The Battle of Land(Action)

I looked at my phone and it was my old man my old man calling

Me: Hello Daddy……………

Pman: Ekun, where are you……….

Me: Am at home daddy

Pman: Which home………………..

Me: My house sir….

Pman: You are not serious..me and your mother are in your house

Me: I will join you soon…

Pman: Ma pe oooo (don’t stay long oo)

I dropped the call, in my mind I started thinking “I hope dey didn’t meet this devil at home”…..”now have fumbled totally, they only know Biola with me but which kind wahala be this”.

I started heading back home..i got to my house, entered my flat and met my parent on the dinning table eating..on my mind I was like “Gosh….this devil is still around”…I greeted them and they responded..my old man and mum instantly noticed that I was not in a happy mood as I just sat down on my 2 sitter after greeting them……..After a while, Mary walked out of the kitchen to pack the plate they eat in….

Pman: Snakie…..lets see, lets have a man to man talk

Me: Ohk Sir…..

“I led him to my room leaving my mum and mary in the sitting room”

Pman: whats wrong with you my boy? I hope all is well

Me: All is well Sir

Pman: But your face and body language says otherwise

Me: Everytyn is fine and under control Sir….

Pman: You see my son, I know how it feel like being in this kind of your situation…..have been there before and I know how it feels..you no some of the best tyn that happens to most of us in life are things we never prepared for and to you it shouldn’t be an issue cos we your parent know you are capable and you are matured enough to handle the situation..

“for my mind, whats this man talking about?”

[]Me: All is well Sir, but I don’t understand what you are talking about

Pman: What is it you don’t understand? U know my boy…there comes a time in life when we make our decisions and whichever decision we make we pray God guide us through..and you know sometimes in life, we have our own plan but God has another plan for us but whatever God has in plan for us I believe is always the best. Moreover this is what me and your mum has been praying for as the only man and last born of the family…and thank God u eventually gave us even though we know its not from where we expected

“Now totally confused..cut in”

Me: …..what are you talking about dad?

Pman: You see my boy, the next thing for us should be how we will put our house together and see Mary’s parent before people started noticing her so that we can do what we want to do on time

Me: Visit Mary’s parent for what? What did she tell you?

Pman: He tell us everytyn……Her 3 weeks pregnancy for you, Biola and the way you have been cold to her

Me: Pregnancy? For who? How? When?…i don’t understand, who impregnated her

Pman: Are you asking me? Am the one that impregnated her now….was it not sweet when you were doing it? You are now asking silly question………..I believe it your responsibility and you cant run away from it, we your parent are happy with what happened even though we never expected that you had any other girl aside Biola but what do we do in this situation….If Mary is your junior sister and a guy put her in the family way will u be happy if the guy rejected him or will it be good for her to terminate it? See my friend, nothing must happen to the pregnancy and have instructed your mother to put up necessary things in place for us to visit your inlaw..

Me: Which inlaw dad….but

Pman: But what? You have a good Job, you are good looking, mary is not looking bad and she’s a beautiful girl so, watz delaying you…Fine maybe Biola was your choice but I believe you know what you were doing before you started affairs with her…its your responsibility and you have to accept it or you want it to show before we go do the necessary things? I will be traveling to Abuja tomorrow..am going for a two weeks business trip and your mum will be here with you for these period as she said she wanted to spend some time with you not knowing that we will meet this issue on ground.

Have also instructed your mum to make necessary arrangement for our meeting with your inlaw so that we can visit immediately am back………….Be a man for once my boy

Me: hmmmmmm

That was the last statement my old man made on his way out of my room..i started soliloquising “Pregnancy? When? How?………..i don buy market wey pass my own, now its all over

My dad left later in the day, I locked myself inside my room and didn’t even bother to check on my mum…all I could utter during when I was in the room was “am completely finish”. I stayed in the room all through till evening thinking about the beginning and how the end will be…..i couldn’t stop but continue to call Biola, I sent series of text messages but she never responded, I solicited for just 5mins to explain myself but all fell on her deaf ears……she later switched off her phone later in the night.

Around 9pm, I heard a knock on my door but I didn’t answer until I heard my mum’s voice instructing me to open the door..i opened the door to her and she sat on my bed while I close the door

Mum: Oko mi (My husband)…watz the problem……..why did u lock yourself in? u are even crying..

Me: nothing Mummy…………….

Mum: You cant tell me nothing…am your mother and I know you very well..you can confide in me oko mi

Me: Sincerely there’s nothing…is not beyond what I can handle mum

Mum: I know it all boils down to the issue of this pregnancy but you don’t need to worry yourself..you have to be a man for once..even though am a bit disappointed as we shouldn’t encourage pregnancy before tying the knot but it has happened already..we have to forge ahead. But am surprise am meeting her for the first time and when did you start the relationship with her? What of Biola

Me: That’s the problem mummy….

Mum: You mean Biola……………

Me: No…this devil call Mary

Mum: How Oko mi…please talk to me dear

Me: Our relationship is not more than a month…..Biola caught us red handed and coming in this afternoon was the 1st time she told me she was pregnant………………

Mum: One month? You mean you guys knew each other not more than a month ago and she’s pregnant for you already? How come?

Me: The thing is this Ma…u know I told you I was going to my school to process my certificate sometimes ago

Mum: Yes I remembered, that I even ask you to find out about admission for your sister

Me: I met her at our faculty that very day and one thing led to the other we started talking..i gave her a lift that day and without hesitation, we ended in my house…..she has been there ever since that day and have not gone back to her own house for more than a month now

Mum: Ahn…ahn…..how is that possible, didn’t Biola come to visit you during this period

Me: She came…that’s why I said she is a devil…is like the devil deliberately planted her into my life..initially, what I wanted to do was a one off thing and let her go cos I made her realized from inception that I have a girlfriend and I love her so much……am not ready to compromise my love for her

Mum: You are not ready to compromise but you can have sex with another lady abi? Am listening…what now happened

Me: She perfected her plan so well and convinced Biola that we are cousin staying in Ibadan and that she only came to do something in Lagos as she will be spending just some few days but this coincided with Biola’s leave which she decided to spend her two weeks leave here..so she convinced Biola to the core that both were staying under this roof

Mum: and you accepted by sleeping with both of them under your roof without Biola’s knowledge

Me: uhmmmmmm

Mum: uhmmmmm wat? Yes or No

Me: Yes but it wasn’t my fault as I don’t want Biola to know the truth and was expecting she will leave once Biola will be through with her own leave too…I want to keep it a secret, I don’t want to lose Biola but she kept blackmailing me into sleeping with her too

Mum: and did u protect yourself during this time…..

Me: Sometimes…not all the time

Mum: Now am getting it…so, what now happened to Biola

Me: both of them were supposed to leave this house this week but Biola caught us red handed yesterday making love to each other in the sitting room

Mum: Mogbe…….iwo omo deyi ti baye je

Me: I came in from their house this morning and she was not even ready to listen to me….she chased me out of their house

Mum: Nope…..she wont chase you…she will serve you drink and a plate of pepper soup……….you see, ejo o kin se teni ka ma mo da (A case will never be yours and you wont know how to judge it)…there’s no devil anywhere…iwo gang an lesu (You are the real devil)…….so, you can do all these…..talo fi ti e jo?…

[]Mary was right there on her own before you talk to her or was she the 1st to approach you? I doubt when she’s not a s--t…you approached her and decided to allow her stay in your house under the same roof with your fiancée and fooled the poor girl together abi……………….she’s pregnant now, so what do you want to do? Nkan to mo je lo yo e..have u ever met her parent or spoken to them?…what am I even saying self, how would you have met her parent

Me: have not met them……..Told her that I will be taking her to hospital tomorrow to confirm her pregnancy claim

Mum: and what if the result is positive what will u do? Am sure abortion is not an option so don’t even think of it

Me: No…just to ascertain that she’s saying the truth…moreover I cant marry her…I don’t even know anything about her or her family

Mum: so u didn’t think of that before sleeping with her……….dont worry but if I may ask, in the last one month that you have been together, do u notice any bad character about her

Me: Sincerely none..she’s good on her own part but I cant just leave Biola for her…Biola is who I love

Mum: since Biola is the one you truly love, you shouldn’t have venture into this in the 1st place..you shouldn’t have allow the thing under ur trouser control your brain…..

Me: “Crying”………….No need to cry oko mi, I understand how you feel..this is all your mistake and I believe God will guide us through….I will take her to the hospital tomorrow while you go to work but lemme call biola to talk her her…o ku ti sowa deyan buruku lodo omo yen ati awon ebi e bayi……..

“Dialing Biola’s number”

Me: Don’t worry yourself mum, I will take her there myself..have called in sick already at work for 3days and my Boss consented..so I have enough time

Mum: Ohk oko mi….Biola is not picking my calls..just don’t worry yourself..i know your concern and I can assure you everytyn will be settled…..God will guide us tru. Please come and eat, your food is on the table

Me: Am not eating mum……

Mum: Please now oko mi…..lemme go and bring it for you if you don’t want to come to the dinning.

“she stepped out, I was a bit relieved pouring my mind out atleast to someone who was ready to listen to me…she came back with the food, I eat and find my way to the bird, didn’t know when sleep came over, all I noticed when I woke up around 5am was a lady sleeping beside me on the bed…I look at her as if I should strangle her to death”