15/03/2025
Unfulfilled promises part 1
Episode 9
Eric threw his phone on the bed in frustration. He had been calling Oleng but she refused to answer the calls. She kept ending the call and finally switched off her phone. God! She could be stubborn sometimes.
He just wanted to explain what happened between him and Oge and to tell her that Oge would be dethroned on Monday because the principal had had enough of her also.
He wondered when his mum would leave the house so he could go over to her house. He would have loved to go there now but his mum had visitors and he wasn’t in the mood to go and greet them for him not to be embarrassed by their scrutiny and his mum’s praises of him since his mum had maintained that she must be informed about his whereabouts.
Just then his phone rang. He scrambled to go and answer thinking Oleng had changed her mind and called him, forgetting it was not the ring tone he had saved for her. He was disappointed she wasn’t the one but glad it was his elder brother, Damian.
“Hi Damian.” he cheerfully greeted.
“Hey kiddo.How you doing?”
“Cool….No, not cool. I’m actually in trouble.” he lamented.
“Talk to your big bro.”
Eric told him about the events of the day.
“Have you tried calling her?”
“Yes. She refused to answer and switched off her phone.”
“Big trouble then. Why don’t you go over to her place? Make her listen to you at all cost. She’s your best friend, so you should know how to get through to her. Try and do it fast so you don’t lose her to inane gossip from that Oge to spoil your name further in her sight.”
“Alright, Damian. Thanks. I’ll do that as soon as mum’s friends leave.”
“Oh! The so-called society ladies are there?” he chuckled.
“You talk as if your mum isn’t one of them.” Eric reminded him and they both laughed.
They talked about boy stuff and how Eric would soon join him in America to further his studies. He remembered he had not told Oleng and wondered when he would tell her he was going to leave her. It hurt him anytime he thought of leaving her but he couldn’t refuse the offer to better his life and his parents wouldn’t hear of him going to even a private university here in Nigeria what with their poor educational standard and all.
He was glad when his mum’s friends finally left. He got dressed and went to his parents’ room.He found his mother before her exotic dresser, making up. She was a stunning woman.
“Mummy, I want to go over to Oleng’s house.”
“You see her in school every day, what do you want to tell her that can’t be said over the phone? Don’t you have air time?” his beautiful mother asked, looking him in the eyes.
Eric looked down at the Persian rug. He didn’t like it when his mum tried to be difficult.
“I have credit but mummy, what I have to tell her cannot be said over the phone.” he fielded quietly
“Really?” his mum questioned smiling as she went to sit on the luxurious bed and studied him coolly. That was when he knew she was only teasing him.
“O Mummy! I offended her. I’m only going there to apologize.”
“Can’t you apologize in school?” Mrs. Sokipirim Conrad asked her son still smiling. She knew of the close relationship between her son andOleng but didn’t mind. She and his dad had been that close also in their teenage years.
“Her anger would have escalated by Monday.”
“Wow! Why didn’t you apologize when you were in school?”
“Mummy!” Eric exclaimed in exasperation at the revised version of the Spanish inquisition.
His mum burst into laughter. “Come, my darling. I was only pulling your legs. You can go over. Just make sure you come back early.” she said and hugged her son.
“Alright.” He quickly pulled away before she started her usual kisses on his forehead. She always forgot he wasn’t her little boy anymore who had adored her kisses.
“If you see her mum say hi to her for me, will you? And tell her that when next she goes to Dubai she should get me a diamond necklace.”
Eric shook his head. “You and jewelries!”
“You can’t blame me, darling. I’ve got to look good for your father.”
Eric smiled and left. He walked quickly to Oleng’s house wondering where he would begin his explanation. It was just a stone throw from his house so he took his time walking down there, gathering his thoughts. With hands in his jean pockets, he kicked a stone till he got to the house. He knocked on the dusty brown gate and Andrew; the gateman opened it and greeted him warmly since Eric usually tipped him. Eric didn’t disappoint him by pressing some naira notes in his hand. He joyfully told him that Oleng was inside.
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