FEMI
Just when I thought it was all over and my mystery was gone, I found myself flat on a bed at a location I could not decipher yet. The loss of mom was a doom and the beginning of more chaos in the family of four where I happened to be the first child. Dad has always been responsibly irresponsible to core, we hardly have him to ourselves in the house, except for days when he was sick that mom will have to take out of her hard earned money to pay his bills and care for him like never before, but immediately the ingrate get well, he was back to default, I had no doubt dad was the main causative agent of mom’s death and I began to even hate him the more, if only I had opportunity of taking away my three sisters away from home because there was no one to look after them. All of the thoughts came back to my mind and I felt like just poisoning myself right there and then, but I was famished and too weak to even do anything.
Suddenly it came to my mind that I was back to school because I could remember vividly well that there was to be a test the following day, the reason I had leave home with a promise to be back immediately after my test to put some things into place, mom refused to buy any property in her name, I pleaded with her to invest in landed properties but she will not listen claiming she did not want to betray daddy, now we have to deal with her blindness from reality and live with daddy in the house where he will not stop bringing different women at will even when mom was alive. How she still maintained that she loved him, I had no idea. The man that openly in the presence of everyone defiled their matrimonial bed with his concubines. Just when that thought filled my heart two creatures showed up all of a sudden, I had no idea of the second but I was very familiar with the other creature who was Anthony. They both looked very happy to have seen me alive. The lady ran to my side on the bed and touched my cheeks asking questions like we have known each other before and just then, the softness of her palm reminded me of the lady I met at the faculty of Admin basement the other time and suddenly the memories came back to life which again reminded of Ronke who disappointed me even after borrowing Anthony’s white attire, it was the anger of being disappointed that got me to meet this lady whose memory was romancing my brain the more she touched me.
“It is good to know you are alive” Anthony said to me.
“How did I get here?” I asked winking at him to give me hint about the stranger sitting right beside me.
“Oga ade, leave all the stories aside, just be grateful to your girlfriend who offered to pay your bills and even got you this enormous dinner, dude you are lucky I swear.” Anthony said dropping the package containing all sorts of fruits and the other one containing tantalizer’s logo. At that point, I was so sure dinner was so sure and just when I was within me happy, I remembered my sisters who I had no idea whether dad will feed at home. The moment I heard girlfriend, I knew that was Juliet, the lady met the day I had two heartbreaking events occurred at the same time, Ronke breaking up with me because I could not meet her numerous demands and the message confirming my mom was dead. I sold my phone immediately to be able to raise money to go home which was why I decided not to collect the lady’s number but left with the faith that our path will cross again, after all, Anthony’s suit was still with her.
“Is you that know o” She replied smiling.
“Femi, is this really you?” She asked again before I could say anything when Anthony decided to excuse us.
“Yes, it is me, and I am really sorry for…”
“Shhhhhh…you are just recovering, you should not be talking too much” She kept me quiet.
“But…”
“There are no buts just rise up and consume your dinner then take your doses for tonight, we have been told you will be discharged tomorrow, and we already have a secret which no one must know of until further notice, you are not my boyfriend, I am not your girlfriend but we will both play along because I already told all of them I am your girlfriend since that was how you addressed me to Anthony. Is that clear?” I watched her lips as they moved uttering things beyond my mental capacity and I just felt like screaming everything in me out but with no choice, I decided to play along as well and just when Anthony was approaching again, she gave me a light kiss on my lips. Everything was like a drama being acted, I expected her to be angry with me but there she was, more than happy seeing me alive.
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