Temptation

Episode 15

clara shouted while the old man looked at her surprised.

“what happened?, can’t you abstain from sex, for just a week?”

the old man asked surprised at her outburst.
“Erhm!, i…i can”
she stuttered.

How could she abstain from sex, for a whole week?

It was an arduous task for her but she decided to play along.

afterall, she knew everything would be in her favour.

The old man shook his head in pity.
Ladies of nowadays were just something else he couldn’t envisage.

Imagine just a week abstinence?
“baba, i want to take my leave now.”
clara said standing up.

“but it’s already dark now”
“oh! Yes, but i’ll rather go now.”
“ok then, you may go”
clara looked around for her handbag but couldn’t find it.

“you looking for this?”
the old man toss a handbag to her from nowhere.

“oh! Yes, thank you baba”
she appreciated gladly.
And she left.

She got home, went straight to the bed. She was fatigued, all she had in mind was to execute her mission the next day.

She couldn’t wait, tossing from right to left restless, as she anticipated on how the next day would be.

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Ben was already home, but how he got home was a mystery.

He staggered as he walked through the hallway.

Even a blind man could notice that he was heavily drunk.

He climbed up stairs, still swaying from right to left unsteadily, he missed a step and fell, he rolled down the stairs and his head knocked the iron steel rod.

He groaned loudly, he tried to stand up but fell back on the floor.

He tried it countless time but he kept falling.
He gave up and la!d down there wincing in pains.

he regretted ever drinking.

Minutes later, he doze off on the same spot.
It was daybreak, ben was still on the floor, snoring hard.

It seems as though, he was on a sleeping pill.
He slept for hours, as the drink still had effect on him.

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Clara woke up, yawned and strecthed like a dog who just woke up from its slumber.

She went to the bathroom, brushed and bath.
She dressed up wearing a black skimpy short skirt and a blue sleeveless top.

She decided to visit her friend Alice.

Alice was her roomate back then in school, they both do things same way.

Alice was the one that advised clara to seek the herbalist man for a solution to her predicament.

In no minutes, she found herself at her doorstep.

She knocked on her door while Alice rushed and opened the door.

Alice was surprised to see her.
She hasn’t seen her for a long time, but today came as a surprise.

“Aliiiice!, you wan stand there dey look me like say you see ghost, abegi open door make i enter joor!”

clara said in their local dialect
“clara, shey na you?, na you be dis?”
Alice finally voiced out, asking a rhethorical question while her mouth was wide agape.
“Noooo, no be me o, na my grandma you dey see so”
clara replied sarcastically.

Alice threw her hand open and they embraced each other.

They walked in and sat, clara sat opposite Alice, facing each other.
“watsup nau?”
Alice asked clara smiling.
“i just dey o”
“me self see am na, see as you tush kon fine pass me self, e be like say, Ben dey treat you well”
Alice joked while clara smiled but was sad deep down.
“yes, yes nah!”
clara replied feeling uneasy.
“what of nancy? Shey you don kick her a-s comot for their?”
clara’s face coloured up as Alice asked her the question.

No need to beat around the bush.
“Alice, things are not rosy as you think o”
clara said with all seriousness
“what happened?”

Alice asked, readjusted and listened with rapt attention.

“Nancy is still with Ben o but i know that with what i did, they won’t be able to uphold their marriage.”
“wetin you do them?”
Alice asked curious
“Ben don discover mungo park for my toto”
clara said while Alice laughed.
“u no mean am o?”
Alice asked surprised
“dey there, am serious o. Nancy even caught us in the act”
clara said and chuckled
“choi!. Ur head dey there joor!, what next nah?”

“Na to possess my possession ni o”
clara said clapping
“oya nah babe, no dulling, go take what belongs to you”
“ehrm! Alice, na him house i bin wan go, before i kon change mind say make i kum yarn you tori”

“Na so, my sister, you don dey go now?”
Alice asked on seeing her stood up.
“yes nau, you don forget ni?, say delay is dangerous”

“na true o, oya make i escort you small”
Alice said and they both walked out.
Alice went back home, while clara proceeded to Ben’s house.

She knocked on his door but got no response.
She continued knocking until she got tired of knocking.

Exasperated, she angrily twist the door knob open.

She knocked herself on her head for been so silly.

She walked stealthly through the hallway, making no sounds.

She stopped in her tracks when she saw Ben lying on the floor weirdly, motionless and blood gushing out of his forehead.