CHAPTER 5
I picked up
my phone and tried Damian’s phone number; at first it wasn’t reachable.
“He must be
busy, I thought to myself.
I will
confess that I haven’t seen him for days and I wasn’t pleased at all. The last
time I heard his voice was the previous day and that was so unlike him. It is
strange him not hearing my voice for almost a whole day. I was scared that
something might have happened to him. He left me with some money before he left
for his village, but then my brother called and demanded for some pocket money,
so I sent the money to him.
30 minutes
later, I re tried his number and some lady picked it up.
“This must be
the sister, I thought before speaking with the lady whose voice sounded so
young. She must be a year older than me, or my age mate, I concluded.
I introduced
myself to her as Damian’s friend.
This must be
Stella, she said.
It was a
surprise how she got to know my name; it is not as if I am Damian’s only female
friend if I can recall back.
“Yes I am
Stella by name, I told her.
After all the
pleasantries and greetings between two of us, I tried to inquire how Damian was
and she assured me that he was totally fine.
I was happy
that at least he wasn’t sick and that alone made me full. “He is okay, I said
to myself. But then how busy can he be that he have not yet called me today, I
wondered but I couldn’t ask her.
”is he busy
with something? I asked Bella but she didn’t give me a straight and certifying
answer and that made me restless again.
Immediately
there was a knock on our gate, olaedo wasn’t around to open the gate. So my mom
stood up and went to the gate. They don’t allow me to go to the gate again for
the fear that people might find out about my condition. They are trying to hide
me being pregnant until when they are able to open it up, my dad said.
“Who is that, my dad asked my mom when he noticed that my mom
was silent.
“It’s, my mom said and stopped as if the person told her to
be silent.
I didn’t know why I had that feeling but something in my guts
told me that Damian was close to me.
My dad followed my mom to the gate and in a short while I
also didn’t hear his voice. I became scared that something might have happened
to them. I peeped from the door and saw someone I never expected to see. Damian
was standing right in front of me.
I was scared that I must be hallucinating. “Maybe my longing
for him is now trying to make mine a mental case, I thought.
I bent down and rose up my face once again and still found
out that the status was still there.
“Is he really here? I questioned myself as I stood up to
confirm that I wasn’t dreaming.
He can’t be here. His
sister just confirmed to me that he was okay….she said he was okay and
not that he was at home, I recalled back.
“Is this really you? I asked Damian
He held his hands up and placed it on my cheek and ran his
hand on my face. He has a knack for making my ear lobe tinkle me whenever he
touches it.
“It really is you, I said happily as I embraced him so
tightly.
“I thought you were okay with not seeing nor hearing from me
for almost 24 hours, I lamented to him.
As young as I was, I think I knew what being in love truly
is; being able to miss someone when they are not around, I define it.
We separated from each other’s tight hold as soon as we heard
my dad cough in a slimy way. “What did you eat today, Damian asked me as soon
as he settled down.
I didn’t give him an answer because I didn’t know how to tell
him that I have not yet fed his goddess baby today.
He stared right into my eyes in search of the answer.
“Have you eating today at all? He finally asked me.
“Yes I have, I replied but immediately my hungry stomach
rumbled.
“Don’t tell me you have been starving yourself, he asked and
immediately opened his bag.
He came back with plenty village fruits which he
washed and sliced into small pieces. It is funny how my independent parents
suddenly started relying on him for food. For two months the governor of our
state refused to pay government workers there salaries and my family was
affected, because my both parents are government workers. My mom works in
ministry of health while my dad works in ministry of education.
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