EPISODE 22
“Are you sure Mama?” I asked looking surprised.
“Just leave everything to me. Be nicer to her from now on and
I will also try to draw her closer. I have a plan I need to work on, she will
never find out you have a second wife.
Mama gave me all sorts of gifts to give my wife before I left
and I was surprised at her generosity. “Mama
didn’t even give Kike water to drink the last time Kike visited, what plan does
she have now?” I was talking to myself alone in the car and I feared I had
run mad “Will I be able to betray Kike
and get away with it?”
I got home around past 9 that night carrying all the gifts
Mama gave me for Kike, my hands were full and I still had some left in the car.
Kike rushed to hug me as soon as I opened the door.
“Welcome dear,” she said hugging me.
I hugged her in return and the gravity of what I was about to
do hit me “Will Kike ever forgive me?”
“Why did you bring home all these things? Did Mama reject our
gifts?” Kike said looking anxious.
“No, she collected them. These are the gifts she asked me to
give to you”
“Mama asked you to give me gifts?” Kike asked stunned
“Yes, I was surprised too. In fact, there are more gifts in
the car” I said smiling.
“And they are from Mama? This is so unusual of her, did
anything happen when you got to her place?” Kike asked with a puzzled
expression.
“Nothing happened, when I got there I prostrated and
apologized to her. I told her to forgive us, told her we really didn’t mean to
hurt her”
“And Mama accepted our apology without making a scene?”
“The gifts… I bought so many gifts for her” I had started to
shake badly “Will Kike fall for this?
Maybe Mama had really overdone everything; Kike is a smart woman and she knew
how much my mother hated her”
“I am sorry I reacted that way Femi, I am just surprised”
Kike said and her phone rang immediately. The look of surprise on her face
shows that the caller was Mama.
“Hello Ma,” Kike said. Mama must be saying something to her
because I heard her saying “Yes Ma” “Amen Ma” as I left to bring in other gifts
in the car.
When I came back inside a few minutes later I saw tears rolling
down her eyes and fear gripped my heart “Did
Mama break the news to her?” I sat beside her and waited for her to round
up the call.
“Femi, this is the happiest day of my life,” she said as she
wiped tears from her eyes with her hand.
“What happened? What did Mama say to you” I asked her calmly,
I was very careful not to show my anxiety.
“Oh Femi, I am very happy,” Kike said and hugged me. I held
her for some time as I tried to imagine what Mama must have said to her.
Myriads of thoughts ran through my mind and none of them was pleasant “What did Mama say to Kike to make her happy
enough to shed tears?”
“What did she say?” I asked again after a while.
“She said she has forgiven me and accepted me as her wife.
She prayed for me that God will open my womb and I will bear children for you.
She also said I should see her as my mother from today onward, that she will do
whatever it takes to make sure my place in your family is secured” Kike said
and her mouth shook as she tried to suppress more tears from falling.
I understand why Kike is so happy, Mama almost didn’t attend
our traditional wedding; she hated Kike from the moment she set her eyes on
her.
“I don’t know how God did it Femi, but I am very happy. She
sounded pleased with me; she must really like the gifts you bought for her”
Kike said smiling.
“Of course she liked them,” I said in relief. I almost died
when I imagined Mama breaking the news to Kike over the phone.
“I have prepared your food,” Kike said as she went in to set
the table.
I stared at her back as she left the room “The day of reckoning will come one day, I
just pray Kike is strong enough to bear the news without falling apart”
I asked my secretary to summon Cynthia at noon the following
day, I had adjusted my shirt and sprayed some perfumes before she entered the
office.
“Good afternoon Sir,” she said smiling.
“Good afternoon Miss Cynthia, hope you are enjoying your day?”
I said cheerfully and she gave me a surprised expression. She must have been
waiting for me to scold her.
“What game are you playing now Femi?” she said as a nasty
expression crossed her face.
“I am not playing any games, sit down” I watched her sit on
the chair opposite mine with the corner of my eyes and I opened my drawer to
bring out a letter.
“So, why are you suddenly nice to me?”
I handed over the letter to her and watched her open it
carefully as if it will explode on her face.
“What is this?”
“It is a promotion letter; you are our new supervisor”
“Really?”
“Yes, congratulations”
To be continued…
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