THE CHOICE IS YOURS!

I was really starting to get mad but I chose to conceal my disgust and annoyance. I
had done everything possible to come out as plain as I could to him but he still
didn’t believe me. What else does he want me to say?
“Listen, MD, I don’t know what you have in mind and I don’t know why you have
chosen to blow this matter out of proportion like this…”
“Blow what out of proportion?” MD interjected, his eyes blazing with rage. “I just
found out my woman has been having an affair with a man and you say I am
blowing things out of proportion?”
“And I have told you I am not having an affair with anybody! He is just a friend,
that’s all….”

“No!” he cut in again, his voice hard and firm. “The last time I checked, you said
he was an admirer, a toaster. Now, he’s just a friend, right? A friend that’s been
sleeping with you?”

I was getting really pissed off now. “MD, for crying out loud, nobody has slept
with me, how many times do I have to tell you this?”
He shook his head. “It does not matter how many times you tell me, the bottom
line is that I don’t believe you! Something has happened between you and that
bastard!”
I was boiling with but I just barely managed to control myself. This was not
looking funny anymore. I had to really be careful so that things do not get out of
hand.
“Okay, MD, I think it’s high time we get this matter over and done with,” I said to
him with a note of finality. “Now, tell me, what do you really want from me? What
do I need to do to prove to you that the guy is who I said he is- just a friend, an
admirer, and nothing more?”
MD was silent. He was staring deeply into space, obviously trying to come up with
something. “Listen to me, Anita, if you really want me to believe that you and this
guy has not had sex together, I want you to call him on the phone right now and
invite him to come over to the house this very minute!”
“What??” I exclaimed. “Why do you want me to do that? To prove what?”
MD smiled. “You asked me to tell you what you need to do to prove to me that
there is nothing between you two, and I just told you what I want, simple!”
I shook my head immediately. “I am sorry, MD, I won’t do that. It doesn’t make
sense!”
MD gazed hard at me, the veins on his face swelling up in compressed anger. It
was a combination of jealousy and rage exploding inside him and it was not a good
looking sight at all.
“Do you really mean what you just said or you said it without thinking?” MD
asked me, his voice cold as ice. I didn’t need anyone to tell me I was pushing his
button a little too hard, he was just a touch away from losing it completely.

“Go on, Anita, I am listening, which one is it, you meant exactly what you just said
or it was just a slip? You said you won’t call your boyfriend and ask him to come
over, right?”
This man was starting to really scare the hell out of me. I had a feeling he could
either physically hurt me out of anger right that moment or he could take some
very nasty decision that could leave me in a pretty bad situation.
“Listen, MD, this is not making any sense to me…this guy we’re talking about
does not even know where I live, he’s never been to my house before and you’re
asking me to just ask him to come over to a place he doesn’t even know?”
That jolted him a bit, I could see he was thinking to himself, ‘suppossing she’s
telling the truth?’ But he wasn’t going to surrender just like that.
“So, you want me to believe he’s never been here to see you, right?” he’d asked
quietly.
I nodded. “That’s what I just said,” I returned,
“So, where do you guys meet? The hotel?” he’d shot at me, a palpable tone of
mockery in his voice.
“MD!! This is becoming embarrassing, please, stop it this minute!” I yelled at him.
“Okay, then, before I do that, you will call him, put him on speaker and ask him to
come meet you at home, his response will confirm if he’s been here before or not.”
He added: “Now, if he says he ‘s never been to your house and would need an
address, ask him to tell you exactly what he wants from you, that you’re sure once
you let him have sex with you for the first time, he will start misbehaving like most
men do. His response will give me the answer I am waiting to hear. Now, are you
ready to do it or not?”
I was silent. I was watching MD, listening to him with boiling anger. I could
scarcely believe what I was hearing him say. It was like I was watching a
Nollywood movie unfold right before my very eyes.
“And what if I choose not to call him, what will happen?” I asked, my voice
trembling slightly.

MD smiled. It was a hard, cold smile that had a clear message – don’t even try me!
“See, Anita, let me answer you in very plain language,” MD returned, looking
straight into my eyes. “If you fail to do exactly as I have said, you will lose
everything! And I mean, everything! The choice is yours….”
To be continued….