♡WHAT A LIFE (EP1)
☆♡
Samantha was all
smiles as she
made her way to
Rentadress Shop in
Wuse II to try out
a wedding dress
for her wedding
which was
scheduled to hold in
a month’s time.
She was excited as
she boarded a taxi
from Banex
Junction. Who
wouldn’t be happy
in her shoes? At 30
she was already
worried about her
prolonged
spinsterhood when
luck smiled at her
and she met Dozie
at her friend’s
engagement
ceremony. That
was nine months
ago and today she
was due to be
married in a
month’s time. Her
friend, Eno who
watched her as
she was smiling to
herself broke the
silence.
Eno: “My friend, my
friend. This one
that you are
smiling like this,
what are you
thinking of?”
Samantha: “Ah,
you ask what I am
thinking of? What
else but my
wedding? I am so
excited, girlfriend. I
can’t wait for the
22nd to come”.
Eno: “What is there
to be excited
about? I mean it is
good to be excited
but the way you
are going about it,
one would think
that you are the
only one to ever
get married on
planet earth”.
Samantha: “Mr
dear, I have every
right to be this
excited. Do you
know what it
means to be
unmarried at age
30 in Nigeria? No
matter how
successful you are
in this country,
once you are not
married as a lady,
you become the
topic of people’s
gossip”.
Eno: “Of course I
know what it
means. I am a year
older than you and
I am not married
so, I know what
you are talking
about”, she replied
with a pinch of
bitterness and
jealously in her
voice.
Samantha: “My
dear, try get a
husband. In fact,
don’t worry, God
will give you a
husband of your
dreams soon. Just
trust him, inugo?”
Eno: “Abeg, pack
well Jor. Na me you
dey preach to?
Which one be inugo
seff? So because
your fiancé na Igbo
you too don dey
form Igbo abi?
Yeye dey smell”.
Samantha:
“Hehehe…my friend
is jealous”.
And truly, Eno was
jealous of
Samantha’s
achievements. As
childhood friends,
they had grown up
in the same
neighborhood and
had gone to the
same school. While
Eno had struggled
to graduate as an
average student,
Samantha was
always topping the
class and was
always the talk of
everyone in the
school. She ended
up as a medical
doctor. After
graduation, Eno had
fallen in love with a
car dealer who
broke her heart
few months after
their engagement.
Since then, she had
been single without
any serious man
coming her way.
This was no big
deal to her as
Samantha who
was her friend was
also single.
However, she
became bitter
when Samantha
announced to her
that she was
getting married.
“Oya o, madam
best lady come
down, we are at
the the bridal shop
“. Samantha’s voice
brought Eno back
to reality.
More than
30minutes after
they got to the
shop, Samantha
was still busy
trying on one gown
after the other to
the disdain of her
friend who kept
cursing and hissing
under her breath.
Eno: “Common,
Samantha, you
have tried enough
gowns. Just pick
your choice and let
us leave here. The
way you are trying
on all the gowns,
one would think
that you want to
rent all the gowns
in the shop”.
Samantha: “Biko
free me o, I am
getting married
only once in a
lifetime. So, allow
me to pick the best
dress. I want to
look so beautiful on
my wedding so
much so that my
husband will live
the rest of his life
thanking God for
giving him a wife
like me”.
Eno: “You know
what? I think this
gown is perfect on
you. It’s a
Bohemian dress
and mehn the
material is
beautiful”.
Samantha: “No o, I
can’t pick this
dress o. See the
way I dey inside
now. E be like say
na the gown wear
me and not the
other way round. I
want something
that will bring out
my curves, you
know. So that my
husband’s eyes will
be only on me
during our
wedding”.
Eno: “Oh please,
men are natural
cheats. No matter
how good you look,
a man who wants
to cheat will still
cheat. If you like
turn 360 in bed,
men will still go
after other
women”.
Samantha: “No,
girlfriend. Not my
man. He can never
cheat on me.
Never!”
Eno: “I hear, abeg
do quick make we
go. I don dey
hungry”.
Samantha: “Not
until you pick a
dress of your
choice that you will
wear as my maid
of honor”.
Eno: “Really? Me? I
thought I would
get my dress
myself”.
Samantha: “Don’t
worry, my husband
will pay. You just
pick a sexy dress
and all the
accessories that
you would need. I
want a dashing
maid of honor. Who
knows, you may
meet your Mr right
there”. She winked
at her friend.
Eno: “Oh, you are so
sweet my friend.
God will bless your
home. In fact, your
husband will never
be attracted to any
other woman as
long as you are
alive”. She drew
near and hugged
her.
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Eno got home at
8:14pm armed with
a bag of the things
she had bought
from the bridal
shop. Her mum
was watching Zee
world when she
got in.
Eno: “Hi, mum.
Watching Twist of
Fate? I will join you
soon, I need to
shower”.
Mama Eno:
“Welcome, my
dear. Where have
you been and what
is that you are
carrying?”
Eno: “Oh, coming in
from a bridal shop
in town. We went
to shop for
Samantha’s
wedding dress and
here, she got me
this to wear as her
maid of honor”.
Mama Eno: “I see
and you are
excited? “
Eno: “Well, do I
have a choice?”
Mama Eno: “Of
course you have a
choice. What is
wrong with you
this girl? A girl who
is younger than you
is getting married
before you and
instead of you to
brain storm on
ways of getting
your own man, you
are busy following
her up and down
shopping. Shame on
you”.
Eno: “What is that
supposed to mean,
mum. Is it my fault
that no man is
asking for my hand
in marriage? Okay,
what do you want
me to do? Go on
my knees and
propose to any
man I see on the
street?”
Mama Eno: “I don’t
care how you do it.
Even if it means
snatching your
friend’s fiance, do
it. I am tired of
sharing my house
with an overgrown
daughter”.
Eno: “I can’t believe wedding dresses for mature women
that you are saying
this. If marriage
was this important
to you, how comes
you are not
married?”
Mama Eno: “I didn’t
marry your father
because he was
very poor and
couldn’t afford to
give me the kind is
life I had envisioned
for you. That is
why I chosed to
bring you up as a
single mother.
When I made
enough money and
was ready to
settle down, the
stupid man had
already married
another woman”.
Eno: “So, why are
you forcing me to
get married?”
Mama Eno: “Times
have changed, my
dear. Your
generation is
different from
mine. You need a
man, if not for
anything at least
to bear his name
and to warm your
bed. Your getting
married is the only
way I can prove to
the world that I
succeeded in
bringing you up well
as a single
mother”.
Eno: “Mum!”
Mama Eno: “Listen
to me, it is either
you snatch
Samantha’s fiance
or you prevent that
wedding from
taking place. Use
everything that
you have to
achieve that. You
are a woman”.
Eno: “You know
what? I really don’t
have the strength
for your talk this
evening. I need to
shower and rest, I
have had a long
day”. She ran up
stairs.
====
Dozie was on his
bed day dreaming
of his honeymoon.
His wedding to
Samantha was
barely three weeks
away and he was
looking forward to
making her
pregnant on their
first night as
husband and wife.
He couldn’t explain
his feeling but the
prospect of having
a little one to call
him father thrilled
him. His Sony Z5
rang and he picked
it. “Hello, who is
this?”
Caller: “My identity
does not matter. I
am calling in
respect to
Samantha, your
fiance. That girl is
not good for you.
She is a slot who
just wants to
settle down with
you because she is
getting old. She
doesn’t really love
you and your life
will be miserable if
you end up with
her. Your wedding
is still some weeks
away. Call it off
now before it is
too late”.
Dozie: “And why do
you think I should
listen to you? How
do I know the
authenticity of
what you are
saying?”
Caller: “Why would I
lie about this?”
Dozie: “Just listen
to me, whoever
you are. I have
already made up
my mind about this
wedding and there
is nothing,
absolutely nothing
you or anyone can
say to make me
change my mind. I
love Samantha and
I am going on with
this wedding, that
is my final
answer”.
Caller: “Very well
then, we shall
see!”
Dozie: “We shall not
see anything. My
wedding will be
successful and I
will live happily with
my wife”.
Caller: “Don’t be too
sure, you idiot”.
The call went off
leaving Dozie afraid
and bewildered.
Question: Who
called Dozie? Will he
cancel the wedding
plans? Will Eno
succeed in
preventing the
wedding as her
mother advised
her?
…………