ROSA, MY LOVE
CHAPTER 7
THE END
“How did you know there is a woman in my house?” I asked.
“Someone told me. Obi, you have been lying to me all this time. You are married with a daughter and you didn’t let me know.”
There was no need explaining. I wasn’t married or had a child. I was just helping the baby mama. However, Rosa would never believe me because my landlord’s daughter had already intoxicated her. I was very angry with my landlord’s daughter and promised myself that I would deal with her later.
For the first time in a very long while, Rosa had called me Obi instead of Daddy. That meant things had really changed. My greatest fear was that she shouldn’t start cheating on me, because once she started cheating on me, there would be no turning back.
I got up from the chair I was seating and was about to make my exit but she stopped me and locked the door. She wanted us to make love. I, however, didn’t want it. I was afraid that could be the last time. I was afraid she just wanted to have me one last time, and I would never see her again. But Rosa, would have none of my resistance. Before I could realize, she had undid my zipper and my LGA was already in her mouth.
She gave me a good BJ for about thirty minutes and then took of her dresses, revealing her awesome body. She laid on her back and requested that I reciprocate. I did. I got in between her legs and put my mouth on that soft and moist inside, running my tongue up and down, and sometimes staying on that spot that made her feel extra good. She almost died with pleasure and like a pilot, she held my head with both hands and helped my head to find it’s way around.
I hurriedly pull down my shorts and got on her. There was loud music playing from her neighbour’s rooms. So, her screams and moans as we made love was drowned by the noise. Rosa and I made love that day like it was the last. After we were done, she took me to the road where I got a bike and headed home.
On my way home, I played the events of the last two hours in my mind and realized that Rosa and I would never be the same. While we were making love, I looked into her eyes and I saw a distant light, that distant look a woman always has in her eyes when the time to move on has come.
A week later, Rosa called me and told me that she was pregnant. I was shocked but not surprised. That last day we made love, we didn’t use protection. However, I wasn’t prepared for that child and I told her so in no uncertain terms.
“What should we do about it?”
“Let’s keep the baby, Daddy.” She had resumed calling me ‘Daddy’
“But I don’t want to have a baby now.” I protested.
“Why?”
“I don’t just want. So, I propose you get rid of it now that it’s still early.” I told her.
“I won’t”
“Then, be prepared for the full responsibility.” I said and dropped the call.
Rosa didn’t contact me again for another weak. However, when I met her in the streets, I engaged her in a discussion.
“Rosa, hope you did as I instructed.”
“No”
“So, you insist on doing what you want to do?”
“Yes, I am keeping my baby. Nothing is going to make me kill this innocent child.” She said angrily and walked away.
I was falling in love with the baby mama. I had never lived with a woman before. So, I hadn’t really felt how good it meant having a woman around. Now that baby mama was around, it felt quite different. Baby mama too seemed to be protecting her territory. She was making life very comfy for me. I was confused between her and Rosa, but since she was the one home, I decided that a bird in hand is worth 10 in the bush.
It had been three months now since I started living with the baby mama. In my mind, I thought she would never go back. But I was in for a big shock. One day, I got back home from work and I didn’t find her or her daughter. I rushed into her bedroom and realized that all her things had disappeared. I went back to the living room and on the center table, there was a single piece of paper. It read:
‘I am sorry, to go like this. It was really an emergency. I got a quick call from my baby daddy. He is back. He was imprisoned somewhere around Morocco on his way to Europe. He has been released and he is back now. He is sick and emaciated and really needs my attention. Please, forgive the fact that I didn’t let you know before hand. Bye.’
I dropped the letter on the ground and felt sad, used and disappointed. No matter what, she should have waited for me to come home or at least let me know before time. What was I going to do now? I had been foolish to just let her into my life like that without thinking about how it would affect Rosa. Now, she has gone. What was I going to do? I decided that I would go and see Rosa and try to plead with her. It was not too late, so I thought. I decided that I would go and see Rosa.
I got a bike and headed to Rosa’s house. When I got there, she wasn’t that happy that I had come, especially as I didn’t call before hand. She however, allowed me into her house. However, she was jumpy and edgy. She kept looking out of the door like she was afraid someone was coming.
“Obi, what is the matter?” She asked. “You look stressed out.”
“Rosa, please, I am sorry with the way I treated you. Please, forgive me. I want you back.”
“Obi, for almost two months now you haven’t looked for me. You haven’t called me. Why this sudden change of heart?”
“I am sorry, Rosa. I have realized that you are the only one for me. You are a good woman. Please, I need you. I want you back.”
“I am sorry too, Obi.” Rosa said. “But you are dead to me. You died the day my baby died. I have moved on from you. Now, get out of my house.”
“What? You got rid of my baby?” I asked.
“I did as you instructed, foolish man. Get out of my house.”
That was how I was thrown out of Rosa’s house and her life. I tried making her to reason with me but she wouldn’t budge. At last, I had lost my Rosa, my beautiful and caring Rosa. I wept and wept but nothing changed. But the worst was still to come.
Two weeks later, I woke up from bed and decided to check my Facebook account. What I saw immediately sent me into deep depression. It was pictures of Rosa’s customary wedding. She was looking so beautiful, happy and sweet. But what almost killed me was her husband. He was my friend, my former classmate. I almost died. My Rosa was happily married. Oh God!! Why was I so foolish. I had lost four while running after eight.
That is my story and I hope you have learnt from it. Always recognize when God brings you a good woman and make life with her. I was too busy doing fine boy things and in the process lost my Rosa. I lost Rosa, my one true love just because of my way of life. May God see me through.
THE END
You deserve that “foolish man” as you’re been called