As I had slept late…. She woke up before me….
As my sleep was to be disturb… she kissed me…
Shola: Wake up….
Me: What’s wrong, why’re you up so early?
Shola: Early at 9:30? Come on get up….
Me: Let me get some sleep now? Ahh…. Woman..
She insisted I woke up, at that time….
Shola: Come and continue what you started….
Me: What did I start……. So that was why you woke me….. You see, I still need some sleep if that’s the case….
Shola: Fine…. Do whatever you want….
She pretended like she was angry, and I decided to sleep, in reality….
5 minutes into the new sleep, she poured cold water on me…. I was furious…. But then, it was Shola….
Finally, I woke up…
We got dressed….
Went to the beach, we tried different malls….
The week was simply romantic….
I made sure everything I hadn’t done with her I did….
We went to Abuja, to Obudu…. I spent all I had on her….
And on the last day of the week….
While we were returning from Port-Harcourt, at the airport in Lagos…..
Getting down from the plane….immediately,
I proposed to her, asking her to marry me…
What would a dying woman say? ….
The second taught flowing on my head, the fact that all was pointless…. Vanity….
There was a time, I remember, we got so high…. And we were walking,
dancing on the street…. I can say, all my romantic life was spent with
Shola…. There was just something different every time I saw her…. Right
from the first time we met….
For this girl’s death, I wasn’t going to be around…. And till today… I
don’t regret it, for I know…. It could have been very catastrophic for
me to bear….. as suicide is always an option….
…. By now, she herself had forgotten she was sick… but the devil had to remind her….
The liquor she had taken, wasn’t going to help matters…..
Right inside the taxi, on our way back to the hotel…. She slumped in my hands….
Taken as a joke at first, I tried getting her head away from my arms to wake her up…. There was no reply….
I told the driver, immediately, to turn around and head to our hospital….
I called the doctor on our way to inform him about the current situation
Luckily for us….
He was just about leaving the office….
He didn’t need any plead obviously…
Lagos traffic… was at that particular time, the devil’s agent….
Finally we were at the hospital…. I carried her in my arms…. The last time I did, was when I wanted to make love to her….
Straight into the theatre we went….. As my heart beat continuously…
I ran outside to pay the cab man…. Collected his number….
Like always, I was asked to wait outside…. I went to the balcony to get fresh air….
Few minutes later, I saw the doctor approach me….. I was ready for the
worst…. I had marked the date down…. For whatsoever was to happen, I was
ready…. As tears rolled down my eyes.
Doctor: She drank too much….
Me: Yes I guess as much… how’s she?
Doctor: Jide, you almost committed murder…..
Me: Ah thank God….. can I see her now?
Doctor: She’s on life support….. Now, it’s her and her support pipe every time…. I’ll see you tomorrow….
I went to the theatre…. Her eyes were closed….. Her body was cold…..
The machines were working, trying their best to save the love of my life….. I got a chair outside…. And sat by her side….
I placed my hands on her chest…. And I could feel her slow heart beat….
What’s the meaning of all this, I thought to myself….
Sitting by her side…. I started to feel cold myself…..
Before I knew it, I vomited about 3 times… on the floor…
I ran outside to the nurse to get me a mop
After much yelling and insults, the whole stuff was cleaned up.
The night was long and silent…..
I checked Shola’s pulse again….
This time, she opened her eyes…..
Shola: Were am I?
I got up….
Me: We’re in the hospital…. You weren’t feeling too well….
Shola: Jide I’m scared….
Me: I’m also scared…. Are you hungry?
Shola: Yes I’m hungry…. What’s all these on me?
I felt, maybe it was a ghost talking, cos she wasn’t acting like anything was wrong with her…. She sounded very normal….
I called the doctor to confirm the situation…. He insisted she stayed
till at least tomorrow…. I went out, very late in the night, to see what
I can get for her to eat…. After the nurses on duty had described a
tight corner iya put….
She ate the little rice I was able to get…. I was so hungry…. But the
rate at which she ate….. I couldn’t dare share the food with her….
We gisted, and what was at first sorrowful became a thing of laughter
again…. As usual, we argued…. Argued about who couldn’t withstand
highness… who was the highest highness, as she always say….
Of course, if Shola didn’t win an argument, then the argument won’t be
over…. Talk about lasting for hours…. She’s ready for you….
The thought of me, missing her so dearly….. I wished she was exchanged for Nolly….
At that point, I regretted going to South Africa…. Truly, there’s more to been happy than just dating…..
The kind of love we’ve for each other, is an everlasting one…. That’s
why we were able to act weird together…. Most times, you won’t know we
were dating…. But she’s ready to let any individual know… so she pulls a
lot of stunts in public…..
She slept off, after our gist…. It was about 12 am……
I slept around 1…. I was exhausted also…. And hungry….
We were woken up by the doctor….in the morning….
He wasn’t surprised at all…. At the kind of position we were…. Probably he was even tired of us….all our issues…. Or he wasn’t.
After much pleading from Shola, and confirming to the doctor she was okay….. she was discharged….
We went back to the hotel, were we have spent just a night…… even though
we paid for a week….. It was all worth it….but very unreasonable.
Right as we got to the hotel room…… it was September 15….. the unforgettable day…. She slumped again…..
I rushed her to the hospital…. Shola was confirmed dead right on arrival…. Right in my hands.
TBC
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