I could envision her tear stricken face as she looked at me in disbelief, the look was one which was mixed with betrayal, pain and anger as she walked out of the door and out my life.
Oma and I had been together since forever, we met in the university I can remember seeing her in the midst of four other girls and i fell in love..love at first sight yeah??? you may not believe it but yes it happens as it did happen to me. Her books fell on the floor and i swapped into position to help a seemingly girl in distress..sharp boy abi? you cant blame a dude .
Oma is not exactly the tall slim shaped girl as you would imagine, she was of average height and i must say chubby in the right places too.lol.
I helped her pick her books and told her my name,while she blushed a thank you to me. she did not tell me her name she just collected her books and hurriedly left to join her friends.
That was it for me, i knew we connected in those tiny seconds and i craved for her. I did not get to see her for weeks and i kept searching and looking out for her like a crazed man, every dark skinned girl of her speculation i saw and sighted i went closer to take a look at with a tiny hope that it could be her.
On a Friday as i remember it was my lecture day off and i was going to see a cousin of mine in her department, I was grumbling as her department computer science was in obscurity, as i climbed the stair case with my thoughts, Oma was descending the stair case my insides screamed for joy and I stopped to say hi she smiled at me in recognition and that was how we got acquainted and we became friends and lovers.
we went for NYSC together even though i was two years ahead of her i was glad for the backlog that affected me, it helped us stay together, we proceeded to get our MBA together and in the same school. Our parents knew us, in fact every one referred to her as my wife and vice versa.
We got jobs in good companies and for a while everything was fine, we loved each other more and we started to make plans to make it official and that was when the issue started I guess i got cold feet or maybe i just wanted to be a little free, Oma started to notice my transgression and began questioning me and I got a very irritated.
At work there was this lady, Jumoke who was always disturbing me, she either wanted this or wanted that, truth be told i knew she liked me and i was caving in as the misunderstanding of my own making with Oma grew incessantly.
Jumoke and I started hanging out and talking more, i started to think about her instead of trying to resolve my issues with a lady i was supposed to walk the aisle with.
Jumoke wasn’t beautiful but she was a cheerful person and i guess that was what put me in trouble… Her persona.
This Thursday,where my world came crashing and realization hit me hard below the belt was the one which Jumoke invited herself to my house..” She kept saying how can i not know where you stay” i shrugged off and ask her to join me home so i could drink water and drop glass cup… I honestly did not imagine i would have ended up with Jumoke around my arms… But it did happen and just in that moment My Oma walked in…
I can still see her face, tear stricken and in shock as she ran out of my apartment.
Apparently i forgot she had a spare key..
I am here thinking and beating myself about how foolish i was.. I know the woman who loved me just walked out of my life