contract - Season 1 - Episode 71

4 years ago

contract - Season 1 - Episode 71

Abena walked slowly while looking at the different maternity dresses. Her clothes were getting small again, and she was too angry at Tobi to ask him to tag along.

She frowned again, thinking of the argument they had had the night before.

How could he be so nonchalant about what the press was saying about her?
About the both of them?

…
“This isn’t funny Tobi. Can you hear what they’re saying? Nobody cares about what we look like!” Abena shouted.
“Calm down Abena. After a while, they’ll just forget about it and move to a new story.” He replied, visibly frustrated.
“They’re calling me your baby mama! They say the pregnancy might not even be yours because apparently, Tobi Ademi can’t make such a ‘mistake’.” She snapped.
“But you know it’s my baby!” Tobi cried in exasperation. “Why do you care about what they say?”

“Because!” She sighed.
He looked at her expectantly, waiting for further explanations.

“I don’t know! I just don’t like it. Look at all the horrible things they’re saying about me! And it’s true.” Abena finally said.
“Who cares what they say?” Tobi asked again.

“Me.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m pregnant! When I’m happy, I’m elated. When I’m sad, I’m f-----g depressed!” Tobi winced at the sound of her swearing.

“Abena. What they say doesn’t matter. You and I, that’s all that matters.” He held her shoulders and looked at her. She looked away from him, averting her eyes to anywhere but his inviting gaze.

“Look at me, ife mi.” He whispered.
Her heart beat quickened at the sound of the new nickname.

“Please, stop them from saying all those things about me. I don’t want to be seen as that girl.” She replied, her lips quivering as she spoke.

“Okay.” He replied and pulled her into a hug that she happily accepted.

…

Although they had resolved it, Abena couldn’t shake off a feeling, that someone was setting them up to fail.

She pulled out another dress and took them all to the dressing room to try them on. Although she was in love with her unborn children, she hated the fact that she was pregnant.

Or fat, as she called herself sometimes.
She wished she had accepted Tobi’s offer when he wanted to accompany her to the mall, but she wanted some time to think.
They were both from two separate worlds, and someone was trying to make that fact known to her.

…
After trying all the dresses, and hating each one, Abena walked out of Mr. Price and decided to go to Shoprite to get herself ice cream. She had finished every single tub at home and although she loved ice cream, she hated the fact that she was eating like a pig.
She picked two large chocolate ice cream tubs and dropped them in the trolley. She wondered why she had decided to take a trolley when she wasn’t buying much, but after inhaling the scent from the Shoprite bakery, she couldn’t help but follow it and forget about every other thing.