romoke ,a story by swankmee

Romoke ,episode 11,story by swankmee


Romoke!!!
XII
"mom, Iook what I have here"..... Dara smiled
seating down on the sofa beside her mom who
was busy with her phone. She brought out a
small brown envelope and produced a picture of
a lady on it.
".... and who is this? " her mom squinted her
eyes as she collected the picture from her.
" it's Romoke. I was lucky enough to get her
picture as well as her surname ". she took a sip
from the blue liquid in a wine cup. She had gone
to Emmanuel textile industry and she was happy
she didn't meet Romoke in the office, she had
asked about her from a colleague of her's called
Sikemi and she had given her all the information
she needed about Romoke without even asking
her what she wanted to do with it.
" good, just leave it here with me. now the next
step you have to take is to go to his house make
sure you are all over him"....
noo o, I don't want to throw myself at him, I
want him to beg me, you know,.... " she pouted
her lips and blinked her eyes, Her mom stood up
and started walking away from her.
" you know my problem with you, you don't listen
to me. Yes, when mama talk to you, you listen.
For now I don't have time for small talks" she
walked away twisting her round body towards the
direction of her room. Dara stood up and rushed
to stand in front of her mom with tears in her
face.
"you are not a good mother! You don't spend
time with me, you don't talk to me like a good
mother should. You just make decisions for me
and you don't care if such decisions would
endanger my life. That was how you told me to
get rid of a pregnancy that cost me my womb!
Have you no single human feelings? " a sound of
" kpowai " was heard as Dara was slapped by
her mom.
" you don't raise your voice at me. I am your
mother! I own you. Even if I ask you to kill, you
just have to do it cause, I am your mother!! the
only reason I want to get you married to Ade is
to take over Emmanuel textile industry or do you
think I have your interest at heart? I do not, I
can't kill my self because of you when you are
not even mine! You are just a means to an end
my dear! " the words blurted out of her mouth
before she could stop herself, she saw Dara's
eyes brighten at the news and watched her sit
quietly on the floor crying. She needed to leave
the house before Dara would start bombarding
her with questions. She dashed out of the house
with her car key and with the brown envelope in
her hand, she got into her Range Rover sports,
she breathed a sigh of relief and dialed a
number.
"helo? "
" Theophilus"?
the masculine voice paused and then spoke back
into the phone "MaMa"?
" yes, sugarboy I need to see you, I have a job
for you to do and it's important please meet me
at our regular spot"
He breathed into the phone " okay, I will be there
in the next 45 minutes ".
" alryt" she hung up, now it is time to do the
deal. She thought as she drove out of her
duplex.
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Romoke had woken up to see herself at the
hospital, remembering the incident that brought
her to the hospital gave her a side headache as
she struggled to sit on the soft hospital bed.
"Romoke, sorry huh? Just try to rest " she had
called her colleague from work the other day,
and she had really stayed with her till she woke
up. Romoke smiled at her colleague who has
always made it a tradition to wear long bogus
skirts with her thick framed glasses sometimes
she wondered if she removed it at all as it was
difficult to detect if she was pretty. But of
course she is a fair beauty who never wore
makeups nor jewelries. Romoke wondered why
but she was always nice to her.
"Sikemi, thank you so much, God bless you".
"actually God has already blessed me. Romoke I
had a revelation about you this morning....... that
evil people are after you. Please you need to
follow me to my church for deliverance. Seriously
" she adjusted her glasses.
" okay, I will think about it. anyone planning evil
on me will go back to the sender o. Cause I don't
think evil on anyone. " she was stopped by Ade's
presence who in turn winked at her. Sikemi
suddenly stood up and carried her black bag and
muttered a good afternoon to Ade. He just
ignored her and sat beside Romoke on the bed.
" okay, Romoke I will see you tomorrow ". She
immediately left the room before she could
answer back. Romoke faced Ade who was
wearing a boyish grin. She immediately looked
away before something happens between them.
" so what was that about"?
"what? " he played with her hands. He needed to
tell her how he felt about her and how he wants
to get married to her and wipe off her worries.
" you didn't answer her when she greeted. Are
you guyz fighting"?
"fighting? Come on, am the boss remember? "
Sikemi was the past he didn't want to go into for
now. He cleared his throat.
" I don't believe her,.... I mean your friend Bola.
You can never do that. I trust you Romoke and
you mean the world to me..... I love you and I
would want to spend the rest of my life with you.
You are my friend, my adviser, my everything.
This past few months really made me realize
that I can't leave without you..."
His phone rang, he groaned, his mom was calling
him at the wrong time, he signaled to Romoke
and excused himself from the ward.
"Helo mom, I know that I was supposed to come
home last weekend but am sorry I couldn't,
something came up and am really sorry "
" Ade, how is Dara doing"
"Dara? We haven't seen each other for quite
sometime now"
"okay, but you people should hurry up and get
married o! So that I can carry my grandchildren "
she laughed.
" sorry mom, what are you talking about? Dara
and I are not dating not to talk of getting
married ". Ade cleaned his sweaty face with his
palms as he found a place to sit at the
reception.
" you just have to get married to her o! "
" don't be ridiculous mom, you and I know that I
can't date her so why are you suddenly pushing
this? " he heard his mom sob and was talking
with tears stricken voice.
" it's not my fault o.......... If you don't get
married to her the video would be exposed and I
might end up going to jail and your dad will end
up divorcing me". Ade sprang up like he had just
been injected. What was his mother talking
about? and what video could cause her to loose
so much.
"mom what's happening? What video"?