A DARN GOOD YEAR.... EPISODE 11

 Sam came out of  the bathroom dressed in slacks and a tank top, Shelly eyed her and grinned “ you look under thirty dear, if Segun was wise he should have spent the whole of last year trying to get a baby from you. ”

“ Are you not trying too hard to lighten my mood dear, you have always had the best looks whether aided with that nose job, tummy tuck and the silicon improved chest of yours, you are always my sweet sixteen”.  Both laughing, Shelly decided to fix Sam a hearty meal of her favorite pasta and shredded chicken to go with.

LAGOS (Lekki)

Turning and tussling with his pillow Kojo finally woke from his sleep. He had been tormented by dreams of Sam almost every night saying the same thing with eyes so intense “come”. He had been cancelling all his appointments with his partners irritated but never summoning enough courage to tell Don it’s over. He had even bought a studio room which he intends to start as his photography studio but have not gone back since purchase of the building and equipments for his trade. He thought about their meeting at the hospital, it was brief but much was revealed and the hidden pain he had always seen in her face was finally understood……the pains of a mother.

He wanted to call her but his phone dropped into the water closet and lost his contacts, though Don retrieved the line three days later with a new iPhone to go, reminding him on the need to be available should a surprise job come along. Don broke into his thought as he read a message from him “Lucaz Galileo would love to be treated to your one course meal. He is in town to launch his new design and shop outlet in Nigeria. No contemplations I have collected my fees”.

The door opened and Shelly was quick to lock up the bathroom door, heart pumping hard as she tried to laugh and question Sam on the need for privacy. Sam walked back to her room giggling like a teenage girl as Shelly held her artificial breast close to her heart “We all have secrets”. Carefully she wore the artificial breast on her left breast, she had been lucky then when a lump was discovered in Australia and the surgeons were left with no choice when it became malignant

They had to cut it off so the cancerous growth can be stopped. Tears now coming down her eyes, she felt empty. Nothing to live for, no kids, no husband, a sister she broke up ties with and family members she can’t remember again, so much for being strong willed. But she has a dear friend called Sam and would try her possible best to be there for her in her trials keeping her own pains to herself and stop being selfish for a while.