Oaths - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Oaths - Season 1 - Episode 20

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The confidence I portrayed by walking away was to show them I wasn’t afraid of their threats. In as much as I knew how dreadful they looked, I also knew for a fact that the threats I made were just empty echoes to their ears. I had to admit that I had no solid action to back it up, as well as I was also defenseless and fragile to them.

I realized the mess I had gotten myself into. I needed someone to talk to urgently.

I strolled back into the school and strode to the cafeteria. Like I expected, Mimi, Oluchi and the guys were already there, including Bauchi and Eagle, the guys who had offered us a ride back home. They were all chatting away in merry when I joined them.


“Whereʼve you been?” Oluchi asked.


“I was about calling you now,” Mimi chipped in.

I remained silent and managed to force a smile as I exchanged pleasantries with everyone. They all kept mute after the greetings and fixed their gazes on me.

“What is it?” I was forced to ask after it went on for some time. Their stare was almost killing me.

“We heard about your dad’s condition,” Simon said.

“Was that the reason you were acting sober during the exam?” Oluchi interrupted.

I nodded.

“But it’s been settled!” I quickly added.

“How is he feeling now?” Boma asked from the other end. Our eyes met properly for the very first time that day.


“He’s getting better,” I replied, almost blushing. He got the hint and smiled back with a wink. I smiled back too.

That little gesture we made seemed to have attracted their attention towards us. Bauchi was the first to notice.

“Nawa for una o!” he said in an Igbo-like accent that made us crack into laughter.

“If una wan love, at least make una go under tree wey dey outside na!” Eagle added, sending another wave of laughter.

I could barely contain myself as I struggled to regain my composure.

“Don’t mind those two, that’s how they are,” Kingsley said.

Just then, someone walked up to us. Our moods changed all of a sudden. Kingsley in particular hissed away and redirected his gaze elsewhere as she approached us.

Contrary to our expectation, she wasn’t alone, neither was she coming our way. She held hands with a tall macho guy who followed from behind and then hissed as she passed directly in front of us, taking a table at the opposite edge.

Our eyes widened in shock as we faced our gazes towards Kingsley.


“Why una dey look am?” Bauchi said.

“Help me ask them o!” Kingsley chipped in, not even looking concerned at all.

“Isn’t that Jovita?” Mimi asked, blinking her eyes repeatedly.

“Shey eye dey pain you?” Eagle tried teasing her, but nobody laughed. It wasn’t a joke this time.

“For all I care, that girl is too childish for me.” Kingsley said as he took the last gulp from his beer, plainly looking unbothered.

“I don’t get it. Your girl is sitting right there with another man in your two korokoro eyes and you don’t care?” Mimi asked again. Kingsley laughed.

“What do you want me to do? Fight over her?”

“I didn’t say that, but at least you should be worried a bit. If you don’t mind me asking, what really happened between you both?”

“I’ll explain along the way. For now, let us leave here first,” he suggested.

We took a last glance at Jovita’s table as she chatted away with the macho guy and left the cafeteria. The guys offered to give us a ride and spend some time with us before leaving.

Along the way, precisely in the car, we tried bugging Kingsley to tell us what happened but he urged us to be patient till we got home.
When we finally got to my place, we were lucky to have the power active. It was a full house. The first thing Bauchi and Eagle did was to switch on my Home Theatre and insert a disk they brought from the car into it, turning up the volume very loud.

I couldn’t complain or say anything, as it could mean being rude to their perspective.
Due to the fact that we had only one chair in the room, we had to make ourselves comfortable on the beds while Simon took the chair with Oluchi seated on his laps even though there was enough space remaining.

“You ladies have a nice place here,” Kingsley complimented.

“I’ve told her before you,” Boma added.

“Thank you. I appreciate.” I gestured politely.

“So like you said, we have finally arrived now. What was it you wanted to say?” Mimi questioned, interrupting us.

“Oh, that’s right. Where was I?”

“You said she was too childish for you.” Mimi repeated.

“Exactly,” he exclaimed, “that is the only word that qualifies her. She’s too childish.”

“But how?” Mimi asked.


“It was one particular Sunday like that when I got a call from her, saying she would be coming over that day. I didn’t know she was already on her way and I had my guys with me then who were my colleagues from school. We were all wasted due to the heavy liquor we took the previous night, and the room was a big mess too. Even the babes my guys brought to spend the night were also wasted,” he sighed and continued, “So after much much, Jovita finally came. I was on boxers only when she entered and met my guys and the girls preparing to leave. She acted cool with it and said nothing negative. That one went well.
Where the trouble started was when she opened my drawer in search of a peg and found a black lingerie and a pantie in it,” he stopped.

Bauchi and Eagle burst into laughter. Boma couldn’t help it too. It wasn’t funny at all.

“I don’t know what’s funny to you people now,” Oluchi hissed.

“Leave them o!” Mimi shrugged.

“Like seriously, this guy no be man!” Bauchi said, still laughing.

“I dey tell you!” Eagle concurred.

Probably to avoid their scornful mockery, Kingsley stood up and excused himself from us. From the look on his face, one could easily tell he wasn’t in a good mood.

“You see what you guys have caused?” Mimi scoffed.

“You don’t joke with everything you hear; not all the time.” Oluchi reprimanded.

It gradually dawned on Bauchi and Eagle that they were at fault for Kingsley’s countenance.

“Let us meet him outside.” Bauchi said, referring to Eagle.

“I’ll come with you.” Mimi said, leaping off the bed.

• • •

When they left, Boma snuggled close to me and placed an arm over my shoulder. Oluchi and Simon retained their exact position, doing whatever they were doing.

“You didn’t call me last night,” he whispered softly into my ears. His whisper felt cold.

“Neither did you.” I mumbled softly.

“I wanted to but, after what happened, I… I just…” he stuttered.

“You what?”

“Let’s say I just lost my liver,” he chucked. I laughed.

“So underneath that tough shell, you are just a normal weak man?”

“I won’t call it weak. I would call it shy,” he said, blushing sheepishly.

“Boma, do you know you’re acting like a woman?” I chuckled; “I’m supposed to be the shy one here, not you.

“I know but I can’t help it. It’s like…” he was about saying when Oluchi interrupted.

“Fifi please can you help me with a needle?”

“I don’t think I have that, but I have a stack of pins; would you manage?”

“Whether it’s needle or pin, all join!”[/B]
I leaped up off the bed and walked towards my wardrobe where the pins were kept.
Coincidentally as I stretched my hand to pick the pack, I mistakenly hit the polythene bag containing the envelope and the phone as it fell off and spilled out