Things
got morecomplicated between Alex and
Simisola,Alex now had all the reasons in the world to pester Onome, but of
course Dr. Efosa guarded his dearly beloved Onome, for him that was is his one
stop lady, a lady in whom he’s found all he needs in a woman.
Alex
would call Onome even at ungodly hours just to get her attention, Onome at some
point got fed up and told Alex she was in love with another, she explained to
him that she had moved on and advised him to do same, Alex however did not give
and continued to push his luck.
Three
months later Onome’s mother took ill and
was hospitalised,he situation was getting worse and Dr. Efosa got uncomfortable
with it, he felt the medical amenities available in the village wasn’t good
enough and advised Onome to bring her mother from the village to the city,
which she did. Dr. Efosa made sure she got the best medical services available,
mama Onome was overwhelmed with the love showered on her by Dr. Efosa, as soon
as she was discharged from the hospital, she immediately called Onome;
Mama
Onome : My pikin ,I just wan thank you for how you bin don de take care of me,
maybe I for don kpeme if you nor come carry me from village.
Onome:
God forbid mama, you shall live to see your great grand children
Mama
Onome: How?
Onome:
ahn ahn , mama I make you vex?
Mama
Onome: This one wen you de do nor pass vex? Wetin de worry you? That man nor
fine reach?him fine, him get better work, anyhow person must sick, so him nor
fit broke, you self dey kampe, you get better work, tell me wetin you de wait?
Onome:
hahahahaha maale(mummy) ah !relax, I nor de wait anything, but as soon as him
don ready we go marry
Mama
Onome:ready? You go make am ready, nor wait, man nor de ever ready!
Onome:
( in order to calm her mother down) ok mama nor worry, I go make am ready
veryv-e-ry soon
Mama
Onome: ehen na now you de talk.
Dr.
Efosa encouraged mama Onome to remain in the city, but she refused as she
couldn’t afford to let go her fish business in the village, she returned back
to the village after Dr. Efosa took her for a massive shopping and also told
her of his intention to marry her daughter but of course told mama Onome not to
break the news to Onome as the proposal was meant to be a surprise, Mama Onome
got to the village and became a village champion , she bragged about all her
experiences in the city , most especially about her daughter who is doing well
and ‘ she go soon marry sef’ she
always added.
It
was Onome’s birthday three weeks later and Alex felt it was a good opportunity
to make Onome understand he wants her back in his life for good. Onome dressed
so nice that day like there was more to it asides that day been her
birthday.She got to the office and met a lot of gifts from colleagues on her desk,
but one which drew her attention was a card which had a rose attached to it,
she was eager to open it as she thought it was from the YIN to her YANG, Dr.
Efosa, she opened it speedily and to her surprise it was from Alex! She immediately
helped herself with the waste bin by her desk and said in a low but irritated
tone ‘ what effrontery!’ Efe
immediately asked what was getting her nerves worked up
Onome:
Can you imagine this idiot sending me a card and a rose
Efe:
well a brother has to keep trying; you know what they say about not giving up
right?
Onome:
but I have told him severally that it’s over
Efe:
awwww, sorry boo, doesn’t look like this brother feels the way you feel, he
still loves you…maybe ….just maybe.lol. Oh please smile, it’s your birthday (go
shawty).
They
were still talking when Onome’s intercom rang, it was Laura ,the receptionist,
she called to inform Onome that she’s got a delivery to take, Efe ran to the
reception before Onome could ,Laura said to Efe ‘ you are what Yoruba people
call Gbegborun….’ Efe just gave her a spiteful look
and said ‘ wareva(in jenifas tone)’ Onome ignored the two drama queens and took
her delivery, it was a cakefrom Dr.
Efosa with a rose by it ,on which hung a ring, written on the cake was ‘will
you marry me?’ As soon as the delivery man stepped out Dr. Efosa called Onome
and said;
‘
Happy birthday my love, the weight
beneath my wings, I have known you for a short while,but I have never felt
right about this until now,Miss Onome Freeman will you marry me’
Onome: (with so much tears in
her eyes) yes! yes!! Yes!!! I will marry you Dr. Efosa Smith
Dr.
Efosa told her to come outside her office, she came out with the ring and he
put it on her finger, in tears Onome asked ‘Promise me I will be the only woman
in your life”
Dr.
Efosa: ermmmmm, there will be one other woman
Onome:
Excuse me?
Dr
Efosa: Yea, but she will callyou mummy
At
this point ,she couldn’t help but laugh , a few other colleagues apart from Efe
were outside to clap and scream.
Onome
immediately called her mum to share the good news, it was the best birthday
ever as far as Onome was concerned.As soon as Mimi got to know,sherejoiced with Efe and asked;
Mimi:
so whats gonna happen to Alex?
Onome:
does it look like I care?
Mimi:
He called yesterday to say he wanted to come see you
Onome:
ehn? Please ehn kindly tell him I belong to someone else now, he had his chance
he used it the way he felt like, why is he now acting like a chicken beaten by
the rain?
They
both laughed and ended the call. Alex however called Onome later in the day to
congratulate her, he said;
Alex:
Mimi told me I lost you to another, I feel like I lost a part of me, I feel
defeated and ashamed, I pray time heals this wound in my heart,
congratulations, it hurts though, but its all my fault. All t.e best.
Six
months later Onome Freeman became Mrs. Efosa Smith and they lived happily ever
after.
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The
following day Alex called Onome, but she simply ignored his call, he sent
another sms;
‘Hi dear, being trying to reach you, please
call me when you get this message’
Onome
murmured to herself ‘well I never got this message’. Dr. Efosa was a cool ,calm and collected
fellow ,he took everything about Onome
so serious that even in a matter of weeks Onome was already charmed by his beautiful
character, a colleague of hers by name Efe noticed after a few weeks that Onome
glowed effortlessly and asked;
Efe:
you care to share to the good news?
Onome:
what good news?
Efe;
: well for some weeks now you have being glowing, what’s happening?
Onome:
I have always glowed
Efe:
yea, but this is quite different
Onome:
LOL, nothing really, have just decided
to give faith a fighting chance
Efe:
(knowing Onome’s history with Alex) Ooooh,that’s great I know you had smiled
again,it was just a matter of time.
Onome:
and guess what? The idiot has being trying to get in touch with me for days now
Efe:
what for? Did he forget anything
with you? He should ‘park well jor’.
Onome:
I have just simply ignored him, I won’t let him steal my joy…..I Onome Freeman
has decided to be happy and won’t let
nobody take my joy away from me.
Just
as Onome was saying this, Alex’s call came through, Efe told her to pick the
call and make it clear to him that things are not the same anymore, As soon as
Onome picked the call, Alex immediately started apologising for all the
emotional trauma he has put Onome through , asking for a second chance( since
everybody deserves one),and that if given one, he would make sure this ends
well(he probably meant marriage) . Onome simply told him that she appreciated
the efforts he made by calling but she’s found joy and nobody throws joy away
like a piece of shit, Alex went further;
Alex:
you are cheating on me?
Onome:
sorry I’m not sure I understand that.
Alex:
I never broke up with you, so why are you in another man’s arm?
Onome:
a few seconds ago, I was thinking you had changed and was actually considering taking a few steps, but I was wrong. Did
you say you never broke up with me? What do you call returning to Nigeria,
roaming about the street s of Abuja with a girl called Simisola and remaining
incommunicado for months? Yes you met me a naïve girl, but right now boo, I am
no longer that village girl you met, you can’t play on my intelligence.
Alex:
who told you about Simisola? She was just a friend, nothing serious, oh please
if this is all about Simisola, I think you got it all wrong. Simisola has gone
back to states,if that makes you feel better.
Onome:
Yes it does make me feel better! At least I now know what all these effort was
all about? You just needed a replacement for Simisola pending when she returns
from the states.
(At
this point Dr Efosa was around to take Onome out for lunch,so she decided to
end the call nicely )
Onome:
ok dear, my regards to your family ,will call you later ….hopefully
Alex:
waiiiittt, I waassss( Onome drops the call)
Onome
stood there looking at Dr.Efosa and said to herself in a low tone, she murmured
the words actually ‘ Edo boys can fine sha,chai!’ Efe heard but acted like she
didn’t and immediately sent her a ping “ babes take am easy, you sef fine’ the
two of them looked at each other and smiled. Dr. Efosa headed out with Onome
for lunch, during lunch Dr. Efosa couldn’t help but kiss Onome in the
public and immediately asked Onome; What
would you be doing this weekend? Onome for the first few minutes couldn’t say a
word as Dr. Efosa kept looking into her eyes as he asked……
Onome;( said to herself, wow, I am so coming over to
your place, but not wanting to sound so desperate) nothing much, just have a
few movies to watch
Dr.
Efosa: you know what they say about watching movies alone?
Onome:
what?
Dr.
Efosa: it gets boring,lol, so I will come pick you from work on Friday evening
plssssss……*don’t say no*
Omone
: ( was happy within herself ,but managed to say yes, like she was doing him
some favour)ermmmm ok, yes,that would be cool.
Efe
was already pinging Onome for details and mention specifically that Onome
should get her lunch too,she wrote “abeg
,try food for supporters club biko’.
As
soon as Onome got to the office, Efe asked for her food first of all, before
any other gist and then Onome filled her in on what happened, Efe was just
screaming “ correct guy, my brothers cannot carry last laiye, thanks for the
food though’
Friday
evening came, and Dr. Efosa was at Onome’s office at 5pm , they both went to
his place. It was a three bedroom flat,
Onome:
nice place
Dr
Efosa: thank you, though it’s boring staying here all alone.
Onome:
yea.
Dr
Efosa: (standing so close to Onome and holding her) the point is I need this
place to stop being a house, I need a home to always look forward to every day
after work.Onome, I have flaws, I am not a perfect man, please help love my
imperfections perfectly.
Onome’s
heartbeat at this point was so fast.he continued;
Please
be patient with me,* he again kissed Onome so hard* and afterwards said , hope my epistle wasn’t
too long?
Onome:
no it wasn’t
Dr.
Efosa: please make yourself comfortable.
They
watched movies all evening and laughed like they have known each other for
years and later got intimate and it was
quite relieving for Onome, as she’s got needs for a long time now, they were in
each other’s arms, Onome had her head on
his chest till the next morning, she felt this peace she isn’t had in a very
long time.
In
less than 2 weeks Onome was done with her project and afterwards graduation
ceremony came to pass. Onome’s mother was so proud of her daughter.Onome was posted to Akwa –Ibom state after
3months of waiting at home for youth service, her PPA (Primary Place of
Assignment) was a primary school in a very remote part of the state, she was a
bit excited about the change of environment, meanwhile Mimi was posted to a
first generation bank in Ogun state.
Alex
was all the while in touch with Onome, the two love birds were so in love, but
half way through Onome’s youth service yearAlex grew cold , he hardly called Onome let alone pick her calls, she
became so worried after sending a lot ofmessages without getting replies, she was so confused and didn’t know who
to confide in, after several thoughts she decided to call Mimi and fill her in
on the situation, Mimi advised Onome to forget about Alex and move on with her
life, this was so difficult for Onome, asshe truly lovedAlex, Onome was
so heartbroken that she flew in to Lagos from Akwa-ibom fortnightly to take
solace in the company of her aunt, Mrs Sylvia tried convincing Onome to take
her mind off it but she wouldn’t listen, after a few months Onome finished her
youth service and was fortunately
absorbed by an oil and gas firm in eket the following year(with Mrs Sylvia’s
connection though)she didn’t give up on Alex she kept trying every possible
means to get in touch with him.
Bymid AugustMimi called Onome to tell her she heard Alex was back to Nigeria, Onome
was so excited , Mimi was shocked that she could be excited by Alex after the
long silence, but of course she didn’t want to make it her business…like they say,
if it isn’t your own tail don’t wag it!
Onome
immediately put a call through to Alex, but he wasn’t picking, for several days
she tried but to no avail, it was then it dawned on her that something was
wrong somewhere, she called Mimi to tell her that Alex was ignoring her calls
and she replied;
Mimi:
Ignore him too!
Onome:
I wish it was that easy
Mimi:
look Onome I don’t know exactly what your problem is, you have a good job now,
why not focus on YOU< Alex isn’t the only man on planet earth for Christ
sakes!
OnomeL
****(started crying)
Mimi:
OMG! You don’t have to do this to yourself, just focus on you, very soon the
right man will come your way
Onome:
thank you….
Onome
was doing well and was now responsible for her family’s welfare, her mum and
brothers sometimes come to eket to spend time with her . On one occasion her
mother had to ask her about Alex, Onome broke down in tears while explaining to
her mum all that had happened and also told her mum that she wasn’t interested
in jumping back into a relationship for now, butmama Onome smiled and said (in pidgin English
though);
‘ Realise that if you have time to whine and
complain about something, then you have time to do something about it’
She went further;
‘ My dear daughter if crying and
complaining would solve all of this, I wouldn’t mind joining you, wipe your
tears, at different times in our lives, we have disappointments and become
broken , but the beauty of everything is the ability to wipe your tears and be
firm on your feet again, moreover its better a broken relationship than a
broken marriage’
Onome:
Thank you mama
Six
months later ,Onome’s boss sent her to Abuja to represent him at an event,
Onome was called upon to give a speech which she brilliantly did, Alex was
coincidentally asked to represent his firm, he came in while Onome was giving
her speech, he was lost for words for the first few minutes, he finally got
himself a seat and was waiting for when he would have a chance to speak with
Onome, at the end of the event Onome was busy networking for her firm and took
no cognisance of the fact that Alex was anywhere around her, Alex was unable to
speak with Onome that day, he finally resolved to call her,on getting home he
tried calling her but couldn’t reach her,(Onome was air borne at the time) he
decided to send a text;
‘ hey, fantastic speech! proud of you!’
Onome
finally got off the plane andswitched
on her phone,she received the message and got to know that Alex was at the
event and saw her, she decided to ignore the sms, as far as she was concerned
he is in the past now. While she was waiting for the official driver to come
pick her from the airport, a gentleman came to sit by her side, he smiled at
Onome and she out of courtesy managed to smile back, after a few minutes, he
tried to introduce himself;
Hi
, my name is Efosa
Onome:
Nice name!
Efosa:
(Smiled) you don’t seem to be in a good mood
Onome:
I am , I’m just not interested in telling you my name!
Efosa:wow….that’s
not nice
Onome:I
know
Efosa:hahahahaha,
you are a very funny character,ok but I’m pleading…pppppllllleeeaaasssseeeee
Onome:
(smiled) I’m Onome by name.
Efosa:
beautiful name. I work here in eket, I’m a medical doctor and from Benin city
Onome: I work and stay in eket too, I work
for an oil and gas firm as a business development executive.
Efosa: It’s a pleasure( shakes her)
Onome: same here.
Five minutes later Akpan, the driver
called Onome that he was around and so she had to leave, they exchanged
complimentary cards and Onome took her leave.
…………………………………………………..Check
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