COMPULSORY MARRIAGE
Episode 17.
I parked somewhere and started thinking again, only if she didn’t hide her number to call me I would have called back atleast we can still be friends even if things didn’t work out between us. I rested for like 10mins before I started moving again.. Not up to 5mins of driving, my phone started ringing again, still the same unknown number.
Me: Please Biola…why are you hiding your number from me..atleast not being together doesn’t mean we should stop talking now…I searched for you everywhere, I was told you are on leave in the office, you are not in your parents’ house too. Hardly a day goes by without me going there to search for you…
Biola: No need to search for me Snakie..we belong to the past, how was today’s ceremony? Hope everything went as planned?
Me: We thank God..but where are you
Biola: Forget about where I am jare
Me: Whats your number now…why are you hiding your number to call me?
Biola: Am only calling to find out about how the programme went ni jhoor….I know if the wedding had been in a church, you know that awkward moment when pastor will ask if someone has anything against the marriage, I imagine what would run through your mind.
Me: Nothing now..because I know you can never do anything to disrupt the process..i trust you for that
Biola: Don’t be too sure ooo Snakie, its not the same Biola again oooo
Me: what has changed in the Biola that I knew…
Biola: So many things but lets forget about it…I hope am not disturbing your honeymoon
Me: which honeymoon…am not even at home
Biola: Where are you? You don go do side runs again on your wedding night
Me: No oooo…trust me now
Biola: Trust ke? For where………..abi I don trust you ni
Me: Ahn ahn Biola….Mary was an avoidable mistake and I regretted everything that happened, I never knew it will come out this way
Biola: The same way you can go and block now and wont know the outcome till it happen…just know that you are now a married man and you should be responsible, learn from the past mistake
Me: Why are you talking like this now Biola… Well I went to drop mummy at home and am driving back to Egbeda..had to park when your call came in now….But Biola, you know this whole marriage stuff is just an ishh to me..you know I never wanted it.. After we had plan about everything and you disappeared just like that..thats so unfair Biola.
Biola: whats so unfair when your parents were on my neck…most especially your mum, calling me everyday begging me to leave you alone.. What do you expect from me when its not as if I can’t find another guy of my own. Even though it might not be so easy, but am sure my own man will still come.
Me: Uhmmmmm…….so, that means you have totally forget about me
Bola:abi…what next, you belong to another lady now, you are married and you need to enjoy your marriage even though……forget about it
Me: Even though what baby? Pls say your mind now……..even though its so hard to let go abi? Even though you wish its our marriage today..even though you wish am right there beside you now….thats what I was telling you the other time by not letting people dictate our lives for us, we are adult and we can decide what we want out of life…you know I will never accept for today to happen if not that you vanished away, if not that you abandoned me at the critical time when I needed you beside me, if not that you let my parents brainwashed you into releasing what rightly belongs to you..your hard labour for crying out loud. We have been together from scratch to where we are right now but you let somebody from nowhere to come and reap all what you labored for. You know I don’t love Mary and I will never love her..you are my life and everything, you are the one I want to spend the rest of my life with..You mean everything to me and I still love you so much just like before and I know you still love me too baby.
Biola: what make you think I still love you
Me: Am not thinking…I know so. I know you have been indoor since morning thinking about where I am today, thinking about how you wish its us doing our marriage today, you had to call me when your mind couldn’t take it again just to find out if am alright and if everything went as planned. You still love and care so much about me Biola
Biola: Uhmmmmm………………..Dont be too sure Snakie
Me: am very sure of that
Biola: And I wont argue it with you
Me: Can you do me a favour Biola? Just one last thing and I will never ask for anything again from you
Biola: What’s it, if its within my capacity, you know I will do
Me: Can yo give me the opportunity to see you again,if its just once even if its can be tonight
Biola: That will be a little bit hard oooo
Me: Why Biola..please now
Biola: It will be hard cos I don’t know where I will tell my boyfriend am going ooo
Me: You now have a boyfriend…
Biola: What do you expect? You now have a wife too now..
Me: Ohk ooo…please can you do me the favour
Biola: If only you can make it tonight as his not yet back home, this is past 8 and he will be back anytime from 9pm….Only if you can make it before 8:30,I can spare you like 10-15mins
Me: No problem dear..i can make it, where will I see you
Biola: Same place we met the last time at 7&8…I will be waiting for you there by 8:30 and if I didn’t see you within 10mins, I will be gone.
Me: No problem dear..i will make it.
I was somewhere around Mushin when she called me, I immediately find my route to isolo and follow through Osolo Way as I believe that was the easiest way to connect to the place. I got there at around 8:35pm and instead of Biola being inside, she was at the car park waiting. I sighted her putting on a brown gown, just an inch below the knee, with a slippers and her hair do suggest that it was not a plan outing, I parked beside her, came down of the car and hugged her and she responded by hugging me back.
Me: Why are you waiting outside
Biola: I was inside before but am not feeling the place so I decided to stay outside, moreover I don’t have much time to spend like I told you, I have to be at home before 9pm
Me: Does that mean you stay around here now?
Biola: Sort of……
Me: And am very hungry ooooo
Biola: hey yah…I understand, you can go in and get something now or you don’t eat outside now
Me: So can we just sit in the car instead of hanging here…
Biola: Ok..no problem
We both entered the car but instead of staying at that spot, I decided to move forward to the next junction by the right and entered one street there. That was on her instruction; the street was a bit dark and silent as no much people passing by there, I put off the inner light of the car as we started discussing
Me: Thanks for giving me this chance Biola, I so much appreciate it
Biola: You welcome oko iyawo……congratulations
Me: Thanks Ma…
Biola: So, how did it go? It was because of the gist I had to see you oooo cos I want to know how everything went
Me: Gist indeed and you said you don’t care again
Biola: Does gisting means I still care?
Me: Its just normal…didn’t spend much time there..just a formalities…like 5-6hrs we spent there
Biola: so, when is the proper wedding coming up?
Me: Which proper wedding…we don finnish everything now
Biola: Finish everything ke? Na iyawo sara (free wife) dem give you ni
Me: You no how everything come to be now…so I don’t expect you to be talking like this
Biola: I don’t know ooooo
Me: enough about me cos that’s what we have been talking about since we started talking on phone tonight. How about you? How have you been, what have you been up to…..who is the lucky guy now
Biola: As you can see, am fine….all have been good and well courtesy of God
Me: And the guy?
Biola: Whats your own with the guy? Abeg leave that one jhoor…
Me: Is he someone I know?
Biola: Whats your own..why are you so particular about the guy..well its not someone you know or have met before
Me: Ohk ooooo…I hope he’s not treating you so bad like me
Biola: he’s tryng his best and have not seen a trace of disappointment from him.
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