Chapter 10: Chapter Ten

She wondered why he wanted them to go to Jabi Lake for the movie date when they would have easily just gone to the shoprite at Gudu. She asked him why and he told her the shoprite at Gudu didn't have a filmhouse yet and he also felt it would be too far for her to start using an uber all the way out here. This was her first time coming around this part of Abuja. There were lots of beautiful houses on this part of town. He stopped at a fruit shop on their way to his house. He got some apples, bananas, oranges, watermelon and strawberry. He kept bragging to her about his famous smoothie and she wanted to taste it. Then he pulled up in front of a beautiful house that was adorned with wall climbing plants. He got down from the car, went to open the gates, then got back into the car and he drove into the compound. She heard some dogs barking and she froze in her seat. She didn't need to see the dogs, the sound of their barking alone made her conclude that they definitely were no ordinary dogs. "You probably forgot to tell me you have dogs." She said as she looked around before getting out of the car when he opened her door. "My bad. Don't worry about them though, I only release them in the evening from 7pm." "How many are they?" she asked as she hurriedly followed him to his front door. "I have 4 rottweilers." she poured herself into his house as soon as he opened the door. Getting bitten by dogs wasn't one of the reasons why she decided to come to his house. "Relax babe, my dogs won't attack you as long as I'm around." he told her and smiled, she wasn't listening to him anymore. She was admiring his house. "Are you a painter? What other talents do you have besides being a good cook?" she asked as she admired the paintings that adorned his walls. "I can't paint to save my life. I only just love having fine paintings." He said as he walked behind her, enjoying the rapt attention she paid to the paintings. She stopped to look at a particular one. She felt she must have seen it before but couldn't remember where at first. When she did remember, she moved on to the next one. "you stay in this big house all by yourself?" She asked him as her voice echoed a little. "Yeah I do, it's a four bedroom duplex. I bought it the moment I got back from the US. I'm hoping when I eventually get married, our kids would have enough space to the play. "our kids, right?" she turned and smiled. He smiled back too and the butterflies in her stomach made their presence known. "you have a really beautiful home, Dotun." She said and meant it. Everything was top notch. His appliances was top of the line. Her 2 bedroom apartment would comfortably fit into his massive living room and there would still be space. Then he excused himself as he went into an adjoining room. She went to admire the TV hanging on his wall. It was huge. With a TV like this, one didn't have to go see a movie at the mall. She dropped her bag on one of his ornate side stools, close to the pot of indoor plants. One of 5 pots of plants in his living room. She kept looking and touching things, thinking to herself how she would bring some feminine touch to his home when she becomes his wife. She heard him moving around and when she turned, he had changed. He was now wearing a camouflage 3 quarter short, his torso was bare, but he wore an apron that didn't do well in covering his broad chest. One of his dark nipples was peeking out, then he completed his ensemble with a big chef cap. Since he told her he was a good cook, he wanted to look the part. But the only part he was looking to her right now was a man that she was sure would make her body explode. She swallowed hard, as she looked at him and smiled. "come, let's go to the kitchen." Then he held her hands and led her to his kitchen. Like the rest of his house, the kitchen was also huge. He had a double door fridge, and a large deep freezer side by side. She walked to the fridge and got a pack of Hollandia yoghurt, she placed the pack on the Island in the kitchen, asked where his cups were and he used the knife he was holding to point at a shelf close to one of the sinks. "Your kitchen is huge. Someone could even live here. I wonder how big the rooms would be." she said as she went and got out 2 beautiful blue tumblers. She washed them in the sink, poured some of the yoghurt in them and handed him a glass, but he was already washing the meat he got out of the deep freezer. Then she raised the glass to his lips and he drank from it as she held it, then their eyes met again and they both smiled. The butterflies in her stomach, increased their tempo. She walked back to the island so she could admire his bare back. The apron only covered part of his chest and stomach, his back was bare and she badly wanted to touch it. She just kept sipping her yoghurt and imagining ways he wanted her to take her right there on the island. "What would you want me to make for you?" "You're the host and I'm your guest. I'd eat anything you cook." she also wanted to add 'I'd eat you too if you were on the menu.' but she didn't say that, she wouldn't want him to think she was loose. Then he got some coconuts from the store next to the kitchen, broke them and collected the coconut water. She watched as he deftly removed the coconut from the shell and started to grate it. He had really nice fingers. She was starting to really look at him. Her eyes kept going to his back. Then she decided to make herself useful. she got all the fruits he bought, took them to the sink and washed them. He brought out the smoothie maker and the blender from the overhead shelf and gave them to her. He kept stealing glances at her huge backsides as she walked around the kitchen. He wondered how his hands would hold them as he brought her closer to himself. She placed all the fruits in the smoothie maker and turned it on. She added a few drops of water, then she asked him if she should pour the rest of the hollandia yoghurt in the mix, he said yes. Then minutes later, she poured everything into a bowl and went to put the bowl in the double door fridge. She had opened the deep freezer to put it there before but she saw two big bags of frozen Irish potatoes and some mean looking croaker fish. "So about the five million you stashed away, if you see the other woman that handed you the check, would you really give it to her?" He asked her as he started to blend tomatoes and peppers. "Yeah, I would gladly do that." She said, wondering why he asked. "I'd giving her back as a form of restitution and I would also be extending an olive branch of friendship too." she added, coming to stand beside him as she washed the smoked fish under the tap. "That's mighty noble of you, Ifeoma. What if this woman refuses to take the money back. When she gave you the check, she was paying you to leave her man alone. It wasn't a loan. She might not want to take it back." He said as he walked behind her to go throw some of the dirt in the bin outside the kitchen. "The gesture of goodwill is what matters. She would know that I at least did something positive with the money and that I respected her and stayed away from her man." "Talking of man. When was the last time you were with one?" He asked as he came and stood behind her and held her waist from behind. She dropped the smoked fish she was cleaning as she felt his groin pressed into her shorts. "for seven months now." she whispered and she almost fell, when he kissed her neck and gently bit her earlobe. If he wasn't holding her from behind, she would have fallen down. Then he walked away to the store and she looked at him wistfully. She wanted him back behind her. Today was going to be a long day. She thought to herself and smiled as he returned with a bowl of raw rice, washed it under the sink and then pour it in the boiling water on the gas. He waited till she was done with cleaning the fish, then he carried her in his arms like a bride and said he wanted to give her a tour of his house.

She had fallen in love with the last man that carried her. But back then, she had used diabolic ways to get and keep him, but this time, without swallowing or inserting any pebbles, her heart slipped on a banana peel of emotions as she fell in love with him, just a day after meeting him. He placed her down in the middle of the living room and held her hand again. "You have really soft hands." He said as he used his fingers to knead her palms. She just laughed, she wanted him to touch the rest of her body too. Her hands weren't the only parts of her body that was soft. Then he turned around "Climb my back?" it was a question. Her body said yes before she said "Thank you Lord, how did you know I was tired?" Then she jumped on his back and wrapped her arms around his neck to steady herself. His back felt like a wall, if not for the bra and T-shirt she was wearing, her hard nipples would have bore holes in his bare back. She rested her left cheeks on his back as he carried her around the house. She was sure her panties was drenched in wetness. Thank God she had a spare one in her bag. He carried her around on his back to all the rooms in his house. Then when they got to his room upstairs, he asked her to come down. "Can't I just stay on your back while you show me the room?" She asked in a voice akin to a child pleading for a favorite toy. "No dear. I would carry you again when we're going downstairs." Then he brought her into his arms and their lips touched. They stood outside the closed door of his room and kissed. They remained this way for eternity it seemed, emptying themselves to each other. He reluctantly broke the kiss and when he looked into her eyes, there were pools threatening to spill out. He was crying too. Then he turned and opened the door to his room. She cleaned her eyes as they went wide in amazement at the sight before her.

She rushed into the room and it felt like she was walking on clouds. The floor of the room was covered in a sky blue felt rug. It was like walking on wool. It tickled the soles of her feet. A huge circular bed covered with a duvet the same color with the woolen rug was in the middle of the room, she went and sat on it and she literally sank. She heard sounds of rushing water as she started to roll around on the bed. This was the first time she was seeing and being on a water bed. Dotun just stood there, enjoying himself as he watched her roll around on his bed. Then he pressed a button and a 65 inch TV revealed itself from behind a wooden wall, along with some speakers. Then the TV came on. She opened her eyes wide as all the pictures she had sent him the night before on whatsapp started to show on the TV in slides like a PowerPoint presentation, for sound track, he chose "She Loving it" by Trey Songz, she covered her mouth in excitement as she listened to the words of the song and looked at pictures of herself on his huge TV. The TV in his room wasn't as big as the one down in his living room, but it was still bigger than the one she had back at her apartment. She would have a hard time leaving this room if she was living in this house. Then she turned to him and opened her arms. "Come here". He dropped the remote on the table next to the door as he took off the apron and chef hat he was wearing and walked to her on the bed.

They attacked each other with kisses, his tongue found hers and with arms around his neck, they fell into the comfort of the water bed. It felt like they were in a boat sailing on a sea. Dotun loved and enjoyed kissing. Not taking his mouth from hers, his right hand went under her shirt and under her bra as he cupped her breast. Her hands was down, struggling to unbutton the three quarter short he was wearing. It was a feral need to have him in her. Right now, she didn't want any form of foreplay, she just wanted him in her without any delay. She forgot what she was doing as his thumb and index finger found her nipple and started pinch it. He started to kiss her neck as his other hand went under her shirt and found her other nipple. It'd been so long she was with a man that she just forgot her manners and screamed "please take off the shorts!!!" he fell beside her and started laughing so hard, then she covered her face in embarrassment. He reached out and took her hands away from her face and kissed her palms. Then he stood up. "Let me go check on the food downstairs, wanna come?" she nodded and stood up. She saw one of his T-shirt draped over a sofa in the room then she grabbed it and went to the bathroom. The bathroom too was huge. She removed everything she was wearing, when she saw her soaked panties, she almost didn't recognize it. She cut some tissue from the roll on the toilet and cleaned herself and discarded the tissue and flushed it. Then she folded her shorts and T-shirt and donned on his own. It was big enough, it barely went below her big butt cheeks and it smelt of him. Since he wanted to go around not wearing shirts, she would also go around not wearing anything under his shirt. When she got out of the bathroom, he just smiled and licked his lips and turned for her to climb his back. He didn't put on the apron anymore. Now, with the walls of inhibition between them out of the way, she started to play with his nipples with her fingers while he squeezed her butt cheeks. When they got to the kitchen, he placed her down to sit on the island. Then he went to check on the coconut rice. The aroma filled the kitchen as soon as he opened the pot.

"You really can cook." she said and smiled as she laid back down on the cold slab of black marble and spread her legs. When he covered the pot back and reduced the intensity of the gas, he turned to look at her and the view he saw almost made him lose it. He calmly went to the sink, washed his hands, then he unbuttoned his shorts but didn't take it off. He walked to her, pulled her back up to a sitting position as he took off the shirt she was wearing and started to kiss her again. He was kissing her neck and shoulder when her lips found his right nipple, then he moaned. The sound of moan was enough to make her cum, she pinched his left nipple as she started to lick and suck on the right one. Then his fingers also found her nipples and he pinched them. Then he held her at arms length and pushed her gently back so she could lay on the slab or marble. It was so cold on her bare skin, but the heat he was generating from her body balanced the temperature. Then he pulled her close to the edge of the island and spread her legs. He stood between her legs and looked at her dripping pussy. He had not even touched it yet but the wetness was already dripping out onto the island, she covered her face again, embarrassed at the way he was looking at her pussy. She made a silent prayer, praying that he won't walk away. Then she uncovered her face as he stuck a finger in her pussy and sucked on his finger. With that singular act, she just knew that today was the day she would forget all about Fred.

Then he knelt down between her legs and he gave her pussy a slow lick. He use his tongue to light fires around her pussy, he used his fingers to part open her fat pussy lips as his tongue connected with her gspot. The island was bare so there was nothing she could hold onto as his tongue ignited an orgasm that started building from the pit of her stomach. She held onto both sides of the island cos she felt she would fall if she didn't and then his tongue flicked on her clit twice as if to challenge it to a fight and she watched as her engorged clit disappear in his mouth. She moaned so loud as his lips held her clit captive while his tongue did a fire dance on the tip of it. She could no longer stay still. He inserted two fingers in her wetness and her walls welcomed the fingers into her moist depths. He didn't let go of her clit as he finger fucked her so fast as if his fingers had a mind of their own. Her pushed her legs open in a 10 past 10 position because they could no longer stay still, then he started to use his tongue to tap on the tip of her clit like a baby learning how to play drums. That was what tipped her over the edge as her stomach clenched and her toes curled, she didn't know and couldn't explain it, but her pussy squirted warm fluid all over his face as she screamed and the dogs barked outside. "Please fuck me Dotun" she pleaded in a voice that she didn't even recognize was hers. He didn't want her to ask twice, he stood up, with a smile plastered on his soaked face, as he took off his shorts, he pushed both of her legs up onto her chest and she held her legs there and gasped as he parted her walls with his dick. She let go of her legs and placed her hand on his chest as she made to sit up. She wanted to be sure what he was putting in her. When she saw the big black meat going in and out of her pussy glistening with her wetness, she just concluded that every other guy she'd been with in the past dwarfed in comparison, yeah, even Fred. If she had rushed into sex with Dotun without foreplay, she was sure she would have suffered many bruises. But he sent her to the clouds on errands with his tongue and fingers ,making her wet enough to take all of him. She looked at him as he drove deep into her and she knew that she definitely wouldn't be going back home today. Well tomorrow was Sunday, so there was no rush. Then he reached out to grab her bouncing boobs and after more deep strokes, he emptied his balls deep in her pussy. The warmth of his release in her triggered another round of orgasm from her. Spent, he pulled out of her, helped her up and they kissed again, she looked down at her pussy and watched as their juices flowed out of her. Then he turned to go get the now very cold smoothie from the double door fridge. She got down from the island and rushed to the guest restroom to clean up. It was while she was cleaning up that she realized that today was the peak of her ovulation. Dotun joined her in the guest restroom, he also cleaned up too. Then he led her out, back to the kitchen. He had already cleaned up the good mess they made on the island and had dished out the coconut rice. He brought up two chairs and they sat naked to eat on the island. He watched as she took her first spoon of the food. It was delicious. The looked at him and gave him a thumbs up sign. Then he started to eat too.

The next 5 weeks went by so fast. Bimpe wondered why her brother always made excuses anytime she asked him to come over for the weekend. She was surprised when he even told her he would be too busy to even come take the bowl of food she had made for him. That was so unlike Dotun. There definitely was something amiss that he wasn't telling her. She voiced her concern to Fred and Fred told her that she needed to stop worrying about her brother. "I'm sure he's fine, babe. Moreover with elections around the corner, the government would be using the EFCC to go after political opponents." He said as he kissed her tummy and watched as the baby kicked. That was his favorite pastime. Whenever they were alone in the room, he would please with her to lay down so he could watch her tummy move as the baby kicked. He may have not been there when Trey and Fiona took their first steps but he would definitely be around from when this unknown baby kicked in the womb till it took its first steps. Bimpe had a month and two weeks to go before she was due. She planned on going to the UK to give birth to their third child. But she needed to see her brother before she went to the UK. Even her mother had complained that Dotun only called, he'd not been to check on her in 2 weeks. Dotun that everyone called a mummy's boy had not gone to see his own mother in 2 weeks. It was mighty strange of him. She already made plans for Trey and Fiona to stay at her mum's while her and Fred would be gone to the UK. She initially wanted them to stay with Dotun but as always, he said he was swamped with work. Then she pleaded with her husband to take her to her brother's house the next day and of course he would never be able to tell her no.

She then went back downstairs to the kitchen to put the soup and stew she made for her brother into the fridge. The soup and stew would last him for a week. Soon as she got back from the UK, she would make it her duty to find her brother a woman. She was starting to get tired of being patient with him to get over Thelma.

A week after that Saturday they made love, Dotun started to plead with Ifeoma to move in with him and she agreed. His place was far away from her shop, but he promised to always take her to her shop everyday but since he always left very early, she would take an uber to work and he would bring her back home on his way back from work. Her car was parked out in the compound, covered with a tarpaulin. She wasn't driving it again. Everyday spent with him was like taking walks in heaven. He told her everything about the cases he was working on, even the one about Nnamdi. Apparently, Nnamdi had swindled some people of 5 billion naira and they had reported him to the EFCC. She closely followed the case because Dotun was the main person handling it. She wanted to get her pound of flesh, so she wanted to get it through Dotun. She didn't want to rush Dotun but she knew already that he loved her, because he couldn't keep his hands from her whenever he was around and he always checked up on her whenever they weren't together. He made sure they had lunch together. He no longer had to wait for the woman at work to bring breakfast, Ifeoma would pack breakfast for him every morning in a disposable pack. Then his colleagues started to notice it. "Looks like Dotun has finally found a woman o. He no longer eats with us every morning." he'd heard them gossiping one morning as he walked past, carrying his briefcase in one hand and his food from home in another. He just smiled.

In the fourth week after the Saturday he made love to Ifeoma, he was busy on instagram when he stumbled on Delphi metals page, and he spent the good part of that day looking at rings. By afternoon, he called Delphi metals told them he was coming, then he drove to Ifeoma's shop for lunch. After lunch with Ifeoma that day, he drove down to Ceddi plaza and went to the shop to get the rings he wanted. While he was having lunch with Ifeoma, he kept looking at her fingers and making mental notes of the sizes of rings he was sure would fit. He spent just 40 minutes in the store as he picked the rings he was sure would fit Ifeoma's fingers. He met a jeweler there at the store and for a small fee, made the jeweler engrave his name in her ring and engrave hers on his. Then he picked a third ring from the show glass and admired how exquisitely beautiful it was. He looked at the price tag and winced. This would definitely put a hole in his pocket but he was sure she was worth it. Then he brought out his card and paid for all he had bought. And then he drove back to his office. His sister called him later that afternoon as he was about to close for the day and he told her again as he had for the past week that he was swamped with work. He didn't want anyone to know about Ifeoma just yet. Maybe next week, he would drop a clue but tonight, he had big plans for his future.

After the day they made love, Ifeoma got him an exquisite black bracelet. It was her thank you gift to him for making her fall in love again. Deep down though she was thanking him for the good sex he gave her, especially for making her squirt for the first time in her life. She was also scared of taking pills, but she got one though. She had placed it in her bag that Sunday along with the bracelet. When she gave him the bracelet after church that Sunday evening, she saw the pack of contraceptives in her bag and decided that at her age, she would stop trying to prevent herself from getting pregnant. She was rich and could comfortably take care of herself and a child. So she decided she wouldn't take it. If she got pregnant, so be it. Whenever they talked, she listened to how Dotun would talk about his nephew and niece with such emotion, she knew he would make a good father. But she was scared that one day, he would leave her too like all the others. She consoled herself with the knowledge that even if he leaves, she would always have a part of him with her, so she made love with him anytime she could. Dotun had a very high sex drive that matched hers. They made love everywhere and anywhere. In his car, in her car, in his office, at her shop, he'd fingered her numerous times in the cinema, they had made love in the restroom of a restaurant they had gone to have dinner one night. She was now on a mission to get pregnant. That afternoon when he had come to have lunch, she couldn't help but notice the way he was looking at her fingers. One of her sales girls noticed it too and pointed it out to her. "The way Uncle Dotun was looking at your fingers, it's like he's going to propose soon o." The sales girl had said after Dotun drove back to his office. Ifeoma smiled as she took her phone and sent Dotun a message, telling him not to bother coming to pick her up from her shop that evening, she would be home waiting for him. She wrote a list of all the things she wanted and Gabe them to one of her sales girls and the sales girl went to the market while Ifeoma went to the nail salon at the next store to fix her nails. She didn't want to be caught unawares.

Maybe tonight was her big night, or probably this week, but whenever it is, she wanted to be ready. She got home to his place, let herself in. The dogs barking didn't scare her anymore because that's all they would do. They only got released around 7 and the time right now was past 4. Dotun would be back by 6. She made a very rich pot of egusi soup, filled with all kinds of proteins, then she got the poundo yam flour from the shelf and made enough for both of them. When she was done cooking, she went upstairs to soak in the tub. She must have probably fell asleep because Dotun joined her in the tub and asked her to come sit on him, she obliged. It was the 4th time they were making love in the tub. With dinner finished, he did the dishes since she cooked. They already had an unspoken rule that whoever didn't cook would do the dishes. Thankfully, Dotun enjoyed doing the dishes, so even days when she didn't cook, he still did the dishes. When he done with the dishes, he carried her again on his back as he took her upstairs to the room. They chatted up about everything and he just kept struggling to stay awake. He wanted her to go to bed before him. So, he excused himself as he went downstairs and released the dogs, he fed them and played with them. He was sure that by the time he got back upstairs again, Ifeoma would have fallen asleep. As he locked the door and started going back up the stairs, be brought out the red box from his pocket, opened it and admired the engagement ring again. Quietly, he opened the door, he could see that she was very sound asleep. Then he got into bed with her, gently held her left hand and then he put the ring on her middle finger. It sparkled in the dark on her finger. Then he held her close as she snuggled up to him. She placed her head on his chest and he kissed her forehead and whispered I love you, then he drifted off to sleep, now he was ready to show her off to the world.

She woke up to go pee, that was when she saw it and jumped back into bed, waking him up. "yes! Yes!! Yes Dotun!!" She screamed. He didn't go down on a knee, he didn't even ask her if she would marry him. Asking meant he wasn't sure she would say yes. He just put it on her finger, knowing she wouldn't be able to say no. She ran back to the restroom to pee and she kept looking at the white gold ring on her finger. The huge red stone in the middle flanked by 12 tiny blue stones sparkled under the light of the restroom. She would never take it off. When she went back to meet him on the bed, he was fast asleep, she woke him up again. She was horny. He was still struggling to stay awake when she put his hard dick in her pussy. She fell asleep on him with her left hand on the pillow. She couldn't wait for morning to come so she could show it off to everyone at the mall where her store was located. She wept on him as he slept. Then she felt nauseous, she rushed into the bathroom again and sat on the floor as she threw up into the toilet. When he woke up later that morning, she told him she was pregnant. He took the day off and decided to stay home with her. His nephew and niece would have a cousin soon.

It was a slow Saturday morning, she had made moin moin and pap earlier and they were both full. He was watching a basketball game on the TV downstairs while she had gone upstairs to watch some episodes of her favorite soaps on the TV upstairs. She always wanted to stay in bed. Dotun had told her earlier that morning that he would be taking her to meet his mom later in the afternoon and then on Sunday the next day, he would take her to see his sister and she was ecstatic. She couldn't wait to meet his family. The doors were sound proofed so she didn't hear when the car honked outside or when Dotun went to open the gate or when Dotun let people into the house. The only thing she heard was when Dotun opened the room and told her that his sister and her husband were downstairs. She hurriedly dressed up, got out one of her bras and waited for Dotun to suck on her nipples a bit before she wore the bra, he loved sucking on her nipples, then she wore one of his shorts and one of his blue Golden State Warriors jerseys. Then she went to look at herself in the mirror and brushed her hair and applied a little bit of make up on her face. "Babe, you look good the way you are. No need for all these." "You're already used to seeing me scruffy na. I no blame you. Come and help me adjust my bra joor." she said as he went behind her to adjust her bra and then cupped both of her breasts in his hands again. "If you keep playing with me, I would remove these clothes and make love o." she said as she made as if she wanted to take off the shorts. "Oyah sorry" he backed away with his hands in the air. Then she followed him out of the room and they started going downstairs.

That Saturday morning, Fred packed the kids clothes into their bags and carried all the toys they would need and packed everything into the G-wagon. Then he went to the kitchen to carry the bowls of soup and stew meant for Dotun and placed them in the car too. Bimpe sat on the sofa with two throw pillows behind her, reminding him of what to take and what to leave behind. They were to travel to the UK on Wednesday, so she decided that since they were going to drop the kids at her mom's house, why not pay Dotun a surprise visit since he was always home working. After they dropped off the kids at her mom's, they drove down to Dotun's. After 2 honks, Dotun opened to gate. Bimpe told her husband as they drove into the compound that it seemed as though Dotun had added weight. Fred concurred at her observation. "What have you been eating that's making you fat like this?" she said as she hugged her brother. Fred shook hands and bumped shoulders with Dotun. "you guys have ruined my surprise." Dotun said as he watched his sister and her husband exchange looks. "What's the surprise? You've not sold those your useless dogs?" Bimpe asked as she the dogs kept barking. She remembered one time when she had come to see Dotun and one of the dogs had chased her. The dog had narrowly escaped biting off her legs, but it tore her dress and she had remained in the car till Dotun got back from work. "I finally found a wife." He announced and with her big tummy, Bimpe danced. "Congratulations bro" Fred had said and shook hands with him again. "where's she? Where's she from?" Bimpe asked and Dotun pointed upstairs, then Bimpe waddled to the door of the living room. "you bought another car?" Fred asked, pointing to the covered car parked next to Dotun's Ford truck. "No, it's my girl's car." "no, it's my girl's car." Bimpe repeated after him, teasing him. Fred held her as they went down the three steps into Dotun's living room. "That means I would go back with the bowls of soup and stew I brought then?" "Go back ke. No o." He took the car keys from Fred as he went to get the bowls from the car and took them to his kitchen. Bimpe sat on the huge sofa and made herself comfortable while Fred took the remote and started surfing through the channels. "where's our wife now. You didn't even send me a picture of her. Dotun, you kept even me in the dark." "It was meant to be a surprise. I planned on coming with her to your place tomorrow for lunch after taking her to mum's this evening. Where are my little warriors?" He asked his sister, referring to his nephew and niece. "They're at mum's place. Do you have any chocolate here?" she asked him as she made to stand up. "Yeah, I have some in the fridge. Lemme go call my girl." with that, he dashed upstairs as Fred went into the kitchen to get chocolate for his wife and he also helped himself to a piece of moin moin from the pot. It tasted really nice.

Fred stood eating the moin moin from the plate as he admired some of the paintings on the wall. Bimpe was watching a music video on Hip TV and was already on her second Snickers chocolate. She was just putting the last piece of chocolate in her mouth when her brother came down the stairs and she saw the woman behind him. No, this couldn't be. "Ifeoma Nwosu!!!" she shrieked and stood up, forgetting she was pregnant. Fred turned around from the painting he was admiring and looked in shock at the woman that almost cost him his family. What was she doing here? Ifeoma saw Fred first and wanted to run back upstairs when Bimpe saw her and called her name. Dotun just stood there, he was still holding her hand as he looked from his sister to her husband and then he looked at his future wife, not understanding why Bimpe and Fred were angrily looking at Ifeoma."Let's go Fred." She said and made to move to the door. "No one is going anywhere till I know what's going on here." he said as he left Ifeoma's hand and went to the door. "You can't and won't marry her, Dotun. No, not while I'm still alive." "Dotun, if you knew who she really is, you would kick her out of your house. The car covered outside is a blue Honda Crosstour, right?" Fred asked as he went to stand by his wife. Dotun nodded, not understanding the question and wondering how Fred knew the colour of his girl's car. "He bought me the car. His wife was the one I told you about that gave me the check." Ifeoma said "What!!! My sister's husband was the one you've been telling me about all this while?" He screamed, and sat down on the floor. Ifeoma ran past him to the door, opened it, ran out of the house, and when she got to the gate, she opened it and kept running. She didn't even look back. Her tears blinded her. She kept running and didn't see the car speeding towards her. When she eventually did, it was too late. Everything went dark.