STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
OJOCHEMI MY VILLAGE BRIDE
EPISODE 13
MRS STELLA POV
All throu-ghthe night I couldn’t sleep, I was just worried about my son and my friend’s daughter….I know who my son is capable of doing, I know what Oscar can do…. though my friend has full confident in her daughter but you can only believe something you have only witness.
I heard a knock on my door and I immidiately knew it was Janet, because my husband had travelled the previous day
MRS STELLA
come inside Janet
She pulled the door and entered
JANET
good morning ma
MRS STELLA
morning janet…. how are you?
JANET
I’m well and you ma?
MRS STELLA
I thank God…. we have seen a new day.
JANET
but you don’t look happy ma, what is wrong?
MRS STELLA
nothing is wrong, I’m just worried about my son.
JANET
what has Oscar done again ?
MRS STELLA
that’s why I’m worried Janet, I don’t know what Oscar is doing to that poor innocent girl… what if he kills that girl?
JANET
haba ma, I don’t like when you sound like this … Oscar won’t kill anybody in Jesus name…. we should be positive about him.
MRS STELLA
of course I’m positive…. but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t say the truth when we see one.
JANET
stop worrying please, you know your health condition….. come down and have breakfast.
MRS STELLA
I feel like fasting for those children today, I will eat later okay.
JANET
ma you know you nee-d to take your drugs, you can’t fast ma….okay let me do the fasting for you….afterall I’m part of the family.
MRS STELLA
a mother’s prayer goes a long way my dear…. beside I’m just fasting till 12pm then I can have breakfast.
JANET
I don’t like this ma….I really don’t.
MRE STELLA
calm down Janet, I’m going to be fine…. go and eat.
JANET
how can I eat when you are fasting? we are going to do the fasting together.
MRS STELLA
oh janet…. sometimes I wonder what I would have done if I didn’t employe you that faithful day.
JANET
(she smiled and held my hands)
you are my God on earth ma, sometimes I cry secretly and pray God keeps you to see how Oscar will trun out to be a better man.
MRS STELLA
I pray God answers your prayer.
JANET
that reminds me, do you have Oscar’s gate man’s number?
MRS STELLA
I don’t have it….. why do you ask?
JANET
if we want someone to keep watch on Oscar and the girl….who do you think is in a better position to do that?
MRS STELLA
So we should place the gate man ad spy?
JANET
exactly ma
MRS STELLA
than I will go there later to get the number.
JANET
you don’t nee-d to stress yourself, once I finish with what I’m doing I will take a taxi and go there.
MRS STELLA
that’s good, because if chenemi sees me now…im sure she will bring down heaven for abandoning her.
JANET
more reason why I won’t let anyone know I came there.
MRS STELLA
thank you Janet.
JANET
it’s nothing ma….. excuse me please.
she said and left my room…. I felt lighter and a little happy, Janet always know how to calm me down with her words of wisdom….. I’m just praying that when she finally gets married, her husband should treat her more than she deserves.
MR PAUL POV
It’s been three days since my daughter left the village to the city, I have not heard anything from her…i can’t sleep or eat because I’m so worried about her..but my wife seem to care, she looks very okay and sleeps very well…. could it be that she’s not bordered at all? or she’s just pretending but de-ep down she’s worried over her only daughter.
She brou-ght a plate of moi moi and pap for me, with a cu-p of water.
MR PAUL
my darling wife, please seat down I want to talk to you.
MRS PAUL
eat your food first, we will talk after you finish eating.
MR PAUL
have you ever seen a man who sleep when his house is on fire?
MRS PAUL
then that man is a f**l… why the proverb my husband…. what is bordering you?
MR PAUL
I’m worried my wife, since your friend took our daughter to the city have you heard from her?
MRS PAUL
(She smiled)
honey, don’t tell me you are already missing your daughter?
MR PAUL
I’m just worried…. it’s been three days and we haven’t heard from our daughter..what if something bad had happened to her?
MRS PAUL
God forbid bad thing, nothing has happened to my child….in fact you are the one that reminded me….I spoke to Stella yesterday… she told me our daughter is fine and she went to lesson.
MR PAUL
serious? ojochemi has already started going to school? oh I’m so proud of that daughter of mine….she kept to her promise.
MRS PAUL POV
how would I tell my husband I sent hsi precious gift away just to go help my friend’s son…. how do i tell him I married his daughter off to a beast without his consent… my husband had never hit me, not even for once….its not as if I don’t dare him, I do but he loves me too much to overlook my mischief…. but would he overlook this one if he finds out ojochemi is living with a man and not just any man but a monster?
I wonder why my friend too have not called me to tell me the situation of things there…. despite how stubborn ojochemi is, she’s still my one and only chikd…I would die if anything happens to her…. I will use my husband’s phone to call her later when his not with his phone to hear from her and know what is happening.
OSCAR POV
my day was busy as usual, I had a lost of meeting to attend, a lot of people to see and docu-ments to sign…. finally my day came to an end and closed for the day… I took my laptop and left the office.
At the garage I was about entering my car when I sighted Tony.
OSCAR
where did you appear from?
TONY
I appeared from heaven silly…. how far?
he shook my hand and kept me a brotherly hu-g
OSCAR
I’m good…. but really where are you coming from and where is your car?
TONY
i just closed from worki so I decided to come and see my friend….as for my car, I wasn’t in the mood to drive this morning to work so I use an Uber.
OSCAR
big man…. I already clsoed, let’s go to some place and have fun na
TONY
let’s go to your house insread
OSCAR
my house? why my house?
TONY
I don’t un-derstand, can’t I visit my friend in his house again?
OSCAR
I didn’t say that, you know you are always welcome at my place.
TONY
then let’s go…..shall we?
before I could even say anything he walked to the other side and sat down…. I had no choice but to enter too.
thinking of that crazy girl at home makes it very uneasy for me to take any of my friends home.
STORY BY DEBORAH PAUL
OJOCHEMI MY VILLAGE BRIDE
EPISODE 14
TONY’S POV
I was having lunch with a business as-sociate when Mrs Stella called, I couldn’t answer her call then because it won’t be proper so i just ignored the call…. immidiately I returned back to my office I called her back.
FLASHBACK
I dialed her number and she answered the phone immediately.
MRS STELLA
tony how are you?
TONY
I’m fine mummy, good afternoon ma
MRS STELLA
afternoon… it’s been a while, the last time I asked of you Oscar told me you were out of town
TONY
I’m back ma… how have you been? how’s daddy too?
MRS STELLA
We are very well thank you…. how’s work
TONY
work is there oh, is money we are praying for.
MRS STELLA
(she giggles)
God will do it for us all.
TONY
Amen mum.
MRS STELLA
Tony….i called you because of your friend
TONY
you sound worried mum, hope Oscar has not done something bad again?
She explained everything to me and how far she went in bringing a woman who is exactly like her son home to live with him…..after explaining everything to me I couldn’t help but feel very bad for the poor woman…its a thing of shame to see a full grown man asking like a crazy person just because he can’t control his temper.
I picked interest when she told me the gi slapped Oscar and he didn’t do anything… like I don’t thing you guys know who Oscar is….. a girl who slap Oscar and she’s still alive? I highly doubt that…. my curiosity stepped in and I really wanted to meet that John Cena that slapped my friend and went away with it.
TONY
I have heard what you said mum, after work I will go check up on them to see how they are treating each other.
MRS STELLA
please I nee-d a favour from you my child.
TONY
anything ma, I will do it if I can.
MRS STELLA
I want you to join them together, always find a way to make them be in one place…. pair them together so they can learn to tolerate each other.
TONY
honestly mum you know that would be difficult, my friend is a very stubborn man… you won’t believe he hates poor people… and you just said she is from the village…there’s no way your son would agree to stay in one room with that lady.
MRS STELLA
I know but please you have to try….you know he listen to you too.
TONY
I will try my best mum…. I have to go now…. take care of yourself.
MRS STELLA
bye son.
I hung the call and dropped my phone….I still couldn’t believe someone slapped my friend and she’s still alive.
PRESENT TIME
We got to Oscar’s house and the gate man opened the door for him to drive in.
all throu-ghhe kept asking me to change my mind so we could go to another place to rest but I totally refuse… how can I follow him to another place when I want to go and meet Mrs john cena.
in fact the way he was driving was even annoying me, it was as if the car was not moving….I wanted to reach home early so I could meet her.
immidiately he parked in his garage I came down from the car and went inside, I didn’t make it obvious so he would know I’m expecting to meet someone in his house.
I opened the living room door and my nose was welcome with a local dish…. I immediately went back outside to wait for my friend.
He joined me and looked at me strangely
OSCAR
why are you outside? go inside na
TONY
something is happening inside your house man.
OSCAR
my room? and what’s that?
TONY
open the door and see for yourself.
He pushed me aside and opened the door, I made sure to stare at his face so I could get the expression his face his face would bring.
His face was expressionless, I couldn’t tell if he was happy that a good aroma
was coming out from his room or he was angry.
OSCAR
what’s that smell?
TONY
that isn’t smell that’s a sweet aroma of a native delicacy….. you never told me manda could cook this well.
OSCAR
(He hissed)
and who said Manda is here? that’s the bush girl my mum brou-ght from the village.
TONY
your mother brou-ght a wife for you and you didn’t tell me?
OSCAR
if it’s a joke you better stop it, I’m not married okay….so stop talking nonsense and come and seat down.
TONY
how can I seat down with this kind of aroma? I’m going to look for where this aroma is coming from.
I pushed him aside and headed for the kitchen, a curvy lady had her back against the door and from her dressing I could say mum really went far in bringing a local girl for my friend.
TONY
Hi…..
I said politely and she turn to face me, she was so lost in her cooking that she didn’t even notice my presence.
She looked at me with this look that says “who are you?
TONY
I’m Tony, Oscar’s friend…. nice to meet you?
LADY
I’m ojochemi, but I can’t shake you…. I can never trust all this city people….you all can be so mischievous.
I was lost in her beauty, I’m not the type to fli-rt but seeing at her beauty made me to wonder if she was human or an angel.
at that moment I wanted nothing more than for us to be friends and get to know each other even more..
I didn’t know I had stare at her for so long that she had to even snap her finger in front of my face before I came back to my sense.
TONY
Can I have a taste of that?
OJOCHEMI
sure….you can wait, when it’s ready I will give you….where is your friend?
TONY
his in the living room I guess.
OJOCHEMI
oh okay.
TONY
what’s that your name again?
OJOCHEMI
bros nawa ooh, I just tell you my name na…
TONY
please remind me again….i won’t forget.
OJOCHEMI
my name is ojo-chene-mi, but you can call me chenemi or oj
TONY
I prefer to call you chenemi.
Before I knew it we were already talking and laughing like two best friends and honestly I would admit chenemi is a fun person…. no dull moment with her at all.
OSCAR POV
I went upstairs to freshen up, I was very happy when I saw the new look of my room, my gategatean had change my sheet and dispose of the old one…. I laid on my bed feeling very relax and happy.
suddenly Tony crossed my mind and I wondered what he was doing in the kitchen with that local bush girl….. He called that disgusting smell aroma? like who eats that ru-bbish…. come to think of it, who thought her how to use the cylinder? because I could swear she didn’t know how to use it.
I got up from my bed and went into my bathroom to shower, few minutes later I came out and was surprised Tony had not return yet…. I ru-bbed my cream and wore a white t-shirt and a short Jean before going downstairs to cheek my friend.
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