Chapter 26: Chapter 26
"Oga what brings you home by this time"
"Work or what else would you think" not sparing me a glance he headed for the stairs.
"Mtchew this is something you have been saying all this while, mean while you leave me alone in this house or Mansion all by myself, knowing full well that I have nothing doing and nobody to talk with" rolling back my eyes and returning my gaze to the TV.
" I wish I hadn't come home at all"I heard him say as he chuckled and walk to the room. "Really is this what I came for Port Harcourt for?" my God I regret ever coming to this place, leaving all I know in Lagos and even David has been taken away from me.
I remember the day he proposed, it was heavenly;
FLASHBACK:
He was holding something, it was not long we arrived at our new home, David had just resumed school and I wasn't happy about him leaving me for the second time, I wanted to be alone and not ready for any drama or lovey dovey play.
Suddenly, I heard a clicking noise sound and seconds later a knock out exploded in the sky. Looking up, my breath hitched as the words the explosion had put in curved writing decorated with beautiful lights 'WILL YOU MARRY ME?'.
"What the hell are you doing? I managed to say, I already gave you a son and almost everyone knows we are together"
Gazing into my eyes purposefully, he began
"Almost, you say... Darling I didn't do it the right way, you got pregnant and I accepted to be the baby's Dad. You are not even wearing a ring. I don't want almost, I want the world to know you are mine, you are taken. Not just together but officially together. These past years of on and off with you has stopped. I want the rest with you and I want to be the best of my life. Nobody can make me happy as you do, and I can never love anyone as I love you. You are everything to me and you make my life so perfect, and that is the main reason I came back to Nigeria for you."
Hint of tears brightened his brown eyes as his lips quivered with emotions. As for her, she was too stunned to speak.
"The miscarriage you had was meant to be, that baby was not ordained to be ours,the future is uncertain and I know I can't promise you forever. But I know, there's no one as brave and strong who will survive the hurdles of life together with me as you. Together we are unbreakable and that's why I would love to claim you officially as mine... Sandra Williams, WILL YOU MARRY ME?
Unable to stop those strolling tears, with the salty tastes in her mouth she gazed down into his eyes,knowing she would cherish the moment forever in her heart.
" Yes Ikenna Daniels, I WILL MARRY YOU ".
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Shedding hot tears and staring at her finger. She was so full with regrets
Everyday Iyke comes home late, with the claim he is working and David is in a boarding school. At first I supported David going to the boarding school because my husband said he wanted us to Bond. No distractions, so when David went to school.
we went out on countless dates and came back home,go for gaming and all and everything was going smoothly until he said he does not want me to work or stress myself for now and then I should stay home and enjoy, while he does the working.
But all of a sudden he started misbehaving, and I have no one to talk to. No friends here though my sister was out of sight but i feel she is feeling my pains. I don't know if I'm still on this telewire to stuff with Iyke's phone, I wish I hadn't left.....I wish we were still together, at least I will tell her, I know we would sort stuff out.
Even when she was with her husband and Bimpe was brought, when she told me and we knew how we did things together, now I'm all alone I wish I hadn't listened to him.
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AMANDA
Life without my sister has not been an easy one. But what can I do?
I have to take it like that, my children needs me, my husband needs me and most of all I just pray she is happy wherever she is. I haven't seen her in years and that hole.... it's in my heart I miss her so much, she has been everything to me , my sister, my best friend. Yes she started from my best friend not knowing she was my sister,she stood as my mother, she took care of me.
she knows me even more than I know myself,when I got pregnant she took care of me, when I gave birth she stood by me and for me she was even pregnant the last time I saw her, and her husband, my brother does not want me to contact him. He has strictly warned everyone from giving me his his details where he stays in Port Harcourt even Tunde and I have tried going over but we have been denied access to them.
Something tells me she's not fine.