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| By Stanley |
From Episode 1: Then he heard her at the door, and hurriedly wiped his face and pretended to be sleeping. He left the radio on though, for she knew he always slept with the radio on. She walked into the room, called out his name twice, concluded that he was sleeping, then she called whoever he was on the phone and spoke in whispers “I just got home, I really enjoyed tonight and I can’t wait to see you tomorrow. No, I’m staying with my uncle, he’s already sleeping.” She concluded the call by saying “you too”. Then she kissed Femi on the forehead, not out of love though, but rather to be sure that he was actually asleep. Satisfied that he was, she went into the restroom to wash up.
Episode Two
When she got back into the room, she undressed into her nightie, then she tapped Femi, waking him up. “Baby you couldn’t even wait up for me before you went to bed. I know I stayed out late. We had a hectic day at the bank, balancing accounts and then I went to my mum’s afterwards to check on her, and she sends her regards.” She said as she sat astride him, touching his face. “See how red your eyes are, you must have fallen asleep a long time ago.” Yeah, I was listening to the radio and then I fell asleep.” He replied as he made to sit up. “So what else did you do at work?” He asked her, staring at her as she looked everywhere but his eyes. “I attended to some unruly customers then me and Temi had lunch together with one of our customers at Bank cafeteria and then we had some abnormally with the accounts and I had to stay back a while longer to balance it. What did you do today, yourself?” She asked him, finally looking at his eyes. “I was home all day, submitting my CVs online and reading feedbacks from all the people I’d written to before, then I went with Shola to grab a bite and a drink.” He said the last part with spartan courage for he couldn’t believe how she would sit on his laps and lie to his face without any qualms.
He was a victim of circumstances, even though he was summarily sacked from the bank after having worked there for 3 years, and over an allegation he wasn’t guilty of, he never stopped loving her and never stopped doing all the little romantic gestures he felt she needed. Their sex was still amazing, so what drove her to cheat on him? He remembered the words the radio presenter said the previous night to one of the callers that was going through something similar, she’d told the caller that: “You don’t have to be rich to be romantic. All it takes are little efforts to show that you really care.” And To the best of his knowledge he’d done all of that and more for Chioma. He still woke her up every morning and drove her to work and he always made sure that she had breakfast before going to work. She went to her side of the bed while Femi laid with his back to her, still not sure what made this woman change. Then his favorite song on the radio started playing and he let the words of Sam Smith’s “Writings on the Wall” calm his nerves. Then she cuddled up behind him and they both listened on in silence, each lost in thought. She was thinking on the best way to end the relationship with Femi without hurting him for he really was the best man she’d ever been with, but he no longer had a job and he’s not shown any signs of wanting to propose to her, but she still held him in bed as she enjoyed the feeling of stability she had with him. When she started cheating on him a month after he lost his job, she did it just for fun, now it’s become a habit she couldn’t and didn’t want to break. Femi was thinking of his next course of action to take to end this relationship. For if she could do this to him, after everything he’d done for her, then she had no business being in his life. Then the music on the radio stopped and the presenter picked a call; “Hello, my name is Leke and I wanna blow a wet goodnight kiss to my girl, she’s currently listening to the show. I want her to know that I enjoyed everything we did today and I can’t wait to see herher
