The Wedding Contract

Episode 22

ify fell on her bed…she was
confused…she
never intended to fall in love with
tony…this
was a contract marriage…what happens after
the contract expires…
ring ring
her phone interrupted her thought….she
looked at
the screen…she didnt recognise the number..
“hello…who is this..??” ify asked
“uummm…i’m i speaking with ifaechi
smith…?”
“yes…?”
“ok…umm…this is donald..” “you this this person….what is your
problem…how did you even get my
number..??”
“look…please…listen to me…i have an
emergency…you have to help me..”
donald said sounding scared…

“mtcheeewww…please leave me
alone…don’t
ever call me again..” she said and hung
up…she la!d down till sleep came

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the next morning…ify woke up to make
dinner…she looked at her phone and saw
14
missed calls from donald..

“what does this stupid boy want” she hissed
and got up to go make breakfast…when
she
was done…she set the table and went to
call
tony and his father…she inhaled heavily before
knocking on tony’s door…he opened the
door…

“my God..tony…did you sleep at all..?” she
asked holding his face….tony looked
terrible…he had bags around his eyes…he
looked like he did not sleep…

“i’m fine ify….i just have a slight
headache…”

“hmmmm…you’re not…i’ll take you to the
hospital but first come and have breakfast..”
she said pulling him but he didn’t
move…ify
turned and looked at him
“ify….i’m sorry about last night.i messed
up again..don’t be mad at me..” tony
pleaded…
“(smiling)….its okay…don’t worry…it was
just
a harmful kiss…people kiss alot right..??”
she said trying to kill the topic…they went to
the
dinning together to meet mr clifford
already
seated…

“good morning dad..” “good morning father..”
“morning my dears…”
they sat down and began to eat as they
talked
about different things…midway
through…ify’s phone rang…she looked at the
callers i.d and hissed…

“who is that..?” mr clifford asked
“its nobody important…never mind”
tony quickly got that it might be donald
calling…he felt jealous again…he began to
think of ways that he would stop him from
seeing ify…the call kept coming and seeing ify…the call kept coming and it
annoyed
tony…

“can you tell him to stop calling or better still
swtich off your phone..” tony said…ify
looked
at him…she smiled when she saw he was
jealous…which meant he might feel
something for her…she didn’t notice she smiled and
stared at him for a long time
“what is it…do i look like i’m joking to
you..??”

“i’m sorry..its just…never…
the ringing of her phone interrupted her…she
picked it up
“look you this human being…stop
bugging
me…you’re upsetting my husband” ify
said as she looked at tony and winked at
him…tony
could not help but laugh
“ify please don’t hang up…i need your
help…my sister is dying..” donald said…ify
immediately sat straight “what..??…since when..??”
“yesterday…the doctors are refusing to
treat
her…they are asking for a huge amount…i
don’t have it…please ify…for old times
sake help me out..” donald pleaded
“ok..ok..ok..tell me the hospital..i’ll be
there…”

after a while she hung up….she stood up
to
leave.. “where are you going to..” tony asked..
“to see donald…his sister is dying and he
needs help..” ify said in a rush
“and you believe him just like
that..??…for all
we know he might be lying…it might even be a
trap to kidnap you…i can’t loose you..”
tony
blurted out…

ify looked at him and smiled…she went
close to him and hugged him from behind…
“you won’t loose me…i’ll be here…atleast
for
the next five months…donald must think
i’m a
fool cos i lived in the village…he doesn’t know
i’ve played this game before..”
tony turned and looked at ify
“game..??..i don’t understand..” tony
asked
looking confused “tony…donald does not have a sister…but
he
doesn’t know i know..although he
introduced a
girl to me as his
sister but i found out she was actually his girlfriend…he must think i’m a fool…
(smiling)..he is going to regrer trying to
dupe
and fool me…” she said
“what are you planning..” mr clifford
finally spoke after listening to ify…she
whispered
something to them…the smiled