EPISODE 5 “baby what’s wrong?” i asked again. She wiped her eyes and shook her head. “i lost the pregnancy. I lost it again” she sobbed bitterly. I tried holding her, but she pushed me away. I really was a bit relieved on hearing the reason for her tears but i equally was far from happy over the terrible news she just gave me. “this is now the second time i’m losing my pregnancy. What could be wrong?” she cried bitterly, melting my eyes as well. I drew close and strongly hugged her. “no this can’t happen. Nooo” i breathed with pain. My wife lost the first pregnancy few days after our wedding ceremony but we easily pushed it away, thinking that it was caused by the stress of the wedding ceremony and all the running around that followed it. But now it has happened for the second time. A pregnancy not up to two and half months. “What could be wrong?” i wondered with fixed feeling. “i wasn’t feeling very well at work today, which forced me to come back home the time i did, but i had barely settled down to rest when i noticed i was soaked with blood” she sobbed. “c’mon my love. You got to be strong. We still have enough time to have as many kids as we want. So stop crying. I beg of you” i pleaded passionately. She slowly broke away from me and stared into my eyes. “you smell somehow. I don’t understand the scent i’m perceiving from you” she suddenly asked curiously. I froze with shock for some seconds before smiling and regaining my composure. “this your big nose really works overtime. What kind of smell are you perceiving?” i covered up innocently, grabbed her a bit roughly and carried her to our bedroom while she playfully protested. Finally as the man of the house, i played down my wife’s fears concerning the lost pregnancy and made sure she left her pains behind, but nevertheless i equally was very worried because it was a bit abnormal to lose two pregnancies in a year. I couldn’t go to work the next day, but instead followed her to the hospital where every required test was carried out and all the results surprisingly came out fine. “when next she gets pregnant, don’t allow her to stress herself too much. Your wife is perfectly fine but i believe her body isn’t the strong type” her doctor calmly advised me. We returned home hours later, prayed together and hoped for the best. The next day i headed to my office to see about three well matured female students, who looked much more like old models than students waiting for me. I couldn’t help but imagine what they came for. “i hope Comfort hasn’t opened her mouth?” i wondered as i walked into my office with a worried look. After relaxing in my office for a while, i invited the girls inside and curiously stared at them. “good morning sir” they all greeted. “yea what can i do for you?” i asked with a serious smile. “we came to introduce ourselves because we believe you don’t know us” one of them replied while i nodded in approval. “actually we are students of this great department but we graduated last year. Unfortunately the old man you just replaced failed us in his course, forcing us to spend an extra year over it” she summarized with a pleading look. “OK i now understand because your faces really look very unfamiliar” i said with a soft smile which lit up their faces. They all stared at me hopefully. “please don’t let us spend another extra year over the course. We wrote the exam and tried our best in it, but we unfortunately missed writing the text because we never got any information about it” she murmured in form of an appeal. I breathed deeply and nodded. “write down your names on a paper, I’ll see what i can do” i offered like a good man. They all breathed deeply with excitement. “thank you sir” they chorused while i smiled over the way they kept calling me sir. Of course two of the girls really looked a bit older than I. They wrote down their names on the paper, dropped it on my table and left happily, but as i made to take a look at the paper, one of the girls showed up again. “i really forgot to invite to my parents marriage anniversary which is coming up on Sunday” she said, presenting a small invitation card to me. I collected it and read curiously. The names on the card slowly hit my face like a hot slap. “don’t tell me your father is a former senator?” i asked with disbelief. “yea i’m his last child” she replied, while a million questions hit my head. “what the hell is she doing, studying in Nigeria. The old man i just replaced really had some balls to fail this girl. Damn” i breathed as i weighed the girl before me. “i hope you are coming?, some senior lecturers including the vice chancellor will be there. Take advantage of this invitation. You are a nice man sir” she smiled and left. My face instantly coloured with excitement. Just like every young man, I was very ambitious, but i equally realised that the more ambitious i got, the more corrupt i became. The invitation really was irresistible but somehow i was very scared over my intentions and the direction i was slowly heading. I was still battling with my mind when Comfort walked into my office with a warm smile on her face. I instantly recoiled with guilt. “what do you want?” i asked coldly. “relax sir” she replied, drew close and sat on an empty chair across my table….. The damn girl was now like a silly noisy mosquitoe i couldn’t kill.. WATCHOUT FOR EPISODE 6
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