Ruth Vicissitudes - Episode 6

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Maureen returned the next day very early against her plans of staying there for the weekend at her boyfriends. It was 11 am and Ruth was getting prepared for an emergency Saturday lectures. She couldn’t afford to miss any especially as the forth coming last semester exam was fast approaching. She took it upon himself to wave off anything that could be a source of distraction for the next two weeks. But could she wave off the current wind of happiness and joy she had just found? Something that she couldn’t just brush aside like the rest . Anytime she thinks of Ericks, she trembles and goose pimples begin to appear all over her. Ericks was partly the reason for everything good that had been happening in her life. She never seemed to stop thanking the Creator for his coming into her life. He was the perfect person for her life, the soul mate she had been looking for and she was convinced her feelings for him were real but one thing did bother her the more. How was she going to convince her parents about her love for Ericks and break away from the arranged marriage she was getting into? She knew her parents would be utterly against it, so as her friends who disapproved of her relationship with Ericks and always showering praises on Dolapo which escalates her anger the more . Talking to her parents was something she hadn’t made up her mind to do yet

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. Her passing out from school was her main focus.
“Maureen, I thought you said you were not coming back till Monday”, Ruth who was surprised by her sudden appearance asked.
“Things changed girl. Something happened”
“What happened?”
“Look who is reading here” she shoved off Ruth’s question, surprised to see Tonkey flipping her book in a corner of the table.
“Tonkey, what are you doing with books?” Tonkey was never seen with books anywhere till perhaps, when the examinations commence and was popularly called head of NAS over campus. One wondered how she did pass her semester exams.
“Hey, don’t forget am still a student here and I don’t want to fail my last papers. I still have one carry over from last year”
“Haha”, Maureen chuckled. “I don’t think I just heard that from my bestie. A student or a Non-academic staff that you are?”
“You can say whatever you want. I don’t blame you. Just leave me to my books”
“You were never a prisoner here, so go on with your reading. Its like the world is about to experience a mysterious event today. Who knows if rapture is going to take place”
“Oh Maureen, please stop. My ribs are pained, leave the changed girl to continue”
“Changed girl, now I get the gist. I forgot she went to church yesterday, probably she was prayed for by her pastor” she took a glass of water.
“Enough please” screamed Tonkey.
Maureen stopped making fun of her and rested in a supine position while still drinking her water, maintaining a general silence for a while till Ruth broke it.
“Maureen, you didn’t say what actually cut short your stay at your boyfri……”
“We broke up girl” she cuts in. “We had a little misunderstanding about a whole lot of things. That’s it”
“Oh, is it that serious?”
“Yes, very and it hurts me deeply to see he couldn’t compromise certain things for me while I was willing to do the same for him”
“Oh girl, am deeply sorry. Its too bad this happened but time heals wounds. Maybe he will realize what he did and things will come back to normal between you guys” Tonkey suggested.
“Let’s forget that now. I don’t want to think of it right now. I have great news, one of my distant cousins is getting married in two months time”
“Wow”, Tonkey and Ruth were wowed by the news.
“Exactly girls”
“That’s great news. What are they in need of? A decorator, wedding planner, or even bridesmaid, am readily available” Tonkey inquired as she closed her books and focused her gaze on Maureen.
“Hmmm. Am not sure yet if they have right now”
“Come on girl, your girl needs money urgently. Am broke right now and I could make some money from that. Just recommend me to them please”
“But is in two months time”
“I know. I can start now to plan for it. Two months isn’t as long as you think it is. Just recommend them my services”
“Alright, I will try my best but am not giving you any assurance that you will get it oh”
“Thank you bestie. I know you will try and wouldn’t dissapoint”
“So have you met the guy that proposed to her?” Ruth asked.
“Yes. It’s her long time boyfriend that proposed. I happened to meet him once with my cousin, the guy is off the hook”
“Wow. That’s great for her, she must be lucky really”
“Very lucky indeed. He is as charming and good looking as Dolapo” Maureen tried to get Ruth to smile only to give an expressionless face. Her beeping phone disturbed their conversation, she sighed when she discovered who it was before reaching for the wardrobe.
“Where are you going?” asked both of them. Ruth was going to Dolapo’s office, that’s what she told them. She imagined the excuse he would give him when questioned about a whole lot of things, why she didn’t pick his calls, why she never called him and the rest. Dolapo was busy in the office with some files when she got a call from his secretary that Ruth was around. She knocked and he ushered her inside;
“Hi” she greeted.
“Hello sweetheart” he closed the door and planted a kiss on her smooth cheeks.
“Have a seat. What would you like to drink?”
“I wouldn’t really like to drink anything. Thank you”
“Why is that? You are just coming from under this harsh weather, you need something to cool yourself at least. Let me get you some juice okay”
“No, am really fine”
“Okay, if you say so. How are things with you and studies?”
“Hectic but going on well” she answered bluntly.
“And your parents? Its been long since I have heard from them”
“They are fine. Why did you send for me? It was almost as if it were an emergency”
“Is that a good way of introducing a topic to someone whom you never called, texted or even visited? You have been trying to avoid me lately and I cant figure out why. Sending that text was the only way I could get your attention. What is happening?” 
Silence erupted between them, Ruth supported her jaw with her hands while staring at the tiles floor blatantly. Her subconscious tells her to just spill out everything that had been happening lately behind his back right in front of him, the real truth behind her slacking but somehow, she picked the courage not to. 
“Am really sorry, I forgot to call when I returned. Tonkey delivered your message”
“You forgot because I don’t really matter to you right?”
“Of course not, I have been busy of late. I have my final semester exam next week and its going to be a tough one. It’s all entangled”
“Does that answer your recent attitude towards me?”
“Partially, but you know we can’t really be seeing each other all the time. We saw each other last week and four days before”
“You always get me worried especially when your phone is disengaged. I don’t want that happen again please”
“Am sorry if I have wronged you in any way”
“It’s okay. Just try to feed me with what’s happening around you.  I don’t want to start developing other ideas and feeling jealous of losing you”
“I will try not to keep you in the dark next time”
“I miss you baby” he stood from his swivel chair and sat in front of her on the table, smooching and caressing her face romantically while trying to kiss her. she tried to avoid his touch but she couldn’t resist him against his firm hold. Her phone beeped again and got a message from Ericks, Dolapo suspended his romantic gesture and had to let go for her to acknowledge the message. The beep seemed to have saved the day for her from his petty saddening romance. He asked her what happened and she lied it was from her friend concerning the evening lectures that was scheduled.
“Okay, let me give you a ride back”
“No, its not necessary. I wouldn’t want to disturb your work, I will just board a cab”
Okay, what about launch tomorrow at our usuals?”
“I don’t really know but I will give you a call, bye” she kissed him on the cheek and left. Dolapo quickly reached for his phone and dialed a number;
“Follow her up now. She’s out of my office, I need to know everything going on with her”, he hung up.

Plans for the upcoming wedding started on a really fast note. Charles got back home from work in the evening and noticed a change in the home of his parents, the decorations were somewhat new and different. The many things that were already bought in bags and boxes in a short time got him thinking how expensive the wedding is already. Charles wasn’t living with his parents but ever since his announcement of engagement to Cynthia, he resulted to come home every two days to monitor the progress of his wedding since his parents opted to take care of the organizing.
“Good evening dad and mum” he greeted them. His mother was separating the already bought items from each other while his dad was calculating the cost of items bought like a father would do.
“Welcome home son. How was work today?” his father asked jovially.
“Fine. Stressful as usual. What’s all these dad, mum?”
“What do you mean these?” his mother asked 
“I mean these” he pointed to the items.
“Don’t tell me you are getting blind. These are for your wedding of course”
“Oh mum, some of these items are not necessary, you are spending too much, don’t you think? Beside there is still some time so why the rush?”
“No son, we don’t think we are spending too much. Your wedding is not two months away any longer but a month, two weeks, six days and five hours left”
“Mother, there is still time. Don’t give yourself BP”
“There is no time. I don’t want to be caught off guard. I want everything ready a month to the wedding”
“I still think you are spending too much”
“I have answered this before, am not spending too much. Listen, you elder brother is married, you are the only one not to yet. If I and your father don’t do this, who will?” her phone began to ring and she got herself excused.
“Dad, say something. Don’t tell me you gave her consent”
“Of course son. You know your mum, she always has her way in certain things. For the sake of tranquility, I allowed her. Why don’t you freshen up and eat?”
“Oh dad, you never say no to anything that she does ever since I have known you as my father” his father chuckled at his statements and his son questioned why he did so.
“Why do you think our marriage has lasted for years? Do you know this year will make it the 40th year we have been in union as husband and wife? One of us had to be deaf and dumb to the other sometimes to make it work. Unfortunately, I your father had to choose that role” he said with full smiles on his face.
“And why did you choose that? Why not she?” Charles asked inquisitively
“Sacrifice son, the man has to sacrifice everything to make his woman happy. That is the burden we carry”
Charles kept a face of want –to- know more. He knew what his father meant but he wanted more lectures on how to make his marriage as successful as his. He was his role model, an epitome of how a man should be in happiness and in turbulent times. He knew his father to be the cool headed and quiet type unlike his mother who was blunt and argumentative. He has seen his father done things normal men wouldn’t do or tolerate from his wife, guess that’s why he kept the golden rule at the back of his head, ‘be deaf and dumb’.
“I’m not sure I’m ready to do all that just to make my marriage work or sustain it. To be a fool and turn mute” he stated. His father chuckled once again at his immature statement.
“Son, you have to do that, if not you will join the queue of couples who are divorced. You will fathom everything that I have told you once you get in. That’s the same thing I told your elder brother and his marriage is blissful. All women are the same and guided by the same rule”. He stated and paused to answer a call. Charles opted to freshen up quickly so as to return to the sitting room to help with the items bought. His mother just finished her long conversation on the phone and returned almost the same time as his son.
“Son, tell Cynthia to meet me this Thursday. I have just dropped a call from a fashion designer in the U.K, my good friend and she said she is going to make a wedding dress for her but she will need her measurement. We should be leaving soon”
“What did you say mum?” pretending he didn’t grasp what she said.
“You heard me son. Cynthia is coming with me to the UK” she returned two heavy bags with her to one of the empty rooms, leaving Charles to his perplexity. His father who had been out returned to the sitting room to discuss business with his son. He inquired of the contract he told him the company was going to get from Intel corporations. When he told him they lost the contract to AK Technologies about some weeks ago, he became quite furious.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t want you to get furious. I know you hate to lose, especially to AK Technologies. They have been your rivals ever since”
“That company is always stepping our toes. I hate them”
“Dad, it’s a competitive market and AK Technologies is a top company, just like ours. We just have to move on and be a step ahead always” Charles opined. They navigated their discussion back to the upcoming wedding.

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