The next evening, Emmanuel was in our house as if someone alerted him of what we discovered. He came straight to my room, sat on the bed and stared at me nervously. I sat up and stared back at him with a ferocious look, breathing heavily as i tried so hard to control my emotions.
βDearie please calm down, the love i have for you is very sincere, listen to me darling, please listen to meβ he pleaded nervously.
βYou are just so heartless. You thought you could hide such a big scandal from me didnβt you, or have you cooked up another lie, common spin it outβ i said angrily. He shuddered as my words hit him hard, forcing him to look down remorsefully.
βI couldnβt get myself to tell you about it because i was very scared of your reaction, i couldnβt risk losing you over a silly mistakeβ he murmured earnestly, βthe girl was a mistake and i have nothing to do with the mother anymore, please believe me. It was only a one night stand i regret ever doing, please donβt judge me over it. Judge me for who iβm and not for who i was pleaseβ he begged,
βI want to see the little girl and her mother. I want to see them before i say anything else to youβ i requested seriously. His hands shook as he tried to hold my waist, he breathed deeply and stared at me curiously.
βDonβt tell me you are already changing your mind over us?β he asked with a coloured face. I scoffed and looked away.
βIβm not happy with you and i have nothing else to say till i see your little daughter and her mumβ I concluded bitterly.
βThis is so unfair Mary, why do you insist on seeing them? I canβt let you see them, i just canβtβ he murmured sadly, while i forced out a dry smile.
I demanded to see the girl and her mother because i wanted to get first hand information, concerning the level of relationship they enjoy with him. Moreover i really couldnβt bear standing between anyoneβs happiness especially when a child is involved. I hate seeing a child grow up without a father. I know to some people it matters not, but to me it matters alot.
βWhat you are asking of me is very outrageous, i canβt do it. Moreover they are not living with me and i canβt take you to her houseβ he explained seriously,
βThen invite her to yours or somewhere conducive for us to meetβ i insisted.
βMeet over what?β, βand what exactly do you expect me to tell her huh?, that my fiancee wantβs to see her, you are very insensitive to another personβs plight, you only think about yourself which isnβt good.β βI understood and was reasonable with you when you were virtually living with Samuel, why canβt you respect my feelings?, infact i canβt stand you this evening, iβm leavingβ he poured out angrily, stood up and left the room, while i silently reflected over his words.
βOh my God, he just accused me of being insensitive and selfish. Is he right?β i gasped and wondered.
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Mum ran into my room few minutes later, with concern written all over her face,
βHope you werenβt hard on him?β she curiously asked, while i picked my nose
βThe poor boy is in bad shape, looking very troubled and sad in the sitting room. Tell me, what did you say to him?β she inquired seriously.
βI only asked to see his daughter before deciding anything, but he suddenly grew very intense and annoying. Imagine the boldnessβ I complained to Mum, who calmly sat beside me, held my left hand and smiled at me.
βYou should have been more understanding and diplomatic with your request. Go talk to him dear, I believe you guys can sort things out or are you changing your mind about him already?β She asked. I rolled my eyes and smiled at her.
βOh mum donβt ask me that question, but the truth is that i canβt help but feel for the child and her mother. I canβt imagine what he told the poor girl before doing the deed which got her pregnantβ I explained.
βYou are right my dearβ she said with a nod, βYou are always very considerate of other peopleβs feelingsβ she said softly. I smiled,
βBut Emmanuel just accused me of being selfish and insensitiveβ i murmured,
βOh please, go and settle with him jareβ she stood up and dragged me to the sitting room, where Emmanuel sat with a drawn face. I quietly sat beside him, mum smiled and left us alone.
βIβm very sorry for being rude, i never intended to disrespect you nor hurt your feelings, but as your future wife itβs my duty to know everything about you and i believe i have every right to know your daughter and her mother, please donβt deny that to me, i beg of youβ I pleaded calmly with all my heart. He looked away thoughtfully, breathed deeply and stared into my eyes.
βAlright your wish will be granted, you leave me with no choice than to make it happen, but i do have a very bad feeling about itβ he said with a forced smile, while i heaved a sigh of relief.
βI will invite her to my apartment in town on Saturday, but i will be here on Friday evening to pick you upβ He added.
βNo dear, iβll prefer you come on Saturday morning so i can bring my school things alongβ i requested humbly.
βAlright i will be here very early on Saturdayβ he accepted with a dry smile.
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βIt wasnβt that hard after all, was it?β mum asked with a smile as soon as he left. I rolled my eyes and ran to the kitchen without answering her, praying silently that things work out between Emmanuel and i, because with the direction things were heading, i really was a bit scared of my future with him.
Nervously, i waited for Saturday which slowly approached like a snail. I woke up that fateful day with a huge boil under my armpit.
Creepy isnβt it?
-To be continued-
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