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raziboi:
afta reading dis story... i became jude....!!

Lmao...

Uniqueness01:
Nice story dear.

Thanks a lot.

chimzyblack:
what a lovely piece, I really enjoyed your story.

Thanks a lot.

That's the end...thanks for reading.



Kindly drop your coments below. Constructive criticism is welcome.


I will be starting a new one soon but this time around on the literature section.

"Pains Of Beauty"

will like your follow ups too to encourage me to write more.

***winks***.

wristbangle:
Bbsharon, much kisses for u

Thanks a lot.

Bbsharon:
spicy244 , onstelly , estharfabian , jasha , misspicy , wristbangle , laveda , abbykem , pwettyella , endowednicky , cruzita , donholy28 , mzgracie , kweenbeejey , medunah , yilly , punkveer ,

I just updated.

I woke up the next morning to the shouts of my siblings, it was a saturday so a full house. I could not hear what they were saying but it seems like they were excited over something.
"Lekan !! Lekan !! Lekan " I yelled,
I did not get any response, with anger I walked out of the room to find out what was happeneing. Then I saw him.
It was Jude, how my heart gladdens all of a sudden. He was talking to my dad and was smiling, it seems my dad was giving him one of his usual funny welcome address which made my siblings giggle with laughter. My mind raced fast to how he got to know my address and I could not say.I just wanted to walk to him and tell him I was sorry but my conscience pricked me. Maybe I had forgotten something in his car and he came to give me I thought. He saw me and smiled, I quickly looked away and walked inside.
Two of my siblings rushed in, my dad had said something but I did not hear.
"Sister papa said we should call you that your husband is here" one said.
"Shut up, who told you he is my husband" I retorted.
" Aunty Abike he has one big giant motor outside o near Baba sule's shop, and I hear when he told papa he doesn't want to friend you o that is marry he wants to marry you" the other chipped in.
" Both of you should get out of my sight before I descend on you" I said and stood up to go outside with my siblings following me.
I walked to where my father was standing with Jude, I knelt down and greeted him,I tried as much as possible to avoid Jude's gaze.
" My daughter stand up, this man here said he has come to ask for your hand in marriage but I was surprised and told him if it was so you would have told me before now. That is why he is still outside because I need to confirm if he is truly my inlaw before I let him in".
I was totally confused and did not know what to say when Jude said.
" papa, Abike herself did not know I was going to come today because we agreed next week. Right Abike? " he winked at me.
I gave him a very angry look but quickly smiled when my dad looked at me and said
" Abike, is that true? " my father asked.
I did not want to look foolish in front on my father and I also felt if I said no Jude will leave me and never return.
" yes papa." I said.
" you are welcome my son, come in and let us discuss the date you will bring me my palmwine officially."my father said as he ushered Jude in.
Jude prostrated to acknowledge my father's word.
I smiled and looked at Jude's face as we walked Inside.
My mom returned from her early morning market and her joy knew no bounds when my dad introduced Jude to her as my husband.she danced till the other women in the compound joined her.
My dad and Jude discussed for long, while my mom and I did all the women gossips in the kitchen. My much younger siblings were outside boasting to whoever cared to listen how they were going to take turns to ride Jude's car.
Finally, when Jude was about to leave I was so happy I almost did not want him to. He greeted my parents goodnight. We walked to his car holding hands. In the car he brought out a beautiful tiny glass box. He paused and asked,
Jude : Abike why did you say you did not love me yesterday because I know you do and that was the reason why I trailed you home and knew I could not afford to lose you.
I was speechless, with tears around the corner of my eyes.
Abike : Jude I do love you and I do not think I can love any other man the way I do love you.I was just....
Jude moved closer and stoped what I was about to say with a kiss and hugged me, he then presented the key and asked me to marry him.
" yes ! yes !! yes !!! " I said blushing and smiled. Then I heard Baba Abike's voice from afar.
Baba Abike : Abike come down from that car right now and fast , he cannot take you anywhere o untill he pays your bride price.
I couldn't hear the rest of what he said as he was muttering some yoruba words under his breath.
We both laughed and I quickly hugged Jude and gave him a goodnight kiss on his cheeks. I stepped out of the car and watched as he drove off with smiles beaming from my face.




...........................it's been five years and am still married to Jude.I can still rememeber our wedding day vividly, it was one of the happiest day of my life. I sat in the living room where I now live with Jude and our two sons and wrote this down as I travelled back memory lane.
" Good memories they say never fades"
Jude walked in with the boys, Jeff and Josh all laughing, he walked towards me and kissed me like we were newly weds and this made the boys laugh the more..
It way past midnight and Jude was fast asleep.I brought out my diary and completed what have been writing before Jude interrupted it in the afternoon.

"How easy to have lost and met my Mr right same day"
I closed the book, smiled and went back to bed.

yilly:
Awwwww...thank u alot for d continuation. Will u finish it?

sure.

Freemanan:
Lies

lol...just enjoy the story.

Bbsharon:
spicy244 , onstelly , estharfabian , jasha , misspicy , wristbangle , laveda , abbykem , pwettyella , endowednicky , cruzita , donholy28 , mzgracie , kweenbeejey , medunah , yilly , punkveer ,

I hope you guys don't get angry with the mentions o, just thought you should know when I update.

Thanks.

Pwettyella:
Sweeri plsss update us ooo,I love ur story

Thanks a lot, I just did.

ChappyChase:
Babe hope you go continue?
If not just tell me make I waka! Cause I no too dey like place wey people dey quarrel, if care is not taken, I go join them..

I just did dear.

Ay04z:
Continue..abike nice write up.

lol....I just did.

We walked out to his car,Jude tried protecting me from the piercing stare of the crowd and I felt loved and wish Jude can just forgive me.
Jude's car was a very fine polished car and also neat but my mind was diverted. I was still wondering why he came back. We sat still for a long time until Jude broke the silence .
Jude : There is only one reason why I came back to you.Abike, the fact you showed remorse about your actions moved me. I wanted to drive away but I remebered the first day we met you were so simple that I fell in love with you that istant but the reason behind you cooking up
those horrible lies still baffles me.

I felt I did not need to explain to Jude after the way I behaved but the way he looked at me I knew I could not resist not telling him the truth and that truth scared me.
When he noticed I was not going to say anything he continued.
Jude : My heart wants to stay with you because I feel that is where it belongs. Kindly give me the chance to know the real you. I know what you are passing through and undertsand how hard it is to even come out and try to be social but I believe we can work it out and you do not have to go about being fake about anything. Let people accept and know you for who you really are and then you earned that respect you so desire.

I looked at Jude with tears filled eyes, I wanted to ask so many questions at a time.I do not want him to say all this things to console me for my foolishness I thoughts. I cleaned my face and then said.
Abike : Jude please am very sorry for all the trouble I caused you today, I lied to you because i thought if you knew the truth I would loose you and the fear of that made me do what i did.
I paused for some time and said
" I will just leave and never contact you again"
I opened the door to the car and was about leaving when Jude drew me to his side and kissed me but this time more sensual but I felt pain this time around.
Jude is never going to love me, I thought.
He broke the kiss all of a sudden and stared at me , my mind rush back to my thoughts and then I knew I had to go.
Tears filled my eyes
I looked away, then I heard him say something...
I looked at him and stared, his face was filled with so much emotions and he meant what he said but I wanted to be sure I heard right.
Then he repeated,
Jude : Abike will you marry me? I want to love the real you and spend the rest of my life with you.
Now I knew what I heard was not a mistake, I wanted to run and also stay at this time, I was so confused and the tears flowed freely down my cheeks.
But at this time I wanted to say no and tell him I could not because he does not love me and I do not want to be punished for my silly act instead of being loved but when I looked into his eyes I realised he meant what he just said. I knew right then that Jude loves me and oh yes I want to spend my life witn him and instead of saying yes I said
Something else and he suddenly looked depressed and I knew have hurt him. I stepped out of the car and walked away.
Jude will never forgive me for this but I was happy I did what I did. He watched me leave.
I walked to the bustop, crossed to the other side and used the atm before boarding a bus .I cried all the way home not minding if anyone was looking at me.
That is the price I have to pay, I thought to myself.
That night mama Abike's food did not taste well because I had lost my appetite, my mind was solely on what Jude could be doing that moment. Was he thinking of me or he has forgotten me and really didn't want to have anything to do with me again.

Lsofdk:
bbsharon wat i do u now, see as you got me hovering on ur thread. post abi u never wake up

lol...

donholy28:
Imagine! some fools are just pouring sand into this sweet tori...girl abeg continue joor

Thanks.

spicy244 , onstelly , estharfabian , jasha , misspicy , wristbangle , laveda , abbykem , pwettyella , endowednicky , cruzita , donholy28 , mzgracie , kweenbeejey , medunah , yilly , punkveer ,

I hope and believe the fight is over.

I felt like I had been stabbed at that moment so he even knew my real name. The embarrassment was too much for me to bear that I had to put my head on the table and cried my eyes out. I didn't know I had hit the melted ice cream and it came pouring on my cloth. I looked miserable and wish the ground would swallow me up at that moment.

I tried cleaning it but it spreads the more, I stood up to go then I slipped and fell. I was still on the floor and too ashame of all my predicaments to stand when I noticed a hand pick me up, he brought out his handkerchief and offered me to clean up the mess on my cloth and

He then used a shirt he was holding to cover up the torn part of my trouser, I couldn't look at his face because the emabarrasment was too much for me to bear as people started at us. I just wondered who was the heaven sent helping me out. So I looked up and he kissed me right on my lips.
I was glued to the spot and couldn't move nor think in my head I just wanted to give the guy a manual reset slap.With anger burning in me I looked at his face and saw that it was jude and my heart melted.

Abike : oh!! Jude....I cried and leaned on to his warm embrace. Am very sorry.
Jude : Let's get out of here.
He said.

"Allyson what is wrong"
I had told Jude a different name because for crying out loud who answers Abike of all names. I still didn't utter a word and just stared at him. He looked worried and then said
"Well, I love your outfit it looks good on you"
I suddenly relaxed and felt I just needed him to compliment me.
"Thanks" I said shyly and sat down
He was surprised and said" is it about the cloths" I quickly replied "not at all Jude am okay".
I looked around the mall and tried avoiding his gaze and that made me more comfortable.

"What will you like to take?" he asked.
I had suddenly forgotten all the flavours of icecream I read online, I had been reading different tips on how to appear and behave on a first date. I looked worried and he asked again. I cursed under my breath and knew I couldn't ruin everything with my short memory so I said.
"Berry" I remembered one had berry and he asked
" what kind of berry sweetheart"
By this time the waiter was standing to take the orders.
" orange-berry I said smiling" the waiter looked at me like something was wrong so I noticed I must have said something wrong so I said
"Orangilla" this time the waiter couldn't help but smile and he asked "you mean vanilla, ma"
"No" I insisted with serious look, " I want the one with orange flavour"

Jude who had been staring at me curiously all along quickly interrupted and just told the waiter to get us vanila flavour.
I quickly dismissed the embarrassment and said
" you know when I come here it's my dad's driver that order whatever I want , I don't do that"

"Oh I see" Jude replied.
I was more comfortable now and I was thinking of how I was going to convince Jude of all the lies I had told him over the phone.
Jude : So Allyson tell me why you weren't picking up when I was calling.
Abike : I was at my mom's office and she was talking to her maids, so the place was so rowdy I couldn't have heard you.
Jude : Hmmmn, alright. Well good to finally see your pretty face Allyson. You told me you like travelling so where n where have you been to?
I didn't even think before answering and said
Abike : US, Uk, Paris, USC...have been so many that have lost count.
Jude : USC ? Where is that?
With a curious look on his face, the waiter returned with the ice cream and while jude was talking to him I thought of something to defend myself,
Abike : That's strange, I thought you travel a lot. So how come you don't know USC? I mean have been there several times and even shoped there last month.
Jude: I honestly don't know that country, so tell me where it is maybe I can visit on my next trip, sounds like an interesting place to me.

I was worried Jude was pestering me and since I saw he insisted on knowing I quietly said " united state of canada"
With a tensed and surprised look Jude spoke
Jude : Allyson are you trying to lie to me? Or have you been lieing to me all this while?
I chipped in qiickly like have been accused wrongly
Abike : No, why would I?I told you my father has oil wells that I manage and my mom has a big store on the island. So I dont know why I should lie to you.
Jude was suddenly agitated and I wondered why
Jude : Okay Allyson or whatever you called yourself, I wanted the truth from you because I had found out who you really are and the kind of life you live before today but I overlooked it because we were still chatting and thought when we meet you would admit the kind of person you are to me.I don't see any sense in what you just did by putting up this fake font for me.

I realised I had been caught and my face looked so pale you had think I was just discharged from the hospital. I bit my lips hard and put my heads down and was still trying to put up the "I don't care attitude"
Jude continued speaking, this time with a slight tone of anger in his voice
Jude : You know what, that's what you ladies don't understand there is nothing a guy likes more than a very honest and real lady but I guess they are rare breeds these days. For how long will you continue to live like this?
The words hit me hard like cold block of ice, he stood up and was about walking away when he turned back and said " Don't forget to call Baba Abike to tell one of his drivers to come pick you up" he hissed and walked away.

pls stop derailing my thread na.... :'

I will post the rest when I wake. Goodnight everyone.

Finally I got to the front of shoprite, I stared at the big mall for some minutes until a car honked and made me move. I brought out my tiny mirror and re-adjusted my makeup with my hand, applied lip balm and then walked inside the mall.I obviously looked like a novice and people gave me the look of

"why the heck will someone dress this much just to a mall"
Well, I didn't care and it's none of their business I said to myself. I was trying to think of what was going on in Jude's mind that moment, would he like me or not and how will I convince him I was the same girl he has been chatting with for the past 2weeks. I told myself I needed to, and not let him know who I really am. I had met Jude 2weeks ago at a friend's wedding at maryland, he looked sophisticated and in money. He approached me to my delight and we had talked cool and exchanged numbers. We chatted and called each other at every slight opportunitiy for the past weeks that I was a bit convinced at a time I have fallen in love with him.

We finally agreed to meet today, I never thought he would want to see me becuase which guy really want to see me. To me I virtually had nothing to offer so I chat with different guys and put on differnt characters that at the end they dnt want to see me but Jude wanted to. I tried all I could to stop him but he insisted.

I have never had a date before, even while in school I avoided social gatherings. I was solely after getting good grades and nothing more until I went for my youth service and met people who had first class that had good social life and I was here galavanting with my second class lower.

I was inside the mall now, and then I saw Jude. He waved at me and my mind suddenly went wild, I couldn't concentrate and I wasn't reasoning. My stomach tumbled, he was looking more handsome than the first time I saw him and I was startled, I felt my legs leave me. He walked to me and greeted me with the most gorgeous smile I can ever think of right then my heart melted, I wanted to run to his arms but I couldn't. He offered me a seat and called my name but I still couldn't find my voice. He moved closer and I drew back.

I had walked the long distance out of the slum to the main road to board a bus going to oshodi and was sweating profusely, when I saw two of my siblings returning home from school. They had seen me from afar and I couldn't hide anymore, they were laughing so hard one would think they had pass their exams which they never did.I just stared at the two little brats without uttering a word.

"Aunty Abike we doesn't even know you were the one coming o" the younger one said.

"So tell us where you are going to unless we will told papa when he returns" the other one said.
My siblings had very poor orientation of english at times I wonder how they mange to even move to the next class.
On hearing that I quickly smiled and told them I was going to the market because I didn't want my father's trouble. The look on their faces was epic and priceless as they burst into another round of laughter. I let them laugh till they were satisfied and cajole them not to tell my father by promising to buysomething for them. They finally let me go and I breathed a air of relieve.

I quickly stopped the next oshodi bus that came along
They was no traffic because it was just few mins past 11am and lagos traffic can still look normal at that time. I got to oshodi 12:30pm, crossed to the other side of the road and took a bus going to ikeja. I brought out my phone and I saw seven missed calls I quickly texted back that I was on my way.
On getting to ikeja I walked towards computer village and held my bag tightly and put up a serious look because of the horrible news of bag snatchers and fraudsters I didn't want to fall victim. Suddenly I noticed everyone was staring at me until I noticed my trouser was torn by the side and revealed little of my laps.

I wanted to cry out but I couldn't because it will soil my makeup. How can this happen of all days then I remembered I had a scuffle with one of the passenger when highlighting from the bus. I just turned my crossbag on the spot and walked stylishly sideways to cover it up. I would have gotten a new one but the only money with me was what will get me to shoprite. Luckily I saw one bus about to leave for shoprite and I joined. That's the market I was going to that my siblings can never understand.

My phone beeped for the fourth time and I hurriedly picked it and dumped it in my bag, looked in the mirror over again and adjusted my powder, my elongated lashes and red lipstick was very pronounced.I was sure everything was in place. I've got a date and I didn't want to mess it up with my usual self righteous attitude.I was looking hot and sexy in my skimpy crop top and high waist trouser.

As I got out of the house I tried avoiding the glance from mama Grace and iya seun oni ponmo who regularly sit in front of the house, before they start asking me jamb question on where I was going to, they never mind their business.
I live in a very dirty and overly crowded area of lekki on the lagos island infact I virtually live close to the refuse dump site always oozing of terrible and foul smell.

Well who cares to listen which area you live in lekki they assume you are well to do especially non lagos residents.

I live with my parents and 11younger siblings that I can't even remember their age and names sometimes.I lost count of naming ceremony at a time because it became a norm. I wonder why my father gave birth without bearing neither latitiude nor longitude. My father is fisherman while my mom sells the fish in the market, he was just a typical african man but who strives hard to send his kids to school. With that I completed my university education through the struggle.
"Abike where are you going to dress like egungun masquerade?"asked mama Grace.

Mama seun's voice jerked me up from my thoughts,
"am going to the market o" I replied
an walked past them.I just wondered when this women will stop meddling with other people affairs. I quickly walked to the road away from the house view. Am sure they must have thought I was out of my mind to have told them I was going to the market dress like that.