**THE BETRAYAL**
(EPISODE 53)
........Mum ran into my room few minutes later,
with concern written all over her face,
“hope you weren’t hard on him?” she curiously
asked, while i picked my nose.
“the poor boy is in bad shape, looking very
troubled and sad in the sitting room. Tell me,
what did you say to him?” she inquired seriously.
“i only asked to see his daughter before deciding
anything, but he suddenly grew very intense and
annoying. Imagine the boldness” I complained to
Mum, who calmly sat beside me, held my left
hand and smiled at me.
“you should have been more understanding and
diplomatic with your request. Go talk to him dear,
I believe you guys can sort things out or are you
changing your mind about him already?” She
asked. I rolled my eyes and smiled at her.
“oh mum don’t ask me that question, but the truth
is that i can’t help but feel for the child and her
mother. I can’t imagine what he told the poor girl
before doing the deed which got her pregnant” I
explained.
“you are right my dear” she said with a nod, “You
are always very considerate of other people’s
feelings” she said softly. I smiled,
“but Mike just accused me of being selfish and
insensitve” i murmured,
“oh please, go and settle with him jare” she stood
up and dragged me to the sitting room, where
Mike sat with a drawn face. I quietly sat on his
laps, mum smiled and left us alone.
“i’m very sorry for being rude, i never intended to
disrespect you nor hurt your feelings, but as your
future wife it’s my duty to know everything about
you and i believe i have every right to know your
daughter and her mother, please don’t deny that
to me, i beg of you” I pleaded calmly with all my
heart. He looked away thoughfully, breathed
deeply and stared into my eyes.
“alright your wish will be granted, you leave me
with no choice than to make it happen, but i do
have a very bad feeling about it” he said with a
forced smile, while i heaved a sigh of relief.
“I will invite her to my apartment in town on
saturday, but i will be here on friday evening to
pick you up” He added.
“no dear, i’ll prefer you come on saturday
morning so i can bring my school things along” i
requested humbly.
“alright i will be here very early on saturday” he
accepted with a dry smile.
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“it wasn’t that hard after all, was it?” mum asked
with a smile as soon as he left. I rolled my eyes
and ran to the kitchen without answering her,
praying silently that things work out between
Mike and i, because with the direction things were
heading, i really was a bit scared of my future
with him.
Nervously, i waited for Saturday which slowly
approached like a snail. I woke up that fateful day
with a huge boil under my armpit.
(EPISODE 54)
.......Mike showed up by 7:30am, beeming with
smiles as he walked into our house.
“please don’t be too hard on him or to yourself my
dear. Behave like a good girl which you are,
okay!” “i will be expecting you next weekend”
Mum adviced as she kissed me goodbye.
I finally left our house that fateful saturday
morning with Mike, who had a new aura of self
confidence in him. Silently he drove to the capital,
while my thoughts kept me company as i thought
about school, my future, my life and even about
Benjamin.
“who knows how he is?” i wondered with mixed
feelings.
He silently drove without bringing up any
conversation, till we got to my lodge{hostel}, an
hour and half later.
“this place surely brings back memories” he
murmured with a smile as he killed the car
engine.
“surely it does” i responded before alighting. He
dutifully helped me carry up my luggages and
organize my room.
Fifteen minutes later...
we headed to his apartment which was just few
kilometres away from my lodge. It really was the
first time i was visiting his apartment, and even
though he wasn’t a stranger to me, i still felt a bit
nervous, which made him stare at me curiously,
as soon as we arrived.
“my dear why do you look so intense?” he asked
with a smile,
“because it’s the first time i’m visiting a place you
rented with your money” i replied with a smile. He
scratched his head and laughed.
“so my family house you visited months ago isn’t
mine abi?” he joked. I smiled silently.
His three bedroom { kitchen} apartment really
was very simple and a bit scanty, perhaps
because he was yet to save enough money for
adequate furnishing. The chairs in the sitting room
were plastic chairs, however a plasma screen
television, sound system and some simple
gadgets adorned it.
My heart skipped five beats when i got to his
kitchen and saw lots of dirty dishes pilled up in a
big basin, waiting to be washed. I had no choice
than to get to work immediately, even though he
weakly objected.
“i’m the happiest man in the world right now, you
are so lovely, so beautiful, so enchanting, i will
forever worship you” he kept singing, with hands
in his trouser pocket as i did the dishes.
“when is she coming?” I asked after a while,
interrupting his praises. He glanced at his watch
and shrugged.
“she should be here by now, she promised to
show up before 11am, now is past twelve” he
replied.
“hope you didn’t trick me into coming to your
house?” I asked suspiciously.
“of course not” he answered innocently.
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At exactly 2pm....
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his phone rang,
“she’s at the door” he said to me after answering
the phone call, rushed to the entrance door and
opened it. My eyes followed him expectantly,
while my heart pounded very fast.
A young girl soon walked into the sitting room
carrying a child with her. She froze as our eyes
met, while my heart melted with pity.
She looked so young and beautiful, but was
wrapped up in sadness.
Story Continues......
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