Kill,switch

She called Emeka on phone, saying she have done something very bad to him. He asked her 'how bad'? She said, 'extremely bad'.
She said,'baby promise me you would forgive me, promise me that even if you don't want us to continue this relationship, you would forgive me'. Emeka asked her,'how do u expect me to make promises of forgiveness when I am yet to know what you have done'?
He told her, 'just tell me what you have done, then I would know how and if I would forgive you'. 'just say what it is ok'.
She didn't talk for some while, she was contemplating if it is necessary for her to still tell him. What if he breaks up with her after hearing what she had done? But then she thought about what could be the worst scenario, at most Emeka would be mad and decide to call it quits to their eight month old relationship. Emeka has made her understand that maybe their is love in this world. So if not for anything, she owes him that respect of telling him what happened.
She is having a terrible toothache too, the toothache is really disturbing her. But to her, that's the pains she have to bear for what she had done, she have decided not to take any sort of medication so that the pains would be a sort of punishment for the bad thing she have done.
At this instance, Emeka realised that the call has been going on for a while but she have not said anything . He asked 'are you still there'?
'yeah am here, I have toothache'.
'Is that what you wanted to tell me' Emeka asked her.
'No' she said.
'Ngwaa go on dear, just tell me what it is. I could be mad but I won't kill you'. 'In fact, I can't kill you'.
'Tell me that you love me, tell me. Even if for the last time' she begged him.
Emeka thought about it, and reluctantly told her that he loves her. He just wants her to say what she have done this time around.
'I love you, I really do love you' he said to her.
Then, she dropped the bombshell. She said what Emeka had been suspecting would be what she is going to say, she said ' I had sex with another man today, I have lost your respect, I don't deserve your love again'.
'How did it happen'? Emeka asked her.
'That money I asked you about, I asked this man for it, he told me to come and take it'. 'I went to his house, we had sex, I totally regret it'.
'Please, forgive me but I don't think I deserve to be your girlfriend again', she said.
'Did the man give you the promised money after the act'? Emeka asked her.
'Nope', she said.
'You know what, just call me in the evening so that we would talk about this, I am not in the right frame of mind to talk about this now'.
'OK,but are you angry with me', she asked Emeka.
'Nope, I am happy, I am extremely happy that you fucked another guy', Emeka said and then cut the call.

When he cut the call, so many thoughts began creeping in into his mind. So this girl could do this to me, he thought. Did this said man even use condom? What styles did he use on her? So this girl can go to any extent just because of money, maybe I have not been doing it very well to her. Maybe she isn't serious about this,maybe it didn't really happen. Maybe when I call her, she would tell me that she just wanted to test me. Emeka was devastated, angry and also shocked about what had happened. What does this man look like, is he more handsome? Is he a student or a worker? Is he more masculine? Emeka decided to call her back and ask her about the man, he needed to see what the man looks like. He took out his cell and called her back. She picked in an instant.
'What does this man do for a living'? he asked her.
'He is a politician, according to what he told me' She answered.
'Send me his number now', Emeka told her.
'What do you want to do, Emeka please don't do anything drastic'. She pleaded with him.
'Just send me the number', ok.
'Ok' she said.
'Send it via whatsapp', Emeka told her.
Emeka cut the call and checked his whatsapp to see when she would send the contact. After some minutes, she sent the man's number. Immediately, Emeka copied out the man's number on a paper and then added the number to his contact. This way the man's whatsapp would automatically be in his phone. After saving the number, he checked the whatsapp and saw the man's picture.
The man would be in his early thirties, a little bit heavy set and pot bellied. Emeka was totally disappointed, so because of money my so called girlfriend had sex with this man, he thought. He was infuriated by the fact that this particular girl is someone he had been spending money on. Just that this time he doesn't have. It then mean that if he should end up getting married to this type of girl, she would ditch him for another man if he ever have any sort of financial difficulty. So this girl can't be trusted. He remembers that he had one day pleaded with girl, explaining to her that the worst thing she could do to him is to have sex with another man. He said this because he knows that something like that would totally hurt his ego. He remembered when he started having interest on the girl, what friends were telling him about the girl. The gory, immoral stories they told him about her. But he thought that maybe if he show her some real love she would be willing to drop her bad ways and turn for the good. He believed that the problem she had was inferiority complex, not believing in herself. She is extremely beautiful and she shouldn't have any sort of inferiority whatsoever. He remembered that he had been having sex without protection with this girl, in order to make her understand his level of trust on her. He had been taking risks with his life. What if he gets STD from her? What if he contacts HIV/AIDs? How is he even sure that this man used condom.
He decided to send her a message, he wants to see her ASAP. He typed a message for her on whatsapp, 'I want 2 see u 2Mao'.
'I don't AV money to cum' she replied.
'I don't care,just that I want to see you 2Mao' Emeka typed.
'I will try and cum, please I will', she replied.

The next day, Mandy went to Emeka's self con room. On getting there, she saw him watching movie on his laptop. A friend of his was also there. She greeted the friend, went to where Emeka was seated and stood beside him. He gestured to her to get seated. She sat down, within her she was wondering, what is he going to do to me. Would he break up with her? Would he beat me up, No, he is not going to do that. She knows that Emeka is too cool to beat a girl. He may not even have the heart to beat her. She was just looking at him as he sat engrossed in the movie. He is very handsome, and he is equally intelligent. Why did I even do this? She asked herself. I am no longer worthy of him she thought. Then Emeka still looking at the laptop screen held her hands, stroked them in a way that sent sensations down her spine. She cannot understand how someone's touch can be so magical.
At this point, Emeka's friend left the room. As if Emeka was just waiting for him to leave. He paused the movie, then looked at her the first time that morning. She had to duck the gaze, she can't bear looking directly at Emeka. So she turned her face towards another direction.
Emeka looked her over, she is still strikingly beautiful. He pushed her closer to himself and said to her, 'now tell me everything that happened and how it happened'.
She thought about it, should she tell him what really happened or should she tell him the other version she cooked up while in the bus coming to Emeka's place? She decided to tell him the new version, the version she made up in the bus.
'This man phoned me, he had been chyking me for a very long time now. So he phoned me and was begging me that I should try and see him. He said he likes me so much'.
'Wait, where do you know the man from'? Emeka asked her.
'I knew the man like two years ago'
'I didn't ask when, I asked you where'? Emeka objected.
'I cannot remember where, but I know it's like two years ago', Mandy answered.
'So you are saying that you can't remember where you met the man you fucked', Emeka said.
Mandy ignored the statement and continued with her story.
'So when he said that he likes me so much, I said to him that if he wants to see me that he should help me with some money because I am in dire need of money. He asked me how much, I told him ten thousand naira. He said that money is not his problem. That he just wants us to meet up, that he would give me any amount that I want. He said I should come that evening. I told him that it won't be possible that evening, that maybe tomorrow I would come around and he would give me the money. He told me that he would be attending a meeting the next morning so maybe when I come I should collect the money from the man that owns a shop in front of his house'.
'How come, do you know his place'? Emeka asked.
'Yeah, when I was doing my JAMB lessons, I've seen him going in and coming out from a particular compound', Mandy answered.
'When I got to his house that morning to collect the money, I saw him in front of the compound. In the shop he said I should come and collect the money. He told me that since he still around, he had not given the money to the man. He said that I should follow him upstairs so that he would give me the money. When we got in, he started touching me somehow, telling me that I am very beautiful. That he wants to marry me. I told him that I am not yet ready for marriage. He said that he loved me the first time he set his eyes on me. That I should give him chance in my life that he would give me anything I want. I told him that he should just give me the money we discussed. At this point, he went and locked the door and told me that if I don't want to let him touch me, he would do it to me by force. He held me very tight to himself, and started moving his hands round my boobs. I pushed him away, he scampered towards me and tore my trousers. At this point I started shouting, he then used me'.
'So he forcefully fucked you in his sitting room', Emeka asked.
'Nope, he carried me to his bedroom,that's where he did the act'.
'But you didn't tell me he carried you to his bedroom, when you were telling the story',Emeka added. 'And are you saying that he forcefully had sex with you'? 'Why didn't anybody hear you when you were shouting, why didn't you run away, why did you follow him upstairs'?
Within him, Emeka knew that Mandy is either blatantly telling a bunch of lies or she is withholding some details from him. And he needs to get the whole story, he need to have a clear picture of what ensued before he could apportion blames and punishment.
He drew Mandy closer to himself, kissed her and said to her ' I want to be sure that I won't be pursuing an innocent man, I want to be sure that when you get to the police station that you can tell them exactly what you have told me. I want to be sure that you can tell them what you have told me at the court. So I need you to tell me the truth and nothing but the truth'.
Mandy was looking at him, she knew that he is very serious about this. She thinks it would be better to just tell him the truth. So that if he wants to do something he would know what to do. Saying the truth may even make him forgive her.
'OK I lied small, lemme tell you how it really happened', she said.
'Tell me, just tell me the truth, i nu go', Emeka told her.
'What actually happened was that when we got upstairs, the man said he loves me so much. He said that if I want him to give me the money, that I should make him release. He said that if I could make him ejaculate he would just give me the money and I will go. As he was saying this, he removed his shorts and said that I should stroke his penis so that he would release. I started stroking his penis, he said that I should try harder, I started sucking the penis. After some while, he couldn't release, so he said that we should go to the bedroom so that he would lie down on the bed. Inside the room, I gave him blow-job for some while. He told me that I should remove my clothes so that he could touch me, and that way it would help him release. He started dragging my trousers, I told him that instead of forcing me that I would remove it for him. I pulled off my trousers and my pants. He said he wants to have sex with me that in no time he would release and I would take the money and go. I told him that he must use condom, he said that it is not a problem that he has condoms in the house. He pulled a condom and we did it. But after doing it, I asked him about the money, he said that I should accompany him in the car to Awka so that he would go to the bank and give me the money. I told him that that wasn't what we discussed, he said he does not have money in the house now. He promised me that he would give me the money in the evening when he comes back from Awka. So I dressed up and came home, that was when I decided to phone you'.
'Emeka I am so sorry, I don't know what came over me'. 'Even if you don't want me as your girlfriend again please just forgive me'.
'Are you a prostitute'? Emeka asked her.
'No', she answered.
'Are you a fool'?
'No' she answered.
'Do you think that I am a fool'? Emeka asked her.
'No', she said.
'And the man didn't even give you the money, and you voluntarily fucked him, you went upstairs to his flat, you gave him blow-job, you entered his room and you removed your trousers yourself. What wrong have I done to you? How could you do this to me? So our love is worth ten thousand naira. Mandy, I told you that you can insult me, you can steal from me, you can slap me, but you should never have sex with another guy for whatever reason. Have I never given you anything you wanted up till now? Just because you asked me for money this one time and I don't have it now, what do you want me to do'?
Mandy started crying,'please forgive me, I love you, please forgive me'.
'How can you be talking about Love? Love is when you can be able to have your self control, love is faithfulness among other things' .Emeka added.

Emeka stood up from where they were seated and left the room. He had stopped smoking since six months now, but it is only Dochester that can calm his nerves. He walked to the shop opposite his compound and bought a packet of Dorchester. He's gonna smoke one for this one. As he lighted the first stick, so many thoughts were ricocheting into his mind. But one thing is a K in all the arrays of equation going through his mind; he would kill the man. Apart from every other things he would do about what had happened, he must kill the man that had sex with his girlfriend. He would chop him up and send it to his family, at least for once, he is going to kill for a reason. Since he quit smoking, he had been on a killing spree because killing calms his nerves and now this man has dared him. Emeka doesn't have any other alternative, judgement has been passed. For seeing Mandy's nakedness, the man must to die. Whatever it would take.