The pains of a lonely mother episode 8 – 9

THE PAINS OF A LONELY MOTHER 8&9
©️ Fardaykhemy Raheem

Back at Lagos

Jacob has packed his load into a bag and dragged it to the sitting room. He met his parents sitting in the front of the television.

“And! Where are you going to?” His dad asked

“I am going back to the village”

“The village! To do what?” He asked once again

“I have missed the village life and I can’t wait to be there back”.

“And what should happen to your fiancee here?” Her mum cut in.

“I dont have any fiancee here, the only fiancee I have is in the village”. He replied nonchalantly.

“You this boy, am I not your mother again, because I don’t understand. You have a beautiful wife here waiting for you. An educated woman for God sake . you want to leave her behind and went for a village girl. Like how does it sound to you?”

“Mum! You were once a village lady . We have had this conversation before why are you repeating it?”.

“For your information my stub-born son, you are going no where not until you get married”.

“Mum! I am sorry, I have to leave. I don’t have more strength to argue this morning” he said leaving while his parents called him back.
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Back at village
Ibiwunmi is waiting at the bus stop to receive her beloved man. She sat on a bench, looking forward to see him. She keep on peeping at every vehicle that stopped in her front.

After few minutes of waiting, she get tired.
Her eyes caught adeyinka the prince coming from afar. She looked away.

Adeyinka move faster to her side and ordered his guard to spare them some minutes.

“Ibiwunmi! How far?”

Silence

“Ibiwunmi! I am talking to you!

“Please adeyinka or what did they call your name, I am not in for any talk this morning. I am waiting for the love of my life here. Please don’t disturb me.

“But you know that you belong to me only. I have told the king about you and he is planning to call your parents for a visit”.

“Whether he called them because of my case or not, what I know is that I am not in love with you and, you can’t force me to love you”.

“Let’s wait and see” he said and left.

“This issue is getting out of hand o, what if his father order me to marry his son Nkor! I must do something to this. Where is Jacob?” She asked herself looking at the road.

A bus pulled over while everyone Alighted from the bus. Ibiwunmi move closer. Her eyes caught the back of a man pulling his bag. She run up to him and hugged him from the back

“Yipeeeee”

“I know it’s you” she said while Jacob faced her

“What if it’s someone else, slap would have landed on your face”. He said

“That person won’t dares to do that. I have missed you” she said hugging him while he hugged her back.

“Let’s go to my house” he said pulling her from his hug and lead the road.

They both entered the house and sit on the bed.

“How is Lagos and everything?”

“Lagos is good and I also bought alot of things for you”.

“Really!

“Yes nah! Let me rest a bit before unpacking everything” he said and l!e down.

Ibiwunmi went outside the house to cook for her fiancee. She pounded yam with melon soup along with the bush meat she bought before the arrival of her fiancee.

She covered the pots and went in,side the house. Jacob is deep into sleep while she sit beside him, starring at his body. She placed a soft k-ss on his forehead and l!e down beside him, placing her head on his chest and finally drifted off to sleep.

Ibiwunmi opened her eyes to see Jacob washing his hands.

“Ah! Ah!! You have eaten before me, you don’t even bother to wake me up” she accused him.

“I am sorry, I don’t want to disturb your sleep. Wow babe! Your food is delicious. Come and marry me” he teased.

“Yeah! That “marry” statement make me remember something now”.

“What is it?” He asked drawing closer to her.

“There is big problem oooo”.

“What problem is that?”

“The king will soon request my hand in marriage for his son and that means that you won’t have d Chance to marry me”.

“How can we revert this? And babe! My parents is against our Union too. I got back home to meet an arranged woman waiting for me. How is our life complicated like this …. Ibiwunmi I can’t leave you for any man in this world.

“I have an idea to stop my union with the prince but! What about your parents?” She said looking sad.

“Let’s stop the union between you and the king son first. I know what to do to my parents”.

“The only device I have is to loose my V-rginity” she said while Jacob opened his mouth in shock.

“Why is it through that method. I want us to wait till our wedding night”.

“If you don’t want to lose me. Then, you should dis flowered me and you will have me”.

“Can you explain to me in a better way because how does loosing V-rginity connect with you not getting married to the prince”.

She stand up, paced around the room before sitting on his laps.

She sighed and look up.

“You see, this village. It is a taboo for the prince to marry a disflowered woman. No man should sleep with the prince wife before he get married to him because once he marry a disflowered lady. The village won’t be in peace again. That is why we should do this now!!!!

“Ibiwunmi, you don’t have to worry about my parents. I know how to handle them”. He said while ibiwunmi stand up.

“Let’s keep the V-rginity till next week”.

“We should do whatever we want to do now, because the king will summon my parents any moment from now on” Ibiwunmi replied while Jacob covered his face with his two hands.

“This is serious!

“Very serious! I don’t want to do this now but……we ….we don’t have a choice. It is the only escape plan we have” she replied.

“No problem”. He said and move closer to the door. He locked it from the back and close the windows.

Ibiwunmi l!e on the bed with her heart beating furiously. She hope that her plan work out for them and Jacob won’t betr-ay her.

Jacob undressed and move closer to the bed. He lift her head up and k-ssed her.

They both ended together on the bed.
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Ibiwunmi opened her eyes and met herself on the bed na.k.ed with Jacob sleeping soundly beside her. She stand up and turned to look at the bed sheet. It was filled with her blood stain. Her pride! She just lost it that way. She sniffed back the tears that is threatening to fall from her face. It is getting late and she need to get back to her house.

She tapped him while he opened his eyes. He yawned and stretched his body.

“You are leaving right Ibiwunmi!

“Yes dear, I need to leave now. My parents will be waiting for me. I need to cook for them” she replied shyly. Jacob stand up and placed a k-ss on her l-ips.

“Don’t worry sweetheart! You have my promise. I will take care of the stain. Thanks for today and thanks for trusting me with your pride” he said while she dressed up quickly.

She left for her house quickly.
She entered her house and met her mum sitting on the chair with loads of gifts in her front beaming with smiles.

“Mama! Good evening ma!

“Evening my baby! We just hit the jackpot”.

“Jackpot!

“Yes my baby! The king summoned I and your dad”.

On mentioning the king. Her heart beats furiously.

“He said that his son see a flower in our garden and he wants to pluck it. He gifted us with all these gifts. I know that you have alot of good ness in you my beautiful daughter.

“Mum! I will implore you to return the gift because I am not interested” she replied shrugging her shoulder.

“You are not what!

“You will be interested in this because you are getting older and I want to see my grandchildren. A wealthy man wants to marry you and you wanted to decline it.its not done Ibiwunmi”..

“Mummy! You already know my fiancee! I can’t leave him”.

“I know him very well but he is not ready to marry you and I have not see the place where a woman will reje-ct the royal proposal. I want to be rich my daughter”.

“Mum! I am not doing ooo. I have my boyfriend and no one is separating us” she shouted.

“Whether you shout or not, what I know is that you will marry the prince. Hope you have not started sleeping with that guy?” Her mum asked

“What if I sleep with him!

“They don’t born you well! I will diso-wn you in this life. You must not lose this opportunity in front of you. Let it rings a bell in your ear. You must not allow him to touch you. It is against our tradition”

Ibiwunmi heart beat faster on hearing how her mum will disowned her. She kept mute after this.

“Go and cook for me oooo”

She went outside to cook for the family.
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After two weeks, her family is planning for her wedding with the prince. She kept mute over her V-rginity. Jacob can’t afford seeing Ibiwunmi with another man. He has slept with her twice after the last time they met.

Ibiwunmi is not allowed to go out like before because her mum is monitoring her every moment. She wants to be assured that her daughter is still pure.

Yemisi on her own part stop talking to Ibiwunmi after the last time they met about the prince. She concluded that she is not a good friend because she just snatched the prince from her.

Her remaining friends were surprised about her getting married to the prince because all what they know is Jacob and her. Everyone kept mute about it and congratulate her on her upcoming wedding.

Ibiwunmi always cry anytime she remembered her parents not allowing her to marry Jacob. She had no one to talk to. Jacob do sneak to her house sometimes but was caught the last time he see her. Ibiwunmi mum lambàsted him seriously that day, warning him off her daughter.

Few weeks to the wedding
Ibiwunmi fell ill and this got her parents worried. Adeyinka rushed to their house the day he heard about the news.

He tried to touch her forehead when she dusted his hand off her.

“Don’t you dare touch me” she shouted at him.

“You better get used to it because this is how I am going to touch you everyday after we get married. I can’t wait to touch every part of your body” he replied while she hissed at him.

“Mum! I will sent the palace priest to her to examine her” adeyinka said

“Alright your highness. I will be expecting them” her mum replied while Adeyinka left.

Ibiwunmi is more than scared now. She prayed in her heart that it is not pregnancy because she can’t afford to disgrace her parents. She only wants to be disV-rgined so that she won’t marry the prince not planning to get pregnant…….

TBC.