COMMOM MISTAKES LADIES MAKE IN A RELATIONSHIP (EPISODE 33 & 34)

The next evening, Emmanuel was in our house as if someone alerted him of what we discovered. He came straight to my room, sat on the bed and stared at me nervously. I sat up and stared back at him with a ferocious look, breathing heavily as i tried so hard to control my emotions. “Dearie please calm down, the love i have for you is very sincere, listen to me darling, please listen to me” he pleaded nervously. “You are just so heartless. You thought you could hide such a big scandal from me didn’t you, or have you cooked up another lie, common spit it out” i said angrily.

 He shuddered as my words hit him hard, forcing him to look down remorsefully. “I couldn’t get myself to tell you about it because i was very scared of your reaction, i couldn’t risk losing you over a silly mistake” he murmured earnestly, “the girl was a mistake and i have nothing to do with the mother anymore, please believe me.

 It was only a one night stand i regret ever doing, please don’t judge me over it. Judge me for who i’m and not for who i was please” he begged, “I want to see the little girl and her mother. I want to see them before i say anything else to you” i requested seriously. His hands shook as he tried to hold my waist, he breathed deeply and stared at me curiously. “Don’t tell me you are already changing your mind over us?” he asked with a coloured face. I scoffed and looked away. “I’m not happy with you and i have nothing else to say till i see your little daughter and her mum” I concluded bitterly.

 “This is so unfair Mary, why do you insist on seeing them? I can’t let you see them, i just can’t” he murmured sadly, while i forced out a dry smile. I demanded to see the girl and her mother because i wanted to get first hand information, concerning the level of relationship they enjoy with him. Moreover i really couldn’t bear standing between anyone’s happiness especially when a child is involved. I hate seeing a child grow up without a father. I know to some people it matters not, but to me it matters alot. 

“What you are asking of me is very outrageous, i can’t do it. Moreover they are not living with me and i can’t take you to her house” he explained seriously, “Then invite her to yours or somewhere conducive for us to meet” i insisted. “Meet over what?”, “and what exactly do you expect me to tell her huh?, that my fiancee want’s to see her, you are very insensitive to another person’s plight, you only think about yourself which isn’t good.” “I understood and was reasonable with you when you were virtually living with Samuel, why can’t you respect my feelings?, infact i can’t stand you this evening, i’m leaving” he poured out angrily, stood up and left the room, while i silently reflected over his words. “Oh my God, he just accused me of being insensitive and selfish. 

Is he right?” i gasped and wondered. 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 Emmanuel just accused me of being selfish and insensitive” i murmured, “Oh please, go and settle with him jare” she stood up and dragged me to the sitting room, where Emmanuel sat with a drawn face. I quietly sat beside him, 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 thoughtfully, 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. “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 Emmanuel 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. Creepy isn’t it?

EPISODE 34

Emmanuel showed up by 7:30am, beaming 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 advised as she kissed me goodbye. I finally left our house that fateful Saturday morning with Emmanuel, 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 Samuel. “Who knows how he is?” i wondered with mixed feelings. He silently drove without bringing up any conversation, till we got to my 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 kilometers 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 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 it’s past twelve” he replied. “Hope you didn’t trick me into coming to your house?” I asked suspiciously. “Of course not” he answered innocently. At exactly 2pm 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. “I’m so glad you came” Emmanuel said to her with a quick smile. She nodded and stared at me suspiciously. “Meet my fiancee Mary” he introduced me to her, “Mary meet Stella the mother of my daughter” he said to me. I rose up polietly, reached out and made to carry her baby, but she drew back and stared at me murderously. 

Tears quickly formed in her eyes, while her lips shook. “What? Jeez I can’t believe my ears, your what?” she asked Emmanuel, who instantly looked away, placing his right hand on his head. “You are his fiancee eeh?” she asked, facing me angrily, “Yea and i asked him to invite you so we could straighten things out” i murmured nervously, “Straighten what?? You must be mad if you think you can involve me in your little prank. He abandoned his responsibility for your sake and you are now here playing the saint. I’m not a fool sis. I’m not” she sobbed. “Calm down dear, i have your interest at heart, sit down let’s talk please” i begged. “I can’t calm down, and i can’t stand this scene either.

 I’m leaving this moment, but i assure you that i will be back. Go ahead be his fiancee, enjoy yourself” she poured out with tears, before running out of the sitting room with her child. Her action and tears really touched my spirit, but i equally was a bit angry at her for not calming down and listening to me. “You have now seen for yourself what i have been avoiding. 

I knew it wasn’t a good idea getting you to meet her. You see?” Emmanuel murmured bitterly, while i looked up at him searchingly. “Now what do you think?” he asked, “I don’t just know, but i’m having a very bad feeling right now” i replied calmly. He quickly drew close and held me. “I think it’s better we get married before Easter. Let’s move our wedding forward, i can start making the necessary arrangments instantly” he proposed nervously. I breathed deeply, raising my eyebrows.

 “I think it’s better we shift it farther, perhaps move it to December” i said thoughtfully, while he gasped with disbelief, “or maybe till we settle issues with her” i added cautiously, “What’s there to settle with her eeh?” he asked sadly. “A lot my dear, a lot, because i don’t believe she will just sit calmly and watch us get married” i replied with a quick smile.

 He quietly sat on the floor, looking dejected and sad like a man who just lost a big fortune. Even though i appeared calm and relaxed, i was equally far from being pleased with the direction i feared our relationship was heading. I felt like visiting a fortune teller that moment. -

To Be Continued-