Love Beyond Reason - Season 1 - Episode 4

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Love Beyond Reason - Season 1 - Episode 4

The next day Ugochi was in the office when
Ijay’s call came through. She debated telling
her about the happenings of last night for just a moment before making her decision. The
matter was weighing so much on her mind, she
needed to confide in someone.
“Hey girl,” she said into the receiver. “How are
you?”
“I’m fine o. I called you last night to ask if you
got home okay but you didn’t pick your call. I
called you several times, hope you’re okay?”
“Girl, na plenty matter I meet for house o,” she
began, and then launched into what happened.

Ijay sighed deeply when Ugochi finished
recanting her story. “You mean, he slapped
you? Like, he actually raised his hands to you
and hit you?”
“Yes o. Na so I see am.”
“I’m speechless. I mean, that is so unlike
Ikemefuna.”
“I thought so too.”
“What reason did he give for doing that?”
“You know, the usual now. Something like he
didn’t know what came over him, he was
stressed at work, I was out late, etc. I knew all
that was just smoke though because he started
asking me some strange questions. Ijay, I think he saw me with Frederick yesterday. I think that was why he flew off the handle like that.”

“Wow, wait a minute. What made you say that?
Did he tell you he saw you?”
“No. At least he didn’t say it out, he was just asking me some strange questions like did I go out of the office or something like that. Anyway,
I think something is up, something he knows
that he’s not telling me about.”
“But….I don’t know how he could conclude it
was something shady, at least if he saw you
there, he must have seen me too.”
“Yes, that’s true girl! I didn’t even think of that.

You were there with us the whole time now.”
“Exactly! I don’t think you have anything to
worry about on that front. Our plans will
proceed as outlined.”

“Hmmm, I hope so because I really don’t want him to know about this decision I am taking.

I need everything to be perfect and in place
before I tell him about it.”

“I understand girl. We’ll get it done.”
“Thank you dear. I know I can count on you.”

“You know I’ve got your back dear. Meanwhile,
I don’t want you to worry about a thing.”

A thought suddenly popped in Ugochi’s mind.
“Wait, Ijay!” she said “Remember, you stood up for like five minutes to use the rest room, so technically, you were not with us the whole time.

What if he saw us then? What if it was
during that period he saw Frederick and I?
Sitting together? Discussing cozily?”
“Oh my goodness, I totally forgot that. Oh,
you’re so right. He could have seen you guys
then.”

“Oh, this is bad, this is so bad.”

“But wait now Ugochi, we are just assuming
that’s what he saw. What if it was something
else entirely? What if it had nothing to do with
your lunch with Frederick?”
“Oh baby, I don’t think so. I have this gut
feeling this is what it’s all about. He saw me,
Ijay. He saw me.”

“Okay, calm down. Let’s deal with this in a
logical manner. What if you’re right? What if he saw you? What then? You can lie your way
around that. Just tell him he’s your colleague,
or client or something. He doesn’t have to
know what it is all about.”

Ugochi calmed down a bit and thought about it
for a minute. “That’s true,” she agreed. “I can
always lie about it, and then I’ll pretend to get
angry because he doubted me.”
“You go girl. You see? It will all work out.”
Ugochi sighed deeply. “Yes, I believe so. I’ll
wait for him to bring it up though. I won’t.”
“Good. I have to get back to work now. Keep
me updated?”
“Sure.”

They dropped the call and Ugochi la!d her head
on her office table. This is getting too
complicated for me. I just want to do right by
myself and by Ikem. At least, what he doesn’t
know can’t hurt him, she thought to herself.
Ugochi was very wrong about that. What Ikem
doesn’t know can hurt him, and it is in fact
hurting him. He managed to hold himself in
check until lunch break, while his stomach
churned with anger and disappointment. He
didn’t want to conclude though, he had to
confirm what that b-----d Donald saw before
he takes any action. He had never tolerated a
woman cheating on him aand he is not going
to start now. She cheats, she goes.

Lunchtime came and Ikem bolted out of his tiny office cubicle as if pursued by demons. He paid no mind to his colleague Wale calling him to probably chat about last night’s game, and he stared Bibi, the sexy bombshell who was always making calf eyes at him, down as he quickly exited the building. He had thirty
minutes to meet up with Donald and get to the
bottom of this matter.

Five minutes later, he was seated across
Donald at a small café. It took monumental
control to keep from smashing his fist into
Donald’s smug face.
“So, what did you see?” Ikem asked when they were both settled.

“Guy, why are we going over this matter again
now? I already told you what I saw yesterday.
I just felt it was my duty to tell my guy when I
think his babe is stepping out on him. What are
you taking it out on me?”
“I’m not taking it out on you. I just want to be
absolutely sure of what happened.”
“Okay, I’m going to say this just one more time,
and then I’m not going to talk about it again.
By the way, why didn’t you ask your babe
now?”

“She denied it,” he said. He didn’t like the
gleam in Donald’s eyes so he explained further.

“Okay, she didn’t deny it because I didn’t ask her straight out but she lied to me all the
same.”

“Hmmm, interesting. Why didn’t you ask her?”

“I needed to be sure before accusing her of
cheating.”

“Okay then. I saw her with this very sleek guy,
handsome, you know? And looking very rich
and put together. They were seated side by
side, he was talking to her about something
and she hung on his every word, looking at him adoringly, like lovers, you know? So, I checked them out for a few minutes, and then left.

That was when I called you. I didn’t hang around cos
I didn’t want her to see me. That’s it.”
Ikem’s fingers were drumming a nervous
rhythm on the table. He studied Donald for a
few moments. “Did you see them kiss, or
anything?”
“No. That’s all I saw.”
“No suspicious touching?”
“No. But come on, Ik, I’m not a kid. I know
when a man and a woman got feelings for each
other and those two were sending off serious
vibes. Come on, man.”
Ikem checked his time. He needed to get back
to work. “Okay.” He stood up and offered his
hand to Donald for a handshake. “Thanks for
having my back guy.”

Donald clasped his hand firmly. “Anytime,
anytime.” he said as he pumped
enthusiastically.
“I’ll see you around.”
“Sure. Are we still on for the game tomorrow
night?”

“I’ll let you know.” Ikem said and walked out.
Donald watched him go with a wicked gleam in his eyes. Your girl is the most faithful in the
world, eh? We’ll see how both of you handles this now. We’ll see, he laughed gleefully.