Dysfunctional - Episode 10

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Sommy's POV

Apart from being the most embarrassing day of my life, it was the best time I've ever spent with Bosco. I saw another side to this over serious person. He was different in a good way. 
Rather than stop by at my house, I decided to spend the night at my aunt's. "Have you decided to stay for good?" She asked and I shook my head.
"I came because I'm so hungry and I have no time to cook" "Your mom said you made okra soup"
"Geez! How much did she say to you?" "She told me all"
"I'm not in the mood for Okra; what's at home?" I asked and she told me she made Ofe nsala.  "Great!" I exclaimed . "Where is Juliet?" I added and she shrugged. "She told me not to stay up waiting for her"
"Night vigil I guess" I added and she laughed. "Do I look two to you?" She asked, "Yeah, that kind of vigil" she answered sarcastically.
After dinner i received a call from Josh while I was in bed . He has been ignoring my calls all day. 
"I'm so angry at you" I began with and he immediately apologized for dissing my calls.
"I was busy with board meeting" "All through the day?" "I had a cocktail party to attend, you can check on my WhatsApp status or Facebook"
I told him I was too tired to go on facebook. I was avoiding messages trooping in and having to reply messages.
 "Sorry dear but I'd rather keep my data turned off." I added and I heard him chuckle

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. I missed him. 
All I wanted was to see him and just make sweet love to him. it felt nice hearing his voice. "How many ladies do you have buzzing around you"
"Three actually but the truth is, none of them compares to you"
"Ah I see, keep on lying" I teased, "I swear. They don't make me happy like you do" "that's sweet"
I replied. "I miss you" he added and my heart fluttered. I was seriously blushing meanwhile trying to keep a straight face as though he could see me. I didn't want him to realize how badly I wanted him.
"I miss you too" I answered. "I'll be back soon; I have a surprise for you" he added and I asked him what it was.
 "It wouldn't be a surprise then would it?"

The next morning, my alarm woke me up by 5:00. I wore my shorts and sports bra to take a quick jog around the estate.  Three more days to go I kept on muttering to myself. I just couldn't wait for the bet to be over. I felt like I was losing my mojo by being nice. 
I had an appointment with Bosco by ten but I arrived by past nine cause I wanted to prove my efficiency. I found Winner sitting by my office probably waiting for me.
 "Good morning Dr. Sommy" filda greeted, "Good morning Filda" I replied meanwhile scowling at Winner. "What are you doing here?" I asked and she stood up holding her bag. 
"I just want to talk to you"
"Winner if you're here to insult me, I'll advise you think again cause I'll just finish your life with insults" I snapped and then I saw her turn to Filda. 
"Let's not do this in front of the secretary. I came raising my white flag."
I paused in thought then entered into the office hoping she was being sincere about coming to make peace with me.
She closed the door and I turned to her with my hands folded. "What are you truly here for?"
"Chi Chi"
"Please don't call me Chi Chi, you know how much I hate that name. Only mom is entitled to call me that"
"We're cousins dear, it doesn't make me hoappy when we fight but sometimes we just have to tell you the truth"
"The truth is that ab*rtion is bad but you did it anyway"
"I admit it, I did the ab*rtion which almost cost me my life but ...." She trailed off. "I'm not here to talk about that, I want us to reconcile"
"Yeah sure, that's why you lied to mom about me telling the whole market women"
"Oh please Chisom" she cuts in,  "I'm sorry for what I did. I've been thinking and I've realized how far apart we are; we can't continue on this path" she explained and I sighed then leaned on my desk.
 I agree with her. Quite frankly, I was getting  tired of relating with my cousins as though they're my enemies.  I got a call from Josh who informed me he would be cancelling his meeting next week to come over to Nigeria to meet me. 
"Don't tell me you're tired of Virginia and the girls already?" I teased and he chuckled. "Yes and there's this girl I want to spend the rest of my life with"
"Who?" I asked and he chuckled. "You'll find out next week after the surprise. I love you" he added and I replied back. His rantings finally made sense to me, his surprise, Josh was going to propose to me. 
"Are you still with Joshua?" I heard Winner asked with the most disgusted voice. "I am"
"What are you still doing with that idiot?" She asked in our dialect. I didn't like the fact she abused him but I was ready to let it slide. 
"I thought you had broken up with the fool"
"Winner I don't appreciate you insulting my boyfriend"
"Ah Chisom that dog cannot be call a boyfriend!" "I don't understand"
"If you're still dating Joshua, then he's definitely cheating on you" "You're lying"
"Joshua has been seriously banging my friend Esther for a month now" I didn't even know who the Esther was and I didn't care cause he hasn't been in town for three months so unless this Esther is in Atlanta or a state in America, it's a big fat lie.
"Where is this Esther?"
"Here in Lagos"
"You lie! Joshua hasn't been in Nigeria in like three months" "Jesus Chi Chi!  He has managed to fool you. I saw Joshua at this big time wedding at Lekki. That was where Esther met him and they had s*x in the day at the reception and at night in one hotel"
"It can't be true"
"I'm serious, this is not them say-them say matter" 
 I didn't want to believe her, it didn't make sense to me. Joshua has stopped sleeping around. Four years ago, I was Joshua's therapist. He had s*x over-drive issue just like Mrs. Ajayi but it was different cause the treatment with him worked. 
It was a lot easier especially when he fell in love with me. Of course I knew, it was clearly written over his face even when I rejected him.
We struck a deal, if I agree to date him, I'll get to be the only one he sleeps with. Sounds crazy right? But I did it anyway and it worked. For the first year of our relationship, I never trusted him but gradually I did.
 He has always been faithful. I could vouch for him. 
"You've just managed to ruin what could have been a reconciliation. Winner, please leave my office" "Are you serious?" "Do you see me laughing?" I asked and she shook her head then left the office banging the door.
 "If you like break the door!" I yelled almost in tears. There goes our reconciliation. This  period was seriously messing up with my emotions. 
I saw Bosco walk in, "Someone looks angry" "Angry is an understatement" I replied then went back to my seat. "Is this like a monthly something cause I read it up that some women get hyper emotional when they're on their periods. They tend to get excessively angry or happy"
"Wait... You checked up on that?"
"I was curious to know why you were stupid not to realize you were on your period" he replied and I scoofed. "I'm really not in a good mood"
 "Wanna share?" He asked and I shook my head. This is my private life, i wonder why he loves butting into it. "My cousin just came here to tell me my boyfriend is cheating on me" I didn't even understand why I reveed it to him.
"And you don't believe her"
"I don't"
"Why?" 
"If someone tells you Paulina is cheating on you would you believe?"
"No, and it's Isabel not Paulina" "My point exactly! Trust, that's why. I trust Joshua..

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. a lot" I confessed to him and he nodded for reasons best known to him. 
"How are you feeling today?" I asked him, "I feel okay, there's something I remembered from my childhood days that I just wanted to let someone know but..."
"But what?" I asked, "Isabel really doesn't like to talk about these things" "Oh" I paused, "How is she coping?" I asked and he shrugged, "I don't know" he replied. I noticed he suddenly became sad. 
"What?" I asked him, there was something bothering him, I could feel it in my bones. 
"There's something bothering you"
"I got a call from Uyo" he paused and I felt my heart pounce. Was it a bad news? I wondered. "There's a little tendency that my brother might have to spend some years in jail maybe a year or two"
 "I thought you were over confident about the matter"
"I was but according to my private investigator and the lawyer I sent," he paused. "Mark isn't making it easy, he's causing so much problems in prison, fights and all and he has several charges on ground already"
"I'm sorry" I apologized. 
"I would have gone but I'm needed to oversee the affairs of the company. It's crazy but there's a demand to take him to a special center even after he has been released. The judge is refusing to release him."
"What does the judge have against him?"
"The man he killed is a brother of the village head who wants him to die in Ikot Akpanabia" "So?" I asked, I still didn't understand.
"The judge is from the same village" he replied and then it finally made sense. Why must everything be political? I wish to wake up in a country where things would be done out of merit and not through ethnicity ortibalistics affiliations. But that's as good as dreaming about something impossible.
"Mark would have to stay in Ikot Akpanabia"
"What's that again?" I asked, it sounded funny. "It's the name of the police station" he replied and I laughed. 
"Try saying that ten times" I joked and he paused for a while. "Ikot Akpanabia, Ikot Akpanabia, Ikot" he paused then laughed and I laughed out loud. 
I didn't think he was going to do it.

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    Favour Abhatue
    Hmmmmmm, my dear Sommy, you can't change a man so easily & not when he is even addicted to s*x. Nice one dear
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    Confy-Dencie
    Sommy, ur cousin might be telling d truth oo...and why do I av a feeling dat he's not actually gonna propose to Sommy.... hmmmmmm.....nice episode dear
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    Essien Eno
    Thanks dear
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    Cutedreamer
    Well, I hope that Joshua guy truly cheated on her so that they will break up and she will end up with Bosco instead **grinning**
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    Feyisara Modupe Sanya
    Sommy shine your eyes concerning Joshua
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