Always Yours

One

DESIRE

The traffic light turns green and as expected the cars start to move, but the stupid driver in front of me refuses to move his stupid car.

That's if he's even a man.

I press down on my horn to alert the stupid idiot but still nothing happens.
I'm already late as it is and this foolish creature is just getting on my last nerves.

I look around for any traffic cop but see none around, I certainly don't want to get pulled over by any LASTMA officer; all they know is money and would probably drag me down to their office for as little as not using my wiper.

I pull to the side and drive past the car, I turn down my screen to yell at the driver but the sight makes my eyes bulge.

The driver is as I guessed; a man and he's not alone. A woman is naked from the waist down bouncing on him, I can practically see her ass jiggle, and the man whose beard is covered in grey hair has his mouth open in ecstasy.

Oh my God that's just gross.

The indecency alone makes me gag, I drive away from there faster than you can say Usain Bolt.

What is the world turning into? How can a man as old as that be practising such indecent act in broad daylight, where anyone could see.

I'll probably not be able to get that scene out of my head anytime soon.
I just got extra late because of those two idiots. Ms Obiageli is definitely not going to like this, at all. I can already picture her turning down her prim and proper nose at me in an attempt to make me question my life choices, I wonder if no one has told her she looks like a constipated frog when she does that.

Suddenly a danfo driver comes out of nowhere overtaking me and scratching my car in the process.

"What the hell?" I scream and the conductor snickers.

What the actual hell?. Is it because I'm speaking English for these idiots?
I speed up and drive side by side with the unfortunate fool.

"It's like you're mad abi, look what you've done to my car" I yell at the conductor.

"Ehn shey you want make I dey beg you ni when you sef no sabi drive nko" the conductor says nonchalantly. The stupid idiot is dressed in a wife beater with dirty black crazy jeans, the ratty Yankees cap on his head has definitely seen better days. He's not even remorseful about almost running me off the road and scratching my car with that wretched bus of his.

"Sho ya were ni abi aye e fe baje ni" I spat out in anger and the comical look of shock on his face makes my lip twitch in amusement.
Are you mad or do you want your life ruined.

"Wetin dey do this one sef una no go sabi how to drive car you go just dey do anyhow for road" he says in that agbero voice of his.

It's like this guy has taken too much weed this morning o and it's gotten to his head and I'll teach him a lesson.

"Wallahi tallahi I go show you pepper this evening, shebi you no wan get sense" I threaten. I bring out my phone and slow down so I can take a picture of his license plate.

Just as I do that, a LASTMA car stops ahead of us and motions for the danfo driver to stop the bus. I smirk in satisfaction and stop my car.

The officers get down from the car, one with a pot belly the size of a drum, his stomach is so huge even the buttons on his shirt are almost popping out. The other one is rail thin and has tribal marks on his face, he pulls his trouser up to his stomach and puffs out his chest like he's about to go into battle. The two make a sorry sight and I roll my eyes at them.

"Why couldn't it be the muscular ones I get today instead of these two jokers" I mumble. I get out of my car and explain to them what the danfo driver did to my car, throughout my narration the thin one just nods his head like an agama lizard and taps his baton on his hand. The fat one goes round my car and examine it with his nose in the air like he caught a whiff of something bad.
The driver and his conductor stand to the side with a sorry look on their faces and the passengers rain curses on them for delaying them, some even plead with me to forgive and forget like they'll pay for my car that these idiots scratched with their reckless driving.

They didn't utter a word when the conductor was running his mouth earlier, they acted like they weren't even in the bus but now they have the mouth to beg me when it's affecting them. Some people are just selfish to the core. The thin one seizes the car keys of the danfo and the passengers roar with insults, I just get into my car and drive off. My work here is done.

I park my car by the curb and just as expected Ms Obiageli is at the gate with a disapproving frown on her face, she really needs to stop doing that or she'll be a spinster for life. At her age she should be married with five kids by now.

As I get out of the car, Tara gives me a megawatt smile and the stress of today just melts away and I smile.

"Thank you for keeping her Ms Obiageli".

"This is the last time I'll be doing this for you Ms Charleston. All the teachers are gone already and I'm here with your daughter even though I'm supposed to be home by now, do you know what says the time?".

I wonder what she wants to go and do at home o.

"I'm so sorry Ms Obiageli it won't happen again I promise" I give her my best sorry look and she just huff and walk away.

"Mummy" Tara yells and jumps on me and I catch her.

"How are you my sweetheart, did you have fun at school today?".

"I missed you mummy" she says and showers my face with kisses and I laugh.

"I missed you too my baby" I squish her in a hug "so, so, so very much".
I let her go and she slides down my body. She grabs my hand hops with her pigtails bouncing left and right as we walk to the car.

"Will we get ice cweam mummy?" she looks at me with those cute eyes of hers and I chuckle. She does that all the time but it won't catch me this time.

"Yes baby" I answer and she squeals in happiness, she runs and opens the passenger seat all while chanting ice cream. Who am I kidding? She's so adorable I can't say no to her.

I open the door and get in the driver's seat, I check the rearview mirror and she's already buckled her seatbelt. She catches me checking her and gives me a toothy smile, I just shake my head at her and drive.

A/N: Tara is such a cute little girl and she seems to have Desire wrapped around her tiny finger.

This translation is in the order of appearance.

- Do you want me to be begging you? When you don't know how to drive a car.

- What's wrong with this one you won't know how drive a car and you'll be acting anyhow on the road

- I swear I'll deal with you this evening , you don't want to have sense right?

Danfo is the yellow and black bus that's driven in Lagos.

Agbero is what a lout is called in Nigeria.

LASTMA are the road safety cops in Lagos.