Tanure forever episode 18

💞TANURE, FOREVER💞

CHAPTER 18

AUTHOR PAMELA.

Christine!
He looked down and realized that she
was holding a baby.He frowned,the last
time he saw Christine was almost six
months ago, and that was when they got
back from London.Why was she holding a
baby?A broad figure came behind her.
He frozed, seeing the great Patrick Ekure,
Christine’s father.Now,this was getting too
creepy.
“May we come in?”Patrick asked,
Richærd just stared at them so
confused,he didn’t even know when they
walked into his house.
“My daughter gave birth two weeks
ago and she said that you refused to own
up to your duties as the kid’s
father”Patrick announced.
It was as if a bottle was broken on
Richærd’s head,he stared at Christine in
disbelief.
“First off, I didn’t know that she was
even pregnant and she giving birth two
weeks ago is none of my business.I’m not
the child’s father!”
“Don’t even dare deny my
daughter,you should be glad that she saw
something in you cause I really can’t see
anything”
“You won’t come to my house and
insult me.The relationsh¡p I had with
Christine ended a long time ago”Richærd
slammed back.He was feeling so scared,
Tanure would be home any moment from
now,this might create a big problem for
them.
“I love my wife, please you have to
leave my house now!”He barked.
The doorknob bent, Tanure walked in,
she stopped dead in her tracks taking in
the wh0le scene in front of her.A tall dark
man stood beside a crying Christine who
had a baby in her arms.
“I was really going to agree never to
show up in your life as you requested that
night after making love to me in London,
but then I discovered late that I was
almost three months pregnant, I can’t
raise this child alone”Christine cried.
Tanure swallowed the thick lump in
her throat.Richærd hurried up to her
holding her shoulders.
“Don’t believe her,this is just one of
her schemes,I swear, what she’s saying
didn’t happen”He said desperately,he
looked into her eyes and could see doubt.
“Iyawo mi, please believe me”
“So you were married and at the
same time playing with my daughter’s
heart”
“I didn’t do anything with
Christine!”Richærd yelled,
frustratedly.”Christine, stop this, nothing
happened between us in London, even if I
had touched you,the time doesn’t add up,
that was six months ago”He reminded,
angrily.
“You’re such a bloody liar,
Richærd,you told me that we could still be
together…you told me that the two of you
are just like housemates…..you told me
that you can’t imagine yourself touching
her again. I was always there to satisfy
your s€×ual needs,You told me to work in
the same company with you so that we
could be close to each other and suddenly
you wanted to break up with me that night
in London”
Richærd’s jaw dropped.Did she rehearse all
this?The words just fell from her mouth
smoothly.When did all this happen
between them?
“Leave my house now!”He yelled.
“We’ll leave,Mr Boyowa, but my
patience had limit,if by this weekend,you
haven’t come to take in your child, I’ll
make life a living hell for you”Patrick
threatened,he glanced at Christine
disappointedly and walked off.
Christine increased the volume of
her cries and walked up to Tanure.
“Please…. please give my baby a
chance to have a happy life, you might
think he loves you but he had already
planted a seed in me and this is the
result”She paused.
Tanure stared at the beautiful baby
girl.
“If you keep saying nonsense, I’ll
throw you and that thing out of my
house!”Richærd warned.
Christine glared at him then at
Tanure.
“I’m the one who’s at fault here,if
only I knew that you were never going to
change…that you would always remain a
dirty liar,I wouldn’t have given myself to
you over and over again”With that, she
str-de off smiling inwardly,this was going
to be a beautiful beginning for her.

Richærd stared at Tanure,he felt
weak,she clearly didn’t believe him,he
moved closer to her.
“Don’t”She muttered and hurried up
the stairs,she walked into their bedroom
and locked the door.
She slowly sat on the bed.
“Iyawo mi, please open the door, I
can explain everything, just talk to me
please”He pleaded and kept on knocking.
To say this was quite shocking was
an understatement.It was alot to process
and take in.She opened up her bag
bringing out a pregnancy test result which
had confirmed that she was pregnant.
Tears stung her eyes as her squeezed
the paper in her hands.She had been
coming home joyfully to break what she
thought was good news to him only to find
out that he has a child already.
Her head was spinning,she badly
wanted to believe him….he wasn’t the
father of that child but different thoughts
was running through her head.

“Christine was here,she wanted
to…you know…. but I made it clear to her
that I can’t cheat on you”

His words ran through her head.Who
could resist a temptress like Christine?
And the fact that at that time,she was still
rejecting him made her realize that he had
done it,he had slept with Christine that
night in London.He had done it so many
times before that night too, while he was
busy filling her head with promises
again… acting so sweet…. making her the
happiest person in the world,he was still
shagging another woman.
And that happiness had blinded her
once again,that happiness had destroyed
her resolve,she had been putting up her
defences, looking for a reason to prove to
Maami that they could never be good
together.She had told herself before that
when he would hurt her again,she would
be ready for it and wouldn’t feel any pain.
But right now, the pain in her heart
was exceeding all description.
Tears slided down her cheeks as it
dawned on her that she was a fool for the
second time.
She scre-med and tore the test
result into pieces.She angrily brushed
away the flower vase from the table, and
wept uncontrollably.
Richærd tensed slamming his fist into
the door.
“Tanure, please open the door”He
begged, frantically.
Suddenly,he couldn’t hear anything
for some moments,then the doorknob
bent and she came out with bloodshot
and swollen eyes,she was holding her
luggage.He could feel his world already
crumbling.
“Tan…..Tan…… Tanure, don’t leave
me”He muttered.
She stood in front of him and for the
first time,she summoned courage and
gathered up the pieces she had ignored
before.
“You know who sent those men, right?
Was it Christine?”
Richærd bit his lower lip hærd till he tasted
his own blood.Telling her the truth would
be like adding salt to a severe injury.
Her nerves were in shreds seeing the
expression on his face.
“Please tell me it isn’t
Christine……..Please tell me that she didn’t
do it because I was an obstacle to the two
of you…….Please lie to me, you’re good at
that”She croaked out tears rolling
continuously down her cheeks.
Those last words from her made him say
the truth.
“It was Christine”He confessed,
staring at the floor.
Unconsciously,her luggage fell from her
hand, and once again,she was that
woman held tightly and roughly by two
men, and the last one was dealing blows
on her…….She had passed out thinking
that was the end of her life only to wake
up without her baby…… only to wake up in
anguish.And just when she wanted to end
it all,he stopped her….. and over the
months made her feel so blessed… but he
was the reason for all the pain,his lover
killed her baby.
She sank down on the floor bringing her
knees up to her chest and tears just
flowed freely, she thought he had hurt her
before,this was just too much,it made her
wonder how much pain can ones’ heart
bear.
Richærd bent down in front of her,
just yesterday,he had swore to continue
making her happy for the rest of her
life, and today,he had broke her apart
again…. even more than before.
He didn’t even realize that he was
crying too.
“Iya…..Iyawo mi”
“Don’t call me that”She bit out.
He moved closer to hold her.
“Don’t touch me!”She yelled.
“Why?”Tanure asked, weakly.A
single syllable filled with anguish.
“You knew about this all along?”
Richærd sniffed.”At first, I didn’t know,I
didn’t even suspect that she would do that
to you, I really didn’t want……”
She dashed the tears from her cheeks
with the back of her hands angrily but
they won’t stop coming.
“And I didn’t deserve to know that
your lover almost killed me because of
you?”
His l-ips quivered,more tears falling down
his eyes.”I didn’t want you to hate
me.Tanure please,I honestly didn’t want
that to happen to you, I was…. I just….. I
didn’t…….”He paused trying to pull himself
together, trying to look for words to
soothe the pain he had caused her.
“Let’s say you didn’t know she’d do
that to me, nothing can justify the fact
that you went back to her”
“No, I didn’t go back to her, I swear
it, I told you before, seeing you so hurt at
the hospital made me want to protect you,
made me want to stick to your side like
glue….. I didn’t…..”
“Don’t confuse yourself,you
probably felt pity and guilty towards me
for what Christine did….. not love”
“Tanure, please don’t doubt my love
for you…. I love you so much…you know….”
“I don’t know anything!”She shot at
him, fiercely, stood up and grabbed her
luggage.
Richærd stood up and shakily held her
hand,She had stopped crying but he
couldn’t stem his tears.
“Tan… Tanure..ple…. please… I’m
sorry… don’t leave…..”
He immediately faced an onslaught of
her hands slapping him over and over….on
his face….his chest…..his shoulders….it
didn’t hurt much though compare to the
pain spiraling in his chest but it wasn’t
exactly soft either.
“I curse the day I met you!”And then,
she hurriedly walked away.
Those words hit him hærd like body
blows.And it took a moment for him to
realize that Tanure had just left.
Frantically,he raced into the
street,there was no sign of her,he ran back
into his house and started searching
blindly for his keys.
Because of his insane state of
mind,he passed through the table where
he had kept his keys twice before his eyes
finally caught them.
He hurried out of the house and
quickly got into his car starting it almost
immediately.There was one place he knew
she was heading to and now facing
Maami would add to this mess he had
created.
As he drove speedily on the road,he
didn’t notice the red light, when he finally
saw it,he stepped on his brakes and
unluckily for him,the front of his car
collided against the back of the car in
front of him.
He rested his back on the seat
p-nting heavily.A woman got down from
the car and started shouting in yoruba.
Could this day get any worse?
The woman walked up to his car.
“Young man,get down!”She ordered.
Richærd slowly got down.
“I’m sorry I didn’t mean…….”
The woman started quarrelling hotly
in yoruba attracting people’s attention.
He offered her money but she kept on
talking and it seem she wasn’t going to
settle this any time from now.
“Ma binu”He begged, frustratedly.
She still wasn’t ready to come to an
agreement with him and he was already
breaking apart in,side as the time tick by
so he took to his heels, ignoring the
shouts and leaving his car for her.It was
replaceable but he just lost something
that he could never replace.

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Tanure rested her head on the
glass window of a bus feeling dead
in,side.It was better this way, she didn’t
want to think about anything that would
make her break down again.
The bus started moving and as if
the wh0le world was against her,the driver
turned on a music titled ‘Too Good at
Goodbyes’ by Sam Smith.
Within seconds,she was weeping
again, unable to tame her tears as
memories lingered in her head,why hadn’t
she realized that it was too good to be
true…..it was a love so beautiful…..too
beautiful to exist.
She hadn’t cried this much in her
entire life, were this tears ever going to get
dried? Once again,he had left her in the
dirt… pregnant and broken.
She clamped her palm around her
mouth muffling her scre-ms.People on
the bus turned to look at her…. some
finding her pathetic…. some wondering
what had made her like this.

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When he got to the village,it was
very late so he couldn’t go to Tanure’s
house,they might be sleeping already,the
word ‘sleep’ seem so foreign to him but he
wished that she could really sleep
tonight,he wished that she wasn’t crying
anymore.
He arrived home and slumped on a
couch, Maami had started asking him why
he was home and where was Tanure,he
didn’t even know where to start telling her
what happened.This was still so
devastating for him, just that morning,he
had made love to her and washed her
body himself in the bathroom,she had told
him how much she loves him, and even
after hearing that so many times,it still
made him incredibly happy and now….they
were what?He quickly shook his head,he
should hang on to a tiny glimpse of hope
that she might forgive though he knew
that this time,there was no hope.
“You stupid son of mine!”Mr Boyowa
thundered walking into the living room.”I
just saw Ojaide,you need to see the way
he spoke to me like a wounded lion in
front of my friends”
Bisi swallowed.”What’s going on?”
“It turns out that this irresponsible
son of yours has a child from another
woman!”
Bisi couldn’t explain how she felt right
now,but she managed to get out.”Kayo”
Richærd ran a hand through his face in a
slow yet frenzied motion.

TBC

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