SHADOW OF THE PAST

17 Olanrewaju's Secret

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Zara, who was busy cooking in the kitchen heard the mild knock on the door and also heard Olanrewaju's voice. She washed her hands in the kitchen sink, and went ahead to get the door for her lover.

She gave Olanrewaju a deep hug and received the shopping bags from him as she ushered him into the living room. 

Olanrewaju had barely sit down when Lucia's call came through. He ignored the call twice, because Zara had always warned him never to pick his wife's call in her presence. As he was about to drop his phone on the side table, his phone beeps. He checked the message that was sent from Lucia.

The message reads...

I SAW TOMISIN TODAY.

Olanrewaju read the message in his mind and was really shocked. He sprang to his feet, and gave Zara a quick peck informing her that he needed to go home and attend to something urgent. He also promised to check up on her the next day as he dashed out of the house.

Zara was very angry at him, because she purposely was cooking the food because of him, and he didn't even take the permission to leave before he left.

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OUTSIDE ZARA'S APARTMENT.

Diana was coming from the left angle of the building as Olanrewaju drove out of the compound.

His mind was basically on the content of the message, hoping the message is not true.  He didn't notice Diana as he drove pass her with great speed.

Meanwhile, Diana had went to get a pack of bottled water from the nearest supermarket.

Zara had sent her to go get it when she noticed that the water in the dispenser had been exhausted.

Seconds later, Diana stepped into the apartment to meet angry Zara. She was looking so furious, and Diana walked up to her and ask if all is well.

She explained to her how her manfriend had left because of a call from his wife.

“Babes, dating a married man is not easy. You just need to be very calm with him. Something must have happened at home, which probably resulted to his actions tonight. You just need to exercise patient when dealing with a married man.” she adviced Zara, and Zara asked her to complete the cooking because she wasn't in the mood to complete the cooking.

“Besides, am going through all those stress in the kitchen because he had call earlier that he's coming over to spend a night.” she said still looking angry.

“Just be calm Babe.” Diana urged her. “I would have had the opportunity to meet him today, if not for the bottled water I went to get. Maybe he might have wait behind if I was here.” Diana said jokingly just trying to cheer Zara up.

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Bianca, the lady whom Tomisin stays with sat in the living room looking gloomy. She was just sighing at intervals.

Moments later, Tomisin walked into the small living room of a room and a parlor self-contained apartment.

“Hello Bianca. How did your day went?” Tomisin greeted as she gets the door closed behind her. She was just returning from the restaurant. Bianca who was so deep in her thought didn't respond to Tomisin's greeting. Her unusual attitude worried Tomisin as she looked at her housemate, she noticed how gloomy she looks, and definitely knew something was wrong with the lively Buanca she knew. “Babe, what happened?” she asked curiously and Bianca gave a deep sigh.

“You can't understand.” she finally replied after moments of silence.

“You should know that problem shared is half solved. Common babe, talk to me…” Tomisin urged her