MELODY 7

The period Melody spent with Toke was a remarkable one, She expressed her excitement when her dad, Sunkanmi, came to take her home. Melody wished she could stay longer but she knew that her dad will not consent to that, one week was enough, Sunkanmi told her so

“If you like I could you to go see Grandma” He told her after he noticed she wasn’t too happy that she's going back home, Melody agreed, she realized it's been a long time she saw her paternal grandmother, after all, it was better than having to live with her father’s girlfriend Rita.

Since Melody was away for another couple of days, Sunkanmi felt it was good to go chill with his friends at the usual lounge, they do go to. While sitting and some drinks he noticed the presence of Toke, she entered the lounge with her boyfriend, Uche, he smiled and also watched her closely as she interacted with Uche until he stood and left the lounge to receive a call. Sunkanmi then excused himself from the company of his friends to go meet her where she sat

 “Hi……Toke” He spoke to her as she looked up at him

“Hey, Melinda’s dad, what are you doing here?” She smiled graciously as she spoke to him

“Well I came to hang out with my friends, what about you?”

“Oh I came with urgggh…….”

“Boyfriend, I guess, I saw you both together before he stepped out”

“You did?”

“Yeah, where is he”

“He got a call, I’ll be back soon, so how’s Melinda”

“She’s good, she’s over at my mom’s place”

“Okay, that’s great, she’s such an amazing girl, I must say, you know, it’s shocking how a young girl of her age with her condition can be so smart like that, she’s really special” Sunkanmi wondered why she adores his daughter that much, so he asked

“Why do you love her so much, I’ve never seen a woman that loves her the way you do”

“Well, lets just I love kids generally and Melody, is really special one” She told him, their conversation went further until Uche walked in, he looked so upset, he completely ignored Sunkanmi and faced Toke instead, in annoyance he said

“We need to leave here” he grabbed her bag and handed it over to her

“Wait, what? but we just got here, we can’t just leave”

“Don’t question me, we are leaving now and that’s it” He held her hands and began to pull her up

“Hey, take it easy, you are going to hurt her” Sunkanmi interrupted

“And who the hell are you to get involved?”

“I’m Sunkanmi and we’ve met before, I guess you don’t remember” He offered a handshake which Uche rejected

“I don’t care who you are, just get out of my business, get on your feet Toke or I will have to drag you out myself” She refused so he held her tightly and dragged her out, Sunkanmi tried helping out but he didn’t want to do something to make Uche angrier than he already was so he followed them as they walked out of the lounge. When they got outside, Toke was able to get loose of his grip by the time they got close to his car

“Stop this Uche, for God's sake, what has come over you?” Toke asked, her hands really hurt

“You want to know what has come over me, okay I will tell you, I left you to go answer an important call only for me to come back to find you flirting with another man” Uche spoke with utmost annoyance

“Are you insane, I wasn’t flirting with him, he is even someone you know”

“I don’t care, I saw the way you just smiling like you were already sleeping with him”

“I won’t have you talk to me like that, what is wrong with you?”

“Listen to me Toke, it is either you get into the car or you’d have to find your way to wherever you want to go to”

“You won’t dare leave me out here”

“Watch me” He got into the car and drove away to the dismay of Toke, she was so surprised he could do a thing like that, how could he leave her alone there knowing fully well that they came together, she stood there amazed at what just happened

“Trouble in paradise” Sunkanmi spoke to get her attention “Wow, is he always like that?”

“I don’t understand myself, I’ve never seen him like that” She uttered

“Well, I guess you guys will get settle your differences later” He said and Toke signed

“I don’t know, now I have to get an Uber to take me home”

“No no no no, I can take you home”

“Don’t bother, I’m not going to spoil the night for you”

“It’s not an issue at all Toke, please let me take you home, I’d really love to” she looked at him, rejecting his offer was not a fair choice to make

“Alright then, Thanks” she said to him

Sunkanmi quickly went in to inform his friends that he’d be leaving and then went out to take Toke home.