JUST A LITTLE SIN
Episode 31.
By AMAH’S HEART.
Yoara has an old Android that he’s not using, is usually on top of his room dresser, I sometimes use it to listen to radio at night after charging it.
I could have be using it but the two side for sim card is bad. No sim card can fit in well and the screen is broken too.
Which was why Yoara dumped it, but I charge it for radio and Yoara doesn’t mind. He even suggest if he would fix it for me whenever he have money because the phone repairer he once took it to was calling big amount of money to repair it which is almost equivalent to new phone amount but I told him not to bother.
I’m fine with my small bu-tton phone.
Every other thing works on the bad phone. It also has an internal memory.
As I was about going to the door to open for whoever was there, I saw the phone lying carelessly on the ground.
It seems it was off because is been a while I use it for radio.
I picked it up and found out that the battery was low.
It was just about 8percent remaining.
I quickly checked if it can record.
The knock was coming har-der on the door.
As I was working towards the door I kept trying to know how the recording works because I haven’t tried before.
I finally got it right but my only wish is that the battery will not go off in the process because it was already 6 percent, I silently hope that is Chumi that was actually at the door.
If not my whole efforts on the phone will be a waste.
I carefully set it on record, hide it within as I opened the door.
My instinct was correct, Chumi was at the door.
“You forgot something? Thought you left with Yoara… what do you want?
I asked, I don’t want anything that will affect my time today..” I said to her.
Omie has sent in the address and I’m meant to be there by 12pm
Is almost 10am already.
I need to be on my way. Is better I arrive earlier before the expected time than late
I can’t predict the road or traffic, I just don’t want to be late at all and I also don’t want to miss out recording Chumi for real this time.
Who knows what she was going to say, her words will serve as my only evidence and that’s if the phone doesn’t disappoint me by going off or something happening to it.
I hope everything works out perfectly.
“Yoara has gone to work, I made sure he was fine before coming back to meeting you..”
“So what do you want? I’m going out as you can see and don’t need any unnecessary delay.
She walked past me into the house and stood close to the exact place I was hiding the phone.
That must be coincidence.
“You want to punish me for everything I did to you and after you’re done you will then exp-ose me right? Isn’t that what you plan to do…and that’s why you didn’t show your brother the picture or recording that you have of me..?
“Punish you? I’m not sure you know me at all Chumi”
“Then what exactly are you doing Tomasi? I know I was harsh and didn’t hide my hatred for you, I guess is time for you to get back at me and make me pay for my sin against you..”
“Don’t try to predict what I’m up to because you can’t, you will continue failing if you try. Chumi, say the reason why you’re here. I don’t have time for a petty chat..”
She gave a de-eper breath and started speaking calmly, I wish can be louder so that the recording will pick her words clearly.
“Ellie is my daughter but if Yoara knows about her, he won’t want to marry me or have anything with me. Did you know that is ha-rd for a single mother to get married in this country, especially in the church we worship. My pastor said he will sponsor our wedding, take care of the whole expenses because we’re not only members, we are both ministers in the church and many people look up to us. The wedding will no longer hold if they find out that I’m a single mother. People will look at me as a sinner and start judging me in a worldly way. Just like you’re doing right now, you’re judging me and trying to punish me with my past mistakes. What do you think Yoara will do if he finds out and also the church that respects me greatly. Yoara will do worst..and that’s why I decided to keep it a secret. Tomasi, please don’t tell your brother anything. I really want to settle down with a God fearing man that cares about me and there’s no better person than Yoara. Don’t spoil this for me… I’m ready to pay you any reasonable amount you want”
“You’re only been self centered, thinking about yourself and what you’re going to loose if Yoara and the church finds out who you truly are. You’re not thinking of what all of this will cause for Yoara, If you love Yoara then you shouldn’t have hide such a huge secret from him. Your excuses of being a single mom and not being marriageable is a big lie. I have seen single mothers get married to good men and so is singles ladies. Why didn’t you marry the father of your child? What about the cheating part of this whole thing? You’re still seeing another man and you’re not even talking about that because it doesn’t seem like anything to you right? You’re seeing Jones and Yoara, cheating proudly and deceiving both men…”
I was loud enough.
She shakes her head, signaling a no”.
“I really don’t have a choice Tomasi, the man you saw yesterday with me is the father of Ellie. That’s Jones and he comes around to see his daughter and give me something to care for her that’s all. I’m not really dating him, he’s only coming to do his responsibility and then he leaves..”
I felt so angry because Chumi thinks everyone is foølish like her.
“Why not marry him, he comes to care for his daughter and then leave.. really? You were all smiles and loving up in the dark of the street. I guess you couldn’t do much inside the room probably because of Ellie and decided to bring the roma-nce to the street. Marry him and leave Yoara alone, you don’t deserve my brother at all?
“He’s married Tomasi, Jones is a married man. He has a wife and three children. I didn’t know that he was married when we started but along the line I found out, truthfully, I have already fallen for him and couldn’t just leave immediately, I was struggling to leave when I found out that I was pregnant. At first I didn’t know what to do, Jones asked me to keep the pregnancy and I did. His wife is aware and had accosted me severally but I let her un-derstand that I wasn’t after her Marriage and i wasn’t asking Jones to leave her and marry me, all I was after is for him to take care of his daughter, Ellie. It was later agreed upon that he will do so and he only comes around to see her but Ellie doesn’t know that Jones is her Dad. Well, he tries to get involve with me romantically but I refused. Tomasi, my story is complicated and that’s why I decided to keep it away from the public and I will appreciate if you can do that too for me. I promise to pay you handsomely…”
I asked her to leave because I was almost late to where I was going.
“…I want you to atleast think about the money, since you’re jobless…I mean jobless at the moment. I don’t mean it as an insult. the money I’m offering you will go a long way and will certainly change your life..”
I insisted that she leaves because it was 10:30am already.
I needed to run and to check if the phone is still on.
She reminded me of the money that she was offering and asked me to think about it all and not spoil her future because of the hatred I probably have for her
I closed the door as she walked out.
I ran to the phone and quickly check if it recorded everything but scream left my mouth on realizing that the phone was already off.
I was heart broken and wanted to go and charge it to see if it recorded anything but it was almost 11pm.
I left it there and ran out of the house in a hurry.
I hope I won’t be late for the interview.
That phone really disappointed me when I needed it the most.
I will check it if it recorded anything at all when I return back.
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