love in the dark - Season 1 - Episode 32

6 years ago

love in the dark - Season 1 - Episode 32

Tuanji pushed me out of his way and I fell on the couch. He dived Aremu and they both crashed on the floor. He heaved his hand with Aremu lying defenseless on the floor and rendered frantic blows on Aremu’s face.
I yelled at Tunji but he didn’t stop punching and smacking and hitting Aremu. Aremu’s face was in no time unrecognizable. It was bruised and swollen and covered with blood.

I leaned against the wall, aghast and dismal as i watched Aremu breathed his last air. Tunji pulled from him, looking triumphant. He faced me, panting precariously. He looked equally unrecognizable. His face was also covered with blood and his eyes befogged with the lust for violence. He straddled towards me and i darted…

This whole scenario played in my head as I stood in between this two men about to turn my living room to a boxing ring.

“You should live Aremu,” Tunji broke the silence. “Tell her the truth,” Aremu retorted fiercely. “The truth?” Tunji asked quizzically. “Just go Aremu…” My tiny voice rose in their midst. “The truth is, you need to return to rehab…” Tunji spoke equally fierce. “You are the one who need rehab brother,” Aremu spoke back.

And I saw Tunji bite his teeth hard, obviously trying to swallow his angst. “Just leave Aremu,” my voice rose again but this time with a dose of my own rage. “OK…”

Aremu snapped and spoke directly facing Tunji: “You know you don’t deserve her…” Then Aremu walked out.

I heaved a sigh of relief and Tunji pulled closer to me. “Are you ok?” He asked.

The show went on. Few people showed up. Most of them are of high social standing. I wore a beautiful chiffon gown. Me and Tunji looked divine and very inseparable. A lot of friends showed up and I was having the time of my life when Aremu showed up in a state of insobriety.

I tried to stay far but the more I drifted from him, the more closer he got to me. Tunji was equally uneasy with his presence. He kept on checking on me, making sure Aremu never came close.

But he finally made his way through. I was dancing, he pushed through my friends and got to me. “Can i have a dance?” He asked. I nodded in affirmation. He took my hands and we started dancing. Next, he started with: “You are a good person Angie, he doesn’t deserve you.” I pulled from him and he grabbed me back and said with a sad glow in his eyes: “He killed Gabriel.” I was taken aback by this. I wanted to say it was an accident but he interrupted: “He killed Eva D too…”

I was too stupefied to respond. What is he saying? Before those words could evade my mouth, I saw him flying and crashing on the chairs and table What! Am I dreaming? The atmosphere became rowdy. People were screaming and wailing. My imagination came true, it was Tunji. He sent Aremu crashing down the stairs and that was the last time I saw Aremu. I called off the engagement, Tunji got jail time for manslaughter and I stopped been in the dark.

THE END