Lekki Sisi - S01 E39

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Lekki Sisi - S01 E39

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 39

A ghastly motor accident had occurred on the road leading to Lekki. It had caused serious traffic and by the time I got into the house, all I wanted to do was eat and sleep.

At first when I got into the compound, I was surprised to see Tola’s car parked in front of the house. It was just 5:30 and very unusual to find her home that early and then I remembered she was on leave.

I opened the door and right there in the living room was my ex, Kunle, sipping a drink and chewing cookies.

I stood there shocked. He put down the can of malt he was holding on a tray and stood up. Tola came out of the kitchen grinning.

‘I’ve been trying your line for almost an hour now. I wanted to tell you about Kunle’s arrival.’ Tola said, after she hugged me.

‘Hello Tinuke.’ Kunle said.

I moved away from the door and stood behind the sofa by the refrigerator. Kunle wasn’t looking bad at all. He wore a white shirt which looked fitted on him and his trousers weren’t as big as I knew them to be. He looked really good even though his jaw was still tense and his eyes serious.

‘Hello Bro Kunle.’

‘I think I should leave you guys to talk. Let go and see how my moi-moi is doing.’ Tola said and left the living room.

I came around to sit on the sofa, still stunned for words. TV.

‘Tinuke, you have changed.’

‘How did you know I stay here?’ I asked, curious.

‘Let’s say your mum was willing to help me save whatever pieces of our relationship was left. She gave me your friend’s number and here I am.’

I turned to Kunle. ‘What exactly do you want?’

Kunle chuckled, his eyes fixed on the phone I was holding. ‘You now use an iphone. Hmm..you are a big girl now. But Tinuke, you have changed. Look at what you have on your head. Is it a wig or you fixed it to your hair? You now use make-up and shave your eyebrows. You paint your nails too? Where are those long skirts that covered your legs? Where is the holiness we started with when I first met you.’

I let out two quick breath. ‘Did you come all the way from Akure to say this?’

His countenance deepened. I could see he was trying to stay calm. ‘I thought I’d be able to talk you into coming back to Akure to continue what we started. I was ready to pay your bride price without any delay but I can see that there is nothing left of my Tinuke. She is already on her way to hell.’

My heart darkened as he spoke. Hell. I was on my way to hell? God was going to throw me into hell.

Kunle stood up. ‘I’m going back to Akure to tell them what I have seen. I charge you to repent and turn from your evil ways. When Lot’s wife turned back, she became a pillar of salt. A word is enough for the wise.’

I sat there long after he walked out of the house. For several minutes, I just sat there staring blankly into space. Tola came out with a tray of hot moi-moi.

‘Food is ready.’ She stopped when she saw the empty space where Kunle had been.

‘What happened? Where is he?’

‘He has gone.’ I left for the bedroom. Restless, I packed my toiletries and some dresses and informed Tola I’d be lodging in a hotel. I told her I had some thinking to do. As I left that evening, I felt like a hole had been carved out of my heart with a hot iron rod. I felt empty.

Settled in the hotel room, I ordered for wine. I wanted something that’d pushed down my sorrow. The only time I had taken alcohol were the few sips with Ranti.

There is nothing wrong with Alcohol, Ranti would say. What the bible kicks against is drunkenness.