WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS 2 : EPISODE 51 – THE END

WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS 2 : EPISODE 51 – THE END

EPISODE 59

“Where is Jonathan, I thought you both were coming together?” Jeffery asked.

He is having a lunch date with his sister Erica.
It has become a norm, for Jeffery to always take her out, or at least pay her a visit once in a week. This has increased the bond between them, as he has also convinced his family to give her their support in getting back with her husband.

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For the past three months, that they got back together, there has been no complaint from Erica, and neither has she shown any sign of being physically abused, or being unhappy in her marriage.

His Family hasn’t relaxed yet, they still keep an eye on her, and are still observing Desmond too.

“He is with his father, they are staying back at home together, since Desmond is always not around, he is always trying his best to spend any free time he has, with Jonathan”

“How is he?”

“Jonathan? He is fine and….”

“I meant Desmond, how is he treating you? Does he still beat you?”

“He is doing okay, I already told you he is a changed man, you don’t have to worry about me”

“You still haven’t answered my question, does he still lay his hands on you?” Jeffery maintained a straight face as he spoke.

“Jeffery, Desmond no longer beats me, if he was still doing it, then you would have seen the signs on my body, we see each other almost all the time”

Jeffery didn’t seem convinced enough, a part of him knew she could be telling the truth, but he also knows that a woman beater will always remain one, except he decides to get help, something that Desmond is yet to get.

“Does he abuse you verbally?”

“Jeffery!” She gave him a deadly stare.

“Okay sorry, I’m sorry” he rose his hands in surrender. “I just don’t want you to get hurt again that’s all”

“And I won’t, besides I already promised myself I’m going to walk away, the moment he trys anything funny”

“All right, You complained about not sleeping well the last time we saw, are you sleeping any better now?”

“Yes, my doctor recommended some sleeping tablets, since I started taking them I have been sleeping well”

“Are you having any challenge?”

“No Jeffery, I’m not…. Please can you stop interograting me so that I can have my lunch in peace?”

They both ate their lunch, talking about several other things.

“So how are you preparing to be a father?” Erica asked, as they sipped on their drinks after lunch.

“I don’t think I can ever prepare enough, sometimes I catch myself thinking I’m not ready for this, I thought I was, but ever since I found out we are having twins, I have been a bit panicky”

“Don’t worry, I’m very sure you will excel at being a father”

“Same thing I tell myself all the time”

“How about Jane? How is she? It’s been a while I saw her last”

“Ironically she has been very strong, I mavel at how well she is able to get things done with her pregnancy”

“She is still starting up her business like she wants to?”

“You bet she is, we just recently imported some materials she would be needing for the business”

“You have got yourself a strong woman, there”

“You can say that again”

When they were done having lunch, and catching up on each other’s lives, they both left, with Erica promising to prepare pounded yam and egusi soup for Jeffery, at her house the next weekend.

When Erica got back to her place, her husband was in the sitting room alone watching football.

“Hey honey” she bent to kiss him, but he turned his face, giving her his cheek.

“Where are you coming from?” He asked frowning.

“I don’t understand?” Erica was looking at her husband confused at his question. Because he knew she was going to have lunch with Jeffery.

“What don’t you understand? I asked you where you are coming from”

“I thought I told you I was having lunch with my brother?”

“Which of them?”

“Jeffery of course, I told you before I left or have you forgotten?”

“Same Jeffery that doesn’t want us to be together? You have been with him for the past three hours, what sort of food are you people even eating?”

“Honey Jeffery is my brother, and…”

“And what?!” Desmond raised his voice in anger. “And what Erica? You left this house for over three hours all because you want to have lunch with that useless, no good brother of yours?”

“Desmond please don’t start, I beg you”

“What were both talking about?” He stood up from his chair, facing Erica. “Emm? Go on tell me, what was it you both were talking about? Was he giving you advice on how to leave me?”

“I can see that you are trying to start up a fight where there ought to be none, and I really don’t have time for this” she turned to leave, but Desmond drew her back by her hands.

“I’m now a troublemaker, isn’t it?”

Erica looked him in the eyes, and could see they looked red, the way they always look whenever he is in the mood for trouble, which would later lead him to beating her.

“Please let go off my hand Desmond”

“And if I don’t? What would you do? Leave me? Hahaha….., Like you could, even if you wanted to, you can’t” he gave out a loud gay laughter. “You know why? Because no one will accept a damaged goods, and you Erica are damages goods hahahaha…, So you see, you are stuck with me”

Erica’s eyes burned with tears as she listened to her husband insulting her. “Why are you so wicked? What have I done to deserve this from you?”

“Oh now she wants to cry, my cry baby is about to start crying” he faked a sad face before busting into laughter.

“If you are tired of being married to me, then you don’t have to stay, you can leave, no one is forcing you to stay Desmond, you can leave” she turned to leave again, and her husband dragged her back, and the moment she turned to face him, his palm connected with her face in a resounding slap.

“How dare you talk to me like that? You ungrateful bitch” he slapped her on her other cheek, and started beating her.

Jonathan’s nanny, just finished putting him down for his nap, when she heard the raised voices coming from the sitting room, she peeped and saw that Erica’s husband was beating her up.

Jeffery had secretly given her his number, alongside Dele’s and his father’s number, for her to call any of them whenever she sees Desmond beating his wife.

She quickly ran to her room, and took out the notebook where she had written their phone numbers.

She dialed Jeffery’s number, it wasn’t going through, then she decided to dial Dele’s number, and he picked up on the second ring.

“Hello Ithoro, how are you?”

“Good afternoon sir, oga you need to come to the house very quickly” she sounded breathless.

“What is going on, is Erica or Jonathan hurt?”

“My oga is beating madam again, please you have to come fast before he kills her”

Dele didn’t wait for the girl to finish talking, before he ended the call and quickly grabbed his car keys, and ran out of the house, he didn’t even bother to lock his door.

On his way to Erica’s place, he tried reaching Jeffery but his number wasn’t going through. He drove like a maniac, not bothering if he was driving above speed limit or not.

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Under thirty minutes, he was at Erica’s house. Jonathan’s nanny was the one who came to answer the door for him.

“Where is she?” He asked her.

“In her room, I was helping her to clean up when you came” the lady had tears in her eyes, as if she has been crying.

“And where is Desmond?”

“He is in his room too”

“Take me to my sister” Dele followed the nanny to Erica’s room. She was sitting in front her dressing mirror using a cotton wool, to clean the wounds on her face.

“Ithoro who was at the door?”

She was shocked to find Dele standing at the door of her room.

The moment he saw Erica’s bloodied face, he became angry, he saw red, “that ba$tard! How dare he, Ithoro show me to his room”

“The next room by your left sir”

“Dele please don’t…” Dele was already out of the room to even listen to Erica.

He went to the room the nanny described for him, he entered and locked the door from inside, before Erica got to the door, and started knocking for him to open the door. He ignored her.

He could hear the sound of shower runningcoming from the bathroom, so he suspected Desmond was having his bath.

So the bastard has the nerve to bath, after laying those filthy hands on his sister.

He is sure going to need to do a lot of washing up, by the time he is done with him.

Desmond came out of the bathroom puting on only a boxers.

“What the he.ll are you doing here? Who let you in here?”

Dele answered his question with a hard punch on his face, and before he could recover from it, Dele gave him another punch on his mouth, Desmond tried retaliating but Dele dodged it, and used his legs to clear him off the floor.

Desmond landed on the floor, and Dele sat on him and start hammering his body with beating.

Erica could hear the sound of things crashing in her husband’s room. She feared for the two men, for whichever of them has the upper hand, must definitely be beating the other to a pulp.

“Dele, Desmond! open this door!” She banged on the door. She feared if her husband has the upper hand, then he may kill Dele, considering he just recently got discharged from the hospital, with some broken bones.

How is she going to explain this to her parents? That her husband whom they have been telling her to leave, has finally ended up killing her brother? She would never forgive herself if anything happens to Dele.

She continued to bang on the door, but none of the men came to open the door. Instead they kept crashing things in the room.

“Ithoro” she called Jonathan’s nanny, who came running.

“Where is Jonathan is he still sleeping?”

“Yes ma, I closed the door of his room so he doesn’t wake up because of the noise”

“Good, quickly get me my phone, I need to call someone”

The nanny stood there looking at Erica like she didn’t hear what she just told her.

“Why are you still standing there? Go get me my phone”

The nanny ran into Erica’s room, and decided to hide the phone, she knows Erica wants to call someone to come break the fight between her husband, and Dele. And she doesn’t want that, she silently wished Dele is having a upper hand in the fight, so that Desmond can be thought some lesson, she hates him for always hitting Erica.

She was still thinking of where to hide the phone when Erica walked in and collected it from her hands.

“What is taking you so long?”

“Madam why do you want to save him? Allow your brother to teach him some lessons”

“And has it occurred to you that, he might be the one teaching my brother the lessons?”

Erica opened her phone contacts, but didn’t know who to call, if she calls Jeffery, he is going to come here and join hands with Dele to beat Desmond, if she calls the police, they will end up arresting Dele too.

“What sort of thing is this?” She cried out, “how and when did we get to this?”

She decided to call her father, she was about to dial his number when she heard the door to Desmond’s room open. She turned to find Dele coming out, with a bloodied face and shirt.

“Oh my God Dele” she gasped at the sight of him and quickly ran to his side.”Oh my God Dele, what have you done?” She cried as she inspected his wounds.

“Go get your things, we are leaving”

“What about my husband?”

Dele looked at like she has gone crazy, “are you seriously thinking about your husband, after what he has done to you? Look at your face”

Erica didn’t reply Dele, she walked past him and went into her husband’s room, to find him lying unconscious on the floor.

“Jesus Christ! Dele what have you done?!” She bent over him to check for his pulse, she was relieved when she felt it.

“We need to call an ambulance” she told Dele who was at the door of the room looking at her.

“Erica we need to..”

“Call an ambulance now!” She screamed at Dele. “Dele what have you done? Oh God please let him not die” she held Desmond’s body in her hands as she cried.

“Dele please call an ambulance, please” she handed her phone to him. Dele reluctantly took the phone from her, and called an ambulance to come take Desmond to the hospital.

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Few minutes later, an ambulance arrived to carry Desmond to the hospital. After placing him inside the ambulance, the paramedics insisted Dele and Erica followed them because of the bruises on their faces.

“I don’t think that would be necessary” Dele declined.

“But sir we need to have your wounds checked”

“I can handle it myself”

Erica followed them, asking the nanny to take care of Jonathan in her absence.

“Go get pack a bag for yourself and Jonathan, because you both are coming with me”
Dele said to the nanny, after the ambulance had left the house.

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Few minutes later, Dele was driving to his parents house with the nanny and Jonathan at the back of the car.

When he got there, his mother was about to drive out, so she waited for him to get down first.

“Dele what happened to you?” She asked the moment she saw his face, as he came down from his car.

“Good afternoon mummy” she was about to answer his greeting when she saw the nanny coming out of the car with Jonathan.

“Where is Erica? Tell me she is safe, tell me that animal didn’t lay his hands on her again?” She asked, her breath breaking.

“Mummy please calm down, Erica is fine”

“Then where is she? Why is Jonathan the only one with you? Please tell me my daughter is still alive?” She cried.

“Of course she is alive, let’s go inside I will explain everything to you”

Mr Ademola who heard his wife’s voice, was already outside to find out what was happening, and was surprised to find Dele there with Jonathan and his nanny.

“What is going on here? And Dele why is your face bruised? Did you get into a fight or something?”

“Yes, with Desmond, now please let’s go inside so I can tell you all that happened”

When Dele had finished telling them all that happened, his parents were quiet for a while.

“So he is at the hospital as we speak?” Mr Ademola asked.

“Yes sir”

“You knocked him into unconsciousness too?” his father asked him.

“Yes sir”

“We need to get you to the hospital, so your wounds can be treated” Mrs Ademola said.

“I’m okay Mom, I just need some painkillers”

“No, you are coming with me to the hospital now, after that I’m going to get my daughter, she has had enough of that abusive man”

“Which hospital was Desmond taken to?” Mr Ademola asked.

“St Patrick’s hospital”

“Then let’s go to that one, you will be treated there, then we can see Erica as well”

They left the nanny and Jonathan at home, in the care of the housekeeper, while they left for the hospital.

When they got there, they called Erica to let her know they were in the hospital. When she came out to meet them, she had plaster on the injuries on her face.

Her mother quickly ran and hugged her.”are you okay?”

“I’m so sorry mummy”

“It’s okay my daughter, none of these was your fault”

“I should have listened, when you told me to leave him”

“Now is not the time for blaming yourself baby, are you okay?” She used her hands to trace Erica’s bruises. “Desmond did this to you?”

“Yes mummy, but you need not worry the doctor said it will heal in a few days”

“Where is he?” Her father asked angrily.

“The doctors are attending to him”

Dele excused himself to go get treated. While Erica and her parents went to see Desmond. When they got to his room, the doctor just finished treating him, and he was sleeping.

“How is he doctor?” Erica asked.

“He is going to be fine, though he lost two teeth, and has a fractured rib, but nothing too serious”
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What do you think would have happened if Jeffery picked his call instead of Dele?

WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS 2 : EPISODE 51 – THE END

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