Interloper
The moment she discovered she was pregnant
She panicked
She was just nineteen
She was an undergraduate
She was a pastor’s daughter
She was a choir leader in her church
She was a born-again sister
What would everybody say?
She didn’t even consider her options
What options?
There was only one
She must abort the baby?
The man she got pregnant for was a youth corper
He was posted to the state from the east
He rented an apartment not too far from her hostel
He was matured, easy going and a good prospect
She liked him a lot
Perhaps because she had always been drawn to guys way older than her
Perhaps because he treats her like an adult unlike her peers
They became friends one evening when she was returning from the library
The distance between the library and her hostel was about two kilometers
She had been in the library for almost six hours and was walking home around midnight
Campus was always safe at any time of the day
He walked up to her and asked if he could keep her company
She had seen him on the road often
She knew he was living in one of the staff quarters
She liked the company
It was better than walking by herself
Plus, the chit chat made the journey seemed shorter
He offered the extra-key of his apartment
It was a boys quarters behind a professor’s lodge on campus
He told her the room was quiet and ideal for study
He said he usually returns late to the room on weekdays but stay in the room on weekends
She can come around at any time during the week and read elsewhere during the weekend
All he would ask of her was that the room be kept tidy
She liked him
She really liked and felt safe around him
She collected the extra-key
He was true to his word
He was rarely in the room
The room was quiet and the room became a hiding place for her
Many of her roommates and classmates asked her where she studies
She kept the room all to herself
As her examination drew nearer, she began to go to the room during the weekend
He was a voracious reader and his room was littered with bestselling novels and biographies/autobiographies
Whenever she came around he would lave her to study
He would sometimes leave the room or at other times he would stay glued to his novel
Once in a while they got talking
He would ask her what she was studying and explain it to her in his own way
He studied Medicine
She was studying physiotherapy with hopes of switching to medicine in future
He was good
She picked his brains and unlocked great gems
She didn’t know how
Perhaps it was the space they shared together over and over
Perhaps it was the giddy feeling she gets whenever she caught him looking at her breasts or her body
She knew he wanted her
He didn’t ask neither did he behave in any improper manner
She really wished he would
One day she asked him why he was so guarded
“I know you like me but like any typical man, instead of you to say your mind, you are forming hard guy”
She had nothing to lose
She was merely making an observation
He had always encouraged her to be blunt with him
He told her the truth
He was engaged to be married
His fiancé was also serving at that moment
His reaction to her was pure biology
It had nothing to do with his mind or heart
It was just chemistry
She heard him
But she didn’t believe him
Sometimes guys would do one thing and say another
All the signs she saw pointed to “love”
She had fallen helplessly in love with him
Even if he wouldn’t marry her
They have a few months to enjoy each other
He could read her mind
She knew he could
He opened his arms
She shrugged
He smiled
She threw herself into his arms
Love unlocked all her defenses
He played the accordion
Then the guitar
The piano
The local drum
Even the cymbals
By the time he started playing the flute
She was singing in perfect pitch
It was everything she had daydreamed about and more
After they became lovers
She practically moved in with him
She still had her bed space in the hostel but with him she had her privacy
He became her personal tutor
Her coach in academics and practical art of loving
She milked him and he harvested her honey in return
They were together for one session
He finished service and returned home
A month later, she discovered she was pregnant
His departure shook her badly
Second year students were not given accommodation in the school hostel
He arranged for her to have the room
He left his electronics, beddings everything for her
She knew he loved her in his own way
She loved him more than anything
Of course, she knew her feelings were irrelevant!
She still had several years of schooling ahead of her
He would have to settle down soon
She had enough money to do the abortion
She had enough time (The new session had just resumed and lectures were not yet coming thick and fast)
She just couldn’t get around to do it
She wasn’t procrastinating
Her head kept saying, Abort!
Her heart kept saying, keep the baby
After the first semester, she wrote the appropriate authorities and deferred her admission
She went home to her parents
Five months pregnant
She explained herself
Her father was a little disappointed but took it in good faith
Her Father was 49 years old when he had her
Her mother was 46
They had her younger sister two years later
They were already close to seventy
Her mother was very happy she didn’t do the abortion
“What if you died? You this girl? Don’t ever think like that! You were not raised in a toxic home”
By the start of the new session, she had delivered her baby boy and returned to school
Her mother and younger sister took care of the baby
Her parents had asked her who the father of the baby was
She said the father died in a motor accident on his way to school
He didn’t say more than that
Her parents asked her if she had notified his people that he had a son with them
She said she didn’t know her people!
Her parents took her explanation with a pinch of salt
She graduated
She got a job as a physiotherapist with the state hospital
Sometimes she would get a patient through referral whom she would do home services for
One day she got a home services engagement
The money was very good
A rich woman had stroke and her services was needed to help her regain the use of some parts of her body
Three days after resuming the job, he came
Her first and only lover
The father of her son
He was the son of the woman she was treating
He had since travelled abroad and returned home only because of the sudden sickness of his mother
The moment he saw her
He recognized her
They talked
He told her about his marriage and life abroad
She bit her lips from telling him about her son
She asked him about his children
He said they were still waiting on the Lord
It ended there
She faced her job
She was engaged to work on his mother four days in a week
After the first week, he showed up at her office in the general hospital
She thought there was an emergency with his mother
There was none
He simply wanted the milking and the honey harvest to continue
She knew that was what he wanted
As usual he was distant and subtle
He took her to dinner
They talked
This time, she was patient
After five days of dancing in the rain
He told her he wanted to play archery again
She told him to come and pick her at home the next day
When he arrived, she invited him in
Her parents and siblings were all there
She introduced him to them and then introduced him to his son
He didn’t say anything.
He just fixed his gaze on the eight-year-old boy for a little close to eternity
Then he said “This baby is your child”
He had done the calculation
The child couldn’t have been born by her aged parents
She looked at him and said “That baby is your child”
He couldn’t believe his ears
He came that night looking a pool where he could wet his beak
He got much more than he bargained for
PS: He took two weeks to think
After the two weeks, he told his wife he wanted a divorce
She kept out of it
The divorce eventually came through two years later
They had practically been living together as husband and wife
He established his own hospital and started practicing
Few moths after the divorce
She followed him to the registry with her protruding belly (she was 5 months pregnant) and married him
Their 11 years old son was the ring bearer
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