EPISODE 17
“Where’s my baby girl?” He said as he dropped his keys on the table
I had moved to the living room and was trying very hard to keep it together but he saw right through my pretense
“What wrong with you?”
I didn’t answer. I tried to but words just didn’t come out
It took many unanswered questions for him to figure it out.
“How did you know?
Who told you?”
“Does it really matter?” I responded
He got up and called for the maid but she had somehow disappeared.
I guess there was nothing to hide anymore, so he started to talk
“I never wanted you to know about this
I didn’t want you involved in any way
It’s my problem and I am dealing with it.
If it was going to affect you, I would have told you but I am a man and I am fixing it”
I had started crying again…he came close and wiped my tears.
“You don’t have to cry sweetheart
It’s nothing…believe me, it’s not even an issue
If I had a single doubt, I would tell you”
He went ahead and told me what was really happening…how his wife showed up unannounced and wanted to fix a marriage she had abandoned for years.
How she got family members involved and was trying to use emotional blackmail and sentiments to force him to stay in the marriage.
How they already had several family meetings with elders from both sides and how his wife wouldn’t agree to a divorce.
“We are having another meeting tomorrow and I have decided to mention you and the baby. So they all know I already moved on.
I begged; I waited…she wouldn’t even talk to me
Where did this change of heart come from?
She tossed me out like garbage; someone else saw treasure in what she treated like trash…now she wants me back?”
Captain was making sense but I didn’t like what I got myself into…how old was I that my name was being mentioned in another person’s family issue and I was the reason there would not be reconciliation?
I can’t deny that I had fallen in love with Captain but was I ready to pay that much to be with him? Deola warned me to keep it on a business level but that wasn’t what captain wanted, I wasn’t even that kind of girl. I kept thinking of all the different possible outcomesCaptain had stepped away to get me something to eat when he found out I hadn’t eaten all day…the maid was still nowhere to be found.
The sound of the gates opening and a car coming through, juggled me back to reality. I could hear a female voice and the person seemed to be yelling.
Captain also heard it as he dashed out of the kitchen, looked through the window and dropped the plate he was holding.
“Oh my God! No No No No No” was all he said as he rushed out of the house.
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