TOLANI 😭💔 (My chest is paining as the writer, I’m crying.)
Episode 20
Chimaobi drove to the Admin block, asking around for the HODs office. He was extremely disturbed, and I understood everything, all I was against was the little or no time we had at hand to fight Mr. Ernest the very way Chimaobi would want us to.
After many efforts of trying to make him see the dangers, I gave in.
“Bae, I absolutely feel this is not the appropriate way but, let’s do it your way.”
He didn’t talk to me. We got to the HODs office, and we were told he was not around.
” He’s been out of the office since yesterday. ”
Getting home, he asked me for Mr. Ernest contact, and my chats with him.
“Do you have your conversations with the FO.OL?”
“Yes, I do.” Handing my phone to him.
He went through my chats with Mr. Ernest, screenshotting every of the advances he had passed at me.
“This guy is playing with me. I’m going to peel off his. sk.in. He should get ready for me.”
“Bae, please, calm your nerves.”
“No, baby girl, I’m not chilling here. We are talking about my woman here, I literally do not have any moment for negotiation with him.” He said, typing a message that read,
“In case you have not heard, you are going after fire. You would not want your hands to get burnt. Stay off my woman, we are getting married on 19th August. Do your job and sign on her work. You wouldn’t want me to take this up.” He sent to Mr. Ernest and my heart skipped.
I literally was shaking and scared, but I couldn’t talk, Chimaobi wouldn’t want to entertain my suggestions. I just had to let him handle the whole thing as he wished.
More like an hour later, I was in the bathroom taking my bath when Chimaobi shouted my name.
“Tolani!” He called me as his body shook.
“What’s it? Why are you shouting?”
“Read this…” He shouted at me like never. I could see how enraged he was.
N***d with lathered body, I took the phone from him to read what was there.
“Did your da.mn woman tell you she fu.cking gave me her b**t. Get off loser.” I read this and my mouth turned sour.
I stretched my hands to hold him, but he hit my hands.
“What was the meaning of that message?” He asked me.
“Bae, this is not true. I have had nothing with him. I swear to God.”
“You know, you are such a little devil.”
“Chimaobi!”
“Shut up! You are such a snake and a liar. Oh! He gave you a hundred thousand and dropped you home a day we had a little issue. Oh, stupid me, I should have known. I should have seen through you.” He hit his hands on the wall.
“Bae, I swear, he’s lying. Bae, please, believe me.” I held him, crying so hard.
I could feel my heart burning, the pain in my heart was so unbearable, it felt like I will never get over it, but I just had to be strong to explain myself.
“I regret fighting to be with you.” He said, and I held his left leg, holding it to myself.
“Chimaobi, look at me in the eyes. I will never do this to you. Never! Believe me.” I begged him more.
“Can you hear yourself? He gave you money, dropped you home when we had issues, you begged me not to meet your HOD? Why? Because, you know what you did with him.”
“Chimaobi! I did nothing. Trust me, I didn’t do anything. Why will you believe him more?”
“Because you gave me the reason. I’m so done with you. I’m not going on with this wedding. Get your hands off me.” He pushed me as I fell on the floor. He didn’t even look back to see if I injured.
“It’s late, first thing tomorrow’s morning, you should go away please, your presence irritates me.” He said to me.
“Chimaobi, I didn’t do anything with this man. There’s no evidence, nothing. How could you just act like a coward?”
“Me, a coward?”
“Yes, you are.”
“Do not ever call me that again.” He said to me, but I continued to call him that.
“Chimaobi, you are a coward. You are.”
“TOLANI!”
“You are a coward, Chimaobi.” I cried out.
He walked to me, held my neck and pushed me to the bed as I fell helplessly, shouting.
“Shhhhh! Shut that mouth.” He held my face and slapped me.
“Is it because I’m soft with you?” He slapped the other side of the cheek. I was so shocked. I had never for a day imagined Chimaobi laying hands on me. Chimaobi was never that type of man.
“Chimaobi. You are injuring me.” I cried out, struggling to get loose from his grip, but he won’t let me. He was outrageous as he slapped me again and again, shouting.
I became still as he slapped me severally, all I had was silent tears. I couldn’t move. It was like a dream I would want to wake up from.
“I am older than you are. I deserve your respect.” He shouted as he jumped out from me, moving away, grumbling, shouting and hitting his hands on the wall.
I lay still on the bed, crying for quaternary of an hour.
At that point, he was calm, he walked to where I was, held me, examining my face. He brought a towel, wet in the shower, cleaning up my face.
I slowly walked away from him to the mirror, looking at my face. It was swollen. I had a very fragile skin.
He knelt down and held me by the waist. I removed his hands, walked to the closet, picking every of my belongings.
“Tolani, I swear to God, I am not like this. I am sorry. I have never believed I could lay my hands on a woman. Tolani, look at me.” He held me tightly, crying with tears in his eyes, but I didn’t utter a word to him.
At that point, I was so done. I don’t even care if my wedding cards were printed. I WAS JUST NEVER Going to BE WITH ANY MAN WHO HAS LAID A FINGER ON A WOMAN, MISTAKENLY OR HE’S ACCUSTOMED TO THAT. My heart was very bittered.
To be continued…
Will Tolani overlook this red flag of Chimaobi hitting her? Is Chimaobi a woman beater or a mistake? Did Tolani actually sleep with Mr. Ernest?
©️ Esther Charles (The Storytelling Diva)
