Rabbit love episode 8

Rabbit love
Episode 8
 
ONE WEEK LATER.
 
Kelvin was still himself, i had initially thought he was pretending but he proved me wrong, he has been nice and homely like he used to, from breakfast in bed to running bath water for me, it was just heavenly, he was my defination of the perfect gentleman.
 
I wasted no time in forgiving him for all the times he treated me badly.
 
”Baby ain’t you done with bathing” he called me from the room.
”Just a minute more, i need my beauty bath” i replied and i heard him laughing
 
We were getting ready for a top politician’s son birthday party.
I knew he would be getting dressed and i didn’t want to come out half unclad before our homornes gets the better part of us.
”Are you done dressing up” i asked from the bathroom.
”Almost ready, just this tie and am good to go” he replied.
 
I showed up in the room a moment later and met him battling with his tie, i laughed because he wasn’t a big fan of tuxedo’s, he only wore them on very special occassions.
 
”you really look good in that black tuxedo” i complimented him and he turned to me and gave me a sed-ctive wink.
 
”you also look perfect in that towel but you would have looked better without it”
”I better get dressed” i said and went to pick the red flowing gown that he singlehandedly bought for me, i had tried it on twice and i had concluded that i won’t object to him buying me anything again cos he certainly have eyes for good things.
”and i better head to the sitting room before that party becomes an impossible tense.
I simply smiled and pointed to the door.
 
****
 
We walked into the party with his arms wrapped around me there were lot’s of cameras which i had gotten used to, paparazzi’s were everywhere at the gate. I smiled and waved before we walked in.
 
The celebrant walked towards us immediately we walked in like he was waiting for us.
 
”Who do we have here” he asked immediately he got close to us.
”Birthday guy, happy birthday” Kelvin said.
”I wasn’t talking to you, i was talking to the lady, the Nigeria Version of Naomi Campbell” he said winking at me at the same time.
It seems that Kelvin and his friends all have a thing for winking.
I smiled at him and he stretched out his hand for a handshake and i took his hands.
I looked up at Kelvin and he wasn’t smiling at all.
”I am more handsome than this guy here, we are a perfect match, you know that right?” he said and Kelvin nudged him.
”She is my fiancee`, you better take your hands off hers” Kelvin said without smiling.
”hey, bro stop being over-protective i was only kidding, but i must say; your eyes are really functioning”.
We all laughed at that.
”Happy Birthday bro” Kelvin said to him and patted his back.
”thanks man but you are late though, although am not really surprised, why would you come early when you have this damsel with you”
”coupled with the fact that it takes a woman 10 hours to get ready for an occassion like this” Kelvin added.
”that’s not a lie bro, Lizzy even takes more than that” Charles said
”We are special, Happy Birthday” i said handing over to him the gift that Kelvin and i bought.
”wow, a beautiful lady with a pretty heart, thanks alot, left to Kelvin he would have come empty handed”
”thanks alot for the compliment” Kelvin replied him.
 
The rest of the evening was fun-filled and eventful, i met some of Kelvin’s friend and i also meet Lizzy, charles fiancee, she was a very lively person.
 
The guys later went to a side to discuss football while we ladies discussed the guys and their charms.
 
The party ended almost at midnight with ninety percent of the guys drunk like fish.
 
****
 
Two days later Kelvin and i were in the sitting room discussing when he brought up talk about his family which he has never done before.
 
”My younger brother will be coming over two weeks from now” he informed me.
”It will be nice to have a member of your family here” i added but he shrugged indifferently, it seems he wasn’t happy about the visit.
”He just finished his masters in Leed City University Manchester and dad said it will be nice if he comes down to Nigeria to do only God knows what” he said with a noticeable frown.
”Am so glad that i would finally meet one of your family member”
”yeah” he said indifferently.
”Seems like you are not happy about his visit”.
”am as happy as i can be” he smiled and brought out his phone like he was avoiding the question.
”what do i need to know about him so i won’t embarass myself”
”there is still two weeks for that, but for beginners his name is Sam and he is 26, he just finished his M.Sc as you already know and trust me you don’t want to hear the rest”
”I think i like him already” i said and he looked at me and shrugged.
”bad for you then, am famished, what’s for dinner” he replied.
”Semovita and Melon soup”
”please tell them to hurry up, am hungry already”
I stood up and left to the kitchen, it was clear that he doesn’t want to talk about his brother.
 
”Hey, i was just thinking about something and i thought, maybe you could tell me what you think of it”
”what is it my lady” Kelvin replied with his eyes still glued to his laptop.
”I want to donate some money for charity works or give it to an orphanage”
”not a bad idea” he replied without looking at me. I knew he was very busy, the past week since he changed for bad to good he has been working from home and he always tells me how exhausting it was.
 
”I drove past an orphanage after one of my photoshoot and the state of the building was nothing to write home about, it’s bad enough to be poor but living in a dilapidated building is worse than one can imagine”
 
This time around he looked at me and smiled.
”i support you, and remember, you don’t need my permission to spend your own money, it’s yours and you can spend it on whatever you want”
 
phew! That wasn’t the kind of answer i was expecting but atleast he talked for more than ten seconds.
 
”thanks for your support” i said.
”you are welcome. What time is your photoshot today”
 
i looked at my wristwatch ”In about two hours time, and i think i need to start getting ready”
 
”Let me also get dressed, i will drive you there” he said while shutting down his laptop.
 
”No, don’t bother, i can handle it” i said to him.
”No way! I won’t let my lady go out to those guys alone, that’s like letting a hen into the midst of foxes and trust me you are not the fox” he said to me.
 
”your philosophy tutor really did a bad job” i said and he winked without saying a word as he was heading to his wardrobe.
 
****
The ride to the location wasn’t bad at all except for the bad roads leading there every other thing was perfect and the more perfect thing was the hot male homo sapien that was sitting next to me with his toned body and Abs clearly outlined in his red T-shirt.
”we are finally there, seems you are late”
I looked up to see that the camera’s and every other things were all positioned and it looked like everyone including Dency had arrived as i s₱0tted her car in a distance.
 
”you know we don’t have all the time in the…” the director started scolding me immediately he set eyes on me but he stopped midway when he saw my company.
”Good day Sir” the older man said to Kelvin.
”sorry about her lateness, i caused it” Kelvin said.
”She wasn’t even late, we just got here” he said and the other crew members started mummuring.
”am Jessy, let’s go get you ready for the photoshoot” a lady probably in her mid thirties said to me and i followed her as she lead the way leaving the blabbing director with Kelvin.
I got to the space that has been designated for dressing and i met Dency and the other two male models who later introduced themselves as Gabe and Nathan.
”wow, this girl is glowing” Dency said when she saw me.
”not more than you” i said and we hugged and i greeted everyone else there.
”Girl, what’s the secret” Dency said immediately i settled down.
”Good food and money” i replied her and she twitched her l-ips.
”it obviously isn’t any of that” she replied.
”well, if it isn’t that two then it’s my boyfriend”
”tell me something, does he sell any sell or produce any skin-glow product?” she asked sarcastically.
”Go get a boyfriend please” i said in an amusing tone.
”Nah, not until i am ready for marriage”
”why is that”
”as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, and since i don’t support pre marital s€×, it would be better to stay clear from guys especially the hot ones until i am ready to settle down”
 
”there are many ways to avoid pregnancy, if that is want you are scared of, we have contraceptive, sheaths, diaphragm and the rest of them” i explained to her attracting other’s people attention to our conversation.
”you don’t get it, am quite religious, I try as much as possible to follow God and do what my Bible tells me”
I felt guilty remembering that while growing up every adult have always taught me about the dangers of pre-marital s€×.
 
”Time for the dress” Lizzy said holding up a white floral gown for us both and interrupting my thoughts. It was a Lifestyle magazine photoshoot, we had earlier been interviewed and lot’s of question were asked, from our workout routine to our diet.
The magazine was supposed to help people take better care of their body and get rid of excess belly fat.
We were soon clad in the gown and ready for the photoshoot.
 
****
 
”Mehn, that was hot” Kelvin said immediately he got behind the wheels.
”hot as in good hot or bad hot”
”good hot, you girls looked heavenly in those gowns, i couldn’t resist taking some pictures of my own”
Just then my phone rang and it was Vivian, she kept on crying and i could only make out ”see you tomorrow by 5 at olive’s garden” and also ”don’t say anything about this phone call to Kelvin” before she cut the call.
My mind began wandering, what could make Vivian cry  like that? oh no! I just hope she hasn’t lost the pregnancy.
 
”who was that” Kelvin asked after i ended the call.
”It was a friend” a simply said and turn sideways.
He understood that i didn’t want to talk and he shrugged and continued driving.
 
****
4PM the next day.
 
”Kel, i want to go somewhere”
”Okay” he replied and faced the other side of the bed.
”are you still angry about yesterday? well am sorry, it was Vivian that called me”
”what did she say and why didn’t you tell me it was her initially” he questioned.
”well, she asked me to meet her at Olive’s garden, that we have alot of things to catch up on” i said to him and he brightened up.
”my regards to her and the baby” he said the last part like someone that his tongue was glued to his mouth.
”I will, well time to get dressed and head out”
”sorry i can’t go with you, i have to hang out with my friends too”
”that’s not a problem, even if you didn’t have any appointment, i wouldn’t even let you come” i said backing him and picking out my cloth from the wardrobe.
”oh! Your girly talks”
I smiled at him ”trust me you don’t want to hear them, we discuss things like the latest fashion, pregnancy and childbirth…”
”lalalala, i don’t want to hear the details” he said playfully covering his ears.
I started getting dressed and in no time, i was on my out of the house.
 
****
I get there earlier than scheduled to actually sit down and think straight.
What could be troubling Vivian to make her cry like that? Vivian was someone who was always capable of handling her emotions, she hærdly cries and when she does it was always tears of joy but that of yesterday was different.
I racked and racked my brain but i couldn’t come up with any reasonable explaination to why she had cried like that.
The only thought that kept coming to my mind was that she has lost the pregnancy.
I just hope it’s not true, God, help her, let this not be true!
Vivian later came and when i just saw her, i knew that all was not well, she was looking distressed, she wasn’t the Vivian i knew she was looking some how hagard, not hagard as in hagard but she was under dressed.
The Vivian i knew always maximize any opportunity she has to flaunt her curves and her endownment.
 
She removed the dark glasses she had on and i could see dark circles under her eyes.
 
”Vivian what’s wrong, what happened to you, why are you like this” i asked three questions at the same time, she just kept quiet and sighed.
”Sorry i kept you waiting” she said after a while.
”V, talk to me, what’s wrong, talk to me, am your bestfriend, your confidant, please talk to me”
”Kola has another wife” she said loudly.
”what!” i tried to say more words but nothing came out.
”how did you find out” i finally found my voice.
”his phone rang yesterday and since he wasn’t close by, i picked it and the caller, a female didn’t even wait to hear me talk, she just said that his kids are ill that his attention is needed”
”did she tell you who she is to him” i asked.
”No, i cut the call immediately i heard that” she said amidst sobs.
”Cheer up girl, it’s not the end of the world” i said holding her hands.
”here i was thinking that i was carrying his first child, i wish i wasn’t even pregnant with this child”
”don’t say such a thing, it might not be his first child but it is yours so be happy about it, you will soon carry your child in your hands, isn’t that enough reason to be happy” i said trying to cheer her up but she began crying instead.
”What’s the point of carrying a child when you don’t have a husband to support you”
”V, you have a husband”
”I don’t” she replied vehemently.
”V, Kola is your husband”
”He is not and was never my husband, i can’t bear the burden of being a second wife, it’s just like am a love peddler or something” she said with bitterness in her voice.
”V, stop it, he is still your husband”
”he is not, i already moved out of his house”
”Did you confront him about the kids issue before even leaving the house”
‘There is nothing to confront him about he will only lie to my face that’s all”
”so, how did he react when you packed your things”
”he had no idea, when he wasn’t around and i switched off my phone”
”V, that wasn’t the wisest thing to do, you should have atleast talked to him and hear him out before deciding if you should leave the house or not”
”I have left the house for good, there is nothing left for him to explain, he has kids, final”
 
I got a text message from my phone from Kelvin, he was asking me if we were stilll at Olive’s that he was coming over with Kola.
I replied him ‘Yes’ without telling Vivian, i knew she would be angry if i told her, but i did not care, all i cared about was for Vivian and Kola to get back together.
 
I looked at Vivian and she was still crying ”I wish i had listened to you when you told me to know him better before marrying him”
 
”this is not a time for regrets, just try and be strong for your baby” i said while wiping her tears with my face wipe.
 
Tbc.