MOTHER!
Episode 12
…He looks worried as what could have gone wrong, and he assumed he has passed his boundary, he came to where I was and he said “Bukunmi, I don’t want you to think I am taking an advantage of helping you, I actually really like you so much. I have been fighting this feelings for months now and I have put a lot of things in thinking, firstly your age, secondly your experiences but I can’t fight how I feel about you aback, since my wife died,I have never admire a lady just the way I had admired you. I like you because you are a strong woman, I love strong women who had fought many battles and still standing, you have so many things in common with my ex wife and more reason I was willing to help you. Your character even though you have gone through a lot is another thing I admire, humble, respective and appreciative, but I am not going to rush you, I will let you heal from your pain and nothing is changing, I am still going to take care of your child even if you don’t want to have anything to do with me” he had said.
I sighed and was about saying something when Jessica ran to our midst, Jessica is Johnson’s daughter, she then said, “Aunty Bukunmi, my daddy told me I will become a sister very soon when I asked him of how you got big belly over the months.
I was startled and it was funny at the same time, well I just have to tell her that yes she is getting a sister even though I was not happy with how everything is, the she said the shocking thing, she said “I am happy you are my small mommy” that word got me crazy, small mommy? I only sighed and told her it is fine, Johnson told her to go back to her room which she did and there was silence between us for a while until he broke the silence by saying “hey, don’t you think you need a phone now? you don’t wanna be on Instagram snap some cool Instagram pictures, go crazy on LIVE videos?” he winked along as he said those words, I laughed so hard and told him not to worry about phone as I have no one to call and he said again “So if i am not around and you are screaming your lungs out because you are in Labour to deliver this beautiful child how will you do it?” he was right but I don’t know how to operate a phone, shy to tell him that but it is as if he knew what I was thinking and he then said “You don’t know how the gadgets works right?” then I nodded and reply with “Yes sir” he jokingly replied with “what do I expect from Ondo people, very local set of people” I bursted into laughter and told him that is not what it is, and told him beautiful things we have in Ondo state especially my town. It was already evening, then later cooked for everyone and we all went to our rooms.
I couldn’t sleep afterwards, I hated how I reacted to Johnson in the afternoon when he wanted to kiss me, I really want to clear my head off my trauma.
The next day he asked me on what business have I ever thought of doing if I couldn’t go to school and also asked me what job profession have I ever aimed for?
Well back then before my father died, I had love the selling of clothes like Adire, Ankara and any other local accessories but I am in city now, I can’t do that kind of business here, but I also would love fashion designing. The I told him I would love to learn fashion designing If I have the chance and for the second question, I would love to be a journalist, I had told him this and he was impressed but yet did not say anything. A week after he came home with an envelope and told me to open it, when I did, I saw something somewhat like a form from a fashion house. I asked him about it and he said he had gone to one of the best fashion house in Ibadan and would enrol me there after I put to bed, he has paid for the fees and told them I will start learning after putting to bed, I screamed, I don’t know what to do or say, it is too huge for me, we had once go to the fashion house before and I know how massive it is. I went on my knees and thank him so much for helping me out and being the best helper, he dragged me up and then pull my hair closer to his chest and hug me, i was really crying as I am too happy, dream slowly coming true for me, he then put my head up closer to his face and kissed me. I shrugged at first as it was new to me, but then he kissed me again and this time it was longer than before, I love what I just experience and want to have more, as if he do read my mind, he then kiss me more and this time it was way too long, I love everything he was doing to me, then I could feel how gentle his hugs and touches are, his perfumes are just too nice and when I looked at him, I realized how handsome this man I have been living in his house is.
I felt awkward after the kisses, told him I want to go and sleep and he just smiled and told me to go and sleep,
A month after, I was in the kitchen sweeping when I could feel sharp pains in my leg, I felt it was normal not until I couldn’t stand up anymore, Johnson is not around, Jessica has gone to school, this is an estate no one can hear you and the building is far to the gate where the gate keeper can hear me, I remembered I have a phone and he had taught me on how to use it, I quickly opened my phone and call Johnson, his number wasn’t going through, I thought I would die, started crawling from the kitchen to the living room, while dialing Johnson’s phone, later it got switched off, I started crying asking God if my father is here to take me along with him to heaven, at the same time worried over Johnson, since Johnson bought this phone for me his number is always going through anytime I call him, I wonder what is happening to him and yet I am also dying….
To Be Continued…
