just a little sin episode 26

JUST A LITTLE SIN
Episode 26
By AMAH’S HEART.

Yoara try asking questions but I stood on my word, letting him know that he has every right to confront his wife to be if he suspected anything rather than asking me.
I bought few foodstuffs from the money Omie gave me and put them in the house on Monday, when Yoara returned from work he was surprised, i let him know that the money was from a church member.
He was impressed and even thanked me for the food stuffs.

I visited Konji on Tuesday and he wasn’t home
On my way out of his place I saw him coming back with a long face.

“Guy, who beat you? I said chuckling

“Please leave me alone Tomasi, I’m not in the mood for your lame jokes..”

He walked into his compound and straight to his tattered room.
I followed behind.
“What happened to you, did they sack you from your cleaning Job?

“Is you that will be sack from your Job, oh wait, I forgot you don’t even have a Job. Jealousy is a big sin Tomasi..”

“Then what happened to you, I thought you’ve been sacked or your too much stylish begging had landed you in trouble..”

“If you care to know I lost a hu-ge game?

I blinked and try to un-derstand what he was talking about.

“What game? Wait a sec, you’re still gambling?

He didn’t respond as he sat hard on the chair.
“…I thought that after getting this job you will quit gambling and focus more on the job..”

“I said after wining my first millions then I will quit. Is unfair to just stop when I haven’t even won any reasonable amount yet. I play almost everyday with big sum because the higher the amount used in the game the better chance of winning big. I collected my salary yesterday and decided to put it all in the game, I played with half of my salary yesterday and I won some amount but it wasn’t up to what I put in, I decided to use the other half today because I thought I had a better chance to wining but unfortunately I didn’t even win a dime. That’s how the whole money I was paid yesterday vanished. Now, I’m broke again..”

“And when you have another money you will go back to gambling and after they take it all you go back to mischievously begging for alms like a helpless beggar. If I call you foolish now, you will start arguing with me. I thought gambling is a sin or the Bible that you were giving didn’t mention that to you? You’re nothing but foolish Konji. They paid you salary yesterday and you gambled it all off.”

“It looks unwise, sinful and foolish to you because I didn’t win. If i have finally won my first millions now you would have used the same mouth to congratulate me and still expect some cash from me. Because my game didn’t pay off makes me appear foolish. Instead of you to encourage me so that I can have better luck next time, you’re here insulting me. If I call you enemy of progress now you will say I’m wicked. Please leave me if you don’t have any better things to say..”

“Well, I hope this teach you a big lesson so that you can quit gambling and focus on saving your legit money. All the years you have been throwing away your money in gambling you could have been approaching your first million by now or even a millionaire. You obviously don’t have the luck so is better you quit before you die wretched. This is the best advice you will ever get, don’t joke with it..”

I started leaving but Konji wasn’t done firing words at me
“You haven’t answered my question. I said if I have won millions now, will you still be saying all of this or judging me. I will continue to play it until I win. I will put you and many others to shame for not believing. I can’t wait to win so that your face will be buried in shame..”

I was out of the house and couldn’t hear the rest of what he was saying.
On getting home that evening I heard noises coming from our apartment.

I decided to go through the back window so that I can hear clearly.
“…You have to choose between us because I’m not longer going to tolerate any of this. That’s why I decided to drop by and let you know. He’s not even your full brother, Tomasi is your half brother, is not your mother that gave birth to him, he’s almost same age as you, so I don’t un-derstand why you will be housing him when he should be out there in the street fending for himself. Look at the problem he’s bringing between us. You trusted me all this while we’ve been together but all of a sudden Tomasi is making you have doubts. What’s all this question you were asking me over the phone? You have never doubted me before Yoara but that lazy, jobless and wicked human is bringing misun-derstanding between us. See the reasons why I never liked him, my good spirit irritates his demons because he’s a possessed being. He hate the fact that you have almost everything, a job, a house, a woman that truly loves you dearly, you have Christ which he doesn’t have and the gift to be a minister. He’s envious of you and his only wish is to destroy you. He can’t measure up to the man that you are…”

“I totally agree to everything you said Chumi, but i still need answers to my questions..”

“Your question is irrelevant Yo, asking if I’m seeing another man or if Ellie is my daughter are not the kind of questions I can answer because you already know that Ellie is my sister’s daughter. If she’s mine I will tell you, there’s nothing to hide in having a child. People usually thinks she’s mine due to the resemblance and she is always clinging to me more than her own mother. I have looked forward to bearing your children, and my ever first pregnancy I want it to be yours when we’re married. I can’t be seeing another man when I’m in a relationship with you. We’re engaged and I don’t double date in a relationship. Tomasi shouldn’t put asun-der in our union, you’re going to choose who to believe among us. I have told you the whole truth and will no longer continue with this mistrust. Do you choose to believe your strange lazy, jealous brother who is looking for a way to get back at me because he knows I don’t like him..”

“I really don’t know what to believe Chumi. But is all good.. you can’t possibly be lying over such sen-sitive things, you’re strongly rooted in the Lord and ministers through song that moves people on their seats. I don’t think you will keep such hu-ge secret from me or even be cheating on me with another man. Yoara replied her, there was this unsatisfaction in his voice.

“Tomasi has to go, you need to do this for me, for us. He’s a threat in our relationship and even marriage. He can’t continue living here, look around you now, did you see him anywhere around? The answer is no, he’s gone out again and is not like he went to work. He may bring trouble home for you one day. He should leave, the more he stays here the more lazy he becomes because he knows that you will provide his feeding. You will thank me someday for this advice. And if you can’t do it, leave it to me because I will gladly throw his things out..”

“Throw his things out? Yoara asked surprised
“… that’s not going to happen, rather if you have money then bring so that I will give him to go get his own place. My brother can’t be in the street when I’m here. I don’t see him as a threat, you make him seem like a threat..”

“You’re not getting the point Yoara, Tomasi can’t stay here and even If I have the money I won’t give. I can’t stay un-der the same roof with him, that’s not going to happen. I don’t know why you’re blinded by his mischief. We can’t be happy and our relationship can’t progress if Tomasi remains here. See the way he put wrong ideas in your head about me, and you think he will stop at that? Tomasi isn’t your brother like that, he’s just your relative, You owe him nothing. You have to wake up and do something before Tomasi tears us apart. I even saw it in the dream that he’s planning to destroy you if you’re not prayerful or Chase him out..”

Yoara began mumuring something which I can’t hear anymore

At that point I don’t know if I should just take a walk within the street or enter inside.
Chumi will stop at nothing until Yoara listens to her and throw me out, which Yoara don’t want to do but Chumi kept pushing him.

Yoara allowed himself to be deceived by Chumi. Ellie is her daughter and she denied it, Chumi is seeing another man who brings things for her and Ellie and that’s Jons guy Ellie mentioned yet Yoara believed everything Chumi said.

I wish I have a place to go to and leave them alone.
Konji’s place is not an option, I can’t live with Konji, is not because of his insults, I can gladly take as many he throws at me but his room is not conducive and Konji is not ready to put down his dime for anything at all.

The street isn’t bad but I will rather go back home to mama and Onmi than be thrown into the street. I will erase everything about this city and the people I met during my stay.
Is just that I don’t want to return back to my hometown the same way I left, I want to be better so that Mama will be proud and even my over demanding father will see that something good can still come out of Tomasi.
I owe Onmi a standard education and good life, I don’t want to disappoint her mother whom I gave my word.
Oni maybe gone but her memory remain fresh.

I wish the Job Omie promised will clic-k soon so that everyone will stop tagging me lazy and jobless.
Chumi will probably not allow Ellie close to me because I may get more truth out of the innocent little girl but Chumi wouldn’t want me to babysit her ever again and that’s a good thing but I’m certain that one day whatever she was hiding will be exp-osed.
Chumi is fabricating alot of lies just to get me out of the way because I’m a big threat to her.
I will just wait outside until she leaves before i can go inside and know what Yoara has to say.

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