MMESOMA’S
DILEMMA
Chapter 16(Semi Final)
Surprise, surprise everyone, who missed me?” Irene asked as she stepped into the parlour. She was beaming with smiles, clearly delighted to see how shocked we were, Afam and his siblings looked like their mother had betrayed them, the
Arsenal was confused because grandma clearly did not factor in ex-girlfriend and baby mama drama, Mr.
. Chibueze, my siblings and my parents looked uncomfortable.
I, however, needed to get back to my beauty sleep; the drama was too much.
“Irene, what bullshit have you being feeding my mother?” Afam asked . I looked at my baby brother whose eyes were wide open; I did not want him listening to all this nonsense.
“Bullshit? Nigga shut up; did you seriously think that I would allow you disrespect me like that? You thought I would let you play that kind of game with me?” she asked him and he looked away, angry and shocked.
“Shebi I told you that she is crazy, you did not want to listen; now she has set out to destroy your life. Mummy even believes her more than she believes you”, Ada said as she glared at Afam.
“Mummy, I still do not un-derstand how you can believe anything she says, Irene does not get the award for most sincere person and before you dragged everyone here and began to insult Meso, why did you not first ask Afam whether the things you are hearing are true? Now see”, Tobe added
. Their mother stared on in shock, just opening and closing her mouth like a fish, she clearly did not expect her children to give her this kind of backlash.
Sorry, not sorry.
“Irene, come and be going, as a family we are tired of your severe foolishness, he should have ended things with you years ago, I still don’t know what he ever saw in you sef”, Ada continued, the young lady was on a roll.
It is as if today is the day all the shy people get sa-ssy, first my mom and now Ada.
“See ehn Afam, keep your baby sister on a leash. Mummy, I was not lying, Mmesoma is telling anyone who cares to listen that so many girls have had ab-ortions for Afam, she is even telling people that there is a girl currently pregnant for him. Why would I be making such things up?” she asked God knows who, because everyone was just glaring at her.
“Wait first, what does my sister have to do with this? And, who says they are lies anyway? I just want to know all those girls doing ab-ortions for him considering the fact that for so long, you have been his only known girlfriend and considering how your violent nature is popular, no one would be trying to steal your man from you”, Ezinne pointed out.
“Will you shut up? Can you see your ages mate here?” Irene said as she took a step towards Ezinne.
“No, you should shut up because no one will put up with your stupidity again. The girl is right, and I have some questions of mine, when did you hear Mmesoma telling everyone this? You might have my mother fooled but that is all, none of us believe you and believe me when I say I would do everything possible to ensure that you get out of Afam’s life and stay out of it!”, Ada fired back as she stepped between Irene and Ezinne.
The tension in the room was thick, my grandma was sitting down, she was clearly very confused and did not un-derstand how all these affected her own plans. Her own was that Afam and Mmesoma would get married even if he has a harem of women and a thousand children. My aunts were so hooked; it was like watching a reality TV show.
“Ada you really need to shut up! I am tired of you always ruining my life! This whole thing is your fault, you were the reason they met each other, if you were not such a light drinker and a clumsy fool, Nnenna would never have had to take you home and Afam would never have had to meet her. It is your fault that my life is so messed up right now!” she screamed at Ada.
“Who is Nnenna?” Mr Chibueze asked.
“I was about to ask that”, my grandma added.
“She is the girl who is pregnant for Afam the who-re who sabotaged my relationship”, Irene responded.
“She is the girl Afam would rather spend the rest of his life with, she is the girl any of us would rather see him with sef”, Ada retorted.
These ones sha hate each other.
“She is the
“Well, she is all these but most importantly, she is the infamous Nnenna Duru, the only daughter of Cyprian and Sopuru Duru, the king and queen of the power circle”, Ezinne added with a sm-irk. Grandma was seriously frowning, my parents, Afam’s parents and my aunts were in shock.
“The Duru’s do not have a daughter”, aunty Kainene said in a matter-of-fact tone.
“Yes they do and it is always so annoying when I have to explain my existence to people”, a new voice responded.
We all turned to face the parlor door and in walked a smiling Nnenna Duru, who was actually just as beautiful as they all claimed she was, flanked my all her brothers and her parents.
Suddenly my parlor felt so small and it was as if air was not flowing well again.
“Good evening, my name is Nnenna Duru and it is a plea-sure to meet you all”, she said when suddenly grandma fainted.
Is like I will not sleep that sleep again today.
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“Mummy wake up o” “Somebody bring water”
My aunts went into a flurry of movement while my father looked petrified. Dozie hurried into the kitchen and came out with a small bowl filled with water and we sprinkled some on her face. Afam and Tobe laid her on the couch and we stared in shock and prayed silently while we waited for her to wake up.
If this woman died ehn, my family would always be blamed for killing her and that is just too much drama for us biko.
I had already began to ask God why he would want to make my life a living hell when she suddenly spoke.
“Cyprian and Sopuru, what brings you both here? This is none of your business”
With my dad’s help she sits up slowly and for a few minutes she looks so frail but slowly life comes back into her eyes and she begins to look angry.
“We are here with our daughter to ensure that the father of her baby does not marry someone else. We are very involved”, Mrs . Duru responded. Oh lord, the sa-ss!
“Wow, Nnenna you said you were not going to tell anyone, this is surprising, at least you should have let me know that they know” Ada said, looking at Nnenna.
“I am sorry, I do not know how they found out but they got me to come here, at least this way everyone would be happy”, Nnenna responded as she looked at me.
“Wait, since when did you have a daughter?” aunty Somto asked and I tried not to grin; it felt good to see my aunts so shocked, grandma however still looked so calm as if all this were something she expected.
“Clap for yourselves”, grandma said as she began to clap, a grin sitting on her face. No one said anything, so she continued.
“So your daughter, who up till today did not exist, is suddenly pregnant for my granddaughter’s fiancé?” she asked.
Mrs
. Chibueze gave my grandma a funny look, from her eyes I could tell she was calculating how this would benefit her family, and with the way she was looking at grandma all talks of the engagement were about to end.
This is going to end fas-ter than I thought.
“Sorry, their engagement is not yet official so you cannot call my son her fiancé”, she countered.
Oh no, she didn’t!
My grandma gasped in shock, she clearly never expected this movie; my siblings and I tried not to laugh while my parents and aunts were very surprised.
“Uju, how dare you say that? This is what your mother wanted, and I do not care who is pregnant for him, Afam and Mmesoma would get married”, grandma retorted.
“Listen here, my daughter is not going to become a single mother when the man she is pregnant for wants to marry her and the only thing preventing their union is a girl who does not even want to even marry him”, Mrs.
. Duru retorted.
“Oh please, I do not believe she is your daughter. The last time I checked, the only daughter you
ever had was dead, so care to explain this new development?” grandma was on a roll.
“That is a personal issue and absolutely none of your business”, Mr. Duru snapped.
Sir, no vex, is question we ask.
“Oh, it is my business; you show up suddenly with your supposedly pregnant daughter and think you win? No way!” she snapped back.
Sweet Jesus!
“Mummy, please, this is not about you, it is about the children. Plus, how do you want to fight this, they say she is their daughter, whether she resurrected from the dead or they adopted her last week is not our business”, my father said, he sounded so pissed.
“Christ! This is too funny” Irene said as she watched us with a grin. bitc-h!
“Why are we still arguing this? The engagement is cancelled, my mother is dead. End of story!” the way Mrs. Chibueze dismissed the matter made me stare in shock.
The air in the room turned tense, this was indeed the ultimate showdown and all the important players were here. Grandma clearly could not believe that the marriage she so badly wanted to happen was not happening and I found myself thanking God for Nnenna’s unborn baby who was already making all my dreams come true.
“You heard her, now can everyone start going to their various houses, my house feels really crowded”, my mom said as she sat down with a half-asleep Dubem in her arms.
Mummy preach! Louder for those at the back sef!
“This is ru-bbish!” grandma screamed.
This woman is trying to get die from heart failure o.
“See, this entire marriage was a plan made by people from your generation. How is it our business what you guys wanted to happen? Afam and Mmesoma do not want it to happen, their immediate family members do not want it to happen and with the arrival of a girl who is pregnant for him, you are beginning to look selfish”, Ezinne said and I could not hold my giggles, grandma looked like she would faint, my aunts were in shock.
“Wait o, what have we missed?” a new voice asked and I watched in shock Dara and her mom pushed their way into our currently overcrowded parlor. Drama does not pa-ss them by.
“Tinu! Thank you so much for telling early, the previous engagement has been called off”, Mrs. Duru was so happy.
“Wait, what about me?”
We all turned to see a really annoyed Irene glaring at us.
Holy hell, now what?!
Tbc..