….Excuse me,who did you say is looking for me?,,,I asked.mam,its Mr Idahosa Osawaru mam,….
I was shocked, I wasn’t expecting him,I didn’t know what to say,my heart was racing,,,I wanted to call Sandra,I couldn’t, I was disorganized,,, my mind went back to everything,,, who would have thought i would one day be confused about wanting to see ID or not, this was a man I loved and worshipped even his steps,,oh my God what does he want,I was lost in thought,,, Excuse me ma,should I let him in,,,my PA’s voice brought me back,,, refusing to see him,will make him feel he still has a hold on me,that I was still thinking about him or still hurt,so i decided to let him in….yes you can let him in please….
I sat on my executive chair with missed feelings, not knowing how to react,or what to feel,nor what his mission was…
About 3 minutes later, I heard a knock on my door,,,oh my God, its ID,,, I managed to suppress my anxiety,and managed to speak like I was fine,,,you may come in,,I pretended to be writing only God knows what……Good day Ade,comes the voice of my ex husband,,,, I raised my head,trying so hard to compose myself,,,lo and behold a new ID,, good day Mr Idahosa,,,the ID standing in front of me was not the ID I used to know, he was looking so unkempt, like a beggar, so rough and tin,,,I didn’t know what to do or say,,,who is supposed to start a conversion, I asked myself,,,, that should be him,I answered myself,after all he came looking for me,So let him speak… .it was almost 5min. After we exchanged greetings, ID had not said a word, he stood head down..
I cleared my throat,,, and spoke,,, you can have your sit Mr Osawaru….he did sat down and was looking round my office like a school child who went for an excursion,, you have done well Ade,such a beautiful office, and a lot of improvement,,,, I was looking at him straight in his eyes,with all seriousness,trying to form Madam though he couldn’t look me in the eyes straight, he was trying so hard not to look me in the eyes….After some minutes,I spoke,, Mr Osawaru, I believe you didn’t leave your house, come to my office, just to tell me how beautiful my office is..I am a very very busy person,if you don’t have anything reasonable to say,you may take your leave,it was nice meeting you….
Then he knelt down,, Adebola Adewale,,,I know, i know I can not ask for forgiveness enough in this life time for everything I caused you,,,I was foolish,arrogant and full of myself,,,I allowed the money controlled me,,forgetting I was in power because of God’s love and your love,,, I allowed my friends got to me,,,I was mocked for been a faithful husband, they laughed at me saying I was scared of you because your father made me,they mocked me saying I wasn’t man enough,,,I was always ridiculed every Friday at the boys outing, all of my friends had multiple women,,but I was faithful,,, I couldn’t imagine wooing another woman,,,my heart beat for only you,,,so when Mabel threw herself at me ,I saw it as a way to prove to my friends that I was man enough,,, I thought it will just be once,and that’s all,but unfortunately, I kept going deeper and deeper by the day,,,I am such a disappointment to my own self,,,I am sorrrrrrrr
Mr Osawaru, I honestly do not have time for these details,please I do not need them,you can leave my office,please, leave before I call in the security….
Ade please before you do that please hear me out,,,I do not deserve your forgiveness, because if I were in your shoes I wouldn’t forgive,,I was mean,and wicked,I do not deserve mercy or a second chance,,I am going to live the rest of my life regretting my actions,,,It took my last self respect and esteem as a man to be here,,if I have other way,I won’t be here,,,I am saying this not because I am not sorry,I am,but because I know I don’t deserve it,but please, May has been pregnant for 12months and two Weeks,, the baby has refused to come out,a cesarean section has been scheduled for her,,,but I have no money on me to deposit,and the hospital has refused to commerce unless I make a deposit of 100 thousand,please,Mabel is in pains,she is suffering…..
I looked at him in shock, I thought May would have given birth, my God, this is serious,,, I managed to compose myself,,,well your friends should be in a good position to help right now Mr Osawaru,,,, Friend’s, did you say friends,, all my friends who talked me into having extra marital affairs,where the first to mock me,they called me an ingrate for doing all those things to you,they abandoned me,,, Really, that sad to know, how about your family, they should help,,,
my family, my family disowned me,called me heartless and wicked,my father said he’s not sure his blood flows in my veins,I even went with may and the twin to Benin, but my parent wouldn’t allow us in,they said they didn’t go with me to pay May’s bride price so they don’t know her as my wife,the only wife they recognized is you,,,we had to come back to Lagos, we have been living in the slum.
Oh baba and Iye,how much they loved me,,,, my heart was in tears,but I tried mY best to prevent the tear drops from coming down,,,,,
Mr Osawaru, this is Lagos, you are a graduate,why didn’t you get a job,I asked. I tried, I tried to, but I couldn’t, the few I saw wouldn’t give me jobs because they felt I was a spy,they recognised my name as the CEO of EMERALD COMPANY,,my explanation that I was no longer the CEO fell on deaf ears…..all I do to give us one or two meals a day are menial jobs.
Well Mr Osawaru, you story is quite a touching one,but unfortunately I can’t help,,you may excuse me,I have work to do,,,I bent down and started writing,,, Ade please,pleas, please, for the sake of the child please,,, you wouldn’t want me to call the security would you?,,,he turned and was walking out….
I saw a changed ID, he was humble, he actually looked helpless, oh my God what do I do,I thought,,,but what if he’s lying,,,and they just needed money hence they came up with such story, but how can a man,make up such lies about his wife so to say,and unborn child,,, what if he’s saying the truth, can I forgive myself if anything happens to may or her baby?,despite everything they did, I wouldn’t wish any woman carrying her pregnancy for a year And two weeks,,the 8months and two weeks I carried mine was difficult, let alone 12 months and some weeks,I place a call to my PA, asking her to call Mr Idahosa back….
Soon he was standing before me again,,how much are we looking at,,,,#150,000 he said,,, I placed a call to the financial department of the company, asking for the sum of #300,000…
I am giving you this money, not because you and May deserves it,,but because the little baby is innocent ,and shouldn’t pay for your sins,,pay her bills with #150,000,while the other #150,000,is my gift to the new born….. I handed him the money…. He knelt down in appreciation,, Ade I am,very very grateful, God will bless you in abundance,, thank you very Much,,,Get up and go save you wife,,,he stood up,and asked, how is My son Raymond,,, i didn’t see that coming,so you remember you have a son, I asked him,,,Haba Ade, I know I failed the both of you as a father and husband,,, I may have lost you as a wife, but I am still Raymond’s Father,,,,,
Well he’s doing fine…my regards to him,he said…..
He was walking to the door,,,when I stopped him,
Mr Idahosa, let this be the very last time,you step your feet into this building, else you wouldn’t like what you will get…
He nodded his head like a lizard and walked out in shame…
I sat on my chair in my office and cried my eyes out,,,I thought I had forgotten totally about ID and may, but seeing him again opened everything, my heart was shattered, I felt the pain all over again,like it just happened,,,
I heard a knock at the door again,,
Oh my God, what does he want this time…
Before I could compose myself…
The person opened the door..
It was JASON……