I HAVE DRUNK STRANGE WATERS - Episode 11

EPISODE 11

I returned to the driver’s seat and started the car; I was halfway to the apartment when it suddenly occurred to me.

“I have forgotten about Kike”

I remember my promise to her before I left home that Friday, and I was sure she would be worried. My phone rang immediately as if she was reading my mind, I checked the caller and it was Kike.

“What do I tell her?” myriads of thoughts entered my mind, the first call went unanswered and Cynthia noticed that.

“That must be your wife,” she said in panic.

“Show her you are a man, you don’t have to panic; after all, you are not doing anything wrong” a voice whispered to me.

The phone rang again and I picked it at the first ring.

“Hello, honey, where are you?” I heard her say from the other end.

“Calm down dear, I am fine,” I said trying to act in control.

“What happened? Why are you not home?”

“Calm down Kike, I am not a kid!” I shouted and regretted my outburst immediately.

“Do you know how worried I am Femi? Where are you?” she said almost in tears.

“Lie to her” the voice whispered to me again.

“I finished late. I couldn’t come home again, I am on my way to the apartment the company gave me” I said calmly.

“And you can’t call me to inform me? You have arrived around 12:00AM before, this is Lagos” she said angrily.

“You expect me to drive home with a cash of three hundred and fifty thousand naira in my briefcase? Are you not so selfish that you don’t even care about my life?”

“You know that’s not true Femi,” she said soberly.

“Well, I have been working all day. Don’t disturb me, woman, just go and sleep” I said and disconnected the call angrily. I could literarily feel the devil giving me a pat on my back.

“I don’t mean to cause any rift between you and your wife, I am sorry,” Cynthia said tearfully.

“I can take care of this Miss Cynthia,” I said casually flexing my shoulder.

“We women are like that you know, we always want to control our husband. We want him to answer to us and report his every action to us” she said wiping her tears.

“I am not like that; I am not a woman wrapper. I am in charge of my own life Miss Cynthia I said as I arrived at the gate of the apartment.

I horned thrice and got down from the car. I saw the gateman open a small hole and peeped before opening the small gate.

“Who be that?” he said forcefully.

I walked towards him and he shone the light on my face.

“I am the manager of NAPCO filling station and I own the flat behind the house”

“Oga sorry, why you come late nao?”

“It’s a long story, open the gate” I said and I watched him close the small gate and rush to open the big gate.

I got into the car and drove Cynthia inside the compound; I was trying to park the car when my phone rang.

I checked and it was Kike again, Cynthia reached the phone before I did and switched it off.

“Let’s go in Femi, I am already feeling drowsy”

To be continued…

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