The Private Driver - S01 E09

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The Private Driver - S01 E09

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 9

The Private Driver (The Last Part)

"The time is 6:30 am and you are already in Nigeria. How come? Did you use private jet? You arrived so early. I called you around 4 am and by 6:30 am, you are already in Nigeria. How come you are arrived with such alarming speed?" Dami asked her husband as soon as he stepped into the hospital ward.

"I started coming as soon as you called me. I did not want to waste any time. I wanted to rush home so I can see the face of my baby boy. You are my queen and I have not seen you for a long time. I started rushing to the airport the moment your call came in. Please, where is the baby? | can't wait to see him." Ojo said, his eyes darting from one corner of the room to the other, trying to find where the newborn is kept. When he could not see any baby, he stopped searching and returned to the bedside where Dami was. She was sitting up and leaning on the wall.

"You haven't answered my question. How come you arrived in Nigeria so early? A flight from London to Nigeria is at least six hours. How come you arrived in less than three hours? Even if you used your own private jet, it is impossible for you to make it to Nigeria that fast. So, tell me, where did you fly from?" Dami continued asking, refusing to allow Ojo a moment of respite.

"Why are you asking me such a question? Don't you trust me? I told you I flew in from London as soon as your call came in. Why do you not believe me? You think I'm telling lies? I just landed in Abuja and I picked another flight to Benin. You should be happy that I arrived very early to see our baby. Why are you sounding as if you are suspecting me of doing something wrong? My love please stop, I'm only hear to see our baby and to celebrate." Ojo said as he came closer and hugged his wife for the first time since he entered the hospital ward.

"You are not going to see the baby until you have told me where you are coming from. Were you actually in London? Where were you when you received my call this morning? I don't think you were in London because a flight from London to Nigeria is six hours. It's less than four hours after I called you and you are already in Benin City. Where are you coming from?" Dami asked again, this time with a forceful voice that made Ojo realize that she was very serious.

"I just told you flew in from London. Why do you doubt me?" Ojo asked.

"You did not fly in from London. Tell her the truth." Mimi said after she rushed into the hospital ward unannounced. She was standing hands akimbo, looking directly into the eyes of Ojo who was shocked by the latest turn of events.

"Will you get out from this place at once? May I remind you that you are the housemaid and you have no right to join when I'm having a conversation with my wife. Leave this place at once before I pour my anger on you." Ojo said angrily but Mimi called his bluff.

"My dear, you cannot do anything! Go ahead and tell your wife the whole truth about where you are coming from. You and I know you did not fly into Nigeria from London. Tell your wife where your mother kept you after this plan was hatched. I was there when it was decided, so don't even try to tell lies." Mimi replied with her eyes still directly fixed at Ojo who was surprised as to why she was attacking instead of defending him.

"Honey, don't listen to this lady. She is telling lies against me. Don't listen to her. I have told you I just flew in from London and that's the whole truth." Ojo kept defending himself, but it was not working at all. Just then, Kenny walked into the hospital ward.

"You did not fly into Nigeria from anywhere. Ojo, be a man and tell your wife the truth. Stop the lies because you and your mother have reached the end of the road." Kenny said with his hands in his pocket. He was leaning on the wall and showing an 'l-don't-care attitude. It was then that Ojo realized that the staff employed by his mother had turned against him. He turned towards the door and saw his mother also walking into the room.

"I'm sorry son. What we planned nearly worked but things didn't turn out the way we wanted. I'm afraid we all have to confess the truth. We lost the baby, so no need to hide anything anymore. You can go ahead and tell her the truth." Mrs Temi said after she walked into the room and held her son by the shoulder.

"Alright! I'm all ears. What is the truth?" Dami asked calmly.

"Alright! I guess I have come to the end of the road. It's true; I did not fly in from London. I did not even travel to London. I have been here in Benin all these while. I did not gain admission to any university in London. I just used that as an excuse to get away from you." Ojo said.

"Why would you want to get away from me? I'm your wife. The wife of your youth. You chose to abandon me on the day of our wedding under the guise that you were going to study in London? Why did you do that?" Dami asked. She was so upset that even her mouth was shaking as she was talking.

"I'm sorry Dami. My mother put me through this journey with you. The truth is that my system is not capable of browsing your website. It is a problem I have had since I became old enough to be called a man. I did not want to get married, but my mother wanted a grandchild desperately so she planned this whole thing. The driver, Kenny was hired to do the job. I knew you were going to feel lonely and go to him in my absence. Even if you did not go to him, he would have come to you anyway. It was all planned by my mother. I was too ashamed to stay around and watch another man plant a seed in my wife's farm. That was why I had to practically run away. I'm sorry! Please forgive me." Ojo pleaded with Dami.

"Forgive you? After you planned to ruin my life? You knew you cannot browse a website but you still went into a relationship with me and even convinced me to marry you. Don't you think that your heart is evil? And now, you are asking me to forgive you?" Dami exploded in anger.

"Please, forgive us. Look at me as a mother and forgive us. I only needed a grandchild, whichever way I could get it. Look at my son's age. He is over 40 years old with no wife, no child. It breaks my heart the situation he is in. That is why I planned this. Believe me, I never planned to harm you. I just wanted a baby from you, that's all." Mrs Temi was kneeling down as she begged Dami for her pardon.

"Please forgive us too." Kenny and Ojo said almost at the same time.

"Please, I need some time to think. My head is full and I can no longer process information correctly." Dani said as she stood up from the bed and walked out. She was feeling some pains but she never turned back. As she walked out of the door, she also walked out of the marriage and never returned.

"There was no marriage anyway. It was based on lies." Dami told herself six months later when she had recovered a bit from the shock.

"I was not wise. This is why it is good to check the health status of the person you want to marry before proceeding. If I had gone to the hospital with Ojo, doctors would have found out and told me his problem. But I'm now wiser. This kind of thing will never happen to me again." Dami said to herself.

THE END.