Episode 40-41
Mr Lecturer
Episode 40
you slapped me. You just slapped meā she cried, wiping out blood from her nose. I swallowed hard with despair, breathing deeply. Of course I regretted slapping her. She was a woman. Damn.
āyou know what?, I donāt need your money. I donāt need your help and i donāt need you in my life. You and your wife should go to hellā she screamed, forcing me to quickly cover her mouth with my left hand.
āmaybe we should talk outside. Letās get out of here pleaseā i suggested, trying hard to avoid creating a scene with her in my office. She pushed me away and shook her head.
āno there is nothing to talk about. You already see me as a home spoiler while your wife sees me as a gold digger. No one cares about my feelings. Iām just a wild animal to you guys. Iām leaving, enjoy your lifeā she poured out and turned to leave. I quickly grabbed her left hand and stared at her suspiciously.
āwhat are you trying to do Comfort?ā i asked,
ālet go of me. Iām serious, I donāt need your cursed moneyā she hissed, broke free from my grasp and headed to the door.
I had the urge to go after her but on a second thought, i Let her leave even though i was greatly worried over her plans.
I couldnāt deny that i needed her to be under my protection and nose because of the baby she was expecting which somehow might appear insane to you guys reading this story since i had always appeared not to be interested in her pregnancy. I do believe in the ideology of keeping friends close and enemies closer.
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I got home later in the evening and narrated all that happened between Comfort and I to my wife who was greatly surprised over the news. She even tried calling Comfort on phone but was unable to reach her.
āher phone is now switched off after ringing twice. I guess sheās very serious about not needing our support anymoreā my wife said with resignation.
āso what do you think?ā i asked.
āwell i think your girlfriend has a very good counter-plan to use against us. I believe she will be back, that i know for sureā she replied seriously, leaving me worried and overly anxiousā¦ā¦.
I didnāt know what to expect next.
Episode 41
Comfort seriously kept her word and stayed away from my life, vanishing into thin air as if she never existed in the first place. Her phone numbers equally remained switched off from the evening my wife last tried speaking to her {after the little fight we had at my office}. A situation that got me worried but as a young man, i threw everything concerning her to the back of my mind and faced my busy life, sharing every spare moment i got with my wife.
On the 14th of February, few weeks later. My wife shared a very wonderful news to me.
āiām pregnant darling and i have strong faith in this pregnancy. Just hold me tight and kiss meā she announced as we opened the wrapped valentine gifts we bought for each other.
I stared at her with joy, too stunned to say a word while she nodded with excitement.
āaināt you going to kiss me?ā she asked with a smile.
āoh my loveā i breathed, flinging the gifts aside and grabbing her with joy.
āi will take extra precaution with this one. Have no fear dearestā she whispered into my ear after the super kiss we shared, biting my ear at the same time.
āoh my loveā i muttered again and again. Only God knew how happy and filled up i was over the joyful news. There was nothing else i wanted than to have a child with her. I surely was a very happy man from moment.
Unfortunately the devil once again reared up its ugly head to spoil things for me.
Exactly one week later, Comfortās parents showed at my office in the peak of school activities to embarrass and deal with me for turning my back on their daughter. Not only did they come to embarrass me in my office, they came very prepared with enough noise and commotion that attracted the whole science faculty and disrupted school activities.
āso you think you can insult my family with your presence last year and then turn your back on my daughterā Comfortās father screamed at me as he barged into my office with his wife, two young men and an elderly lecturer.
I was busy attending to some final year students in my office when the old man came in shouting and cursing.
Before i could even utter a word, he drew closer and hit me on the head with his walking stick, shocking me with the terrible assault.
āchoi!!!ā the students with me screamed with shock while the lecturer that led him to my office quickly grabbed the stick as he raised it for the second time.