As the moment went by, Toke noticed she was beginning to feel something different for
Sunkanmi, apparently he had the most gorgeous smile she has ever seen a man
have, and she was so lost in thought until Sunkanmi called out her name“Toke, are
you okay? You seem a little bit distracted” He asked her“I’m okay, I
was just…..never mind, I’m fine what’s up”“Nothing
actually, we were talking about you before you got distracted”“Oh really,
okay so why don’t you tell me, do you have a girlfriend?” She asked him and that
made him laugh “What’s funny, I mean you should be looking at getting Melody a
mother soon, right?”“Well, I
intend to though but you see, I just have to take my time, I need a good woman
as a wife and a mother to my daughter, besides I’m still young”“Young? How
old are you if I may ask?” she sounded so curious“I’m 28” He
told her, Toke became so discouraged knowing that she was actually older than
he was with almost two years“Wow” She
lamented and thought: see me thinking he
could be mine, anyway, he wouldn’t want to be with a lady with one breast“I guess you
are disappointed” He mentioned“No, why
should I be?” She asked“Anyway
that’s my age, do you mind telling me yours?”“I’m 29,
soon to be thirty”“Oh, I see,
it doesn’t matter I guess”“Huh? What’s
that?”“I don’t
know, was just saying” He looked at her and his heart became heavy, how long
was he going to hide the way he feels about her? He asked himself “Damn it
Toke, I think I just have to let you know, I really like you” the moment she
heard what he said her heart began to beat so fast “Yes Toke I really do, I
know it might be difficult for you to believe me but it’s so true, I’ve felt
this way ever since the day I met you, and seeing how much you love Melody, it
gives me the conviction that I want to be with you, but now I guess you’d
feel I’m not good enough for you because of our age difference” He paused so he
could hear what she would say“Sunkanmi
I….I….” She stammered, at that moment a lady’s voice was heard from behind
them, it was Rita“So this is
where you are, so this is what you do now Sunkanmi, you know I couldn’t believe
it when they told me you were cheating on me with this ugly looking lady, I
just had to come to find out myself, how could you do this to me?” Rita cried “Who’s she?”
Toke asked, she was confused“She’s
nobody” Sunkanmi answered“Really, I’m
nobody, you must be mad, aunty don’t let him deceive you, I’m his girlfriend, in fact I’m his fiancée, soon to be his wife, you better use your head and don’t let this
fella deceive you because that is what he’s good at” Rita spoke aggressively “I can’t
deal with this I’m leaving” said Toke, as she stood up to take her leave“Toke, please
don’t listen to her, she doesn’t know what she’s saying” Sunkanmi muttered
trying to calm Toke nerves down, but Toke had already taken her bag to leave
the premises, Sunkanmi tried to stop her, and that made her bag fall on the
ground and everything in it poured out of the bag, Toke bent to pick her
belongings and sunkanmi helped out too “Don’t listen to her Toke, none of the
things she’s saying is true” he continued talking to her when she was done
packing her things, she rose and walked away in serious annoyance, Sunkanmi
tried stopping her“Don’t touch
me” Toke screamed, she got into her car and drove away. “How dare
you Rita, how dare you spoil this moment for me” Sunkanmi ranted, he was really
vexed“Don’t blame
me, I was only fighting for my man, anyway, I forgive you for cheating on me”“You are
crazy, so crazy, I don’t want to ever see you again, or else I will have to
kill you myself” He walked to where his car was and drove away also.Toke drove
straight home, and not long after she got home she heard a knock on the door,
she was too displeased to see Sunkanmi standing behind the door“Toke I know
you are in there, please open the door please” He pleaded, after much
hesitation she eventually opened the door
“What do you
want?”She asked him with a straight face“That girl
isn’t who she says she is, I don’t have anything to do with her” “Oh you must
think I’m a fool right, she claimed she’s your fiancée and you are telling me
that she’s not, what do you take me for?”“She’s not
my fiancée, I’ve never asked her to marry me, I don’t love her, I swear I
don’t, what I had with her was just sex, nothing more……Toke please you need to
believe me” He spoke calmly, she left the door and he followed her in“See the
thing is I don’t even care if she’s your girlfriend or not, I don’t have a
problem with that” She sat on the couch and he sat close to her too“Toke I feel
something strong for you, I can’t explain it, I just wish you can look through my
heart and see that I have deep feelings for you, deeper than I can comprehend”
He held her hands as he spoke, her heart began to beat fast again, she could
feel the sincerity in his voice “You having feelings for me is of no use” She told him“Why? we
could make it work, it doesn’t matter if you are older than me, I can make you
the happiest woman on earth”“It’s not
about the age Sunkanmi”“It’s about
what, Melody?”“No…….I’m
dying, I….I….I have cancer, I have cancer” She began to cry profusely, Sunkanmi
was speechless, he watched her as she cried, hoping she would stop and tell
him that it was a joke but unfortunately, she continued crying while he remained
mute.
