(continued...)
Mabel couldn't say anything. She just stared into
space.
“Is it
work?”
Mabel
shook her head.
“So tell me
what it is.”
Mabel
kept quiet and just sniffed.
“Wait!”
Cynthia suddenly remembered something. She got up
to go towards the bathroom
“Don’t go
there,” Mabel said and tried to top her by holding her hand. She removed her hand
and went into the bathroom. She was shocked at what she saw.
“O My God!”
she exclaimed and came out with the suicide materials. She brought them to Mabel
who bowed her head. “So you tried to kill yourself again?” she asked, sobbing.
“What were you thinking?”
Mabel kept mute as the tears
flowed freely.
“I can’t
believe you tried to do this again.”
“The pain
is too much for me…” Mabel finally said and sniffed.
“Is suicide
the only option? What would happen to those you leave behind? Do you know the kind
of pain you will leave us in? Mummy will have High Blood Pressure and could
die. You didn’t think of all that?”
“You don’t
understand the kind of emotional pain I am in right now.”
“Whatever
it is, there are other ways of handling it.”
“I have
tried everything,” Mabel said, shaking head. “I can’t keep going on like this.”
“Oya tell
me what happened.”
Cynthia
dropped the suicide materials, sat beside her and held her hand. Mabel used the
free hand to wipe her face. Then she began;
“It is
Segun.”
“Segun your
boyfriend?”
“Yes.”
“What did
he do to make you want to kill yourself?”
“He jilted
me.”
“Aww. Tell me
what happened.”
“He said he
wanted to marry me. I accepted because I love him so much. Then I let him get
close. We started sleeping together.”
“You did
not tell me all this. Why did you hide it from me?”
“I was
waiting for the right time. I was excited that I was getting married to a man
of my dreams but because of my past experiences, I decided to wait till he
decides to come with his people before talking about it. Weeks turned to months
and he did not talk about marriage. Anytime I stylishly ask him about it, he
stylishly tells me that he is working on it. At a point, he stopped calling me
like before. When I call him, he appologises and tells me he has been busy with
work, trying to make ends meet to take care of me. I believed him. I noticed
that the only times he called me were times he wanted to sleep with me. we
continued like that until I got the shock of my life this morning.”
“What
happened?”
“I was making
my hair in the salon with some of my friends, then he walked in with kemi.”
“Which
kemi?”
“The Kemi
you know.”
“You former
colleague?”
“Yes.”
“What was
he doing with her in the salon? Are they related?”
“I ignored
the fact that he came in with a girl, took excuse from the guy working on my
hair and rushed to hug him. Do you know what he did?” At this point, Mabel’s
voice was raised. She was bitter.
“What did
he do?”
“He brushed
me aside.”
“What?”
“That
one was small...(...to be continued...)
Chinedu Isaac
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