Tanure forever episode 2 – 3

💞TANURE FOREVER💞

CHAPTER 2.

AUTHOR PAMELA.

The following day, Tanure came to
buy water.
“How are you feeling today?”He
asked trying to sound deeply concerned.
“Fine, thanks again for the drugs”
“Well,I don’t feel good, I’ve got a
stiff neck”Richærd complained but saw
that she didn’t get the message.
“A m-ssage from you would make me
feel better”He announced.
Tanure nodded,he had helped her the
previous day so it was right to help him
too.Richærd sat on the rock,she gently
placed her hands on his neck and
m-ssage gently,he felt he would melt any
moment from now,he must have a taste of
her before leaving this village.
They had become friends…….close
friends and were seen everywhere,he
always helped her in carrying her bowl
home,they played at the stream and other
places.Tanure felt happy being with him,
while he continued to build castles in the
air for her.
He noticed she had started falling for
him when she saw him talking to other
village girls.He had apologized and
professed his love for her.
Tanure didn’t know what to do,he
seem different from all the other city boys.
“You shouldn’t be decieved by his
sweet talks, he’s just going to use and
dump you”Sade,one of her friends had
warned.
She wanted to listen to Sade but not
when Richærd keeps promising her the
world.
“Do you really love me,
Richærd?”Tanure asked as they took a
night walk around the village.
“Yes”He replied.
“Why?”She asked and stopped
walking staring straight at him.
Richærd rubbed the back of his neck
trying to come up with something.
“Maybe it’s your sweet little mouth
and your simplicity, but I always long to be
with you, Tanure, I think of you every
single time”
Richærd stared at her battling with herself
not to let his words get to her head but he
knew it already did.
He moved closer to her and held her
chin then bent his head,she pulled back.
Richærd knew he had to say something
more convincing.
“I’ll be leaving for Lagos soon, and I’d
like to see your father so that we can go
there together”Richærd said, smoothly.
Her face brightened up.
“Really?”She asked with a broad
smile as her dimples deepened.
Well,he wouldn’t deny the fact that he
loved it when she smiles.
“Yes, I don’t think I can live without
you”He replied and then she hugged him
tightly.Richærd wrapped his arms around
her back,he was just a step closer to what
he wanted.
Tanure was happy…..so happy.She
would go to Lagos and start a new life
with him…. away from her mean
stepmother…..away from her cold
father….. away from everyone who had
hurt her,she held onto every word he said
and trusted him with all her heart,she just
couldn’t wait to leave the village.To her,
Richærd was an angel and meeting him
was the best thing that had ever
happened in her life.
They laughed seeing a drunk old man
dancing with a tree,he was practically
rocking his body into it.Richærd stared at
her,if there was anything he would miss
when they part ways,it was her smile and
laughter.
It wasn’t entirely Tanure’s fault to
have given her heart entirely to
Richærd,she just wanted to be free from
the maltreatment she got from her
stepmother.Her father had refused to
sponsor her education further,she was a
bright student at the community
secondary school,if she was given the
chance to go to a university,she would
have studied hærd and be an important
person in the society.
If only her father didn’t see her as a
mistake…..a badluck then he wouldn’t
have turned a blind eye to Maami Funmi’s
maltreatment.
He had told her while growing up
that he loved her mother alot but he never
wanted her to get pregnant,he didn’t want
any children but then the woman didn’t
listen and took in.
She didn’t make it out of the labor
room and Baba had blamed her for that,
claiming that she was badluck……a child
who shouldn’t have made it out to see the
world.
Things took a drastic turn when
Baba came home with maami Funmi,she
didn’t hide her hatred for the little girl and
beat her up at the slightest opportunity
Everyday, even if was water was in the
house,Funmi would tell her that she must
fetch water,she did nothing, Tanure would
sweep,cook, wash the dishes,wash
everyone’s clothes and keep the house
always clean.
As the years rolled by,Maami Funmi
had three children for Baba whom she had
told to keep their distance from her.
She had tried to remain positive
about life,it wouldn’t take a wicked
stepmother and an uncaring father to
bring her down.She couldn’t suffer any
longer and there was Richærd,he would
take her away from this hell,that was all
she wanted,to be with Richærd……. happy
and free from her family.
Richærd slumped on a chair in his
living room,he would be leaving in three
days,he was almost twenty-eight and
marriage was certainly not on his mind in
the next three years.One of his dreams
before was to marry a white woman and
have half caste children but he quickly
cancelled out that dream cause Baba
would disown him.His father wanted him
to marry a Yoruba woman, just as he did,
just as Tayo in Uk did.But now,he wanted
to marry an educated elegant woman
when he gets his promotion at the
company.His father has a strong spirit of
tribalism and he wondered if he would
ever accept his girlfriend, Christine Ekure
who was an Urhobo lady.The worse part
was that he had a strong dislike for the
Urhobos.He was always say.’They are too
cunny’
Richærd shrugged, Christine would make
him wealthy when he marries her for she
was the only child.Not that he didn’t plan
on working hærd though but it was nice
knowing that he could never get broke.
He smiled at the thought of his
village lover,Damn!He wanted to see
her,he had discovered that she was a
V-rgin recently, though when she had told
him,he had laughed it off but thinking of
the skittish move she made whenever he
was close made him slightly convinced.
He had always entertained the
thought of bedding a V-rgin,so he had to
have one when he had the chance.
He visited her that day,she was as
usual happy to see him,he sat in a chair in
the living room, The house was so quiet.
“Where did your family go to?”
“Maami Funmi and her children
went to visit her parents,Baba had gone to
repair his transistor radio”Tanure replied.
Perfect timing!
Richærd looked around, the house was
fairly furnished but couldn’t be compared
to his house,there was an ancient
television and faded chairs.
He moved closer to her.Richærd
frowned,she was making that skittish
move again but he won’t entertain it today.
He k-ssed her without an
objection,his l-ips were warm……. and
commanding….. and moist.She had never
been k-ssed like this before and he knew
because her inexperience rendered her
helpless.
With her eyes closed,he pulled her
closer to him and deepened his k-ss,he let
his hand slide to her br-asts, feeling one
then the other,he placed his hand beneath
her wrapper,she jerkily pulled herself
away.
“Come on, Tanure I love you, don’t
you trust me?”
“I do but……”
“We would be spending our lives
together, I won’t leave you for anything”He
promised, passionately.
“What if I get pregnant?”
Richærd’s jaw clenched,was she that
clueless?
“Smart girls don’t get pregnant and
if that happens,we’ll be together already,
married and happy”Seeing her features
softened,he pulled her against him k-ssing
her hærd and long,he car-ssed every inch
of her and loosened her wrapper, reaching
out to the hem of her shirt,he gathered it
up slowly, and stared at her body,she was
beautiful and seeing her chest already
rising and falling, rapidly made him
believe that he was the only man who had
seen this.
He parted her legs and pulled up her
p-nties,she tried to close her legs but he
wouldn’t let her.
“You’re beautiful,baby, don’t hide
yourself from me, I’m yours already and
you should be mine completely”
He quickly tugged down his trousers and
boxer then ever so slowly,he started
sliding into her,so carefully that she could
see beads of sweat and on his brows.
She was breathing hærd,she
whimpered when he thr-st into her
fully,she felt every hærd, long inch of him
embedded in,side her.
“Uhm”She gro-ned, painfully tears
trickling sideways touching the floor,he
slowly k-ss her tears then her l-ips.
“I’m sorry, you’re just going to feel the
pain now, you’re going to get used to this,
okay?”
She nodded weakly.
He rocked his body, driving in and out of
her ignoring her cries.
He slaked his lust in a very
satisfactory way and exorcise the
gnawing need in his body.
After everything, Tanure was in his
arms…. spent and claimed from a first
painful experience.It was worth it since he
had promised her his love.
Richærd held her on that position,his
stay in this damn village ended on a sweet
note afterall,he had deflowered her and
someday she would find someone else to
fulfill those promises he made to her.
“So long, Tanure”He thought.

💞TANURE, FOREVER💞
CHAPTER 3

AUTHOR PAMELA.

BacK in the highway again with a
broad smile on his face,he was heading
back to Lagos,he hadn’t seen Tanure since
the day he deflowered her,he was happy
that she didn’t come to see him because
he wanted to leave peacefully, though he
would miss her company but she wasn’t
his type.She was a big fool! Did she really
think that he would marry a village girl?
Never! She would surely get hurt hearing
that he was gone but she would eventually
get over him.He sighed recalling the look
on her face when he was ruffling her
private part.She had been sweet,so
sweet,no woman had ever made him feel
that satisfied.Not even Christine, worse of
her,she was a terrible cook, the first time
he had tasted her food,he had mistook it
for poison,she was mannerless,then again
for someone who had servants at her beck
and call,she had no time to learn proper
upbringing.
Richærd shrugged,she was still
beautiful, wealthy and educated,she was
preferable to him than the village girl.
Tanure sneaked out of the house,she
hadn’t been able to go out because Maami
Funmi had been giving her alot of
chores.She really missed Richærd.She
hurried to his house with Sade who would
watch out to see if Maami Funmi would
pass by.
She found Remi at the front of his
family house.
“Where’s Richærd? can you go in
there and tell him that I’m here?”She
requested excitedly.
Remi frowned.Richærd didn’t tell his village
lover that he was leaving.
“Brother Kayo left this morning”Remi
announced.
“Left?To where?”Tanure asked with a
heavy heart.
“He has gone back to Lagos, didn’t he
tell you?”Remi asked.
Tanure felt her heart sank.No! Richærd
couldn’t leave her….. just like that.
“You’re joking, right?”She muttered
shaking her head.
Remi grinned,he had always knew Richærd
wasn’t going to take her seriously.
“His one month leave granted to him
by his company is over, he’s gone”
Tears stung her eyes,he might still be
waiting, maybe…. just maybe….he was
waiting for her.
She started running heading for the
entrance to the village,Sade ran after
her,she caught up with her and held her
shoulders.
“He said he loved me,he said he’ll
take me along with him”Tanure cried
struggling with Sade.
“I had warned you,he was just going
to use you but you refuse to listen”
“I just didn’t want to live with Maami
Funmi anymore”she choked out, the rains
started drizzling.
“You can’t do anything now, Tanure,
he’s far gone”Sade said letting go of her.
“I was a fool,I only hurt myself”She
muttered and bent down in the rains
crying uncontrollably.
She thought of how she had given
herself to him.He had taken her pride
away and ditched her.She had loved and
believed so much in him as someone who
would take away her pain but he added
more to it,her heart broke into
irreplaceable pieces.No one wanted her,no
one loves her.
Three weeks later, Tanure felt sick,at
first she thought it was normal but the
more she worked, the more sleepy she
felt.
Funmi sat on a rock chair at the
back of the house enjoying the fresh
air.She stared at Tanure running out of the
house,she bent and started throwing up.
Funmi stood up and walked towards
her.
“The other day,you had slept off while
watching my clothes”Funmi said.
Tanure frozed and quickly wiped her
l-ips.Funmi held her hands and stared into
her eyes.
“You are pregnant!”She exclaimed.
Tanure felt her legs grew weak.
“You wh-re!so you’ve been giving
your body to all the village men,abi”Funmi
thundered reaching out for a stick.
“Maami… please”Tanure begged but
all her pleadings fell on deaf ears as
Maami Funmi gave her the beating of her
life, Tanure saw hell that day,Maami
Funmi pulled her by the hair and dragged
her into the house.Mr Ojaide who had
been listening said nothing until he saw
her shaking like a leaf.
“Who’s responsible?”He intervened.
“Ri….. Richærd”She muttered,
breathlessly.
Bisi heard a knock on the door,she
came out and found Mr Ojaide with a pale
looking daughter carrying a bag.
“I would like to speak to you and your
husband”Mr Ojaide began trying not to
sound rude but fails miserably.
Soon, the four of them was seated in
the living room.
“Hope there’s no problem?”Mr
Boyowa asked.
“There’s a big problem, your son has
decided to put my daughter in the family
way”
Mr Boyowa’s mouth fell open.”What?”
“My daughter is pregnant and she
says Richærd is responsible”
Mr Boyowa didn’t know how to feel, happy
or disappointed,it had always been his
dream to make sure all his sons marry
from his village,if this was Richærd’s own
way of bringing home a wife then he’d
gladly accept her.
“Are you sure about this?”Bisi asked,
seriously.
“Yes,my wife figured it out then we
took her to the health center and it was
confirmed”
Mr Boyowa sighed.”well,we would have to
pay Richærd a visit”
“I don’t care how you’re going to
handle this but all I know is that Tanure
can stay with anyone but no longer with
me”Mr Ojaide barked at stormed out.
Tanure’s eyes were fixed to the floor,she
felt so ashamed.
Mr Boyowa and Bisi left the living
room,Bisi had gone to talk to Remi who
told her everything about Richærd’s little
game with Tanure.
Bisi walked back into the living
room,she found Tanure’s eyes still
transfixed to the floor.
She sighed, since this was how Richærd
wanted to bring home a girl,it was
manageable,at least,she knew Tanure to
be very humble.
She bent over Tanure and realized
she was sobbing.
“It’s okay,I believe Richærd’s
responsible, don’t worry, he’ll marry
you”Bisi assured.
“He doesn’t even like me”Tanure bit
out.
Bisi sighed,she really hoped Richærd would
change after this,his womanizing kept on
getting worse.
Tanure wished she hadn’t fallen
pregnant,she didn’t want to see him again
but seeing him now was unavoidable and
this baby would tie both of them together.
It was sunday, Richærd lay lazily on
his couch,he felt so bored, Christine had
traveled to Paris.Well,he could go clubbing
with Lanre,he was always lucky to have at
least a girl to screw.
His doorbell rang.He got up and str-de
towards the door.
As he swung it opened,what he saw made
his heart jump into his stomach.
They were all staring straight at
him,His mother…. His father…..
Tanure…..Mr Ojaide and his uncle…Tunde.
He slowly led them in,his
subconscious mind was already
announcing the reason for their visit but
he argued strongly with it.
They were all seated and Richærd’s
heart was racing fastly trying to come up
with another deduction as to why Tanure
was with his parents.
“Kayode,she is pregnant”His father
announced.
Richærd’s heart fell probably on the floor.
“It was just once,na”He thought,
frantically.He glanced at Tanure, she was
glaring at him.
“Did you do anything that would
result to this?”Bisi asked.
Richærd felt weak,it was useless trying to
lie to his mother.
“I… I did”He murmured.
“That settles it all, since you had put
her in the family way,we should start
making marriage preparation in
earnest”Baba announced.
Richærd wanted to speak but he couldn’t
find his voice,his throat had gotten so dry.
“Oluwakayode, I always knew you
would live up to your name,this is a great
bundle of joy we are expecting”Tunde said.
“Bundle of shit”Richærd thought.
Mr Ojaide placed a piece of paper in front
of him.
“That’s the list of things needed for
the wedding,her bride price and all….
come as soon as possible and marry her
before people would start to notice her
condition”He said calmly and walked back
to his seat.
“Someone please, wake me up from
this obnoxious dream”Richærd thought.
Later that day, the men were
outside,Bisi walked up to Tanure in her
new bedroom.
“You have to try and make this
work”She advised.
“Nothing’s going to work,Maami, I
won’t force him to like me”Tanure retorted.
“But you two are getting married,
the two of you will take care of this child,
you’re going to raise the child with hate?”
Tanure was quiet,she didn’t know if this
anger she felt towards Richærd would ever
subside.
“Anyway,you have to take good care
of yourself, Tanure, I already found good
names,if it is a boy,Akinjimi,if it is a girl,
Omotola”Bisi said smiling broadly.
Tanure smiled too, at least, there was one
person who cares about her.
Bisi walked up to Richærd whose face was
buried into his palms.
“You have to take good care of
Tanure”She began.
Richærd lifted up his head.”Maami,you
have to help me out of this, I don’t love…..”
“Weren’t you aware of that when you
were working your wa-ist on her?”
“It was just only…. ”
“I’m so disappointed in you,Kayo,
only one month you spent in the
village,you got her pregnant and
abandoned her,is that fair?”
“She chosed to believe me, I didn’t
force her into anything”He snapped.
“You have to change your ways now,if
you hurt her again,you would start having
second thoughts if I really am your
mother”She threatened and walked away.
Things were falling apart,this wasn’t
how he mapped out his life.Marrying a
village girl?How would he face Christine?
Her wealth?
Father Lord! How would he explain to
Christine that just a month he spent in
the village,he got a girl pregnant.
No wonder he had a bad feeling about
going to the village,he shouldn’t have gone
there.No!He should have avoided Tanure.
He never wanted to follow his father’s
footsteps,he just wanted one wife and
children.
But now,he didn’t want to lose
Christine and there was nothing that
could get him away from Tanure.
When Bisi,Mr Boyowa, Tunde and Mr
Ojaide left the following day, Richærd
stormed into Tanure’s room,he met her
lying down facing the wall.
“How could you have fallen pregnant?
Do you know that this could ruin me,you
could have just find a way to get rid of it
instead of creating problems for me”
She said nothing and it made him
livid.Maybe he should say something to
hurt her.
“I have a girlfriend and we’re planning
on spending our entire lives together,
you’re just an intruder,an obstacle”He
barked but she didn’t say anything.He was
furious,was she actually ignoring him?
“Tanure, I’m talking to you!”He
yelled.She turned around slowly.
“Are you through? if you are, please
leave,I want to sleep”She requested,
calmly.
Richærd was taken aback,why wasn’t she
already weeping.
“Listen…..”
“No,you listen,you’ve made it clear to
me that I meant nothing to you, I perfectly
understand my place in this house, you’re
not obligated to be with me, I don’t care
who you meet up with,I don’t care who you
bring to this house, I never wanted to see
you again, I can’t do anything about the
baby, I can’t turn back time,so for being a
fool before, I’m sorry, now please
leave”She said, furiously.
Richærd gulped,she had changed so much,
where was the naive village girl he
knew,he had expected that she would
break into tears and beg him to love her
but she clearly hated him now.
He walked out of her bedroom,if she
really wasn’t into him anymore,it was to
his advantage.
Tanure lay on the bed as tears
trickled sideways, continuously touching
the bed.She hated him…..she hated
Maami Funmi……she hated her
father…..she hated herself the most.
He had a girlfriend?she recalled the
times they were together, Richærd must’ve
always mocked her each time she said
she couldn’t wait to go to Lagos with him.
Now,she was here with a broken heart
and pregnant for someone who loves
another woman
….. probably a sophisticated woman.
She just had to live, even if the rest of
her life would be miserable.
Richærd went to pay her bride
price,they did a small traditional
marriage.Richærd didn’t even invite any of
his friends, not even his closest friend
Lanre.
He felt too ashamed to introduce a
village girl as his wife.
Christine would be home from Paris
soon,he had another problem to face,he
would have to make sure she doesn’t
come to his house.He sat on a couch in
the living room and stared at everyone
eating and drinking like a zombie.
This wasn’t just the type of marriage
he had planned to have.He had always
pictured himself on a suit standing at the
top of the aisle,his beautiful bride with her
glowing white gown and her face covered
with a veil would walk down the aisle to
meet him, they would say their wedding
vows and exchange rings,then he would
lift her veil and k-ss her…. and off to
America or Paris for their honeymoon.
He could never picture Tanure as his
bride.
He sighed.”This village girl has ruined
everything”
Things weren’t going smooth for
Richærd and his character transformed
from being cool and collective to a
quarrelsome young man.
He quarreled with Tanure almost every
day.If he loses any of his belongings,he
blamed her for it,if he had problems at
work,he blamed her for it,if his car
develops any fault,he blamed her for it.To
him,she was the reason for any bad thing
that occurs in his life.
But then, Tanure got used to it and
she would always call him a psycho which
made his anger intensified.
What was hærd to admit to himself
was that Tanure had the attributes of an
ideal wife.Her english was fluent and to
forget about Richærd’s constant reminder
that she was a badluck,she would go into
his study and read his inspirational
books.Richærd had been impressed seeing
her reading but he didn’t agree with his
subconsciousness.
Then was her cooking,the first day she
cooked for him,they had quarreled hotly
and he refused to eat though he had
salivated countlessly at the aroma that
filled the house, but he was just too proud
to back down.When she had gone to
bed,he sneaked into his own kitchen and
finished everything in the pot.
From that day,he didn’t miss her
meals for anything, even if they have a
heated argument,he would still sit down
and eat.He had stopped eating out and
ate just Tanure’s food.
The house was always clean and his
clothes properly washed and
ironed.Though,he had a washing machine
but she prefers using her hands.
All those only made him think of a
way to try and keep Tanure as his wife
then Christine as his lover.
Tanure heard the doorbell ringing,they
hærdly entertained any visitors,she knew
Richærd must’ve had friends and she
guessed he must have stopped them from
coming to his house because he was
ashamed to introduce her as his wife.
And she was indeed right.
She slowly opened the door to see a
stunningly beautiful woman staring at her
in disbelief.Tanure was five months gone
already.
“Who are you?”she asked, calmly.
” I should be asking you that
question and what the hell are you doing
here?”Christine asked, furiously.

TBC.