Raymond left Damilola’s house and headed to Funke’s place. Funke and Gloria were outside the living room playing playing-cards and laughing as they were gisting. Raymond got there and met the gate opened. He walked in without knocking.
He was relieved seeing the two girls outside playing. I pray their parents aren’t at home, he said as he walked in.
He walked closer and waved at them so
that they would see him. Funke saw him
first and tapped and Gloria, pointing at
Raymond.
‘Hi.’ He bowed.
‘The prince bowing for us? Ordinary us?’
Gloria uttered quietly.
“Yeah. Welcome, why are…” Funke was
asking while she was interrupted.
‘Nooo.. Don’t bother about me, I came to
see you specifically. Can I see you in
private please?’ He asked with a polite
face.
Funke stared at Gloria for some seconds
before Gloria moved her head to the
direction of where Raymond was,
explaining to him to go and speak with
him.
“I’ll be right back ore.” She uttered
tapping her shoulder and walked down to
Raymond. They both walked outside the
house.
‘Can I help you? Fro christ sake, you are
the Prince.’ She uttered with concern and
fear over her.
“Please don’t shout. The guards are
there, I don’t want them to hear what we
are saying. Em.. I don’t know how to
start but..”
•5 years later….•
The love grew rapidly after that day. The
Prince and Funke loved each other and
everything was more than peaceful,
unlike Dami’s own that is trouble
everyday for Tony.
Damilola got to the palace sweating
profusely. She was with a basket full of
fruits. Her mother sent her there to
deliver it to the Queen. As she entered,
the King saw her and called her,
interrogating on who she was. She
explained she was the daughter of the
women leader of the Kingdom. The King
was surprised and loved her on seeing
her. “You look so beautiful.” He
commented and smiled to her.
‘Thanks your highness.’ She replied
laughing and happy she was admired by
the King.
“It must be that the King likes me so
much.” She thought as she left the
palace smiling.
••••
Dolapo and Dami were at Dami’s place,
all alone in the house. They were gisting
as usual suddenly Damilola rushed out
vomiting and feeling dizzy. “Is this
malaria?” Dolapo asked with surprise.
‘I don’t know. Can you follow me to the
clinic so that we can go and see the
doctor?’ She asked.
“That’s not a problem. Let’s go.” She
pulled her.
••••
Gloria and Funke were sweeping the
compound together and gisting. It was
like something was making them happy,
they were beating each other with the
broom with them and playing. The prince
and Tony got there and met them
playing, they were behind and laughing
at them. Raymond cleared his throat
suddenly and got their attention.
‘Ur.. You startled us.’ Gloria shouted.
‘Em.. We are sorry about that. We came
to greet you and…’ He was saying while
he was tapped by Tony.
“See…” He pointed outside the gate. It
was Damilola and her friend.
..
Ray and Tony sighted both Damilola and
Dolapo outside and walked out of the
building. “I’m coming dear.” Raymond
told Funke demonstrating with his hand.
Gloria and Funke were by the gate
peeping and listening to what they
saying.
“Why are you like this? How on earth do
you know that I’m here?” Tony
questioned.
‘What on earth are you doing here too…’
She wanted to start shouting but stopped
because of the prince that she was in
love with.
‘Sorry Damilola, he only escorted me
here. We do things together, that’s the
reason.’ He explained.
“Anyways, that’s good. I want to talk to
you personally.” Damilola faced Tony.
They walked to the front of the gate of
Funke and Gloria, they could hear and
see them properly then and were
laughing silently inside.
“I’m two week pregnant oh…” Damilola
uttered softly so that no one would hear.
‘You are…. You are what?’ Tony repeated,
his system has changed. Funke and
Gloria kept their heads back then Funke
mistakenly hit the gate with her leg.
Tony suspected that Funke and her friend
must have heard all what they discussed
there. He stopped hearing the sound of
their sweeping. “I’m I not dead now?” He
asked himself and turned to the right,
straight to the prince’s eyes.
“What?” The prince said silently that the
movement of his mouth can only show
what he just said.
Tony laughed. “Thanks dear, I
understand..” He turned everything into
laughter so that no one would know
about it.
“Don’t tell anyone too oh.” Tony said
softly, looking straight into her eyes.
‘But your friend’s babe and her friend has
heard now. Will you tell me you didn’t
notice they ran away now?’ She asked
bodly.
“Em.. Urgh, no. They must be inside.
Busy.. No, cooking, I mean.. Praying.” He
was parabulating, didn’t know what to
say.
‘Okay, if you say so.’ Dami uttered and
smiled. She walked to her friend and
winked at the prince, waving at him.
••••
‘What did she come for?’ The prince
asked as he walked up to the gate to
meet him.
‘Em.. Shey Dolapo?’ He said somehow
unstable.
‘DOLAPO? Isn’t that her fri..’
‘Ooh… Dami. She came to tell me about
her… her , I mean.. Em.. You know her
mum’s uncle now?’ He asked using that
as a medium to think of what he’d say.
‘How do you expect me to know. Do we
live together?’ He laughed.
‘Urgh, sorry, her mother died.’ He uttered.
“Mother died??’ He quickly said looking
surprised.
‘Wait, let me finish. Its her mother’s
brother.’ He concluded.
“Argh! Tony. Na u sabi. Let’s go and
meet Funke oh, we’ve been keeping her
waiting.” He addressed.
‘We? I’m I her..’ He smiled so that Ray
won’t suspect.
Tony had his asthmatic attack there on
their way inside the place, his breathing
changed. Maybe because of the shock.
…
To be continued
