[Story] LOVE AND VIRGINITY Episode 12

LOVE AND VIRGINITY

PART 12

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She embraced me and said. “Oh adeoluwa ….”

As she wept deeply. I held her back by her

shoulders and said.

“Tope…Please talk to me what is wrong?”

She then said. “Come to the church with me

and you will know everything.”

She held my hand and led me into the church.

I didn’t know what to think or expect, I just

needed to know what was wrong with her.

We got into the church and what caught my

eyes was the site of children playing on a mat

spread on the floor. Then I said. “Okay Tope

we are in the church, tell me what is going

on? And why did you decide to blank me out

completely? She said. “I thought it was the

right decision, ending everything we started 2

years ago. But I was wrong and I am sorry.”

I then said. “Okay, now tell me why are you

not in school? Is your mother okay?”

She then gushed out in tears. It was becoming

irritating and I grew impatient and….. I heard

a tiny voice of a kid saying. “Mummy sorry.”

The little boy then embraced her by her leg

and she carried him up. I was shocked the

baby looked very much like

me when I was little…. He had the shape of

my eyebrows and my droopy eyes. I then

stuttered. “Is… That your child?” As sweat

began to drip from my face.

She then replied sobbing. “This is our

Adeoluwa ….This is our son.”

I then said. “How come, how is it possible?”

She said. “He is 2 years old, you are the only

man I have slept with, he even looks like you.”

I then said. “Oh my God!” As I sat down on a

bench because my knees became weary. “Tell

me everything Tope.”

She said. “3 weeks after you left Kogi. I

became ill and I was vomiting. My mom then

asked me if I was seeing any man. I told her

no. She took me to see the doctor, he ran

some tests and the result was that I was

pregnant. My mom beat me in the hospital

with her slippers. When we got home, she

threw my stuffs out and disowned me. I went

to meet my closest relative and in spite of all

the pleas my mom refused to take me

back……” As she started sobbing.

I held her hand tight to comfort her and said.

“Continue.”

She then said. “My relatives insisted I tell

them who was responsible, but I refused. I

didn’t want to implicate you and I know you

didn’t mean it. You have always wanted to

help me. So I did not tell them. 4 months

later, they started maltreating me and I then

decided to leave. A pastors wife took me in

and I was there for 1 year. That was were I

gave birth to junior and worked with the

church’s primary school.”

I then said. “You mean this church?”

She said. “No, I came to this church about 6

months ago. I had to leave the other place,

the pastor made some advances on me, I

reported to the wife and she threw me out. I

have been here since. It’s been terrible

Adeoluwa ….”She began to cry out.

My mind was heavy and I knew I had to do

something about her situation. She suffered

because of me, her education, her family. I

felt so much indebted to her. I then said.

“Tope, I know everything can’t be okay, but I

will do everything possible to make sure you

get the best in life. God has blessed me with

a good job and money is not a problem. I will

get you an apartment here in Kogi and every

month I will send you N200,000 for you and

Junior.”

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To Be Continued…