#WHEN_LOVE_JUST_HAPPENS_2
EPISODE 29
Jeffery paced the room as he waited for Jane to come out of the bathroom with the test results. What was keeping her, why was she taking so long to come out? He didn’t know why, but de-ep down, he was wishing the result comes out positive.
Finally she c@m£ out with a test str!p, and showed it to him. “it’s negative” she said calmly. “I used four different test str!ps, and they all c@m£ out negative”
“Okay, so it was just a scare” Jeffery sat down on the be-d. “Come sit down, you look so pale” Jane joined him to sit on the be-d.
“Why are you so scared of getting pregnant?”
“I alre-ady told you, I want to be able to have started my own business, before having children”
“Do you think, having children will make you not to be able to actualize your dreams?”
“Not really” she placed her head on his shoulders. “I just fear that; I might get carried away or get too busy with the affairs of being a wife and a mother, and I might not remember my own dreams and aspirations”
“And you think I would allow that to happen?” He raised her head from his shoulders, and then changed his seating position, so he was facing her. “I will never allow you to forget, or not pursue your dreams and aspirations for any reason. I’m not getting married to you so you could become a baby ma-king machine, or some wife who always cleans up after her husband, and then does nothing else for herself. If that’s what I wanted, I would have hired someone to bear me children, and then get a nanny and a maid to look after them” He placed his forehead on hers. “Baby, we are going to help each other, reach our fullest potential. Marriage is for companionsh!p, and p@rt of my duty as a husband is to see to it that you as my wife lives the life of her dreams”
“Oh Jeff” she hvgged him ti-ghtly. “I don’t know what I have done to deserve a man like you, I love you so much, and I promise to be a loving wife”
Jeffery smiled at her sudden bur-st of emotion. “I love you too baby”
They remained in that position for about five minutes, before Jane remembered they were supposed to see some houses.
“Jeff?”
“Yes baby?”
“You said you were going to tell me why we were getting a new house, when you c@m£?”
“I don’t want us raising a family in that house, it has a lot of sad memories in it”
“Is it because of my kidnap?”
“Yes, I just want us to get somewhere new, and start afresh”
“Okay, that’s fine by me, though I like the kitchen in this house” Jane pouted as she spoke.
“And we will choose a house, that has a bigger and better kitchen than this one”
Since they couldn’t go and inspect the house anymore, they decided to go out and get something to eat, and when they were done, Jeffery dropped Jane off at her place before going back to his place.
Amaka was supposed to meet with Dele after work, so they could discuss about some of the things, they were going to be doing for Jane and Jeffery on their wedding day. Since they were both going to be the best man and bridesmaid.
The appointment was set for 6pm, and Amaka made sure to get there before 6. It’s alre-ady 7pm, and Dele wasn’t there yet. Amaka was alre-ady fuming with anger. “Who does he think he is, to keep me waiting? And he didn’t even call to inform me, he would be running late” she was alre-ady getting famished, she had wanted to order for something to eat from the restaurant, but their food was too expensive, who sells a plate of rice for five thousand naira? All thanks to Dele who insisted they met in this restaurant, now she’s not only has to wait for him, but she has to starve while doing so.
Dele parked his car some distance from the restaurant, he arrived since 5:30pm, he even saw Amaka when she walked in, but chose to stay in his car for an extra hour, he wanted to make sure Amaka got there before him.
His intention was to get her angry, he was missing the old Amaka. Ever since she got back from her visit at her mother’s, all she has done, is be courteous to him, severally he has tried to get on her nerves, but all she ever does is, smile and walk away. He looked at his watch and saw it was alre-ady 7pm, he decided to it was time for him to go in. He was one hour late, and that was enough time for Amaka to be pissed at him, and for the old Amaka to come out to pla-y.
When Dele walked into the resturant, he sighted Amaka, picking up her purse to leave. So he quic-kly rushed to where she was.
“Hi Amaka, good evening” he greeted blocking her way from leaving.
“What is good about this evening Dele? Look at your time, aren’t we supposed to meet by 6?” Amaka asked in annoyance.
“I’m sorry, I lost track of time at the office. I’m sorry”
“Then you should have called, or what do think a phone is meant for? ma-king soup?”
Dele tried to stifle laughter, so he ended up smiling.
“Oh, it’s funny to you? It’s funny that you kept me waiting here for over an hour? You know what? I’m out of here” Amaka angrily pushed him out of her way, and stormed out of the restaurant, while Dele chased after her.
“Amaka I’m sorry”
“No you are not, I know you have been around for over an hour, because I saw that same car you c@m£ out from, in the parking lot when I walked in. What do you think I am, a fool?”
“No.. I ..” Dele was short of words, for he has been caught.
“Goodbye Dele, every meeting or discussion that we would be having regarding the wedding, will be held via Zoom” with that said, Amaka walked out on Dele.
When Jeffery was done dropping Jane off at her place, he decided to pay his parents a visit, it’s better he nips this issue between him and his mother in the bud.
“Ronke, I have told you to l@ythis matter to rest, I still don’t un-derstand why you are still flogging this issue” Jeffery’s father said to his mother, as they all sat in the living room to discuss the issue.
“You of all people, should un-derstand what I am trying to do here, I just want to make sure our son is marrying someone from a good family” Jeffery’s mother spoke with so much pain and fear in her voice.
“And I have told you severally, you don’t have to be scared, Jane is a good girl, you said so yourself” her husband spoke so softly, as he put his right hand around her shoulders.
“Mummy, I un-derstand you are only looking out for me, but you nee-d not worry yourself. Jane is a good girl, and she is the one I would want to marry. Remember you have been the one on my n£¢k about getting married?”
“If you all say so, then I will have to l@ythe matter to rest then”
“Now that’s what I’m talking about” Mr. Ademola gave his wife a pe-ck on her cheeks, ma-king her blus-h. “Now we can proceed, Jeffery has Jane’s uncle s£nt you the list for the bride price and introduction?”
“Yes, I received it this morning” Jeffery took out a folded paper from his pocket and handed it over to his father who went throu-gh it with his mother.
“It’s okay, so I will inform my kinsmen, so they can all get re-ady, by next week we will go over to Enugu, and perform the necessary traditional rites. Congratulations my son, you are about to become a real man”
“Thank you Dad”
As Jeffery drove back to his place, he was over the moon with joy, he has been able to convince his mother to forget about looking for Jane’s birth parents before they could get married. The only problem he nee-ded to take care of was Lauretha, and her outrageous demand. That moment, as if the law of attra-ction was taking place, Jeffery’s phone rang, and it was Lauretha calling him.
“Hello Lauretha, what’s up?”
“Jeffery… plea-se I nee-d you to come, plea-se” her voice was panicky.
“Lauretha, what is the problem? Are you okay?”
“It’s Remi”
It took Jeffery some seconds, before he remembered she was talking about their son, he only got to know the boy’s name was Remi when they met at the car park earlier.
“Yes, what is wrong with him?”
“He suddenly started running temperature after we got back this afternoon, and now it’s gotten worse. plea-se I nee-d you to come down quic-kly so we can take him to the hospital”
“Alright, s£nd me your address, and I will be right there”
“Alright, thank you so much Jeffery”
After Lauretha dropped the call, Jeffery received a text from her with her address. Jeffery immediately reversed the car and drove to Lauretha’s place.
When he got there, Lauretha c@m£ out and opened the door for him.
“Where is he?” Jeffery asked as they got inside.
“Oh, you don’t have to worry, my neighbor alre-ady helped me take him to the hospital. plea-se have your seat”
“If your neighbor took him to the hospital, then why are you here? Why aren’t you in the hospital with him?” Jeffery asked, not quite un-derstanding why she would be sitting down so relaxed, while her son was alone in the hospital with some unknown stranger, except he was never sick in the first place, it was then it hit Jeffery. Lauretha had lured him into coming to her place with the pretense of their son being sick.
“Jeffery calm down, you worry too much” She dismissed his concern with a wave of hand.
“Was that boy even sick at all?”
“No, I’m sorry but, that was the only way I knew I could get you to come see me”
“If you wanted us to see Lauretha, you could have just said so, there was no nee-d for you to lie”
“I’m sorry Jeffery, but I really nee-ded to see you” she said remorsefully.
“It’s okay, I’m here now, so what’s up?”
“Jeffery, why can’t you love me? Am I so unlovable?” She tried to get closer, but Jeffery stepped back to put some distance between them.
“Lauretha, I have alre-ady told you before, my heart belongs to someone else. I’m sure you will find someone else, who will love you, just like you truly deserve”
“But it’s you I want, no one else but you, plea-se love me Jeffery” and that moment, she threw herself at Jeffery and k!$$£d him. Jeffery immediately pushed her away, but she alre-ady k!$$£d him.
“Are you out of your mind?” Jeffery demanded in anger.
“Let’s see what your lovely fiancée is going to say, when she finds out you k!$$£d someone else” Lauretha said smiling.
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