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I went to the main building to see Madam Aleshi,
‘She dey bath,’ the house girl informed.
‘Alright. I’ll come back to greet her,’
I went back to my new apartment. My uncle
prayed for me. He prayed that the place would
turn out to be of comfort and not of sorrow. He
also
prayed that very soon, a good and wonderful wife
chosen by God Himself would become my wife. I
said enthusiastic Amen to his prayers.
‘Alright, Ola. See you again.’
‘Thank you so much, uncle.’

I saw him off at the gate. I returned to the
apartment and surveyed the place. It was a
the paradox of life that while some people were
desperate
about securing accommodation, some people
would want some others to come and occupy
their empty space. I thanked God for my good
luck After sitting in the sitting-room for a while, I
decided to go back to the main building to greet
Madam Aleshi.

This time around, I met her.
‘Good morning, mummy,’ I greeted with a deep
bow. ‘I’ve been here earlier to greet you. I want
to thank you for everything, ma. God bless, ma.’
‘You’re welcome. Where’s Naomi?’
‘She’ll soon be coming ma.’
‘Sit down, Ola,’ she offered.
‘Thank you, ma.’

She studied my face. ‘Are you just playing with
Naomi, or do you really intend to marry her?’ she
asked.
‘Oh, I intend to marry her, ma.’
‘You’re a fine, young man. I hope you’ll not be
distracted by Lagos ladies.’
‘Oh, no, ma. Not at all.’
‘Where do you work?’
‘Glorious Bakery. I’m the assistant production
supervisor.’

‘You studied Food Technology?’
‘No. I studied Mechanical Engineering.’
‘Where is that your bakery?’
I told her.
‘Are you the people that produce Amazing Loaf?’
I smiled. ‘Yes, ma.’
‘That’s good. I like their bread.’
‘Thank you, ma.’

She nodded, then looked at me seriously. ‘Listen,
Naomi is like a daughter to me. You must treat
her well. I know her very well, she deserves the
best.’

She nodded, then looked at me seriously. ‘Listen,
Naomi is like a daughter to me. You must treat
her well. I know her very well, she deserves the
best.’

‘I love Naomi well, ma and I’ll treat her right.’
‘Yes, you must. Be faithful to her. Don’t break
her heart.’
‘Yes, ma.’
‘She’s a good lady. She’s going to be a
wonderful wife.’
‘Yes, ma.’

‘And that her daughter, take her like your own.’
‘Yes, ma. Thank you, ma.’
‘You’re welcome.’ She stood. It was the end of
the ‘interrogation.’

I returned to the apartment without having a
doubt that Madam Aleshi talked a lot. I rested on
one of the sofas, then it dawned on me that
there was no television set in the house. I would
have to get that as soon as possible so that I
would ease off boredom. For now, I played some
music on my phone. About an hour after arriving
the house, I could hear the sound of a car being
driven in. from the sitting room window, I could
see the gate.it was Naomi’s car that was driven
in.

It took her some time before she came to my
apartment. She must have gone to the main
building to greet Madam Alesha. Naomi finally
came
around and I could see her carrying a polythene
bag.
‘Naomi, my baby,’ I greeted her.
‘Hello, dear.’ She put the nylon on the center
table while I kissed her.
‘I had to prepare some food. That’s why I came
quite late,’ she explained.
‘It’s okay, my dear. Thanks for everything.’
‘Let me take this to the kitchen.’

I followed to the place and we chatted as she
washed pots and poured jollof rice and some
stew she had brought. She also brought a loaf of
big slice bread out.
‘We’ll be together till Sunday evening when I’ll
return to Surulere,’ she said.
‘Oh, that’s marvelous.’
‘I told my aunty about you.’
I nodded. ‘Where does she stay?
‘At Masha. That’s where Ella is.’
I nodded.

‘She wants to know you,’ Naomi said.
‘That will be no problem,’ I replied. ‘Let’s fix a
date and a time for that. My uncle wants to meet
with you too.’

‘We’ll be together till Sunday evening when I’ll
return to Surulere,’ she said.
‘Oh, that’s marvelous.’
‘I told my aunty about you.’
I nodded. ‘Where does she stay?
‘At Masha. That’s where Ella is.’
I nodded.
‘She wants to know you,’ Naomi said.
‘That will be no problem,’ I replied. ‘Let’s fix a
date and a time for that. My uncle wants to meet
with you too.’

She washed the food flasks she had brought.
‘That my aunt has been on my neck that I should
bring a husband home,’ she said.
I nodded again. ‘Maybe we should go there next
Saturday.’
She agreed with me. ‘That will be great.’ She
dried her hand on the hand towel. ‘Are you ready
to eat now?’
‘No. Not yet.’ I smiled. ‘I’ll rather eat you.’
She frowned. ‘Eat me?’
I continued my smile. ‘Yes. Let me show you
how.’

I brought my lips to hers and sucked them.
‘Is that food?’ she asked.
‘That’s the appetizer.’ I lifted her and took her to
the bedroom where I had put my things. We
stood face to face and breathed into each
other’s
nose.
‘I like your hair,’ I said.
‘Thank you.’

I sniffed the air close to her nose. ‘And I like the
perfume you’re wearing.’
‘Thank you.’
I looked at her all over. Her pink cotton shirt and
the red skirt showed how chic she was.
‘I like your outfit. You look like somebody going
for a fashion show.’
‘Thank you.’

‘Now, let me see if the inner wears are as fitting
as the outerwears.’
She smiled but said nothing. I unbuttoned the
pink shirt. Today, she was wearing a red bra. I
always had a special attraction for red bras, and
now, seeing what she was wearing made me go
crazy.

‘Maybe I should UnCloth myself,’ she suggested.
‘Oh, no. let me do it with all pleasure.’
She sighed and closed her eyes. I removed
everything she was wearing and stripped me
too.

‘Now, food is ready,’ I announced.
‘Naughty boy,’ she said.
Naughty or not, it was one food the two of us had
until we could eat no more. Several minutes
later, we lay under the bedspread, savoring our
‘meal.’ She still held on to me as if she expected
more, but I would have to recuperate.

After the acts, we lay next to each other and
cuddled like a couple crazily in love. My left held
her right hand, while my right one drew imaginary
image of love on her body.
‘When will you take me to the altar?’ she asked.
I rubbed the back of her neck and her back.
‘When d’you want me to take you there?’
She drew in a deep breath. ‘As soon as possible.’
‘That is ASAP,’ I said jokingly.
We laughed shortly.

‘I don’t want any lady to snatch you away from
me,’ she said.
‘My dear Naomi. No lady can snatch me away
from you.’
‘We don’t have to make the elaborate wedding,’ she
said. ‘Once we do the traditional part, we can
formalize the rest at the Registry.’

I nodded in agreement. I never fancied elaborate
wedding too. ‘That will be okay.’
‘All these can be done in a matter of months,’
she said.
‘Yes. It will be wonderful, that you, Naomi should
become my lawfully wedded wife’
I touched her face. She closed her eyes. ‘Madam
Alesha warned me not to break your heart,’ I
said.

She smiled. ‘Thank God for Madam Aleshi.’
‘She also said you’ll be a wonderful wife.’
She opened her eyes. ‘She said that?’
‘Yes.’
‘Thanks to her for her compliments.’
‘When is your birthday?’
‘August 10.’

‘Ah, Augustina. Mine is September 9.’
She sighed and closed her eyes again. ‘I wish we
can be together like this forever,’ she said.
‘But we’ll soon be married,’ I said. ‘Don’t worry,
Naomi baby. I’m going to be a wonderful
husband to you.’
She smiled slightly.
‘You’ll see,’ I said.

We later left the bed and had breakfast of bread
and tea. We were behaving as if we were
already married. From the experience, I could
project the kind of wife Naomi would be. Despite
the fact that she was some years older than me,
coupled with the fact that she earned
much more, I could see respect in the way she
treated me. I could see real love, affection and
submission. All these I saw, except she was
just pretending.

To kill boredom, I brought a game of scrabble
out. We were still playing scrabble in the
sitting-room when the house girl came to
inform that Madam Alesha would like to see us.
‘Alright, tell her we’re coming,’ Naomi answered.
We suspended the game.
‘That Madam Aleshi can talk,’ I said.
Naomi smiled. ‘She’s very friendly and nice.’
We went to meet the woman.

‘Ah, ah, Naomi, this love dey shark you o,’ Madam
Aleshi said as soon as we got to her sitting
room. ‘You and your man just stay put in
your apartment without bothering to come and
relax with Madam Aleshi.’
‘We were still planning to come together,
mummy,’ Naomi explained.

‘Oya, two of you, sit down. Relax with me.’
We sat next to each other.
‘You’re going to make a wonderful couple,’ she
said. ‘Yes, I can see that. God must have
designed Ola for you, Naomi. That’s why you’ve
been waiting all this while.’
We smiled. ‘I pray God will make everything to
work out well,’ Naomi said.

‘Things will work out well,’ Madam Aleshi said, as
if she was a prophetess. ‘There may be some
challenges, but things would work out well.’
‘Amen,’ Naomi said.
Madam Aleshi regaled us with the tale of how
she met her husband many years ago in England
and how they had married and had three
children over there. Later, they had relocated to
Nigeria. According to her, up till the time her
husband died about three years ago, the
the love between them was as strong as ever.

Madam Aleshi regaled us with the tale of how
she met her husband many years ago in England
and how they had married and had three children
over there. Later, they had relocated to Nigeria.
According to her, up till the time her husband
died about three years ago, the love between
them was as strong as ever.

Later, the housemaid served us lunch. We
remained with Madam Aleshi until about seven
p.m. when we returned to my apartment. I could
not but agree that Madam Aleshi was nice and
friendly.
Later that night, while we lay on the bed, we held
each other’s hands and stared into each other’s
eyes.

‘How many children will you like to have?’ she
asked.
‘Two should be okay. Plus Ella, making three.’
She smiled. ‘Yes, that number is reasonable.’
We chatted into the long hours of the night, until
we slept off.
She was the one that woke me up Sunday
morning with a kiss.
‘Good morning, darling,’ I greeted.
‘Morning.’ She smiled.
‘How was your night?
‘With you, it was wonderful.’
I was delighted to hear that.

‘Today is Sunday,’ I said. ‘I will look for a good
the church around here where I’ll be worshipping.’
‘Good idea,’ she said.
Minutes later, I went to have my bath. I then
decided to iron the clothes I would wear to
church.

‘You can bring your clothes for ironing too,’ I
offered.
She brought a well-designed Ankara to wear for
ironing. We took bread and fried eggs for
breakfast
before we left for the church which was a stone
throw away. Her Ankara wear was beautiful while
I looked good in my well-starched, sky
blue Guinea brocade kaftan. When we returned
from the church, I brought my phone out.
‘Let me take your pictures, honey. You look so
sweet,’ I said.

‘You look sweet too,’ she said.
I took her pictures in different postures, and she
took mine. We also took many together.
‘I’ll paste them on my Facebook and Instagram,’
she said.
When it was time for her to return to Surulere, I
drove her there.

‘Thanks for coming around and making my
weekend worthwhile,’ I told her as I drove the
car.
‘Thanks for giving me a warm welcome,’ she
replied.
When we got to Ojuelegba, she asked if we
could drive straight to Masha so that she could
pick Ella.
‘Why not,’ I replied.
She directed me to the place.

‘You will know that my aunt today. I will have to
introduce you to her, but we’ll still tell her that
we’ll be coming to properly greet her on
Saturday.'
‘With all pleasure,’ I answered.
The aunt turned out to be a sturdy woman in her
late forties. She welcomed me jovially and kept
smiling at me. She and Naomi spoke in a
the mixture of English and Itshekiri, but I could still
pick some words from the Itshekiri.

‘Auntie, be expecting us on Saturday,’ Naomi
said. We departed from there. I drove to Abina.
‘Come, I want to show you something,’ Naomi
said. We went to her bedroom.
I was curious about what she wanted to show
me.

‘I was thinking that to ease your moving around,’
she said, ‘I’ll like to hand over my second car,
the Honda Accord, to you.’
‘No, you won’t do that,’ I said quickly.’ No.’
‘Why not?’

Monday 8 February 2021

NEW SNOW IS OUT FOR THE YEAR

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