The whole scenario was gloomy. a blanket of
silent enveloped the house making even the
air feel stale.
Soft breezes stole its way into the the house,
caressing the curtains making them dance
slowly like they were moving to the tunes of a
soft music.
Johnny held his head in his palms with his
eyes wide open but rarely blinked, visible tears
could be detected but none ran down his face.
Yvonne was holding on to him beside him
resting her head on his shoulder, the tears on
her own face was running freely like there was
a highway for tears located through her
cheeks slightly past her mouth.
A white envelope was on a little side stool in
front of them seeming unnaturally brighter
beneath the white light of the electric bulbs.
“Why must the bank strike when things are
falling apart” Johnny lamented hitting his
hand on the white envelope on the side stool.
The envelope was a notification letter from the
bank calling him to notice that his payment
date is 2weeks due and he has only a week to
pay back his loan of 180million to the bank or
relinquish the collateral which happened to be
his house and cars.
He has been to most of his friends and
business partners and none agreed to have
even 1,000 in their account.
He tried calling Onyinye who greeted him with
a “Go to Hell” attitude.
“Baby I think you will have to go back to your
mum cus where i am about to go you cannot
follow” he intoned running his hands through
Yvonne’s hair.
Bimbo already seized the keys to Yvonne’s
personal apartment, her cars and froze her
bank account.
“Baby why do you want to go back to east,
cant we squat in one of your friend’s house
for the time being” she queried.
“My friends? the ones that have deserted me?
I am alone in this Yvonne, i am alone” Johnny
sang out stressing the word ‘alone’ like a
nollywood actor would, with intruding hisses
every now and then.
“Don’t say that my love, you are never alone. I
am here to swim and sink with you in all
situations. Our baby in my womb is with you
and God is also with you”
Johnny turned to face her, seeing in her a
figure of pure and unadulterated love.
LIKE GOLD this surely was a test of love and
her love have proved to be better than just
love.
“I will move down to east with you my love,
where ever you go i will go, where ever you live
i will also live” She preached rubbing his
shoulders.
** ** **
Johnny moved down to the east the day after
the bank claimed his house and cars.
Moving down the east was unbearably hard
for him and Yvonne. apparently johnny never
visited his home town after the death of his
parents 13years ago.
Onyinye made matters worse showing over the
house to mock them as they moved out of the
house leaving one wondering how she even
got to know.
Johnny regretted never visiting his home town
ever since and not even putting up even a one
bedroom apartment there when they got to
Umunze and Johnny only had a mud house
that used to belong to his grand mother.
He met little humans running around the
whole compound and had not the slightest
incline who and where they came from.
He and Yvonne were subjected to 2hours of
introduction and re-introduction by several of
the relatives who came to see the long seen
son of williams.
They settled in the bright red mud house
johnny now called home.
the old iron bed in the room could barely take
in 2people comfortably and the constant
squeaking and creaking sound whenever you
moved was enough to give sleepless night.
The hut had an inner room after the first one
through the entrance.
An earthen pot served as the water dispenser
and pots black as hell obviously from the long
years of toiling under firewood infernos.
Gardens of vegetables and coco-yams adorned
the back and side of the relatively large
compound riddled with weeds.
“I know this is just temporarily, i must bounce
back no matter what” Johnny muttered to
himself as he surrendered to his fate.
His only joy and consolation was in Yvonne
and his unborn child that grew within her.
Thats how Johnny and Yvonne moved to the
village as was introduced in the first episode.
Watch out as the drama finales unfolds;
Will Johnny’s condition be permanent?
Will Bimbo and Onyinye Go scot free?
stay tuned.
..To be Continued..
