Must Read: My Friend, Her Boyfriend And I - Season 1 - Episode 9

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Must Read: My Friend, Her Boyfriend And I - Season 1 - Episode 9

You asked me to bring you what you are worth to me from Ghana, I saw this beautiful ring and thought you should be my wife. Can you believe that? Thank God I didn’t make that mistake.’

He hissed at me. I looked up at him. There were tears in his eyes. I felt sorry for both of us. He slammed the box closed and walked out of my room again. This time quietly. I dropped my head on my bed and hot tears ran down cheeks. It was in this position my friend Tola would find me when she returned.

I was very thirsty, very thirsty. The water people kept offering me was salty, I couldn’t drink them. Then my friend Tola appeared and gave me a cup of fresh water, I drank it happily.
Suddenly the cup fell from my hand and the water in it poured on the floor and became a muddy pond. I was drowning in a muddy water, I was screaming for help no one was there. I was crying and praying for help and my boyfriend Niyi appeared. I stretched my hand towards him but he wouldn’t help me. I was begging and crying, he wouldn’t help me still. Then I began to sink.

I couldn’t fight the mud anymore, I had lost my strength. Suddenly I felt someone pulling me up, trying to safe me. I couldn’t see the person’s face but I started kicking and swimming with my rescuer. We got to the pond edge and the person drew me out. I couldn’t see because mud was in my face. I started crying and my vision cleared, it was Tola.

‘Wake up! Joke wake, stop crying and kicking! Wake up. It’s a nightmare baby, wake up please.’

Those were the words that brought me back.

I opened my eyes gently, I was still scared of the mud I was battling with in my bad dream. Joke was kneeling down beside me and she had tears in her eyes. I was crying too. At first nothing made sense to me, then I looked down and saw the flowers and memories came rushing back.
Oh my Niyi, he was gone! I started crying again.

‘Joke please don’t cry, please. What’s wrong, kilode? Who hurt you? Soro now!’ She queried me. I just kept crying. She begged me to stop crying and tell her what the problem was. I tried but the tears wouldn’t stop flowing and the sobs wouldn’t allow me to talk. She sat down beside me, she drew me into her arms and rocked me gently. I felt comforted. After a while I stopped crying. She stood up and brought me paracetamol and water. I took it, drank it and thanked her.

‘So, what’s up? I’ve never seen you like this, kilonsele?’ She asked again. Hot tears sprang to my eyes as I was about to tell her but I was determined not to cry again. I told her what happened. I relived the scenes as I told her.
When I got to the part where I told Niyi what I did, she sprang up.

‘You did what? Oh my God! Joke! Are you that naive? Ibo loti gbori pe won njewo iru e? I can’t believe this! So what did he now do?’

She asked. Frankly, thinking back, why the heck did I confess? After all the thing no dey read meter!

‘He slapped me.’ I said calmly.

‘Oh my God!’ She exclaimed and rubbed her cheeks as if she could feel the slap.

‘But that’s not the worst thing that happened and that’s not the reason I’m crying.’ I explained.

‘The idiot broke up with you abi?’ She said pouting and folded her hand on her chest.

‘Yeah, he did but it’s worst than that.’ I replied.

‘He slapped you and broke up with you, what else could be worst than that? Oh, he called you names?’ She asked.

‘Yes he called me nasty names but that’s not the reason for my tears either.’ I said.

‘Hmmm,’ she humphed. She sat down in front of me, she held my two hands. It was like she knew I needed her emotional support.

‘Are you pregnant for him?’ She asked and a bitter smile crossed my lips. Why do people believed pregnancy was the worst thing that could happen to a single lady?

‘No dear, he came with a ring, he wanted me to be is wife.’ I said gently and the tears I’ve been holding back rolled down my face.

She opened her mouth like she wanted to sing, he eyes was almost out of their sockets.

Then she blinked and closed her mouth, she drew me into her arms again and hugged me and started crying too. She sobbed her regrets on my shoulder.

‘What have I done? It’s all my fault! I’m so sorry baby, I’m so sorry.’ She kept on crying and saying. We rocked each other.

‘It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s well. I will be fine.’

I kept assuring her and myself. I felt cramps on my leg and disentangled myself from her.

She stood up to. She turned mother hen on me.

‘Are you ok? Does yours cheeks still hurt?
Should I get you ice? Anything you want baby…’ She cajoled. I smiled and replied,
Yes, I want your head!’ First she thought I was serious and she looked scared, then she saw me smiled and she smiled too. She said,
‘Baby I’m sorry this happened to you but don’t worry, everything will be alright. Shogbo? And I will always be here for you.’

‘Thank you dear and stop worrying yourself, I’m very brave. It will hurt a while and then it will stop and stop blaming yourself! You didn’t force me and Kunle didn’t Molest me, I can carry my cross.’ I assured her.

‘Do you have any sleeping tablet?’ I asked.

‘I think so, let me go check my room.’ She said and left my room. I went into the bathroom, took a quick shower and lay down on my bed nak3d. Soon Tola returned with two tablets and and a cup of pineapple juice, my favorite.

‘Soti jeun sha?’ She asked me as she gave me the drugs and juice.

‘Ounje ke? Ebi o pami jor.’ I said and drank my juice, then took my drugs. She excused herself and promised to check on me before she goes to bed.