Episode 38
âI think, she should just stop schoolâ, Stellaâs mum said. âNo, let her explain herselfâ, Ngozi said. âIs this one okay?â, Stella asked. âMy mummy is talking, youâre talkingâ, she added. âStella shut up your mouth, you donât have a say in this matterâ, my uncle notified her. âBut you said everyone can talkâ, she murmured. âOkay, Ekaete, do you have something to say about Uwanahâs behaviour?â, my uncle asked. She looked at me, then at him and nodded in disapproval. It was a surprise, I doubted if that was truly my mum because, the woman, I knew always had a say in every discussion. I took her silence as great dissapointment in me. âUwanah, explain what happened, is it that your room in school was not big enough?, please explain to usâ, my uncle said. âAnd, donât you dare lieâ, he said angrily. It was the first time, he got angry at me.
âIâŠ.IâŠ. left the uhm⊠the schoolâs dorm becauseâŠ. Uhmâ, I stuttered. âThe room was uncomfortable, so Iâm staying with a friendâ, I said. âDid you tell me you were uncomfortable in your room?â, my uncle asked. âAnd who is this friend?â, my uncle asked. âErrrm, sir, itâs the person, I was living with when I first came to Lagos, the person really took care of me, so itâs the person Iâm staying withâ, I explained. My uncle didnât say a word, he looked at me like I had just spoken in an unknown language. âUwanah, donât tell me, you are gone to live with Davidâ, my mother said. âSo, the person, youâre talking about is not even a girl but a boy?â, my uncle asked. âYes, sirâ, I said very softly. Ngozi, my uncle and my mum had disappointment written all over their faces.
Stella and her mum were really glad I messed up. Although, I didnât see it as messing up, I saw it as everyone judging me insensitively. I felt they should have understood that living with a guy didnât make me an irresponsible person.
âSo, Uwa, hereâs what weâll do but, first has your mum told you that she wants to go back to Boma?â, my uncle questioned. âNo, she hasnâtâ, I said looking at my mum astonished. âOkay, well in two or three days, sheâll go back, I donât know her reason, she just said, sheâs tired of Lagosâ, he explained. Stella and her mum were elated. âNow, Uwa, the issue of staying with a boy or a girl is none of my business, by the time, you get back to school, move back to your dorm, am I understood?â, he asked. I hesitated for a while because, there was no way, I would ever leave Davidâs house but at the moment, I didnât want to incure the wrath of my uncle. âYes sirâ, I replied. âThen, that settles it, everyone can go back to their roomsâ, my uncle said and stood up. âUwanahâ, my mum called and signalled me to go with her. I knew thereâd be trouble. I had barely closed my mumâs room door when she adorned my face with a dazzling slap.
I was expecting that slap, hence, it wasnât a surprise. âUwaâ, she called and sat on her bed. âWhen I asking you to making money in Boma, you say you cannot prostitute on men, what was you does now?â, she asked. âWhy are you go and stayed on David house?, you wanted pregnant?â, youâre crazy in your head ooo, your uncle are angry when he discovering you leaved the dorsemitory, she informed. âyou are almost a twenty years old person now, I isnât tell you what to does but use your brainsâ, she admonished. âIâm going back in Bomaâ, she said. âWhy ma?â, I asked. âI will renting house in Boma express town, I not going to our former house, your uncle is promised to sent money for me, every monthâ, she said. âThen, just rent house in Lagos naâ, I told my mum. âNo, Lagos are too noisy and this house couldnât contained Stella mum and me, one person in us are killed ourselvesâ, she elaborated. âOkay ma, when are you leaving?â, I inquired. âMonday or in Tuesdayâ, she said. âBut, Uwa, listened to your uncles ooo, leave that boy house and come back to your dorsemitoryâ, she pleaded. âDonât dissapointed your uncleâ, she admonished. While she spoke, I just kept on nodding my head. On my part, I thought they all didnât understand me, I was going to make them proud as long as I was concerned.
After all said and done, I ignored everyoneâs advice. My intention was to leave the house on Tuesday but, the awful stares from everyone was making me very uncomfortable. I persuaded my uncle that there was a better fashion store for internship close to my school accompanied by the lie, that, Iâd stop living with David. I headed for Davidâs home on Monday morning as early as 7:00am. I didnât call him, afterall, I had told him I would arrive Monday or Tuesday, I didnât see the need to call him, besides I lived with him, so, in essence, it was my house too. When I arrived at Davidâs house, I knocked endlessly, David didnât open the door. I thought heâd be awake because of work. I was about calling him when the door opened, âIâve been knockingâ, I said thinking it was David that opened the door. âYes, who are you looking for?â, it was the same girl I saw in Davidâs house the other day whom he said was a friend.
âWhat am I doing in my own house?â, I asked. âDavidâ, she yelled. âYes, Tope, Iâm comingâ, David yelled from inside. Few minutes later, David came to the door. âUwa!â, he exclaimed. âI was expecting you in the afternoonâ, he said. âWell, is that really important?, whatâs she doing here?â, I asked angrily. âOh, she will leave soon, come inside naâ, David said like nothing happened. âGo where?â, Tope said. âWeâve talked about thisâ, David said. âUwa, come inside naâ, he said dragging my hands inside. I couldnât even fight the girl or say anything but, I was considering going back to my uncleâs house or the schoolâs dorm. A while later, the girl left. âUwa, what is it?â, David asked.
I looked at him in awe, I actually thought David was going crazy, why would he ask me what was wrong?. âDid you just ask me that question?â, I asked him. âYes, what is it?â, he asked again. âOkay, maybe it has slipped your memory that I saw another girl here few minutes ago and please donât tell me, sheâs your friendâ, I said angrily. âShe is not my friend, sheâs a close friendâ, he said. âClose friend?, itâs obvious that something is going on, see David, Iâm not trying to boast but Iâm better than that girlâ, I said. âI agree but thereâs something sheâs better atâ, he informed. I was hurt by that statement. âWhat could she possibly know how to do better than me?â, I asked. âSee, Uwa, you donât understand that, Iâm a guy and just because I donât ask you to sleep with me doesnât mean other girls are not willing toâ, he said. âBut, I thought you wanted to wait till we are married, weâve been living together since I arrived in Lagos, you never asked.
I thought you wanted to waitâ, I said. âNo, Uwa, you wanted to wait, not meâ, he said. âI respect you a lot, so Iâm just not asking youâ, he said. That would have been the right time for me to end the topic and flee for my dignity but, I didnât. I felt I wasnât doing enough for David. âSo, if I sleep with you, that girl will stop coming here?â, I asked. Davidâs eyes lit up with excitement. âOf course, sheâll stop coming hereâ, he replied. I didnât see anything wrong with it, I had lost my chastity to Dayo and I thought, David was a better person and I didnât want him to look at any other girl so, I dived in.
Soon enough, I became too attached to David, nothing else mattered, he promised to take care of me, no matter what happened. Two weeks after we got intimate, I came back from internship one day and found a girl in the house, this time, it wasnât Tope, it was another girl. Though, she was clad in proper clothes, I wanted to know why there was a girl in the house without me getting informed and why her hands were placed around Davidâs neck while he operated his laptop. David didnât even deem it fit to notice my presence. I had gone too far in the relationship, it was too late for me to turn back. My anger was off limits, yet, I didnât say anything, I went straight to the kitchen, took the sharpest knife and went back to the living room. âMy God, Uwa, please drop the knifeâ, David begged and got up immediately. The girl stood up too and hid behind David. âIf you donât get out of here, I will design your face with this knifeâ, I threatened and with the way I was infuriated, I was dead serious about it, I didnât care about prison, had she not left the house, I would have severally injured her. David pleaded and pleaded, âPlease drop the knife Uwa, Abeg, let me explainâ. The main reason I carried the knife was the girl and she had left, so, I dropped it, I didnât want to talk to David with a knife in my hand, so I returned the knife to the kitchen not because of his pleas. I returned to the parlor only to find David looking very angry. âWait, you are angry, whoâs supposed to be angry?â, I asked. âUwa, youâre very stupidâ, he cursed. âEh, what do you mean by that?â, I asked. âDo you know who that girl was?, I was introducing her to a business and she was about depositing money, then you came and showed her a knifeâ, he yelled coming closer. âHow was I supposed to know, her hands were around yourâŠ..â, David didnât wait for me to finish my statement before he slapped me. It was a like a rebirth and a new awakening for me, I realized how stupid, naive and foolish, I had been. It was time to run away.
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