A sad tale

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This is a true life story,names were changed

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Mary tried kens line again,he had not picked his calls in two days,she was beginning to get worried now,even his friends could not reach him.maybe his phone was stolen,she thought to herself,but if that be the case it should not ring at all,she was almost at the edge now,let me try once more.finally he pick up

What is it, why do you keep calling me

I don't understand, I have been trying to reach you for days now,and you come up with this attitude

Please stop calling me,I need to clear my head

But I need to talk to you

Did you not hear what I just said

He had dropped the call,it was their fourth year together, things were not as rosy as it used to be,ken was having issues at home,more especially with his father,he was termed the black sheep of the family.he had other worries too,he is torn in between two women.how do he tell her he had been seeing someone else since their second year together, his conscience was beginning to act on him.they both school two thousand miles apart,she would ocassionally visit during her short breaks.

Mary met ken on a social media platform, he was a 200lv mechanical engineering student in one of the universities in Nigeria,Mary on the other hand was still searching for admission,she would travel to see him during aptitude test.on one of her visits she came across messages by another female on kens phone,but he dismissed it,saying he had nothing to do with the other lady

She is just throwing herself around me, Ive told her I have you.you have nothing to worry about

But this text says otherwise

Don't you trust me babe
He had to use the T word

Its not you I don't trust, just so you know, I am giving you the benefit of doubt that you know exactly what you are doing.

She has a faithful man,or so she thought,she was ready to stick to him through thick or thin.but for ken the reverse is the case.Mary wasnt always around,and ken needed company ,so he hooked up with Sarah,I won't fall in love,he must have thought to himself,but he did.

Mary was confused now,she couldn't wrap her head around what happened, they had talked three days ago and all seemed fine,why was this happening

Mary had found out she was pregnant, she needed to talk to him about it, but he didn't give her a chance to even say a word.Mary is an only child with a single parent, having a baby while schooling didn't seem much of a good idea,how would she cope with being a single parent,she broke down in tears.her mother would have a heart attack if this news gets to her.

Days passed,weeks and finally a month, there was no call from ken,his phone had been switched off since the last time they spoke,every possible means to get to him failed,the thought of terminating the pregnancy came to her.it seemed like the only way out, so she went through with it.

A while after,she got a call from an anonymous number

Hello

Hello flower bomb how are you doing

Ken is that you

Yes baby its me

what do you want ken

Am sorry for the way I spoke to you the last time,I was having a hard time and took it out on you,I shouldn't have done that.can we meet

I don't want to

Sorry babe,too late am in front of your door

She rushed to the door, turned the knob and pulled it open, there he stood a rose in one hand.Why was he here,why now?.she let him in,of cause she had to.

She told him about the pregnancy and how she tried to reach out to him but to no avail.he broke down in tears,went on his knees

Am sorry Mary,I have not been faithful to you,there is someone else.I love you soo much but I love her too,I can't seem to let either of you go.I can't ask you to stay,but I don't want you to leave either.

What would you do,if u were mary.