IN THE EYE OF A STORM 2

I sincerely apologise for posting this later than i promised ; the last part will be posted next week.


Kene looked at his wife of two years, he could see worry etched on her face. But there was no going back, he couldn't tell if this was the cause of the recent travails in his business. He had sworn to keep it to himself, since Ivie was willing to pass it on as her husbands'. But this secret was threatening to swallow him from within. He wished he hadn't attended the party that night; he wished he had stopped at the first bottle, he wished his wife had come with him, he wished, he wished...but that was all in the past. The deed was done, he hoped that even if she couldn't forgive him now,she'd at least try...she was a good woman, She'd not give up on their marriage, no, not now.

He cleared his throat,..." Babe, Chika is pregnant",
Ugo was confused at first, "Which chika?, My Chika?, Sweetheart are you serious" she screamed in glee, clapping and laughing at the same time, momentarily forgetting it was past midnight, and that her husband was deathly quiet.

Chika was Ugo's best friend cum sister, theirs was  a childhood friendship that  sprung up from being neighbours and family friends. Even after Ivies civil servant dad got transferred to the oil city and her family moved, their friendship still grew into adulthood. As luck would have it, they got admitted into the same university, a year ahead of each other, they were inseparable. They had the same chocolatey skin tone , and were almost the same height that almost everyone believed they were sisters. But that was where the similarities ended, they were as different as night and day. Ugo was the 'nerd'; a very attractive one , while chika was much more outgoing; vivacious and bubbly; the life of the party ; Until she met Paul.
They were each others bridesmaids at  their weddings, a plan they made while still at Uni, not minding who got married firstly, pregnant or not. Chika married Paul two years before Ugo met Kene, but they had still been trying for kids, when Ugo took in and delivered Tamar her daughter, exactly ten months after their wedding. As was expected, Chika was Tamars' god mother at baptism. She was very excited, and took the role very seriously, as it afforded her the opportunity to play "mum". She even had the toddler over for weekends, whenever Ugo had to go outside town for interviews.
She was family, hence Ugos excitement at the news.

Amidst her rejoicing, Ugo paused to look at her husband who was still seated in the same
spot, with his head buried in his palms. Abruptly ending her happy dance, she turned to sit on the bed directly infront of him.

"Sweetie,what is it?" she asked, with a puzzled look on her face; as she peered to stare him in the eye, he raised his head.
 His eye was a little moist, or was it her imagination, Ivie thought, as she squinted to see clearly with the only glimpse of light coming from the UPs beeping in their bedroom. She stood up to switch the lights on.
"Wait babe, why...? How did you find you out before me? Did you run into her on your way back today...Chika and kene worked within the same industrial estate. So, he was the usual go between when they had a message to pass.

Kene sighed deeply and knelt to hold her  " Babe, i know because she said the baby's mine" he said solemnly. HOW! she screamed as realization hit her. "JEEESUus".
Kene was back on his feet holding her tightly as she hit, kicked, and clawed at him with her long manicured nails. He let her go,as pain exploded in his groin where she kicked him.
Falling to her knees, Ugo crouched holding her stomach tightly like she was in pain, in between her wailing, she picked up her phone..."I'm calling the b##ch", how could she?"
"Baby, wait, wait ,lemme explain"  came Kenes voice. She turned to face him, her face contorted in rage.... "Explain what, Explain what", " Baby, pls tune it down please. you"ll wake Tamar and all the neighbours.

" God punish you, Kenechukwu Obi, I said god punish you", Were you thinking of Tamar, when you went to look under Chikas skirt, abi you want to tell me how you were drunk and fell into her open cunt right, right"? She screamed.
" Baby I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry," Kene broke down,as he held her close. They held each other as they sat on the cold tiled floor and wept., momentarily forgetting the call that was on speed dial.