I HAVE DRUNK STRANGE WATERS - Episode 26

 

EPISODE 26

“Did I ask you to go and impregnate a Calabar girl? Don’t give me problems o! It is either you send two hundred thousand naira or I am not going anywhere” Mama said angrily.

“Don’t worry Mama, I will send the money” I said and disconnected the call.

 The accountant was ushered into my office by the secretary several minutes later and we had a long discussion. He agreed to help me in embezzling the money but he demanded five hundred thousand naira as his own share.

“How much are we talking about here Accountant? I just want you to help me move two million naira into my account; I have an urgent problem I need the money to solve” I said pleadingly.

“I can lose my job if our boss finds out Sir; I don’t think five hundred thousand naira out of two million is too much”

After much negotiation, he agreed to collect four hundred thousand naira, I was overjoyed that things will finally work out for me.

I called Cynthia that the money will be ready the following day and I was surprised about the answer she gave me.

“Femi, don’t tell me you just want to send money for the items on the list? What about my clothes and that of my relatives? We will still need to prepare food you know?”

The money I thought would solve my problem some minutes ago suddenly looked like chicken feed to me. After much pleading and negotiation with Cynthia, I agreed to give her extra two hundred thousand too, I was left with less than five hundred thousand naira.

“Femi, you have to use the remaining money to start a side business so that you will have something to fall back on when your boss sack you” a voice whispered. “Nah! I am too smart to get caught” I said aloud.

I decided to go home early so that I can take Kike to a fast food joint close to our house. I called her to inform her in advance but she was not picking her call, I became worried after calling her a few minutes later and her phone was switched off.

I got home around few minutes past 9 in the night. I called Kike again after parking my car inside the compound and her phone was still switched off. I knocked on our door and it was firmly locked.

“Where did Kike go?” I was about to turn back to wait inside my car when the lock turned from inside and the door opened.

I entered slowly and discovered that everywhere was dark.

“Kike!” I called out as I tried to locate my phone where I dropped it in my right pocket. The light suddenly came on and I saw Kike sitting on a chair in the sitting room with her head bent.

“Kike! What is wrong with you? I have been calling you since but your phone was switched off”

“Don’t touch me!” she snapped. She looked up and I discovered that she has been crying.

“Kike!” I shouted in alarm.

“Iya Bimpe came to visit me this evening; she said Mama wanted to borrow money because her son is having his introduction this weekend”

“Which Iya Bimpe?”  I asked looking stunned.

She stood up from her seat and walked towards me, I backed off in fear and kept walking backward until my back touched the wall.

“Kike you are scaring me, which Iya Bimpe are you talki..ng about” I stammered.

“Your mother’s friend, she said lots of things when she came to visit today”

I suddenly remembered my mother saying she went to Iya Bimpe’s shop to ask for money and I cursed the busybody woman silently “If Kike kills me I am coming for you Iya Bimpe”

“Dear, are you suspecting me?” I asked trying to cover up the fact that my foot is shaking badly.

“How many sons did your mother have Femi?” Kike screamed.

“Dear I don’t know what that woman told you but she is a liar. She wants to destroy our home. Do you even believe I can do such a thing?” I was trying to summon courage but the fact that I didn’t know how much Iya Bimpe told her is scaring me. “What if I can’t convince Kike to believe me?”

“Kike I think you are mixing everything up, I don’t think you are in the right frame of mind to talk about this. Let’s call Mama after you have calmed down…”

“Don’t touch me! Who is the Calabar girl you impregnated?”

To be continued...

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