The Love I Regretted - Season 1 - Episode 27

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The Love I Regretted - Season 1 - Episode 27

Guy: So this is Opeyemi, I've seen your pictures and heard a lot about you. How was your journey?

Debby: Yes he's my first love. It's only mum that calls him by that name. You can call him William or better still, Will as his friends do call him. To me exclusively, he's my BB

Guy: Like Blackberry?

Debby: (we all laughed) it's means my Big Brother

Guy: Nice meeting you BB Will

Me: (smiling) Nice meeting you and you are?

Guy: Daniel, call me Dan

Me: Alright Dan Up Chelsea

Dan: For life bro. You are a Chelsea fan?

Me: Till death and to be continued in heaven (we both laughed)

Dan: That's cool, you watch the last match?

Me: No I couldn't, I've got books to cover for my exams then, though I was following it online. I read Hazard scored two

Dan: Yeah, you needed to see his first goal. Dude went through like the whole team, I was like who is this guy?

Debby: We have started o. Football every time every where. (we both laughed)

Me: Don't mind her we'll talk about the match later.

Where is my mother? I could hear her singing from the kitchen. She's obviously happy as she always sing when she's in that mood. I went to her to greet her and discovered she was frying meat and of course even she knows I must taste it by taking one. After that, she proceed to make a wonderful pounded yam with the help of Debby while I discuss Chelsea and soccer in general with Dan. After dinner, my mums phone rang and I think it's daddy Orire. They spoke for a while and I could hear her saying "he's around" before she handed the phone over to me saying he wanted to speak to me.

Me: Hello Sir

Orire: Hello Yemi, I heard you are done with your papers

Me: Yes sir, I'm only left with project defense Orire: That's good. Let me know when you are about to be mobilize for NYSC so we can work it where one of our company's branch is.

Me: (Though I'll love my freedom during service but it's not a bad idea if the company is in the East or South-South part of the country) Okay Sir

Orire: My daughter Lola is here, I will like the two of you to meet but we, the officials of my place of work are going for a conference tomorrow and will not be back till next week Tuesday which means I won't be around till then.

Me: I would have gone back by then sir.

Orire: She's even going back to Lagos tomorrow but you can speak with her now. He was calling his daughter and I could hear the daughter protesting she doesn't want to but her father's wish prevailed.

Lola: Hello Yemi

Me: Lola right? How are you doing

Lola: I'm fine and you?

Me: I'm okay, how is life treating you?

Lola: Life is good. I heard you just traveled down, how was your journey?

Me: It was a great one. Thanks. I wish you safe journey tomorrow

Lola: Thanks. Guess we'll see later

Me: Yeah, I think so

Orire: You'll definitely see, soonest self (he took over the phone). Yemi can you drive?

Me: Very well sir, but I don't have drivers license Orire: Why? Go and get one now, I'll send you money now, go and get it tomorrow

Me: Tomorrow is Saturday sir, I'm not sure they'll do it and I heard the process is longer than it used to be

Orire: They will do it and you should get it by Monday. Go to their office tomorrow, the commander here is my very good friend. I'll call him now so you won't spend much time there.

Me: Okay sir

Orire: You are going to be needing it soon.

When I come back we'll see how we'll go about it.

Me: Okay sir, thank you sir.

Orire: Give the phone to your mother My mum collect the phone and they continue their discussion. Talking about drivers license, is he planning to get me a car? that will be so cool.

But it will raise a question, why do the man love me that much? Hope it's not because of his daughter he's trying to hook me with, because that is likely going hit a dead end. By the way, his daughter seems cool from her speech and has a sweet voice, very similar to that of Funmi, but I'm not going to fall for that, this is 21st century, not their time when they can easily matchmake. I'll love to meet and see how she look though.

Mum: Opeyemi you spoke with his daughter right?

Me: Yeah, she sound nice

Mum: I know you'll like her. You guys will meet later

Me: I did not say I like her mum, I said she sound nice

Mum: I know, but you'll like her

Debby: BB don't you have a girlfriend?

Me: Not official

Debby: Why not?

Me: It's complicated

Debby: That's why mum is trying to matchmake you. You better bring her home on time.

Mum: It doesn't concern you Deborah. Hope you all enjoy the meal.

Dan: It's fantastic. It's been long I eat home made pounded yam like this. They sell it over there at Nigerian restaurants but it wasn't made with mortar like this and that's the difference.

Me: You seem to like pounded yam a lot

Dan: Very much, it's my best.

Me: We seem to have a lot in common.

Mum: I'm happy you both get along easily.

I want you guys to listen to all I'm about to say. Some of it you know, but majority you don't. And you my dear Opeyemi, I want you to know nothing has change and nothing will change okay?

Me: Okay Ma (my heart started racing)

Mum: When I was 22 years old and I've got nobody to help me further my education, because my father was sacked from work and as you know, my mother only sells bread. I started working in the bread factory where my mother used to buy bread to sell. The factory was owned by your father (Pointing to to Dan) and that's where I met your father (pointing to Deborah). Your father proposed marriage to me but I was already in love with the factory owner not knowing he's married and they were having child delay.

The wife doesn't stay in town then and by the time I discovered he's married, I was already six months pregnant for him and to my greatest surprise, his wife accepted me. I had vowed before then never to be second wife of any man and insisted on that even though I am already pregnant. The factory owner accepted my stance not knowing he had other plans with his wife. When my time came, I delivered a wonderful baby boy which is you (pointing to Dan) the same day and at the same hospital where you and your twin sister were born (pointing to me) * * * This issue is getting real and at this point the strands of hair on my head all stood up as my heart continue to beat faster. ***

Mum: Your father (pointing to Deborah) was there in the hospital with the mother of the twins. The father of the twins was his own elder brother which I don't recognize or ever met before. His brother ran away to Ghana with his Ghanaian friend the moment the woman got pregnant.

Debby: So what happened mum? Exchange of child? . .