Make It Rain

THIRTY-SIX

Back at Seun's house, the party seemed to be over for the guests. With Seun absent without notice and his fiancee supposedly nowhere to be found, everyone began leaving one after the other, as they were all busy in one way or another. The mood downstairs had changed completely from a somewhat exciting program to an empty house. For some reason Ezekiel remained at the venue while Shola, again, was nowhere to be found. 

Even though the living-room was quiet and lacking excitement, with no one around but Ezekiel, the opposite was the case upstairs, though it wasn't exciting in the sense of pleasure or joy.

Shola sat in the bathroom of Seun's bedroom, leaving the door ajar, probably hoping Seun would come in anytime soon. She sat on the floor with her head bowed a little, and her back crouched as she buried herself in tears and memories of her and Samuel.

"I hope you are good?" Samuel asked, holding her hand with care as she sat on his bike.

"Yup! Ready to go!"

"I don't think this is a good idea Shola..." His worries made it hard for him to let go.

No matter how worried he was, Shola was very stubborn, "Trust me, I have ridden a bike before." 

She constantly whimpered, with tears, probably enough to fill a tea cup, rolling endlessly out of her eyes and down her cheeks. No matter how hard she tried to pretend, no matter how many times she told herself that she hated him for what he did, she still couldn't help herself but to hope things were different. She loved him so much and it was getting harder to hide it by the day.

"That fool!" She complained, before a strong sniff caused her to pause, "Why did he have to call when I was with Ezekiel?"

Was she somehow hoping that Ezekiel and Samuel's plan worked out without her knowing, and it would eventually make her fall in love with Samuel again? 

Maybe.

Not even holding back, and allowing her tears to fall on and on, Shola rested her back against the wall behind her and dug her fingers into her hair.

"You left me with a heavy burden, Samuel. Because no matter how hard I try, no matter what I do, there's no way I will ever forget you. Not just because I still love you, but because of what you left with me." She slowly places her right palm over her stomach, "This will be the reason why you will always be with me Samuel, a reason that I cannot deny. Your child... Our child."

A mother and father that were never meant to be together, a union that only existed in the minds of the two lovers, and a child that was probably conceived from a drunken emotional state. Even though it might sound like a mess to another, it was all a beautiful mess to Shola and it was going to be perfect for her if things had turned out differently.

***

After waiting so long without receiving word from Funmi, Ezekiel had called her severally without any response, so he finally decided to take his leave too. He wouldn't want Seun to get suspicious of his intentions after returning home.

On his way out, he placed a call one more time to Funmi which she picked, "What's the update?"

"We have all of the police men working for Seun in our custody, we are en route to Samuel's house, about thirty minutes out. Hopefully, they are safe before we get there." Funmilayo sounded very relieved, "What of your end?"