Wasted Years (Episode One)

Episode Seven

Wasted Years
(Episode 7)

I stewed for several minutes, thinking of the terrible things to say to Dakota. A man who was about making my life miserable.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" He asked.

I sighed, turned my head and walked passed him to the bedroom. He rushed after me and held my hands, I pushed him off to the bed. I saw the shock in his eyes. He was surprise and wondered why I did that.

My heart was heavy, my mind was blown away.

He got up from the bed and said, "Don't you do that again."

"My God will punish you Dakota!" I cried out. "You have finished me!" I exclaimed painfully.

"What did I do again?" He asked, gasping.

I slapped him hard on the face. "You're an incredible bastard, you're ungrateful and God will punish you!" I said bitterly as I began to pack my bags.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He asked confusingly, holding the side of the cheeks I'd slapped.

"First, I wasted my life away with you for nine years. Nine good years. You lied that you loved me. You lied that your mom has amnesia. The poor woman doesn't even have an idea. Then you lied to me," I sobbed softly, "You lied that you went to see your mom, meanwhile, you were going to introduce the girl you want to marry to her. No wonder she asked me on the phone if you and I were still dating, no wonder you didn't pick my calls.  No wonder!" I said painfully.

"How did you know about this?" He asked.

I was astound. I had expected him to deny and tell me they were all lies.

"Don't dare ask me such questions."

He lowered himself on the bed and said to me, " Sit down let's talk first. Just relax."

"Listen, we are done," I said as I began to pack my clothes. "I am not here to listen to another of your cooked lies."

He rushed at me, "I am sorry if you heard this from mama or whoever told you this wouldn't understand why. The girl is pregnant for me." He said.

"What?" I asked shockingly.

"Yeah," He nodded calmly.

I laughed crazily and threw my clothes away, folding my arms across my chest, my face was stern.

"You had sex with another girl without protection, she is pregnant and you want to marry her because she is pregnant?"

"Not really Ifure, see, this babe is tough. I asked her to abort the pregnancy and she refused. She forcefully took me to meet her parents and my mom, it hasn't been easy on me too. Please Ifure," He fell to his knees, "forgive me."

"I don't get this," I said thoughtfully, "Some months ago, I terminated a pregnancy that almost took my life. Not once, not twice, eleven good times, and a girl comes out of nowhere with pregnancy and you say you wanna marry her because she forced you. Did I not plead with you to keep the last pregnancy, I even left the house, hoping you would have a change of mind and ask me to keep it, but you didn't because you do not have a single iota of love for me." I said with a bittered heart as I felt my gut twist.

"Please don't leave..." He muttered.

I became weak. I walked away to my car and drove back to my former base, Inyene's apartment. I stood staring at the  closed door. Tears welled up in my eyes; tears of wants, need and frustration. My cousin was angry with me, and I needed to make peace with her before settling with her. I knocked softly on the door.

"Who is there?" She asked shrilly.

"Me" I said tearily.

"You who?"

"Ifure..." I cried out. She rushed over to the door and opened it for me, when she saw that my eyes were reddish and my face was pale, she held me and took me to the bedroom. "Don't tell me it's Dakota again Ifure."

I nodded painfully with tears running down my cheeks. "He is getting married to someone else who is pregnant for him." I said, as I swallowed saliva.

"What!" She exclaimed aloud.

"Yessss..."

"How did you know this?"

"His sister told me this morning on our way back from  Larabar. She told me that I was wasting my time."

"Did she say it out of love or to ruin your heart?"

" She likes me a lot."

Inyene held me to herself,  wiping away the tears in my eyes.

"I hope you have learnt your lessons. I knew that guy never loved you. He showcased it at the hospital. I don't understand what really made you to stay with him still. I just hope this has taught you a lesson, you will learn to love yourself Ifure. You just wasted away your precious love and passion on one fool that calls himself Dakota. Who is to blame now?"

"I was misled." I cried out.

"By who?"

"By love," I said as tears trickled out the corners of my eyes, sliding into my hair, I didn't have the energy to wipe them away.

"Love?" Inyene asked, "I can't remember loving anyone this hard. My ex boyfriend Jeremy and I dated for just three months, I caught him with a girl at a bar in Lekki and that was it! it was over between us. I can't condone a lot of nonsenses because of one human being. Hell no! Get up and be strong." She looked around. "Your bags, did you get them?"

"No," I shook my head. "I will hire a truck to pack my stuff when I'm strong."

Inyene sighed. " I would have love to accompany you there, but you know how much I detest that stupid boyfriend of yours, I might end up kicking his ass if I see him face to face. He is a bastard, I swear down he is." Inyene was bittered.

Slowly, painfully, I walked to the sitting room. I was ashamed, humiliated, and rejected. I wished I could just runaway to a place I would find peace and love; perhaps that would come later.

The misery entangled me like a sticky web.