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I could smell something nice cooking; I opened my eyes and didn’t see Kola beside me. I checked the time and it was 10:18am. I kept thinking of the events of last night it was the best. I rolled from one side of the bed to another as I thought of him. The door opened and Kola came in, he was with a tray. ‘Talk about romantic’ I thought to myself. He prepared yam, egg and tea for me. Exactly what I needed. I had to eat with all the etiquette in my head so that I wouldn’t send Kola away with my bad eating habits.
After a few chit chats we took our baths but nothing happened, not exactly of course a lot of things happened. Then he dressed up for the gym while I stayed back. I sat in the room bored. I could hear my phone ringing; I was too tired to pick calls so I walked slowly towards it. It was Ada, I was sure she wanted a breakdown of everything that happened.
‘Hello Dami, how are you? How was last night?’ she laughed and I felt so shy
‘Anyway Tobi is with me. Don’t forget to look for the drugs. I just have a bad feeling about this.’
‘The drugs again’ I thought to myself,’ I thought we were over this’ I thought further but knowing Ada if I didn’t agree to search for them she would be at his door wanting to do it for me.
‘I didn’t forget of course I would search for them’ I said and ended the call.
Before searching for the drugs I decided to be a good wife-to-be by
arranging the house. When I got downstairs there was nothing else to do. The candles were gone, the table was well arranged and the house was swept clean. ‘Awwwn! Kola didn’t want me to stress myself’ I thought.
So I went into the kitchen to prepare his meal, I was confused what would I cook for a man that just got back from the gym. I knew they took fruit shakes and that was a piece of cake but I had to decide on what to cook. Yes, your girl was wifing up.
I picked up my phone and googled ‘best meal to prepare after using the gym’ and I saw all sorts everyone needing me to leave the house and go for a little shopping. So I regoogled, this people don’t know that Africans use the internet too ‘best meal to prepare after using the gym in Nigeria’ then I saw familiar things. The summary was proteinous meal ‘how would I cook beans for him?’ I was disappointed and tired.
I was busy thinking of what to cook for him when I got a message from him ‘Already missing you. I did the chores because I felt you would be tired after last night *wink. Don’t miss me too much. Will be home soon’.
‘Will be home soon!’ I exclaimed. Enough with this after gym meals, I finally decided to prepare semo and egusi. I was so good at preparing it that I could prepare it in my sleep. When I was done I dished it into the food flask and prepared the table for us.
I waited for him in the room. It was as if Ada was in the room I could hear her say ‘Dami, look for the drugs’ so I stood up from the bed and searched aimlessly and lazily. After few minutes of doing that I had to buckle up, I dressed myself in a bum short and crop top and searching like an investigator. After searching the whole room I was tired, ‘there is nothing’ I concluded. Just as I was about to lie down I noticed drawers fixed to his bed. So I opened them and the last one contained drugs; they looked legal to me. I called Ada and described the drugs to her, told her not to bother me again but she wouldn’t let it go. She told me she was going to call her doctor friend to confirm what it was, I agreed maybe this would make her leave me alone and accept Kola finally.
Kola was back, I ran downstairs to welcome my sexy sweaty soon-to-be husband. After the welcome ceremony I had planned in my head, he went up to take his bath. He was down in a few putting on a short, his abs looked more beautiful. It was hard to decide what I wanted to eat but I had to be a good girl so we sat and ate our meal.
I got a call from Ada, ‘what is with this girl? I am sure she was calling to tell me it was normal and she was sorry’ I thought. Excusing myself from the table I picked her call.
‘Dami, hope you didn’t have unprotected sex with Kola?’ she asked in fear. What did she mean by that? She of all persons knew I would have unprotected sex. I became scared.
‘What is it now?’ I asked ‘Please I don’t want any further bad news from you’ I was furious but still frightened
Then she began to cry ‘Dami, those are retroviral drugs. Dami, he is HIV positive’ she said crying
‘Retro what?’ I screamed. I am finished, what have I done to myself? How would someone who claims to love me do this to me?
‘Tobi and I are coming over right now; you are going to the doctor’s so pack your things. We are coming to get you’ she said
I went numb; I just had unprotected sex with someone who was HIV positive. This was it for me; my love for Kola was still there. Why couldn’t I just hate this boy?
‘Don’t confront him she kept saying, we are coming. Dami, Dami, Dami answer me, Dami are you there…?
I was mute but I managed to end the call. I felt tears rolling down my cheeks I couldn’t scream, I just stood there. I cleaned my tears and went back to eat perhaps he would tell me.
As I got back I saw him smiling, I had to smile back. After few minutes of thinking I summoned the courage to ask.
‘K, you know we had unprotected sex yesterday and this morning right?’ I said and then he smiled. He held my hand and said it was the best thing ever. I almost broke his head in anger. I smiled back and asked if he had anything he felt he should tell me but he shook his head and continued eating.
‘The food taste nice’ he complimented touching my cheeks. I excused myself and went upstairs to pack my things, I could hear Ada horning. I felt a sense of relief within me.
I heard them knock; I couldn’t move I just sat down crying my eyes out. I couldn’t believe this was true.
I could hear Kola and Tobi downstairs talking. I managed to stand up and walked downstairs to the sitting room, with every step I felt my knees got weaker.
As soon as I sighted him I threw my bag at him ‘you bastard’ I screamed. Tobi held me picking my bag up.
‘Let’s go’ he said. I cried on his shoulders as he carried me to the car.
Kola just stood there quietly, he must have figured out that I found out already.
Ada was there waiting for me, I could see her heart break when she saw me, as soon as they got me into the car; they went back to the house. I could hear screams, shouting and things breaking. I held myself tight and cried some more, I cried like I have never done before.
‘Oh Lord, what have I done to deserve this?’ I could see them walking back to the car, Tobi looking like he just got into a fight. I was mad to even care about how Kola was doing but I did. I knew they would have my head for lunch if I asked them how Kola was so I kept quiet throughout the journey to the hospital with Ada holding me.
TO BE CONT’D …
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