I LOVE YOU – episode 20 (end)

I LOVE YOU – episode 20 (end)


My life was getting back to normal,except for the fact that am no longer an OAU student.

I started receiving love from home again, and my spirit man was growing again, when suddenly something happened.

One Tuesday morning, I decided to go get the family mails at the post office. About 10 letters were already there.

The recent one was from the devil herself, hadizat!. I couldn’t wait till I got home to read it, I read it right there. “What do you want with my life again this girl’ I said as I opened the letter. What I saw made me cry, I can’t believe this, this is so saddening. Even the person at the door asked if all was well, I cried loudly after I read it.

The message was from porter ranch, los angeles, California USA.

It read thus:

“  Dear Kelvin.
 With sincere sorrow in my heart I write you this letter. Let me start by saying for all that has happened to you, because I caused them all.

On the day we had sex, I was the one who called the armed robbers to raid the villa, so as to force you to stay overnight. I intentionally delayed you with movies (ah! Korean film has killed me!), when I went to ease myself that day, that’s when I called them, the leader of the cult was d one who impregnated me. I told him about the pregnancy, but bluntly refused, and came up with the plan, I accepted to avoid too much shame.

I made you have sex with me, so as to be said to be responsible. I was already two weeks pregnant before that day. Am  sorry.

But I didn’t know my dad would turn it that way and accuse you of rape. And he made me testify against you that it was rape, and sent me here thereafter.
I will also reveal the truth about the pregnancy ( which I lost anyway, I collapsed again, when you went to prison) to him.

I know you might find it hard to forgive me, but please forgive me. I really hope things work out well for you. I saw your account on facebook and recent posts, then, I knew you were out. So, am sending this to ask for your forgiveness.

You were the best friend that I ever had (if not for my mistake, we’d still be friends right?). thanks for making me laugh when I was with you. Am sorry once again for the pains have caused you.

Yours sincerely
 Hadizat”

I read the letter three times before coming to terms with it.

“so I wasn’t the father?!”
“so she was cajoled to testify?!”

Anger and joy competed for space in my heart.

Angry because I was framed, joyful because its finally over.

I had caused it. I gave room for lust instead of love(as a friend).

I snapped the letter and sent it on whatsapp to daddy tobi. And ran home to show my dad.

My life just got better, even at its best!

I took the next JAMB exam, and got admission into OAU to study medicine.

Two phases of life I experienced, that got me thinking “heard from two persons, but having different effects on my life, the words I LOVE YOU”.

See friends, enough writing, I want to go and check the suit I ordered from Italy, for my wedding ceremony.

Oh! I haven’t told you, after I completed medicine at OAU, my aunty in the US called me over.

There I met hadizat again (her again?! You’d say), I couldn’t recognize her at first, she wasn’t in hijab. In fact we met in an RCCG church. She had become a Christian(born again).

I forgave her all she had done to me, it was ignorance. "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive......."

We became friends again, and decided to get married( I guess the love is still there), and now, we are some weeks away from the D- day here in Nigeria. You are invited…
Thanks for reading my story