COMPULSORY MARRIAGE
Season 1 = Episode 12 & 13
Episode 12
I woke her up around after seven in the morning to go dress up for hospital for a test….i don’t have a personal physician so I had to settle down for a private hospital in my area but not too close to my house..
We got to the hospital, met the Dr on duty and explained why we were in the hospital to him…he said they will need to carry out a blood test as that’s always more accurate than urine test…there’s another small compartment like a room in the Dr’s office and I guess that was for emergency cases cos that was where he took her to…they didn’t spend up to 10mins there and came back…he called a nurse and directed us to go to the lab…the nurse collected her blood sample and asked us to wait outside at the reception…..
The Dr called us in after more than an hour, gave us the result and I was so surprised when he congratulated us that my fiancée is almost more than three weeks gone..i was devastated.
I stormed out of the office and she ran to meet me inside the car..i drove home and went straight to the bedroom…..My mum came to meet me immediately.
Mum: Kaabo oko mi…how was it?
Me: Still the same thing mum…she’s truly pregnant mum
Mum: uhmmmmm (Deep Sigh)…………what do we do now..am now confuse
Me: Am completely finish mum
Mum: olorun o ni je ka ri..why will u utter such words………God will lead us through, my major concern now is Biola cos u have offended that lady
Me: she’s not even ready to talk to me..since on Saturday
Mum: she called me this morning when u left..
Me: u don’t mean it mum..did u beg her for me? What did she say?
Mum: she said she was already asleep when I called yester nyt…I pleaded for her to see me at home tomorrow after close of work even though I didn’t let her know abt my knowledge of whats happening
Me: so, what do we do mum? I just want an opportunity to talk to her even if it will be for the last time mum…
Mum: don’t worry..we will go to the house together tomorrow but you wont park your car in the compound..u stay inside the room while I talk to her in the sitting room then you can later have opportunity to talk to her
Me: ohk mum…you are the best mum……
Mum: The best indeed…igba to npa eku o nda je..o ti pa arogidigba bayi, o ti gbe wale fun wa (when you were doing it, u were enjoying it alone but know you have brought the trouble to us).
We were still inside when mary walked in crying, she went on her kneels holding my leg..my mum excused us
Mary: please am very sorry snakie……please, i dont want you to see me as an intruder or someone that came to shatter your sweet life….
“cut in…..in loud voice”
Me: stop this nonsense abeg, you are not an intruder then what did u do eventually? Atleast you have achieved your aim, u can now leave me with your stupid pregnancy….i accepted the fact that the pregnancy might be mine but get it to your head, i can never marry u cos i know thats your plan…if you av been dreaming about it, you better wake up
Mary: please find a way to forgive me……am not looking for forceful marriage either…..i never think things will come out this way between us, i believe it was fate that brought us together….ever since in my life, you are the first guy i ever truly fall in love with…i have never been pregnant before in my life need to talk of going under the knife and my mum already warned me not to try it..if not i would have love to get rid of it immediately but please pity my condition…see me as your sister snakie…i truly love you from the depth of my heart…all i was thinking over the past one month was that we are playing games and enjoying ourselves, i never knew things will come out this way and if there’s anytyn have learnt in life is that the best thing in life are worth fighting for and you know the yoruba adage that says its whatever you fight for that stays longer in your hand…..
“felt a little bit touched as i couldnt withstand her tears but i still frown my face”
Me: fight for who? U know from the begining that you can never fight for me as i already belong to someone and thank God u admitted we were only playing games
Mary: yes i know but all that changed the moment i confirmed that i was pregnant…..i have never been in love like this before snakie……ever since d first night i spend here, i always wish you coukd be mine but i knew as at then that its a very impossible task not knowing that things will come out this way…please forgive me snakie, am very sorry for all have made you gone through..pkease put me in place of your junior sister…please i can face the shame of a single mother…i dont want to embarrass my parent, they will be ashamed of me…please dont put me to shame snakie, i beg u with everything that is dear to u….please, am very sorry for everytyn, please lets accept everytyn as act of God as i believe he knows the beginning and the end……i know it will be very hard 4u to accept me but am ready to bear any decision you make but please don’t put me to shame, i beg u in the name of God and your parent……”crying seriously”
I was dump founded and didnt know what to say until my mum walked in again.
Episode 13
I was dump founded and didnt know what to say until my mum walks in again
Mum: its ohkay mary
Mary:am very sorry mummy…it wasnt intentional….am not a devil nor trying to force myself to marry him
Mum:its ohkay….please stop crying….you children of nowadays you always think everytyn u do its about enjoying life and not thinking of the consequence…now it has happened and you guys scattered everywhere..if it was pregnancy alone it would av been better but the innocent girl you people take for a fool..put ursef in biola’s shoe, how will u feel? Or if biola is your sister snakie, how will u feel if a guy treated her this way? All in all, we thank God its not beyond this situation and i believe Gox will lead us through…i believe this will be a lesson for both of you to always think of the consequences of your actions before taking them cos there are some actions that are always beyond remedy but we still thank God for where we are and pray for his guidance to lead us through. Me and your husband will be going out tomorrow Mary…..stand up and lets go prepare what we will eat….God is in control
For me and Mary, we were like rat and mouse in the house, I couldn’t wait for the following morning to arrive as it was like the longest and most important 24 hours of my life…We left for my parent house around 2pm…
Don’t know why she closed late but Biola came as early as 4pm and I was surprised…I ran inside the room to hide myself and immediately she sat down and my mum mentioned
my name, she burst into tears..i couldn’t take it either and I was crying myself inside. My mum pleaded on my behalf on what she witnessed and assured her she has her utmost respect as she never expected that kind of behaviour from me but in Biola’s word
“mummy, snakie took me for a fool…she took me for a nonentity..initially I was devastated that why will he be sleeping with his cousin not until his girlfriend sent me series on messages on facebook of how they are not related and they have been fooling me all this while…..Snakie was sleeping with both of us under the same roof..who does that mummy? Even if you want to do side runs, it shouldn’t be to my nose under the same roof..it was just too much for me to take and its still like a dream…….she told me so many things that I believed was a secret between me and snakie that I never believed someone else will know about it….Snakie was more of the devil mummy and I regretted the day I met him…..but have left him for God to judge us..he has done his worst but I believe God in his infinite mercy will shower me with his blessings sooner than later..have accepted my fate and God will judge us if I ever use two mind with him…am not angry with you mum and I know the kind of parent you are that you can never be in his support that’s why I have to give you the honour of coming over to this house..even my mum must not know that I visited you, it will be
disastrous for me”
I had to come out when I couldn’t take it again, prostrated on the floor and held her leg…
“Baby please, just gimme five minutes to explain myself”
“what do you have to explain snakie? What?…your wife has already explained everytyn to me, atleast she’s already carrying your baby and am not…….so, you could impregnated another lady after you always maintain that we should use condom as you don’t want me to be pregnant outside wedlock? am satisfied with all her explanation abi watz d difference in your stories?” she inquired….
I explained how it all happened to her…why I kept it secret in other not to hurt her and my expectation of her leaving my house..i made her understand why I always frown on her stay in the house and how she always convinced me to let her stay against my wish..”I never meant to hurt you baby”am very sorry……its you that I love and I want to marry you baby..i cant do without you baby…please forgive me baby”……………..
“That’s by gone, have forgiven you…..u didn’t offend me snakie, u only did your worst….Mummy, thank you very much..i want to take my leave…….Goodbye ma”
I was devastated and was just crying…mum came over to console me….”what happened as happened..you have made this mistake already and you have to learn from it….We have to forge ahead and always seek for forgiveness from Biola..imagine
someone doing what you did to biola and what you are having in mind to do to mary to your sister,how will u feel?”
We went back to my house, Mary has was preparing our food when we got to the house…mum lock my bedroom saying she wont allow me go in until its time for us to sleep…..Dad called later in the day and he had a lengthy discussion with mum..didnt even know what they discussed as she went to the visitors room to receive the call while me and Mary were in the sitting room staring at each other without any conversationShe came back later to the dining table when food was already served and asked me to come and eat..we finished eating when she broke the news to me “Your dad called and he instructed us to visit Mary’s parent on Sunday…………Mary, tell your parent we are coming on Sunday”…..
“Ohk ma”…she responded
“Mum, while will dad said something like that..didnt u explain everytyn to him?”…..i asked
“ I explained all what happened to him…..You know your dad very well….you know I can never say NO to him once his mind is made up…and we will never want to spoil our reputable name because of your mess….its a hard decision we have to make….we are meeting your inlaw on Sunday Okomi”