30 minutes later ………………………………………………..
EPISODE 12
I was passing by her room, going outside to fetch
water from the well, I heard her crying. I felt pity
for her; but I just have to go, let me not waste her
time.
Two days later, early in the morning, seyi’s knock
on the door woke me up. I opened the door and she came in. She said since I wanted a break up, well
she will let
me be but only in one condition. She asked if I
remembered the first day she agreed to date me,
how I carried her on my arms from the gate into my
room. She said I should be carrying her like that
from her room to the gate every morning when
she’s ready to go to school, for 7days. With that, I
was free to go with fausa or whatsoever her name
was. I thought about her condition, if I refuse, she
won’t do me anything but, I felt like accepting it. I
want to do it for her, for the sake of the love we
had shared in the past. I accepted, she left my
room immediately. I went and took my bath, took
my breakfast and left for school.
I was in school when fausa called me, she asked
me where I was, I told her I was at the ATM stand,
close to Library in school. She said she was coming
to meet me there. 5 minutes later, behold
gorgeous, beautiful fausa walking towards me.
All eyes were on us as she hugged me so tightly.
She wore a black jean trouser with a pink beautiful
short sleeve top. She has this fine face and a beautiful body. After withdrawing, both of us left for
tantiz to take our launch. As we were going, all eyes were on us. The way she was walking and. smiling with me, that sweet confidence she oozes;
people were
just looking at us. As we got to motion ground
heading to tantiz, we saw seyi seated on top of the
block seat students normally seat on. She was
stirring at us as we walked by. I felt pity for her;
fausa saw her and laughed in a mocking tone. She
was so gentle and cool as she seated.
The next morning was Tuesday, I already knew that
seyi had a class by 8am. She had already finished
preparing, she stood at the entrance of the flat, it
seems she was already waiting for me. I had earlier
accepted her conditions and that
day was the day I would start. It was about 6:47am.
As I saw her, “good morning” she greeted me, “how
was your night” I asked, she didn’t even bother to
answer that; “waiting for you” she said. I stretched
out my right hand towards her shoulder area and
the other to her kneel. I carried her. As I carried her
out of the flat, heading to gate, my neighbors who
were outside saw us and began to laugh, hailing us,
“love nwantiti”
one of the elderly man there said, only if they knew
that that the love has gone sour, and that all was
not well with us. I dropped her outside the gate and
came inside while she left for school. I repeated the second day, third,
fourth and, on the fifth day was a Saturday, I didn’t
know where she was going that morning, but she
was all dressed up as
at 8am, I was washing my cloths outside when she
came to tell me that she was ready.
I greeted her, she didn’t even answer me. She
turned her back and left after telling me she was
ready.
I rinsed my hands and followed her. I know she was
pained, she has the right to be because I have
disappointed her, I failed her when I left her, I
allowed my friends to mock her because I was
cheating on her. As I carried her, I noticed she had
lost some weight, she was so lite on my hands. She
must have been thinking and worrying so much that
she doesn’t even know that she was losing weight
The 6th day was a Sunday, I carried her to the gate.
When one of my neighbor’s 6 year old daughter saw
us, she started laughing and said, “uncle is carrying
aunty seyi” I smiled when she said it.
The final day was a Monday, it was a public
holiday. I just woke up, as I was browsing on my
phone, a text came in, it read
To be continued
