contract - Season 1 - Episode 72

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contract - Season 1 - Episode 72

As she made her way to the bakery, someone stopped her; a woman who was a few inches taller than her. The only thing Abena noticed, was her blazing red lipstick, which clashed badly with her very dark skin.
“Hey! I know you!”

Abena froze in her spot and thought of whether to turn around or keep walking. Before she could decide, the woman, accompanied by three other women that Abena just noticed walked up to Abena and smiled at her.


But it wasn’t a warm smile. Instead it was intimidating, threatning.
“I told you she looked familiar!” One of the girls hissed to the other.
Abena stared at them, not sure of what they wanted. All that was going through her head was the thought bakery on the other side and the four strangers that were blocking her way.
“I saw you on t.v. You’re Tobi Ademi’s baby mama aren’t you?” The woman with the red lipstick asked, giving her a disgusted sneer.


“Tobi Ademi! You mean the billionaire! Lucky girl. I thought he doesn’t date?” Another girl asked, feigning innocence.
Abena’s heart was thumping now, against her chest. She had never been confronted this way before, and she hated the way they looked at her.
They looked at her like she was cheap.
A s--t.

“I heard that the baby might not even be his.” ‘Red Lipstick’ said, talking as though Abena was not there, and all Abena wanted to do was wrap her hands around her neck and choke her out of anger, but she clenched her fists and watched quietly.
“Yeah, this isn’t the first time someone would claim to be pregnant for him, but when paternity tests are done, you’ll find out that the girl was just lying.” A girl wearing a cap said.


Abena’s eyes widened at the statement. She never knew that Tobi had had other women lying about being pregnant for him, and now they were so sure that she was just like that.

They had cornered her now, and the mall was so crowded that nobody noticed the interaction between them. A few people looked at them with suspicions, but nobody bothered to intervene.

“Yeah that can be true. Gold diggers are everywhere nowadays.” A girl said, chewing her gum noisily.

“Can you please excuse me? I need to leave.” Abena finally spoke up, anger flowing through her veins.

“Is that child for Tobi Ademi?” ‘Red Lipstick’ asked. “Or is it just another b-----d?”

Abena gave her a resounding slap on her cheek, which caused heads to turn and other people finally stopped to watch the drama that they hoped would unfold. Some already had their phones ready to catch every second on video.

“How dare you?” Abena heard the ugly black girl snarl.

‘Red Lipstick’ raised a hand to slap Abena back but surprisingly, Abena held her hand back and glared at her. She gave her another slap, feeling good with herself.

“Don’t you ever, ever in your miserable life, call my children that name.”

Abena grabbed her trolley and stormed over to the bakery, now feeling embarrassed because of the attention that she had attracted.


She couldn’t help but wish Tobi had come with her.

Not only would she have found the right dresses, but if he was with her, the rest of the world would finally believe her.
…

Abena lay down on the couch, watching a comedy show and sipping Orange juice lazily. Tobi had gone to Ibadan, and wouldn’t be back till the next day.