Unfulfilled Promise episode 45 – 46

Unfulfilled Promises
season1
Episode 45&46

Tessy!” she exclaimed
“You!” Tessy exclaimed eyeing her from top to bottom She took in the expensive looking clothes and jewelleries Oleng had on and how good she looked with bitterness Oleng in turn couldn’t believe she was looking at Tessy who had always looked good in her mother’s house, looking dark and ugly It looked as if she had been suffering Oleng knew she had been bleaching then but she had probably stopped doing that which made her look terrible.
“Tessy. I’m happy to see you.” she got up, smiling but Tessy looked at her coldly.
“How are you?”
“How do I look?” Tessy snapped in anger “How do you think I’ve been? Ever since your mum drove me out of her house, I’ve been going through hell My parents couldn’t afford my school fees so I had to drop out and fend for myself.
But look at you, you’re looking good.No one who sees you now will know that you were once pregnant.” Not minding the huge gasps at the table, she continued bitterly,
“By the way, what did you do to the pregnancy? Did you abort it or did you drop it in the toilet after giving birth or in a gutter? Knowing your mum, I know she would have forced you to have an abortion Hope you didn’t lose your womb in the process Personally, I don’t care because if you hadn’t foolishly gotten pregnant at the young age of fifteen, your mum would never have thrown me out and I wouldn’t be suffering today.But here you are, looking good as if nothing happened I’ll never forgive you for the misery I’m facing now.” With a sob, she ran away.
If a pin had been dropped at that particular moment in the restaurant, it would have been heard.While talking, Tessy had unconsciously raised her voice and everyone in the restaurant had listened with rapt attention.
For the first time in her life, Oleng knew the true meaning of the words, ‘I wish the ground would open up and swallow me.’ She just stood transfixed as the world stared at her Some pitifully, some jeeringly and her friends with shock and bewilderment.
She got a grip on herself, carefully picked up her hand bag and walked quietly out of the place with all eyes on her She controlled herself in the taxi on the way home but immediately she got home, she ran past her aunt who opened the door, went to her room, threw her hand bag on the floor, jumped on her bed and burst into uncontrollable tears. Her aunt found her like that on the bed weeping bitterly. Her aunt asked her continuously what the problem was before she finally turned to look at her with tears still dipping profusely down her lovely face.

“Am I the first teenager to get pregnant? Will my past haunt me for the rest of my life?” she cried out.
Aunt Vien was bewildered Then Oleng told her in between tears what transpired between her and Tessy at the restaurant.
Aunt Vien shook her head profusely.
“No. Tessy shouldn’t have done that The fact that she’s suffering now is entirely not your fault Afterall, if she had been the companion she was supposed to be to you, you probably wouldn’t have gotten pregnant in the first place and she would still be living with your mum Don’t mind her, my dear.” She consoled her niece.
Aunty, the most painful aspect is that she had to embarrass me like that in front of my friends I don’t mind the strangers, after all I don’t know them but before my very own friends that I didn’t tell a word about it is totally unforgivable How am I going to face them now? How am I going to face the wh0le school because other students were there? I feel like dying!”
“Don’t talk like that my dear. There’s nothing you can do about it. Call your friends and tell them everything. As for the students, people must surely talk. If you’re in this world and people don’t talk about you, know that there’s something wrong because people even talk about the dead. Don’t mind them. Just put up a bold front. If they laugh at you, ignore them. If they confront you, tell them you are better than them who have committed countless abortions or given their girlfriends money to do so. In everything, ignore them.” she advised.
“That’s so easy to say but not so easy to do.” she told her aunt sadly “Eric, I’ll never forgive you.” she declared and started crying again.

Jenny and Debbie called her continuously but she refused to answer their calls. They both sent text messages telling her they hold no grudge against her whatsoever and their boyfriends had made sure Tessy was sacked They pleaded with her not to cry She ignored the messages and continued being moody the wh0le weekend.
When they didn’t see her in school on Monday, they went to visit her They were surprised to see her still crying.They comforted her and told her they understood what happened She told them everything that happened They felt sorry for her the more.
“Remember I told you to be careful what you wished for when you girls wished to have my mother as yours.My mother is a nightmare to have I only see her once a year That’s if she’s chanced to come and spend Christmas here with us She leaves a day or two after Christmas. So you can see,” she spread out her hands as she explained to them. “I might be the most beautiful and the best dressed in our department as I was awarded but it doesn’t mean I don’t have wounds from yesteryears When people tell me they envy me because I have beauty, brains, wealth, substance etc, I just smile because they don’t know the burden I carry within me. They don’t know my inner pain” Tears dropped from her eyes again.

Episode 46

Her friends consoled her They encouraged her to come to school the following day She refused at first but after much coaxing, she agreed.
When she got to school the following day, she thought people would point and laugh at her but no one took notice of her Everything was the same She however saw some people staring at her in an unusual manner and realized that some of them were at the restaurant that particular day, She nearly died of shame When she got to her department, people greeted her in their normal way but some stared also She heaved a sigh of relief She had thought that her department would be worse.
After classes, she went to sit alone in the restaurant sipping a drink, waiting for her friends She noticed that some people stared at her and she caught a few girls giggling She took her aunt’s advice and ignored them.
Collins came to sit astride a chair facing her and looked at her in an odd manner.
She and Collins had become friends even though it didn’t work out between him and Jenny.
“Hi Collins.” she smiled at him but he just stared at her making her alarmed Had he heard?
“Is it true?” he finally asked.

“What?” she fearfully asked.

“What happened on Friday afternoon at Flavor? Is it true?” he inquired softly.
Oleng lowered her head and nodded. “Yes, but I guess you heard an adulterated version of the event.”
After a while, Collins said, “Please tell me what actually happened.”
Oleng took a deep breath and told him everything, the story of her life He was silent for a long time when she was through.

“When my cousin told me the girl I said must be my future wife is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, I didn’t believe him.” he informed her as if he was in great pain.
She was shocked at the wife bit.
“Yes. I know I have hidden it well but I’ve been in love with you all this while. Jenny was just a cover up. I used her to get close to you. I was prepared to wait for you. I was prepared to wait for you to get out of your shell,” he went on, “I thought you were pure, innocent…priceless. I kept day-dreaming of our wedding I made a bet around me that you’d be my wife in future because I was prepared to wait for you.” he lamented bringing tears to her eyes.
“But I guess I’ve lost my bet You’re indeed a wolf in sheep’s clothing…O God! Are there no more V-rgins above the age of ten?” he cried to himself and stood up.
He bent so he was at her eye level. “I’m one, that was why I was so happy when I thought you were also I guessed wrong.”
With that, he walked away leaving her in so much pain.
She had to use all her strength to control her tears She couldn’t cry in public which would only make matters worse She pulled herself together and left the restaurant She knew she had lost a good friend Collins had helped her in so many ways He pulled a lot of strings for her in the department and she liked him She never knew his feelings for her ran so deep She was sorry she had hurt him but that had all been in her past Didn’t he realize that? She shrugged and quietly walked into the busy road.
Life was so unfair to her. Would she carry this burden for the rest of her life? She wondered.
Would she get married? She had to admit that the ache was still there and was even greater now that it had been re-opened Losing both Erics still haunted her She literally shook herself She had to pull herself together and get on with life or it would pass her by With that thought, she pushed the thought of both Erics to the bottomless pit in her heart She would live her life without him…

To be continued
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