Weary Heart

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A kind heart doesn't mind giving...
Everybody depends on its kindness
People often forget that the bearer
of such a heart is also human
Pulling kind hearts in every direction and
expecting so much of them is the way of
the world!
He remembered he used to call such people
"Takers" when he was much younger!
They seem only determined to take from you
without caring where or how you get replenished!
If they come to you for more and you didn't
have anything to give, they get legitimately
disappointed!
Acting as if you somehow failed in your
duty to be their supplier!
They believe they are entitled to your gains
His babe at one time was one of such ladies
They met on a bus
He was traveling to school and somehow
she sat right beside him on the bus
She spoke to him first
She said "I love your cologne"
Wow!
It was his uncle's cologne
He took a few whiffs before leaving home
and he told her so
She laughed
She said any other guy would have taken
the compliment and squared his shoulders
Why did he tell the truth
He told her he doesn't lie to beauty
She blushed
That was how they began
It was as if they had known each other forever!
She was going to see her father's elder
sister at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan
She said her father's elder sister didn't
have any children
She was quite elderly and was the first
of four wives
She wanted to go and tell her aunt
about her admission
She needed school fees and provisions
Her parents couldn't afford to sponsor
her education
She wanted to see if her aunty can give
her some money!
His heart went out to her immediately
He was just a year older than she was
But he had a bleeding heart
He felt for her
They exchanged phone numbers
He called her the next day
She told him her aunty was only able to
give her two buckets of custard, milk
and sugar!
She had worked for a year and saved
up some money
But she still had a long way to go
regarding her school fees!
That was how he got into it!
He helped her out with the school fees
He also chipped in some money for the
house rent He couldn't really afford the
generous gesture
He just felt compelled to help her
She called him often after that
Informing him of her progress with
registration and signing of
course forms
That was how their relationship started
She came to his house during the holidays
a few months later
She saw how wealthy his parents were
Her attitude changed immediately
He had been asking her out before then
She kept thinking about it while acting
as his girlfriend
She stopped thinking after visiting his
parent's mansion
They had sex that day!
She was a very well trained lady
Especially regarding domestic chores
In no time she was in her mother's kitchen,
helping out with the cooking and all
His mother liked her
His father liked her
He liked her too
They started the journey
Their love was genuine or was it?
For him it was genuine
He didn't know she was sleeping with
others until 3 years later!
He found out in the oddest way
She called him asking for some money and
some provisions
He decided to surprise her by visiting her
in school with the money and some provisions
The vehicle got faulty on the way and a journey
that ought to take three hours took all day!
He got to her school at 11 pm
He went to the apartment he rented for her
He expected her to be fast asleep
The door of the building had been locked
He turned to her window
Trying to wake her up while making as little
noise as possible
He found the window open
The weather was hot and there was no
electricity
She usually found it difficult to sleep
in the heat
So finding the window open was not
a surprise
What he saw when he peeped into
the room through the burglar-proof
was the shock
There were a lantern and a candle
Both burning brightly
And then there she was...
She was stark naked
Riding a guy spread-eagled underneath her
He wished she didn't see him
But she did!
She saw him and screamed furiously!
Out of fright and also out of the situation
she found herself!
He didn't wait for any drama
It was quite late and he was in a
strange town
In those days cultists wreck so much
havoc in schools
He took a bike to the only guest house
in the town
He laid there all night
Tossing and turning
Crying his eyes out!
He had plans to marry her
He had invested time and money
She never ever gave him a reason to suspect
she was unfaithful
It was too much of a shock
The next morning, as early as 5 am
She was at the hotel
She knew it was the only place he
could have lodged in
He didn't say a word
She didn't say a word
He opened the door and she came in
When it was 6 AM
He heard some early morning busses
calling for passengers
He wanted to leave
She fell on her knees and held his legs
She started crying
He loved her too much
After about 30 minutes
He sat down
He didn't say a word
She said she had to do it because
She needed the money and he didn't
send it on time
He didn't know how foolish she thought
he was
What he saw was not a lady having sex
for money
It was two lovers making love for pleasure
He told her so
She kept quiet for a long time
Then she said "It is true, I can't be asking
You for everything I need
The guy you saw me with helps me with
some of my academic work
He is in HND 2
I am in HND 1
I didn't want to fail and I was struggling
with some courses
That was what he was doing for me
Wow!
He kept quiet and weighed her explanation
It sounded like the truth
But if it was the truth
There must be others!
It was how his mind interpreted it
He mulled it in his heart
Just then it started to rain
A very heavy rain!
The rain acted as a sort of muffler
for their voices
So he asked her "How many other lovers
do you have doing one thing or the other
for you?"
He couldn't believe it
She started counting her fingers
What!
In all she had sixteen!
She had a bike man who carried her for
free in exchange for sex
A meat seller
A bus driver
A taxi driver
Two lecturers
A guy at the bursary office
The guy that helped her with her admission
One guy she played Ludo with
One guy she met when she went to write GCE
in order to make up some of her requirements
Another guy she played Scrabble with
One rich guy in Abeokuta who gave her a lift
once and sends her money just like he does
Another guy she met at a concert
All sorts!
She wasn't sleeping with all of them at the
same time
That was the list of all the other guys
she had slept with since he deflowered her
He didn't know what came over him
He slapped her
She wasn't expecting it
It felt good!
He slapped her again
The rain was wicked
It intensified and encouraged him
Nobody heard what was going on
By the time he got tired
Her face was puffed up all over
Her mouth was bleeding
He couldn't believe what he had done!
When the rain abated
He took her to the hospital
The doctors called the police
She claimed she was attacked by cultists
and that he was a good Samaritan
She was admitted
He paid for her treatment
The ordeal took five days
He waited for her
When she was discharged
He took her to the house he rented for her
He gave her the provision he bought for
her and some money
He left for his school
In his head the relationship was dead!
But she mounted her come back
She sent him a message
"You didn't catch me, I confessed,
I have learnt my lesson and willing
to change! I love you!
Please don't abandon me now!
Stand by me! Wow! He didn't budge!
Her mother called him
Her Aunt called him
He thought about it
How would she cope without sleeping
around?
What if she got HIV?
He should do better
He forgave her!
He told her he had a condition
They had a family ritual they do in their family
He wanted to take her for it
Then he will be sure she will be faithful
She agreed
They went to his home town
He took her to a river and told her to use
the water to wash her legs
She did
It was a lie
They didn't have any family ritual
But she believed him
They went back home
The relationship continued
She stopped cheating
He graduated and got a job
She graduated and got a job
His conscience wouldn't let him be
He had based their relationship on deceit!
Oh God!
He told her the truth one Saturday
morning
He said "You have been faithful for
three years
This means you can be faithful if you
wanted to be!
There was no family ritual
The thing we did in my hometown
was not real
She was shocked
She cried
She said he deceived him and
called him a liar!
He told her he had to do it because
of her choices at the time
She said he used his lie to manipulate her
It was a tangled web
She really didn't need him anymore
He knew this and wanted her to make
her decision based on this
She said she forgave him
He was happy
They were on track
A week later, she came to his flat
He noticed her phone's call logs and
messages were oddly empty
He asked her why he deleted all
their messages
She said it was as a result of a viral attack
She had to flash the phone
He believed her
Just then a message came in
It was just a line "When will you come and
resume my shift"
He dropped her phone
Pretended he didn't see the message
Later she picked her phone and dropped
it back
When he checked
She had deleted the message
He knew she had started cheating again!
How far can he go with her?
It was enough
They had been together for nine years!
He had never loved or even dated
another woman!
His kind heart had given until it was emptied
He had a second offer of employment in Lagos
He had been planning to reject the offer
just to be with her as they were talking
marriage already
Went to the pharmacy and bought a condom
She asked him why
They had never used one before
He said he just felt like using one
She stopped protesting
She stayed with him all night
It was his farewell dance with her
The next day, he went to Lagos to take
up the new job offer!
He removed his sim card and bought another
He relocated
He didn't say a word to anybody about
what happened
Fourteen months later she showed up
She had made her investigations and
found out where he was living
She arrived early on a Saturday morning
She was all fire and thunder
He allowed her to vent
He told her it was over
She asked why
He told her she was cheating
She said "Not anymore!
That one was a revenge sex for the
three years you made me suffer through
thinking if I slept with someone else
we both might die!
I had to test it out and see
If you were telling the truth or not!
The guy was just a fling
You have always been the real thing!
Please lets put this behind us and move on
It was like Samson shaking his body
like other times
It didn't work
He had gotten over her!
He told her he meant it!
She cried and cried
She left the next day after trying
unsuccessfully to get him to sleep with
her throughout the night
As she was leaving the next morning
He dropped some money for her
He told her she should use it for
her transportation
She looked at him and said
"I am not a prostitute"
Her mother and aunty called
He told them he had moved on
Some months later
He met a beautiful lady
They fell in love
They got married in 2012
They have two children