thought you have always wanted to take
in for Kelvin? This calls for a celebration, let’s go
out and pump Champagn”
Queen: “you still don’t get it? Is this not the same
Kelvin that threw you and I out of the house after
he discovered that we made love? Have you
forgotten that incidence so soon?”
Asha: “that is true o. But I am sure that he would
be happy to hear that you are carrying his child.
Just inform him about it”
Queen: “that is the problem. I have tried to reach
him all to no avail. I called him but his numbers
has been switched off. I sent him messages on
WhatsApp, Skype and even Facebook but he will
not reply” she said sadly.
Asha: “then go to his house” she suggested.
Queen: “you want me to go to his house after the
embarrassment that he gave me that day? I have
made up my mind to go to that house only as a
wife. That is the only way I can hold my head
high among his domestic staff who saw how I
was disgraced that day”
Asha: “well, you have to drop your pride and ego
and go there. As least for the sake of your unborn
child” she pleaded with her.
Queen: “okay, will you go with me? I would your
moral support”
Asha moved away from her as if she was some
plague.
“I cannot go back to that house again o. That
Kelvin can kill somebody with his slap. It took me
more than three weeks to hear with my ear after
he slapped me. Abeg count me out”
Queen: “I am done for it”
Asha: “see, babe. Stop brooding as if pregnancy
is the end of the world. You and I have been
pregnant several times before and we took care of
it. Let us go out and relax, if Kelvin doesn’t come
around, we shall take care of the pregnancy
before it becomes noticeable”
Queen: “where exactly are we going? Asha so you
are not tired of going out and sleeping with men
for money?”
Asha: “When there is no job for us, what do you
expect me to do? It is no longer news that I am a
confirmed prostitute. Let’s go out so that I will
hook you up jare” she said.
Queen declined and after some persuasions
especially considering the fact that she needed
money to feed and for upkeep, she went out.
There she met and slept with a man who
promised to renew her rent which had expired.
She called him the next day to remind him but a
woman picked up the phone and after giving her
the insult of her life, she threatened to kill her if
she ever called the number again.
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3 months after Queen got in touch with Kelvin’s
mother to inform her of the pregnancy, the woman
went with her people and paid Queen’s bride price
in an elaborate traditional marriage ceremony
even though Kelvin was nowhere to be found. The
woman had informed Queen’s people that her son
was on a course in the USA and that he had
mandated her to do the needful on his behalf and
take his wife home since she was already carrying
their child.
Although Queen’s parents had their reservation
about the arrangement, they had no option but to
approve when their daughter threatened to kill
herself if they prevented her traditional wedding.
The next day, Queen and Kelvin’s mother returned
home to his house. This time around, Queen
noticed a fore brooding in the house with
everywhere looking unkept and quiet.
Queen: “ah-ah, where are all these domestic
staff? So because my husband has been outside
the country for months, they will not do their jobs
again abi? They have me to contend with” she
said as soon as she stepped into Kelvin’s
mansion with his mother.
Mama Kelvin: “you need to calm down and allow
me discuss with you” she said ignoring Queen’s
rants.
Queen sat down immediately when she saw how
serious the woman had sounded.
Mama Kelvin: “you will notice that there was no
security man when we got here, I had to come
down from the car and open the gate myself” she
started to say until Queen interrupted.
Queen: “yes, don’t mind those useless security
people. Only God knows where they went to
abandoning their duty post. I will deal with them
when they return. If they think they can behave
anyhow because my husband is outside the
country, then they are in for surprises”
Mama Kelvin: “will you allow me talk?”
Queen: “okay, ma” she said cursing the old
woman in her heart.
Mama Kelvin: “there is no security man and there
are no domestic staff anymore. In fact, the story
that my son is outside the country for a course is
false. I had to say that so that your people will
accept your bride price and give us your hand in
marriage”
Queen: “What! Excuse me ma but I do not
understand you. The last time I was here, this
house was overflowing with servants and security
personnel. What happened to all of them? And
what do you mean by Kelvin is not on a course in
America? Where is he? Where is my husband?
Where is the father of my child” she asked her
heartbeat accelerating.
Mama Kelvin: “Hmmn…it is a long story”
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Episode 24
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Queen: “mama, please talk to me, I need to know
everything that is happening” she said suddenly
sweating.
Mama Kelvin: “the truth is that we have not seen
nor heard from Kelvin for months now but I know
that he is fine, my heart tells me so. If something
terrible had happened to him, I would have felt it
in my spirit”
Queen: “I don’t understand you. If this is true,
why did you ask me to keep the pregnancy when I
told you about it some months ago? Why did you
come and marry me for a son whose whereabouts
you do not even know?”
Mama Kelvin: “because the child you are carrying
is my grandchild and I will not allow you abort
him or her just like that. My son left without
telling me anything. I came here and the domestic
staff told me that he travelled the next day after
you had a quarrel with him. He left without
leaving any money behind. I had to pay the
salaries of the domestic staff and other bills with
my money. When I couldn’t pay after two months,
they all resigned to go in search of greener
pastures. My business which has been my source
of livelihood is suffering, the past few months
have been the toughest months of my life, I
cannot explain how I have lost all that I have,
and it is mysterious. In fact, I used the last
money I have in my account to do your traditional
wedding; I didn’t want to give you or your people
the impression that anything had gone wrong.
Few weeks ago, a bank came here and took away
all my son’s cars because he used his exotic cars
as collateral to get loan for a business that I am
sure crashed. Even this house we live in, we have
been issued a letter that it will be confiscated in a
few months time if he doesn’t pay up the loan he
got from another bank”
Queen: “what!” she screamed in disbelief.
Mama Kelvin: “you are a part of this family now
and there is no need hiding anything from you. All
the cars my people and I drove to your village for
your traditional wedding were borrowed. Even this
one that I drove her was borrowed; I have to
return it back in a few hour’s time”
Queen: “no, this is not happening to me. No I
must ne dreaming” she said slapping herself.
Mama Kelvin: “it is a trying time for all of us but
then you have calm down and to be strong” she
consoled her bewildered daughter in law.
Queen: “don’t tell me to calm down”, she said
suddenly losing her cool.” How can you be this
wicked to another person’s child? How dare you
deceive me into marriage with your son?” she
asked anger building up in her throat.
Mama Kelvin: “because you were already
pregnant. I know how you young women of
nowadays behave. If I had not begged you to
keep the pregnancy, the next thing I would hear is
that you have aborted it” she defended herself.
Queen: “don’t give me that crap, woman. You
were the one who told me to get pregnant for your
son. As a matter of fact, you begged me to get
pregnant for him. This was never my idea. You
said you will get your son to marry me once I take
in for him”
Mama Kelvin: “haven’t I done that? Have you not
done your traditional marriage” she asked trying
to control her anger.
Queen: “this was not the life I was promised. The
man I got pregnant for is very rich not this Kelvin
that has disappeared into thin air with all his
properties getting confiscated” she said.
Mama Kelvin: “all I know is that I have done my
part by marrying you as promised. You have to
stay in this house and manage till your husband
returns. My prayer is that he returns before the
bank comes back here. This N5, 000, that is all I
can afford for now. Use it to feed until I return. I
guess we have to sell off the electronics to raise
money for your antenatal and other expenses.
PHCN has disconnected the electricity here
because we have been owing for months so
electronics have no use here”
Queen: “Oh my God. N5, 000 mama. What do I do
with N5, 000?” she asked rhetorically.
The woman excused herself and left the house
which reminded her so much of her son and how
things have fallen apart in few months.
Queen picked her phone and sent Asha a message
which read.
“Asha, I don enter one chance” she sent the
message and began to weep aloud, not minding
that her voice was echoing in the room.
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Queen’s pregnancy continued to grow with her
looking like a shadow of herself. She barely had
enough to eat and drink and the strain from the
pregnancy was already telling on her. She had
gone to live with Asha in their house but the
agency that managed the property had kicked
them out for failure to pay their fees. Queen
couldn’t go back to her parents’ house for shame
and Asha, used to her extravagant lifestyle took
to prostituting with different men every night. She
lived in a cheap hotel in town and walked the
streets of Abuja half naked and waiting for men to
pick her. Seeing that Queen was nothing but a
burden to her, she had abandoned her and told
her never to call her for anything again. Queen felt
alone and deserted. Even her mother in law could
not help much for the woman was struggling to
feed herself.
Queen was in the house thinking of how she had
fallen from grace to grass when she heard
someone banging on the main gate. She was
surprised, because she had no friends or relations
who visited her. The only person that would visit
her was her mother in law and the woman never
banged on the door that violently. Suddenly, she
thought of the bank that had said they will come
and confiscate the property if Kelvin didn’t pay up
the loan he took from them and her heart flew to
her mouth. She got up and went to the door and
almost screamed when she saw an unkempt man
with beards and tattered clothes standing before
her.
Queen: “yes, how can I help you” she asked since
she could not recognize him.
“It is me, Kelvin” he said.
As soon as Queen heard his voice, her head
began to spin and she had to hold on to the gate
for support. Kelvin entered the compound and
walked past her into the room without saying a
word.
Queen: “my God what happened to you, Kelvin?
Why are you looking this unkept, are you sick”
she asked all at once.
Kelvin: “don’t you dare come close to me, you
daughter of Eve. How dare you talk to me when
you were the one who got me into this mess? I
hate you and I will forever hate you” he cursed.
Queen: “look at me, Kelvin. I am carrying your
child and I have suffered so much ever since you
went away” she said but Kelvin got up and
grabbed her by the neck and began to choke her.
“cursed be you and the cursed thing you have in
your womb. I was enjoying my life until you came
and ruined everything. I hate you so much” he
barked. She tried to ease out of his hold as she
was struggling for air but he held on to her tightly.
She began to scream when she felt she was
running out of air for his tight grip was choking
her wind pipe. Just then, his mother who was
coming to check on her entered the room.
Mama Kelvin: “who is this mad man that wants to
kill the mother of my unborn grandchild?” she
said and rushed at him. She stopped in her track
when Kelvin released Queen and turned around.
“my..my son?” she asked, unable to believe her
eyes.
Kelvin: “yes, it is me mum. Are you happy with the
way you have made me now? I was on my own
and you came around asking that I get married. I
tried to explain to you that marriage is not for me
but you wouldn’t listen, now see where it has
landed me” he said tears streaming down his
eyes.
Mama Kelvin: “I don’t understand what you mean
by I am the cause of all that has happened to
you. What is wrong with a woman advising her
son to get married and have children? Is it not
someone that gave birth to you?”
She was still speaking when Kelvin began to
display elements of madness. He tore his shirt
and began to tear at his beard. Then he removed
his trousers and was about to remove his boxers
when his mother held his tight he began to laugh
hysterically and soon he was running round the
sitting room with mother and wife trying to control
him to no avail. His mother went close to him and
when she tried to touch him, he dodged her and
ran out of the house in a frantic lunatic display.
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Episode 22
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Queen got down to business and undressed his
fully erected manhood. The effect of the drowsy
drug and Viagra that they had dissolved in his
wine did the magic of getting him aroused.
Quickly she began to kiss him and just then he
stirred, semi conscious.
Kelvin: “What are you doing?” he managed to
say, sleep heavy in his eyes.
Queen: “we are about to make love”
“No!” he screamed causing her to startle.
He tried to get up but he felt weak. He tried to hold
on to the post of the bed for support but it was
not working.
Kelvin: “did you tie me to the bed? Untie me now”
he said drifting back to sleep.
Queen smiled when she saw that he was asleep
and she mounted him. She rode him as fast as
her desires and strength could permit. He was
underneath her moaning and groaning like a
zombie.
When he woke up again, he tried to get up but
she pushed him back.
Queen: “we are about to go for round two” she
said sipping her drink.
Kelvin: “no, don’t do this. Please don’t do this,
don’t touch me, don’t make love to me in the
name of whatever you hold dear in your life” he
pleaded, alarm written all over his wobbly drunk
face.
Queen: “I am sorry we have to make love darling.
You know why? Because I already promised your
mother that I will take in for you as soon as
possible” she kissed him on the forehead and
forced him to drink from his Viagra induced wine.
When he swallowed the gulp she had forced into
his throat, he felt blood rushing into his manhood
and he felt himself charged like he had never been
in years. He felt himself floating and he lost
control of his promise and principle.
He grabbed her and turned her aside like one
possessed by a demon. She giggled. Finally he
was ready to give her what she had always
wanted.
He bent her in a doggy style and entered her from
behind, ramming hard into her as she screamed
in erotic ecstasy.
“Harder baby, yeah, that is it, man” she screamed
at the top of her voice.
Asha who was eavesdropping from outside the
door smiled when she heard her friend moaning
loudly. She smiled and walked back to the guest
room.
“Queen likes wild sex sha, she for kuku come as a
dog , not a human being ” she thought and fell
asleep almost immediately.
Queen and Kelvin made love into the early hours
of the morning. That was the first time a man was
defeating her in bed and she was more than
impressed. She made sure that she adjusted her
position anything he was about to cum so that he
could bury his seeds deep into her. All she wanted
was to get pregnant and then she would leave his
mother to take it up from there. Fortunately or
unfortunately for her, she was in her ovulation
period. Still semi conscious, Kelvin fell off from her
after the God knows what round and fell asleep.
Queen walked with happy springy steps to the
bathroom to wash her semen messed body.
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Kelvin and Queen slept well into the morning.
When it was almost 10am, he woke up and tried
to get up but he felt his head very heavy. He
sprang up with fright when he discovered that he
was lying naked on the bed.
Kelvin: “oh my God what have I done!” he
screamed.
He turned to his side and quickly turned away
when he saw Queen lying naked on the bed, her
legs widely spread apart.
He tapped her roughly on the shoulder without
turning to look at her.
Kelvin: “please tell me we didn’t do this” he said
sadly.
Queen: “do what?” she asked feigning ignorance.
Kelvin: “tell me that I didn’t…I mean we didn’t…
like I didn’t have sex with you” he stuttered.
Queen: “if I say so then I will be lying and it is not
good to lie to someone you love”
Kelvin: “No!” he screamed, not getting up from the
bed because he was afraid to behold her naked
body again.
Queen got up and walked to his front, still naked.
“my baby must be very tired from an all night of
fierce love making. Come here to mama, let me
massage you” she said offering him her left
nipple but he shoved her away and she fell on the
floor.
Kelvin: “what did you make me do, you Jezebel”
he barked, his eyes fiery red.
Queen: “I did not make you do anything. We
made love, you and I and that is because you
wanted it” she asked suddenly cowed by the
change in his countenance.
Kelvin: “I never wanted it. I have told you several
times that it is impossible for us to make love. I
can’t remember anything that happened last
night. This has always been your wish; you
planned this whole thing, didn’t you? God, why
did I even allow you into my house the first
place?” he asked rhetorically.
Queen: “why are you making a mountain out of a
mole? Is this the first time two unmarried people
are making love? What is it seff? Ordinary sex you
are shouting like this” she said getting up.
Kelvin: “you call sex ordinary? Goodness, how did
I let my guards down and fall into this mess? Get
out of my house” he screamed.
Queen: “What? You want to send me away after
banging me all night? You must be sick” she said
and try to walk away but he caught her and
twisted her hand, sending her reeling in pain.
Kelvin: “if you do not leave my house this minute,
I will do something that the both of us will regret,
that is if we live to regret it”
Queen: “leave me alone, you are hurting me” she
tried to ease her hand out of his hold.
Kelvin: “get out” he barked and opened the door
and pushed her out, not minding the fact that she
was naked.
Queen: “you cannot just throw me out naked like
this” she said using her hands to cover her
private parts.
Kelvin went back into the room, picked her things
and threw it back at her.
Kelvin: “If I come downstairs and see you
anywhere close to this street, I will kill you, it’s a
promise” he threatened.
Just then Asha who had been awakened by the
commotion in the house came out rubbing her
face.
Asha: “What is going on here? Queen, what
happened?” she asked her friend who was
hurriedly wearing her clothes.
Kelvin: “Oh, you are still here? Will you two cheap
slots get the hell out of my house?”
Asha: “ah-ahn, uncle Kelvin why are you
sounding this harsh this morning, now. Whatever
issues it is you have with my friend can be settled
amicably in the confines of your bedroom. How
can you be embarrassing her in the presence of
your domestic staff like this”
Asha didn’t see the next thing that was coming.
All she felt was a hard slap across her face that
sent her crashing into Queen who was beside her.
Kelvin: “who is your uncle? I know you are her
alibi, that is why she sent you to plead with me to
eat You don’t want to leave right? Okay, just wait
for me” he said and stormed back into the room.
The two girls seeing how serious the situation
was picked their things and hurried out of the
house.
The domestic staff who were pretending to be
busy at their job looked on and shrugged their
shoulders at the scene they had just witnessed.
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Episode 21
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Queen did just like her friend suggested. The two
girls went to Kelvin’s house prior to his arrival and
prepared his favorite meal. As soon as Kelvin
entered his sitting room, he was surprised to
perceive the aroma of food coming in from the
kitchen.
Kelvin: “what is the Cook cooking? I cannot
remember telling her to cook anything for me. In
fact, she doesn’t even know that I would arrive
today. Apart from you, no other domestic staff
knows that I will be arriving today. I like to take
them unawares” He said to the driver who was
holding his box beside him.
Driver: “Oga, no be Mama cook dey kitchen o”
Kelvin: “what do you mean by that? Is my mother
around?”
Driver: “No, sir. Na madam and her friend dey
cook “ He said.
Kelvin: “Who is madam?” He asked at a loss on
what he meant.
Driver: “Your fiancee, sir” He said looking far
away.
“and who is that?” He asked confused.
Driver: “Aunty Queen”
Kelvin: “what! That parasite is still here? “ He
asked rhetorically and stormed into the kitchen.
“hello, darling” Queen said and hugged him as
soon as he got in.
Kelvin: “I…what are you doing… “
Queen: “Oh don’t say anything. I am sure you are
tired from the long flight. Anyway, this is my best
friend, she came around to help with the
preparation for your arrival” She said quickly.
Kelvin: “My arrival? What is so special about
that? I cannot remember asking for any welcome
party” He said ignoring Asha’s outstretched hand.
Asha: “I see that the two lovers need some time
alone. Queen, I will be in the guest room if you
need my help” She said shaking her bum and
making noise with her chewing gum.
Kelvin: “what is this? What’s all these talk about
you being my fiancee? Listen, when you are done
with all these, you and your friend should leave
my house. I can make do with some privacy” He
said and stormed out of the kitchen.
Queen entered the guest room in tears. Asha sat
up as if she has been sitting on a pin.
Asha: “Babe, wetin happen?”
Queen: “get dressed and pick your things, we are
leaving”
Asha: “why this soon? We are yet to accomplish
mission” She said.
Queen: “Look, I cannot take this anymore. I am
tired of the embarrassment”
Asha: “Calm down and tell me exactly what the
problem is”
Queen: “There is nothing to talk about here. Who
does Kelvin think that he is by embarrassing me
like that? Is it because I love him? Is it a crime to
desire to marry a rich man? What is it seff? Even
lepers get married how much more me? Get up
let’s leave this stupid house”
Asha got up and held Queen on the shoulder.
“I will tell you the truth, Queen. You need to be
patient. Any woman who wants to get married
needs to be patient. We will not leave this house
without accomplishing our mission. Remember
that when the going gets tough, only the tough
gets going”
Queen: “He said he won’t eat my food, how do we
get him to drink the wine then?”
Asha: “Don’t worry, just leave that to me. Which
way leads to his bedroom?”
Queen pointed the door and Asha excused herself
to go and talk with him.
====
Kelvin was surprised to see Asha enter his room
and kneel before him.
Kelvin: “What is all this harassment in my house
for God’s sake? Are you here to start your own
seduction too?”
Asha: “ejor uncle, don’t be angry. I am not here to
seduce you or anything like that. I can never
seduce a man. I am here to plead with you to
come downstairs so that we will eat together. My
friend expended a lot of time and energy to cook
for you and right now she is feeling really
downcast because you don’t seem to appreciate
her effort. Please just wine and dine with us and
we will leave as soon as we are done. Please, sir”
she said shedding crocodile tears.
Kelvin: “hell no, I will not partake of any feast.
The last time I fell for her tricks of eating as a
family, she became very close to my mother and
got the licence she needed to visit me at will. So,
thank you. You may go with the food and eat it in
your house for all I care” he said not moving an
inch from the bed.
Asha: “Uncle please, now. The last time was
Queen but this time around, I am the one
pleading with you and I promise to keep to my
words that we will leave as soon as you are done.
Don’t give your domestic staff the opportunity to
laugh at my friend, that could make a girl commit
suicide” she was staring him imploringly and he
shifted uneasily on the bed.
After more pleas, Kelvin gave in.
“fine, I will come downstairs and eat. Don’t block
my ears with pleas, I am tired of hearing that” he
said getting up.
Asha: “thank you, sir” she said lusting after his
six packs and broad chest.
====
The two girls and Kelvin had so much fun eating
and drinking that Kelvin wondered why he had
not realized how beautiful Queen was all these
days.
The two girls made sure they gave him more than
enough of the drugged wine without them
drinking it because they told him they had
stopped taking alcoholic drinks for health
reasons, and he innocently drank, grinning from
ear to ear like a sheep being led to its slaughter.
When they were sure that he was dead drunk, they
got up to leave.
Asha: “uncle, we are leaving your house now o,
remember I promised you that we will leave as
soon as we have had our fill, I want to fulfill that
promise now”
Kelvin: “you want to go back to your house by
this time of the night? When I have more than
enough guest room in my house? No, you are
going nowhere. Queen here will sleep in my room
as she had always done and you will have the
guest room all to yourself”
Asha: “but uncle, I thought you said…”
“Shhh…my decision is final, this is my house”
He got up and held Queen on the waist for
balance. He tried to take a step forward but he
staggered and fell down, he got up again and
this time around Queen held him and helped him
walk upstairs with Asha following them. When
they got to the door of his bedroom, Asha wanted
to follow them in but Queen stopped her.
Queen: “What is it now?” she asked barricading
the door.
Asha: “I want to go in with you people”
Queen: “Ah, kilode? Are we going to have
threesome ni? Didn’t you hear when he said that
you will sleep in the guestroom? Biko move away
jor” she pushed her and bolted the door.
“Today na today for me and you, Kelvin. When
you were busy drinking and making merry, you
did not know that I had plans for you. Oma shey
o, a hen flocks with the hyena, she is happy not
knowing that her death has come. Ah, today I will
use bedmatics to finish you” she said and began
to undress.
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Episode 20
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Queen on realizing that her actions had given her
away quickly composed herself.
Mercy: “Queen, are you okay? What is the
problem?” she asked.
Queen: “I am fine. I am just surprised that you
have the guts to bring Peter into my house after I
warned you not to bring him here”
Peter who had been quiet since they got into the
house decided to weigh in.
Peter: “Queen, I am very sorry for disturbing you.
In fact, we wouldn’t have been here but for the
fact that we thought it would not be nice of us to
get married without informing you girls
considering how you helped Mercy during your
undergraduate days. Also, I came to apologize to
you for even asking you out in the first place
when obviously we are not of the same class. But
then, thank you for the mockery and rejection,
which was what I needed to make me strive for
greater heights. The truth is that when people
mock us, we should be wise enough to build
ourselves into something better. You threw stones
at me but I didn’t see those stones as an insult. I
saw them as stepping stones to the next level.
Thank you” he said quietly.
Asha: “so this is the person you want to marry? A
secondary school leaver with some crude way of
reasoning? You are a second class upper
graduate, an intelligent and beautiful one for that
matter. Can’t you get something better than this…
this thing” she said sizing up Peter from head to
toe.
Mercy: “What is certificate and material
possessions when love is involved? How many
graduates have actually acquired what my
husband has acquired in such a short time and
legitimately at that? Currently he is a student of
the National Open University where he is studying
Law which has been his dream course but for
financial impediment. The university as you know
affords workers the opportunity to work while
studying for a degree and that is exactly what he
is doing. Right now he has two gas plants where
he sells gas and Kerosene as a wholesaler and
retailer. We have four buses which bring in money
to us every day. He has bought a plot of land in a
developmental area a bit far away from Port
Harcourt, it may be a village now but in the
future, the area will develop and we will build our
own house there. My husband has investments
and shares in the oil and gas sector in Port
Harcourt. With his help I have been able to open a
tailoring store where I have people working for me
and I go there too after work. Yes, this may mean
nothing to you girls because I know that you have
seen and touched plenty money. But it means a
lot to me. You know why? Because God brought
my fiancé and I out of nothing to where we are
today. What this simply means is that God is not
done with us yet and we trust him to take us to
greater heights. He is a good man with a good
heart and so I have no regrets even if he is an
illiterate which he is obviously not”
Queen: “have you finished talking? You should be
ashamed of yourself, Mercy. Sometimes, I wonder
how we even managed to come to this world as
cousins. Imagine your husband buying a land in
one village and you are here bragging about that
when his mates have houses in big cities all over
the world. What is investment in oil and gas and
having a gas plant? Is that one an achievement?
I have dated men who own oil blocks and fuel
stations. Men who have such high investment in
the oil and gas sector that if they withdraw their
investments, the sector will collapse. Men of
timber and caliber who control NNPC, so what is
this one saying?”
Mercy: “Very true dear cousin. You have dated
such men but those men are married and they
have their wives and children who are their
priorities, they can never marry you. You see, your
own is your own and this man here is mine. I will
rather have one poor man to call mine than
having 100 who are already married”
Queen’s anger rose to her throat and she felt like
slapping Mercy hard across the face.
“if only Mercy had tried to speak to me in such a
manner when she was living with me, I would
have given her the beating of her life ” she
thought.
Queen: “Mercy, leave my house” she said
suddenly.
Mercy: “What!” she asked with disbelief.
Queen: “I said leave my house and when you are
leaving, don’t forget to carry your secondary
school graduate of a husband along. Rubbish!”
she said and pushed them out.
====
Asha: “hey, see Mercy of yesterday o. Opening her
gutter of a mouth to talk to us in that manner
simply because she is getting married. This is
unbelievable!” she spewed after Mercy and her
fiance had driven off.
Queen: “Mercy o, a girl I accommodated and fed
is getting married before me, how palatable is
that?” she asked rhetorically.
Asha: “are you angry that she spoke to you the
way she did or that she is getting married?”
Queen: “I am angry that she is getting married
before me. Do you know what that means in my
extended family? Once she gets married, they will
begin to respect her more. How can that thing
who is not even close to me in terms of beauty
and physique get married before me?”
Asha: “woo, forget marriage jor, who marriage
epp?” she smirked.
Queen: “I want to get married o, I want to bear a
man’s name. Where I come from, no matter how
rich and educated you are, if you are not a
married as a woman, nobody will respect you. If I
had known that tables would turn like this, I
would have accepted Peter’s proposal” she said
sadly.
Asha: “My sister, I dey reason that thing too o.
Did you see their car? Imagine us hopping from
one cab to another simply because we cannot
afford to fuel our car and some people are even
busy buying cars. And shebi you said Peter is
ugly? The guy was looking very handsome today
o. I don’t even mind having his inside me”
Queen: “don’t be silly jare. Don’t you know that
money make people fine. The guy is obviously
rich now. Mercy cannot get married before me
now, mbanu”
Asha: “then get Kelvin to marry you since he is a
very rich man. That would prove to Mercy that her
husband’s so called money is nothing compared
to what your husband has”
Queen: “how do I do that? If only I can get him to
make love to me, I know he would fall in love with
my honey pot” she bragged.
Asha: “then get him to make love to you” she said
defiantly.
“how do I do that? Weren’t you here when I said I
have tried all tricks to no avail?”
Asha: “this is beyond tricks and seductions. Drug
him and get him to sleep with you. This is how we
will do it. You said he will be returning to the
country next tomorrow right?”
Queen nodded in agreement.
Asha: “Fine. Me and you will go to his house, then
you will cook his favourite meal and then later we
will drink a bottle of wine to celebrate his safe
return, of course his wine will be drugged. Once he
begins to snore, take him in and give him the
fucking of his life”
Queen: “but how can we drink the wine if it is
drugged? That will make us tipsy too”
Asha: “don’t worry, just leave everything to me”
she assured her distressed friend.
Queen: “And to think that Mercy snatched Peter
from me, yet she could look me in the eyes and
vomit such gibberish. Shebi she wants to get
married? Let us see how that wedding will hold
now” she thought shaking her feet.
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Episode 19
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* Few months later, Batch A which was the batch
that Queen, Mercy and Asha belonged to did their
passing out parade and for her active
participation during her service year and her
community development services and personal
projects, Mercy was employed by River’s state
government to work in the ministry of Internal
Revenue. It was one of the greatest news that she
had received and after the issuance of her
discharge certificate, she called Peter who had
already given her several missed calls.
Mercy: “Hi love, guess what?” she said excitedly
as soon as he picked the call.
“What?” he said anxiously.
Mercy: “just guess now, it is good news” she
said.
Peter: “okay. You have been discharged and have
been issued your NYSC certificate? No? okay, you
were given a certificate of recognition by the state
coordinator? No again? ah-an, I don’t know what
to think again, can you just help me out?” he said
giving up.
Mercy: “ah, think very well o, the good news is
something better and bigger than a certificate of
recognition” she shouted into her cell phone.
Peter: “see ehn, I am so excited that I cannot even
think straight right now. I also have good news
for you and that is why I almost ran down your
battery with endless calls. But, let’s have your
own first”
Mercy: “no, you go first, you are the man”
Peter: “okay. You remember that my uncle that
lives in the UK? That my uncle that I said my
father trained now, well, we have been talking
with him for a while now and he promised to help
me” she paused for effect.
Mercy: “Yes, I remember him, we have been
praying for our destiny helpers to locate us for a
while now” she confirmed his story.
Peter: “my dear, who said God does not answer
prayers? That prayer has been answered o”
“What do you mean? Oooh, please tell me now,
do you want to kill me with suspense?”
Peter: “okay, I just received an alert of 5 million
naira from him this morning. He called and said it
was a gift and that I should use the money to
start up an business of my choice. Isn’t that
incredible? 5 million naira cash gift with no
strings, no terms and conditions attached” he
grinned.
Mercy: “our God is an awesome God. Oh, I don’t
even know how to thank him. So many good
news today. Thank you, Lord” she shouted
attracting the attention of passerby who could
not help but wonder what was making her shout
like that.
Peter: “yeah, so let’s hear yours” he said eager to
hear her own too.
Mercy: “I got a job with the ministry of Internal
Revenue. I am now a civil servant with all its
attendant benefits”
Peter: “Wow! I didn’t know that He would answer
us this way. Congratulations my love. This is just
the beginning of greater things in our lives”
Mercy: “Expect me in Abuja tomorrow. I will stop
by and see you before proceeding to the village
to see my parents” she said to hm.
====
After passing out from NYSC, Queen and Asha
roamed the streets of Abuja in search of a good
job all to no avail. They had thought that securing
a job after NYSC was going to be easy since they
had the body to throw at men for favours but
alas, it took more than a sexy body and good
certificate to secure a job in Nigeria.
All the men they had hoped on to help them
secure lucrative white collar jobs only used them
and disappeared into thin air afterwards.
Queen was getting frustrated and Asha was at the
verge of getting depressed. Queen had cut down
on her visiting Kelvin’s home after his mother had
returned to her own house. The fact that she
couldn’t get Kelvin into her pant had been very
discouraging. After walking around that day, the
two friends returned home exhausted.
Asha: “so na like this person go just dey? We
have been scanning the nooks and crannies of
this city for a good job all to no avail. As if that is
not enough, we get laid by men who offer us
nothing but empty promises. Our rich clients who
used to give us plenty money have all abandoned
us. You won’t blame them, recession is biting
hard and even politicians are not left out. Also,
EFCC and President Buhari’s anti-corruption war
has sent many people into hiding. My friend, are
we not gradually turning to ashawo kobo kobo
so?” she asked her friend who was relaxing on
the chair.
Queen: “my sister, the thing tire me o. I cannot
count the number of men that I have had to sleep
with and yet see now, no job. And the worst thing
is that I already lied to my parents that I secured
a good job here and that is why I cannot return
home. By the end of this month, they will be
expecting me to send them money as per salary
earner. Where I wan see am?” she asked
rhetorically.
Asha: “Me I will start going out in the night to
look for men o, anything is better than nothing at
all. At least from there I will see money to
maintain myself. See as I don black finish seff?
Imagine me using synthetic hair when I am
already used to human hair? What can of wahala
is this now?”
Queen: “how can life be this difficult after NYSC?
No, just tell me, honestly we really enjoyed as
undergraduates. Real struggle begins when you
cannot secure a job as a graduate” she lamented.
Asha: “but what of Kelvin? I thought you said he
is very rich and that you will marry him? Can’t he
at least get us a job?”
Queen: “that one, just forget him jare. Do you
know that he even travelled outside the country
since last month without informing me? I just
went to his house and I was told that he had
gone for his annual vacation abroad. You needed
to see how ashamed I was when the cook asked
me if I didn’t know that my fiancé was travelling”
Asha: “na wa o, which kind wahala come be this
one na?”
Queen: “but we chatted on Skype few days back
and he said he will be back next tomorrow. Maybe
I will go and check on him when he returns”
Asha: “you have to o, this time around you need
to get him to make love to you or else I will go for
him”
Queen: “see who is talking. Do you think you can
make him touch you after I failed to make him
touch me? I did all that you advised me to do the
other time. Going nude in his presence, fingering
myself in his presence, dressing sexily, cooking
his favourite meals, massaging him, jumping in
on him in the bathroom and Jacuzzi, even doing
his laundry yet he will never touch me, not even a
kiss”
Asha: “What sort of a man is that?” she asked
when suddenly a knock came on the door.
Queen: “The door is opened” she said without
indicating interest in knowing who the person
was.
Mercy opened the door and gently stepped in with
Peter behind her.
Queen sat up abruptly when she saw the man that
she had rejected looking good and fresh.
Mercy: “hello girls, I have missed you so much”
she said hugging them one after the other.
Asha: “Mercy! Goodness you have changed o,
and to think we just finished NYSC about a year
ago” she exclaimed.
Queen: “Even Peter has changed o, see him
looking fat and fresh and even handsome”, I
must confess.
Mercy: “It is the Lord’s doing o. You know a day
is too much for God to change somebody’s story,
we are a living testimony of his awesomeness.
What’s up with you girls? You are looking darker
and kind of emanciated”
Asha: “there is…”
Queen: “there is no problem” she quickly said.
“How are you?”
Mercy: “fine. We came to invite you to our
wedding which will take place next month by the
grace of God. I was fortunate enough to secure a
job after service, my fiancé here relocated Port
Harcourt some months ago and there he went
into business investing into the oil and gas
sector. God has been faithful, the business is
booming and my job is paying. So, we thought of
getting married. I will be glad to have you attend”
Asha: “wait first. Mercy, abeg who get that car
where una park for outside” she said stretching
her neck to see via the window.
Mercy smiled. “my fiancé here owns it” she said
humbly.
Queen: “Yaay! I don die” she said raising her
hands to her head unconsciously.
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Episode 18
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Asha tried to call her Queen and find out how she
was faring but her phone was switched off. After
a while, Asha became worried that some harm
may have befallen her friend since it was unusual
for Queen not to return early morning after
sleeping out with a man.
She decided to call again and this time around,
her call went through.
Asha: “Where are you now? You want to give me
high blood pressure abi?” she asked as soon as
Queen picked the call.
Queen: “Hey, you don’t talk to somebody’s wife
anyhow, you know. I am a married woman now”
she boasted.
Asha: “What is this one saying? Shey you don
dey craze ni? You better carry your body come
here o, no allow me change am for you”
Queen: “I am serious, I am in my husband’s
house”
Asha: “I don get it. Husband, marriage? Where is
that one coming from?”
Queen: “I am serious o, I will gist you when I
return. I need to cook for my mother in law now.
Bye!”
Asha looked at the phone after the call went off
and shook her head wondering what the problem
was with Queen.
====
Kelvin returned home and was surprised to find
Queen in the house, talking with his mother.
Queen: “Oh, welcome darling” she said and ran
up to hug him.
Kelvin was surprised and didn’t even know what
to say.
Mama Kelvin: “welcome my son. Your fiancee here
has been keeping me company all day. She is
such a lovely girl and a great cook too. I cannot
wait to have her as my official daughter in law”
she said.
Queen: “please go up and freshen up while I will
set the dining table”
Kelvin: “fiancee? Mum, who is the fiancée?” he
asked with surprise on his face.
Mama Kelvin: “Queen now, she is such a prized
daughter in law”
Kelvin: “I really don’t know what you people are
talking about” he said and went upstairs.
Queen: “Mummy do you see what I was telling
you about? Why does he need or put on this
attitude anything there is a third party among us?
If we get to the bed now, he will be begging me.
Me I am tired of this relationship o, I will just quit
and get another man” she lied.
Mama Kelvin: “don’t say that, my daughter. Do
you want another person to come and reap where
she did not sow? If he comes begging in the
night, allow him, once you take in like this, we
will come and ask for your hand in marriage. It is
a promise” she assured her.
Kelvin was stepping out of the bathroom when
Queen entered.
Kelvin: “And what are you still doing here? I told
you to ask the driver to drop you off at home or
get a cab with the money I left under my table.
Why haven’t you gone?” he barked as soon as
she closed the door behind her.
Queen: “Your mother” she said and paused for
effect.
“My mother? What is wrong with her?” Kelvin
asked.
Queen: “she is the reason why I am still here. She
is such a nice woman and she thinks I am your
fiancée. She wouldn’t even allow me leave her
presence. She is so adorable, I wish I can have
her for my mother in law”
Kelvin: “I don’t know what you are talking about,
all I know is that you are leaving my house this
minute and if you don’t leave, I will ask the
guards to throw you out” he threatened.
Queen: “please don’t do this. Okay, I will leave
but please come down and let us eat as a family,
that is all that your mother desires. Is that too
much to do for a woman who went through thick
and thin to raise you after your father abandoned
you?”
Kelvin: “how did you know all these” he asked
dropping the T-shirt he had picked to wear.
Queen: “she told me everything including your
refusal to get married. See, lets just pretend that
we are dating tonight and I promise you first
thing tomorrow morning, I will be gone from your
house and your life. Dinner is served, can we go
downstairs now?”
Kelvin: “as if I don’t know that women use love
portion when cooking? I am not eating” he said
moving away from her.
Queen: “your mother and I will eat out of the
same bowl of food, there is no way I would use a
love portion in it”
After some persuasion, he decided to give in to
her for the sake of his mother whom he could do
everything to please.
Mama Kelvin giggled when she saw Queen and
her son coming downstairs holding hands.
“God, I wish she would just get pregnant tonight.
All I need is a grandchild”, she soliloquized.
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After Queen left the house the next day, she
became a regular guest at the Kelvin’s mansion
and his mother who extended her visit became
very fond of Queen. Many times she would take
the woman out for shopping and sight seeing in
town. Mama Kelvin was not the only one who was
fond of Queen, Kelvin also was getting used to her
presence because she was a great cook and did
not spare anything in making sure she prepared
delicious and mouth watering local delicacies for
him anything she went to the house.
Queen had the habit of sleeping over in the house
and weekends and she made sure she slept in the
Master’s bedroom where Kelvin slept even though
all her seductions to get him to touch her were
not yielding any results.
Queen returned home from his house to see Asha
making out with a man on their bed. As soon as
the man left, Queen walked up to her.
Queen: “babe, what was that for now? I thought
we already agreed that we will not bring men into
our house? Have you forgotten what happened to
me back then in the university?”
Asha: “It is not my fault now. You are hardly in
the house these days. Even when you come, it is
just to pick your things and leave. Do you want
me to die of boredom?”
Queen: “But you know what I am pursuing now”
she said relaxing.
Asha: “You are pursuing marriage but till today, I
am yet to see your invitation card. In fact, I am
yet to see an engagement ring in your hand”
Queen: “I already explained everything to you. Do
you know that till today Kelvin has not touched
me? If only we will make love, I know that he
would fall in love with me. You know that I am a
professional in that department, now” she said.
Asha: “getting him to make love to you is not a
problem. Since he will not do it of his own accord,
we will make him do it” she said.
Queen: “How do you mean” she asked, her hopes
rising again.
Asha: “Just leave everything for me, girl. I got
this” she beamed.
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To be continued

HAD_I_KNOW
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Episode 17
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The ringing of Mercy’s phone woke her up and
she got up with a start.
Mercy: “Thank God it was only a dream. I am sure
that Peter would never advise me to do such a
thing” she said and picked her phone from where
she plugged it to charge before she fell asleep.
She looked at the screen and saw that it was
Peter calling. She picked it excitedly. One of the
best moments of her life was when she was
talking with him on phone.
Peter: “hello, dear. How are you today? I was
afraid that I was calling at the wrong time since
you didn’t pick up earlier” he said into the
receiver.
Mercy: “I was sleeping, I plugged the phone to
charge and then I slept off. Can you imagine?”
Peter: “you must be very tired. Sorry, dear”
Mercy: “Do you know that I was actually
dreaming of you before your call woke me up?”
Peter: “really? I must be in the spirit then. So, tell
me what did I do in the dream or what am I going
to do?”
Mercy narrated to him all that had transpired
between her and her boss the previous day and
how she had dreamt that he was advising her to
give in to the man’s demand.
Peter: “God forbid. I can never ask you to do such
a thing just to get me a job. Remember that your
body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and you must
not do anything to desecrate it” he advised.
Mercy: “Exactly what I was saying to you in the
dream before I woke up”
Peter: “that dream is from the pit of hell, ignore it.
There is no way I will touch you before marriage
and there is no way I will advise you to sleep with
another man to get me a job even if it means that
is the last job on earth. I know that the God I
serve is able to give me a job at his own time.
Please my dear, avoid that man as much as you
can. Remember that you are to resist the devil and
he will flee from you”
Mercy: “I will do just that. Thank you for being
such a god fearing man. I love you” she grinned.
Peter: “I bless God the day our path crossed. I
love you too”
They continued to talk until Mercy excused herself
to go for her fashion designing school which she
had enrolled into after camp.
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“what will you like to eat, mummy?” Queen asked
Kelvin’s mother.
Mama Kelvin: “I think I should get to know you
properly first before you cook for me. Who are you
and what is your relationship with my son like?”
Queen: “Oh, sorry. I thought Kelvin already told
you about me” she lied.
Mama Kelvin: “no he didn’t. As a matter of fact, I
have never seen my son with any woman before
and that is why I think you must be very special
for him to allow you spend the night with him”
she said staring into the young lady’s face.
Queen: “Okay, mummy. My name is Queen. I am a
corps member. Your son Kelvin is the love of my
life, I love him more than life itself” she said
quickly avoiding the woman’s gaze.
Mama Kelvin: “okay. This is good news for me”
she said.
Queen: “how do you mean, ma?” she asked with
peaked interest.
Mama Kelvin: “you see my daughter, I have been
on my son’s neck to get a wife for long now and
each time I bring up the discussion, he shies
away from giving me a favourable answer. As a
matter of fact, that is why I came here so I can
continue drumming the need to get a wife into his
ears. I was even afraid that my son was an
eunuch, impotent or something” she lowered her
voice.
Queen: “Ah, Kelvin is not impotent o, he is a real
man” she lied giving his mother the impression
that she had slept with him.
Mama Kelvin: “okay. So what is stopping you two
from getting married? You must be very special to
him and that is why he allowed you into his
house and bedroom. I also over heard you calling
him your fiancé, when will you two get married?
Kelvin has more than what it takes to marry” she
said with motherly concern.
Queen: “Hmmn, that is where the problem lies
mother. Kelvin doesn’t want to settle down o, do
you know that Kelvin even introduces me as just
his friend?” she lied afraid that Kelvin will return
and deny her before his mother.
Mama Kelvin: “are you serious?”
Queen: “Yes, ma. He tells people that I am only a
friend even though we have been together for a
long time and he promised to marry me. Kelvin
was my first love, the one who made me a
woman. Me I cannot live without him o, I will not
be alive and see him marry another woman” she
said feigning anger.
Mama Kelvin: “calm down my dear. I don’t see
Kelvin marrying another woman. Like I said, you
are the only one I have seen with him”
Kelvin: “Mummy he has other girlfriends o, they
are the ones who don’t want him to settle down.
All those girls are just after his money and his
wealth, nothing more. I was the one who stayed
with him when he had nothing. See mummy, you
need to talk to him to get married to me o, if not
your son may never get married”
Mama Kelvin: “God forbid. My only son must get
married o. But then, don’t you think you should
do something to hasten up your marriage with
him?”
Queen: “something like what, ma” she asked at a
loss on what the woman meant.
Mama Kelvin: “maybe you should get pregnant for
him. Look, if you can take in for him, I promise
you that I will personally make sure he marries
you. I will personally bring my people to your
parents house and pay your bride price. Please
my dear, have pity on an old woman. Kelvin is my
only son and he is my only hope of being called a
grandmother. His father abandoned me and ran
away with another woman when he was barely
two years old. I suffered untold hardship to raise
him up the little way I could. What is the reward
for all the times I went hungry so that my son
could have something to eat if I don’t get to see
my grandchildren until I join my ancestors” she
asked rhetorically.
Queen paused after listening to the woman’s
story.
“this is the kind of family I want to marry into. His
mother is so gullible I can easily control and
manipulate her as my mother in law” she
thought.
Queen: “don’t worry mother. I shall give you
grandchildren, male and female, twins and
triplets. Just put in some good words for me
when your son returns”
Mama Kelvin: “Ah, I will. I will make sure he
marries you except if I didn’t carry him in my
womb and except he didn’t suckle my breasts. I
like you already. You are very humble and decent.
So, tell me, where did you meet my son?”
Queen: “er…erm..I..we met in a Church during one
of the vigil prayers”
Mama Kelvin: So my son goes to Church, that is
good to know”
“Yes, ma. It was one of the vigils that we
attended last night, that is why you were already
asleep when we got back that late” Queen lied.
Mama Kelvin: “It’s alright my dear. Get me tea
and bread please”
Queen got up immediately.
“Mummy, you are going to eat something very
special as breakfast this morning. Just give me
few minutes” she said.
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To be continued