STORY:SINGLE BUT LIVING MARRIED

Episode 5
“Bimbola came back later to the sitting room”
Abimbola: Snakie, your neighbours have
started again ooo
Me:watz dat…….
Abimbola: Didn’t u hear their noise
Me: (Reduce the volume of the TV)….This guy
will kill this geh one day oooooo…Is it by
force?
Abimbola: don’t mind her, I don’t know why
someone will be beating you like this
everytime and you will still be claiming love
Me:lemme go and watch them abeg……
I stepped outside and what I saw was the
babe running out from the room, she ran into
my hand at the entrance of our room…….She
was crying, Her top has become a rag and her
bare bweast was already out from the cloth as
she used her hand to hold everything together.
She was just shouting “fool”””, agbaya…….hired
killer
Me:Pls, its okay…..pls take it easy abeg…can
u pls come inside the house pls
I led her inside our flat and left her with
Abimbola who was inside the room and didn’t
even bother to come out, gave her a wrapper
to cover herself with and went inside their own
flat. Everywhere was scattered and he was
looking rough too…….you will know it has been
a serious fight
Me:Its okay egbon leke
Leke:Thank you jare snakie
Me:we need to take things easy with our
ladies oo egbon, God no go let us see wetyn
go carry us enter jail oo or wetyn we go do
finish wey we go com dey regret in future. We
are not perfect in life, you see all this our
women, its only mouth that they have and its
someone they will sent to jail they always look
for. Irrespective of what she might have done
to you, I believe you can always settle things
amicably and even if you feel you cant take it
at that moment, its better to walk out of the
room and take some fresh air so that everytyn
will cool down before coming back home. A
lady will forever be a lady, they are all
stubborn but our perseverance and
understanding as a man that they can never
be perfect is what keep relationship
going…………………….
Leke:she really get me angry ni jare
Me:I know, that’s their behaviour but you
shouldn’t have let it turn to this egbon. Pls
think of the embarrassment, the way people
will be saying they have started again
everytym…….Do u think our parent relationship
was a rousy one like too? Every relationship
has their own up and down but the most
important thing is understanding. In our
relationship, one person has to be a goat
while the other person will be a sheep. We
cant both be sheep and goat at the same
time. Pls am begging you, just let everything
die down….call your wife and sort things out
pls.
Leke:Thank you snakie, we will talk more when
am back………I need to rush out to somewhere
now
Me:Ohk…….
We both stepped out as he locked the door of
his flat, I even forgot to ask him about what
will happened to his girlfriend. I went back to
our own flat and met Labake crying……………….
Me: Its ohk sister Labake, nothing to cry over
Labake:Thank you………….
Me: my advice to you is just that, you are still
young and you don’t need to turn yourself to
handicap before you eventually married each
other. Beating here and there, it’s the body
that will suffer it, you don’t even care about
your health and the outcome of your action?
You don’t need to fight back anytym your guy
is angry, I believe you have been dating for a
while now and you know those things that you
do that will infuriate him. Silence is always
golden my sister, all you could do anytym he
is angry is to step aside either to lock yourself
in the room or something but you raise your
voice at the same tym..it will be serious
trouble. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Am
not supporting his action oo cos I detest it in
all ramification but you guys can handle this
better. You think other neighbours don’t fight?
They do but they always know how to manage
each other..tolerance is the most important
thing in every relationship……..
Labake: have heard you uncle snakie, he
caused everytyn
Me:am not disputing the fact cos no matter
what might have happened, he shouldn’t be
raising his hand over you but all the same, try
and understand your guy, know what get him
angry, know when his angry and try your best
to always manage your relationship. So, pls
when he comes back, just try and know how to
beg him and sort things out
Labake: thank You………Where is he?
Me:he has gone out…guess you have your
extra key with you
Labake: No ooo..my key is inside the room
Me:dats serious……..ohk, lemme just find you
one top to put on pending when he will be
back
Labake: Thank you….can I make use of your
rest room?
Me:Sure……This is towel and top for you to
wear
“she make her way to the rest room”
I put on PS two and started playing before she
later join me in the sitting room, Labake was
looking so fresh after taking her bath, she was
pressing her phone and all my mind pondered
was why will a lady decide to stay put in a
violence relationship like that. I cant imagine
my sister or any of my family member going
through this kind of relationship.
Labake: Which team are you?
Me:man united now……
Labake: so, computer is whipping u already
Me:I will equalize now…wait and see……
Labake: even with your Ronaldo and
Rooney……….
Me:lolzz……how did u know them
Labake: Ahn ahn…….
Me: U watch football or play game?
Labake: am trying sha but its been long I
play, only when am in school
Me:ohk…take pad then
Labake: Ahh….Don’t beat me too much
oooo………..
Me: Don’t worry now……..choose your club
abeg
Labake: Arsenal..ehn..ehn
Me:so, you be gonner…I no go even pity you at
all
Labake: Oya now……..
“It was a pity she actually beat me at our first
attempt, then I had to up my game on the
second one” during this time, abimbola will
come out of the room, walk around the sitting
room and hissed at us. We continued with our
game and was discussing. She received a call
in the middle of our discussion and all I heard
was telling the person that she was in our
room with Abimbola around
Me: guess datz egbon leke
Labake: yes
Me: Love sha, how long have you guys been
together?
Labake: u mean me and Leke?
Me:Yes
Labake: Going to four years now….i met him
during my ND program in Ojere, then he was
serving in in Ogun state, his disturbance was
extra ordinarily much before I accepted to date
him after his service cos u no corpers now…
they like to do chop and clean mouth and me
am not ready for that. He came into my life
when my first and only boyfriend misbehaved
and have known only two guys since then
Me:hey yah…datz lovely..what about your
parent? Where are they from
Labake: My parents are here in Lagos, I was
born and brought up in Alapafuja, Surulere but
I don’t just like going home jare
Me:have u taken him home?
Labake:Not yet even though some of my
sibblings knows him but not my parent
Me: that’s cool..but hope you guys are
working towards the future?
Labake: Yes, but leke is too promiscuous more
reason am giving him close marking, you
know what they say about the meat you leave
unattended to
Me:lolzzz….thats funny
Labake: Goal…………….Van persie
Me:you just have to bear with him, everything
is time…..you know he is doing well with his
business so, even if he’s not paching them,
they will be running after him
Labake: but that doesn’t mean he should be
doing it to my face. All I need is a respect for
him…he cant have me in the house and be
flirting with another geh on fone
Me:Don’t worry, all those will stop over time…
Labake:can leke stop? Am just praying to God
sha……..am even scared of going for service
and am trying hard to work my service to
lagos so I can be close to him but he’s not
buying the idea because of his parol
Me:lolzzz………..dont worry everytyn will be
fine..patience is everytyn. Anytym he’s angry,
just go inside and lock yourself in till he calm
down then try to talk to him when he will
listen. He’s your guy now and you know the
right time to talk to him
Labake: enough about me, what about you……
Me:well, am an indegine of this state. My
parent are also here in Lagos
Labake:What about your girlfriend cos I hardly
see you with any babe unlike your friends
Me:I don’t have any…………….
Labake: lailai…I cant believe that jhoor, I
guess u have been hiding her
Me:well, I was dating a lady from our
100level, our relationship will be six years in
some months but we separated like two
months ago
Labake: what happened?
Me:she got pregnant for another guy
Labake: As in?
Me: She got pregnant for a guy she introduced
to me as her cousin six years ago
Labake: (paused the game)…you don’t mean
it…
Me:datz the truth…After five years together
Labake: hey yah…..so sorry for that, some
ladies are wicked sha
Me: U don’t have to pity me abeg (drop of
tears on my face)
Labake: Its ohk jare…God knows the best
“knock on the door”
To be continued