Episode 11 - Now That You Are Here; A Tale of Deceit and Betrayal

[Excerpt from Episode 10: They were both on the roller coaster of pleasure when Gbade’s voice broke through the cloud of passion “Damilola…” his voice sounded like it came from a thousand miles away but it was enough cold water to dampen the hot fire. The two sprung apart as they faced Gbade standing there, a briefcase in one hand and a box of chocolates in the other]. To read episode 10 CLICK HERE

The two sprung apart as if their bodies were on fire. Muyiwa was the first to take control and he tried to maintain a bland expression as he stared at Gbade’s face which was contorted with rage. Damilola on the other hand bowed her head in shame and refused to meet Gbade’s gaze as for some few seconds they all stood in silence with Gbade’s eyes darting from one guilty person to the other. His reaction was so unexpected that it took all of them by surprise.
He hurled the briefcase he was holding at Muyiwa and followed that with a fling of the box of chocolates at Dammy’s bowed head.

The impact of the hard leather whizzed the breath out of Muyiwa as it hit him squarely on his bare chest and he heard Damilola’s soft cry as the chocolate box hit her head and she jerked up. Without pausing, Gbade rushed towards her and drawing her roughly by her hair, he slapped her face as he spat angrily “You slut! Cheap whoring bitch!” Her cry was a mixture of pain and surprise and a third slap had already landed on her swelling cheek before Muyiwa got to Gbade and pushed him off her. Free from her tormentor she fled the room without a backwards glance and only took time to pick her discarded clothes as she rushed out of the house leaving the two men to their punches.

She was crying as she drove blindly to Anu’s house and she didn’t bother to try improving her appearance as she parked in her best friend’s compound and rushed up the flight of stairs. She fell into a bewildered Anu’s arms as Anu opened the door at the second ring of the doorbell and sobbed uncontrollably. Anu was scared to see Damilola crying inconsolably and her first reaction was to ask who died and she heaved a sigh of relief as she began to pick up the pieces of the story from Dammy’s hysteria. Her expression changed from concern to disgust as she heard what Gbade had walked in on but her expression was quick to move to anger as she heard about the beating and saw the swelling on the offended cheek. She hugged her friend as she tried to calm her down and after succeeding a bit, she asked what they were going to do about the two fighting men. “You can’t just leave them in your house Dammy. It is very dangerous, one of them could hurt the other badly and it would have been because of you. Gbade is a total pig for hitting you but Muyiwa should have been more reasonable than to attack him. I would have to call Tunji to go over to your place and make sure that everything is alright.” Tunji was Anu’s husband and although he didn’t know about Damilola’s relationship with Muyiwa he was very much aware of her courtship with Gbade.

He was gone. That was all Tunji could say about Gbade when he came back from Damilola’s house. He had been reluctant to get involved when his wife had told him the situation but upon hearing about Gbade’s hitting Damilola he had changed his mind and driven over to her house to check the situation. He couldn’t believe Gbade hit Dammy because he knew the strong bond between the two and he had even had a secret wager with Anu about the two reconciling before six months of their break up. Although he disapproved of Damilola’s affair with Muyiwa he had always felt it was not his place to tell her that so and he had kept mute on the subject. When he returned from Damilola’s house, he kept his report to the basics. He had gotten to the house and found it empty but with evidence of the tussle that had gone on in the bedroom evident. Gbade’s car and clothes were gone judging from the empty space in the closet that clearly showed the space had been occupied before. Damilola wept silently as he handed her the key of the house which he had taken the initiative to lock up and Anu had to resume her duty of consoling her.    

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