The Drummer Boy

Episode 8 years ago

The Drummer Boy

i was so surprise because such gesture was coming
from Mercy
which was kind of strange to me. i was use to one
fact and that
was checking the kitchen by myself and if a food is
covered then its mine.

While i sat there many thought ran through
my head.

Thoughts like why did she suddenly picked interest
in me today?
What does she even care about me? i know the
thought might be that i am insensitive but when you experience
somethings, your
mind quickly changes and reality set in.

Socretes
was not wrong
when he said appearance is different from reality.
i quickly ran into the kitchen, took the food and started eating.

While i ate in sadness for my unfavourable visit, i
stole glances
at mercy.

I thought of joy leaving very soon for her
youth service,
i remember the intimate intimate feelings we have shared.

While
eating i heard Mercy voice soft, feminine and tender
voice spoke
out.

Mercy: don’t you use water to eat?

Its was then i
understood that i didn’t even come with water.

The question she
asked brought
back some past and present memories.

Could this
be friendship
that she if offering me or what?

The only thing i am
so such of is if she brings her congo for me to shine, i will do
justice and
shine the congo very well.

But i wasn’t too happy
with her, i have
not yet let down my defense because this might be
a disguise.

Before i get carried away with issues of present and
reality let me
reminisce a little.

He sister that’s my uncles wife
was a lady that
everybody thought was cool, loving and caring
because at that time everybody wanted him to settle down.

Well one
thing lead to
another, she became pregnant and they got married.

Then the
real character started showing on her part.

She
became bossy, does things the way she likes, leave some house
chores for the
husband, drew a line and started acting up. Initially i
thought
maybe its just a normal thing, that the early
pressure where on her or so, but later the pictures became clearer.
Disobedient,
anger, quarreling, malice and all other negative
social vices set
in.

Somehow, i became afraid to marry and even till
now, i seems not to understand people.

Well, i have come to leave
with the
reality that people change.

There is always a price
to pay for
disobedient most especially in marriage and in
marriage issue, your spouse doesn’t deserve any negative treament
because you
end up hurting yourself at the end.

Let me share one
story that
changed things and caused a deep scar in their
heart till today.

Its happened that one day, she came back from
work and by then
she was heavy, i think 6months plus and the
husband had
notified everybody that he has a wake keep of a
dear brother for like a month plus and he kept reminding everybody.

She was fully
aware of the date but on that same date, she form
anger, became
so angry and started acting up.

Suddenly she said
she won’t be sleeping at home at that night, that she was going to
her mums
place to spend the night.

We tried to discourage her
from taking
the decision but everything proved abortive. her
friend even came around to discourage her from going, but her
mind was
made up or either he stays at home or she goes and
there was
nothing that could change that.

In anger she
prepared her own food without even bothering about us, ate while
going her friends
still persuaded her to change her mind that the
husband was just
staying outside for a night and its not like he sleep
outside or so.

But guess a mind that was made up was already
made up.

Then
she left and not too long we heard the news.

While we sat at home pondering on what to eat that
night, a lady
that was a close friend with my uncle rushed in and
told him to
quickly get on the bike, give him so money and
asked him to go down to caterpillar that something terrible had just
happened to
the wife.

There was no time to think or change
clothes as he
quickly jumped of the bike with his boxers and shirt.
And quickly ran to the stop.

After about 5min i closed the door,
went with the
friend to the spot where we were told the scene
occurred.

While we got there, people had gathered and started
discussing the incident, i was interested in the discussion of
some people as
i went to join them. i was so scared because they
way they had
described the incident was horrible.

While i was still
contemplating on the incident, i heard a lady said ‘na that women
wey get belle i pity o, i just pray make she survive
ooooo’!

My
heart skipped and i started wondering the gravity of
the accident.
What must have happened, how, where and why, all this were the
question i was asking myself when my phone rang
and brought
me back to reality. i check the caller it was joy that
was calling
while mercy had her eyes fixed on me.

As she looked at me at
interval. i spoke with Joy and she told me she will
be leaving for
school tomorrow and from there, she will go straight
to her
camp. i certainly knew i was going to miss her so much.
i was going to miss her height, kisses, play,
argument, s*x and
crazy games we played together.

Not too long she
dropped, linda
call came in, i got vexed and refused to pick her call.

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