My life at Thirty episode 6

My life at Thirty episode 6
Barely two minutes, I stepped outside I saw
Brother Ismaeel opening the gate of our
house, the expression on his face said it all
after sighting me because it was so obvious
he was not expecting me at home very early
like that…
Ismaeel: salam Aleikum Alfa Abdulrahman
Me: Wa aleikum salam (With strong face)
Ismaeel: You returned so early, what
happened?
Me: Nothing..i just decided to come early..
Ismaeel: Lets take this load in,side now…..
Me: Wait, please who is that on our bed
Ismaeel: She’s my girlfriend
Me: Girlfriend? You have a girlfriend? You have
started having Make love?
Ismaeel: Make love ke? Does having girlfriend
means you have started having Make love?
Please i will explain everything to you later
when she’s gone
Me: Ohk…but i cant stay in the same room
with her with the way she is right now
Ismaeel: Dont worry, just give her like 5mins,
she will dress up and we can enter…she
wanted to take her bath that was when i
realized we don’t have bathing soap at home.
Me: okay
“ismaeel went in,side and came back just like
2 minutes later”
Ismaeel: so, how is everybody at home?
Me: They are fine…everybody send their
greetings…
Ismaeel:so, they packed all these food stuff
for you?
Me: You should trust now, they even wanted
to pack more than this but i had to reject
them
Ismaeel: What about money?
Me: Dont you know how they send money to
you before……..
Ismaeel: Am only asking, things might have
changed
Me: Well they didn’t give me money but gave
me something surprising to you
Ismaeel: What is that Alfa Abdulrahman
Me: Its in,side, i will show you when we enter
in,side the room
Ismaeel: tell me now…..
Me: Dont worry brother Ismaeel, til we get
in,side
Ismaeel: let me even check if she is true…
“he peeped in,side and brought his head back
outside”
Ismaeel: Oya, lets go in,side..lets pack all
these things in,side
“we stated packing everything in,side one after
the other”
Ismaeel: baby, abdulrahman said he brought
something from home for me but he has been
hiding it from me
Ebun: what did you bring from home brother
Abdulrahman
“i opened my bag and gave him a black nylon
bag”
Ismaeel: What is this? Phone……wow
Ebun: wow…this is good, finally, there will be
constant communication between me and my
baby
Ismaeel: Yes oooo…….Did u also get any Alfa
Abdulrahman
Me: It was as if they had a meeting..this is
mine too (i showed him my phillip phone)
Ismaeel: wow……this is nice, at least we are
now among the league of phone owner on the
campus. The funniest thing was that we were
still discussing on getting a phone for me
yesterday
Ebun: Abi oooo
Me: That is how mind works…..
Ebun: so, what are you going to eat this
morning? Lemme prepare food for you before
going
Me: No need oooo
Ismaeel: Dont worry now brother Ismaeel, let
her prepare the food for us
After so much persuasion from both of them, i
had to give in to their request and allow Ebun
to prepare our food. She prepared rice for us,
i don’t even know who prepare the soup at
home, all i see was that the pot was filled up
with meat and other assorted animals. I
thought Ebun movement will be so early not
until we started engaging in so many
discussion and she didn’t leave until around 3pm.
Even though i was not comfortable with her
presence but who am i to complain, i
remembered his statement that we must
always learn to live with different people with
different characters. I couldn’t come to term
with the fact that Ismaeel already have a
boyfriend at that age, the lady even slept on
our bed and the fact the she was even a
Christian..how will Ismaeel be dating a
Christian when we have so many muslim
sisters in school, most especially in MSSN. I
couldn’t erase the fact on my head that she
was putting on jean and a top on that
particular day, no scarf to cover her head or
whatsoever. For the first time in so many
years, i had to combine Zuhr and Asri prayer
together that day (2pm and 4pm prayer).
It was during our conversation i got to know
that Ebun was a 200level student of Business
Administration in Lead City University Ibadan,
in fact that was the first time i was hearing
the name of the University. So, where exactly
did he meet brother Ismaeel is what i don’t
know. I was still on the thought of how they
met each other when Ismaeel opened the door
on me
Ismaeel: salam aleikum
Me: wa aleikum salam
Ismaeel: She has gone?
Me: Where will she get a bus going to Ibadan
this evening
Ismaeel: she’s not going to Ibadan straight
tonight, she is going to her sister’s place in
GRA and will be going back first thing
tomorrow morning
Me: She has a sister here in Ilorin
Ismaeel: Yes
Me: Then why didn’t she go and spend the
night in her sister’s place
Ismaeel: she just decided to stay here..i know
what you are thinking about Alfa Abdulrahman,
we didn’t sleep together in this room, i slept in
Ezekiel’s room yester night, while she slept
here….i hope you are not thinking that i have
started having Make love at this age when i
know the consequence and what the quran
said about fornication and adultery
Me: I was surprised too but my mind is
definitely at peace now hearing the detail of
what happened but i don’t like the way she
dress in a provocative way
Ismaeel: You call that provocative brother
Abdulrahman? She has even changed, am
trying to change her little by little, you know
its a gradual process and i don’t want to force
the religion on her, i want to gain her heart
with my character and the way i practice
Islam. You know the holy quran said “La
iqraha fi deen” (There is no compulsory in
religion)
Me: i understand your point of view though
but even if its just for her to be using scarf to
cover her hair for now and stop wearing
trousers
Ismaeel: Its little by little…its a matter of time
Me: okay, please don’t do what will be against
the will of Almighty Allah..
Ismaeel: Yes of course
Me: So, where his Ezekiel?
Ismaeel: He has gone home..he went home
like 3 weeks ago, his girlfriend was around and
left a week after him and drop their key for me
to keep. Ezekiel i learnt will be coming back
next week i guess
Me: okay..what about every other person
Ismaeel: They have all gone too aside Esther
that didn’t go home too….
Me: What is she doing in the hostel
Ismaeel: I don’t know oooo…less i even forget
brother Abdulrahman
Me: What is that?
Ismaeel: There is this guy that finished from
our department who want to dispose off some
of his property and asked if i will be interested
in taking his TV and DVD
Me: TV and DVD? Do we need it and how
much is he selling it?
Ismaeel: Based on our relationsh¡p, he said if i
can afford N10,000 and i believe its very
cheap
Me: N10,000?
Ismaeel: Yes, i already have N7,000 with me
and am thinking if you can add N3,000 to it to
complete the money.
Me: TV and DVD will definitely be a distraction
at home now
Ismaeel: But it wont cost anything either
having it at home to relax with once in a while
Me: What about our accommodation fee?
Ismaeel:We will pay now, at least they are
sending us money next week and i know you
will still get your salary from your coaching
centre but if you feel you don’t want to
contribute, i will find the means of completing
the money but i believe it will be beneficial to
you as i will still leave them for you when am
out of the school
Me: Ohk…no problem.
I had to give in to brother Ismaeel demand
since his response look like a blackmail and
gave him 3k later that evening. I told him i will
like him to follow me to the bank the following
morning that i want to go and open a student
account with Oceanic bank and he said no
problem.