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Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 56 Dave sat by her and consoled her while she told him everything that happened. “You mean she actually said all those heart rendering things to you? Her daughter?” he was bamboozled. Oleng raised her tear stained face. “She’s no longer my mother. I’m an orphan now.” “O Oleng! I’m so sorry.” He held her again, feeling her misery. “It’s okay.” She sniffed. “I’ll get over her. I just need to get out of town now. I can’t stand this place any more.” she lamented. “It’s alright. We’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning.” “What about the things you wanted to clear?” she asked concerned. “Forget about them. I can always do them some other time,” He waved it off nonchalantly. “I’ll take you to Calabar tomorrow.” “Oh! Thank you so much, Dave. You’re a friend indeed.” She hugged him again as tears dripped from her eyes. “It’s no big deal. Please stop crying. Things will turn out fine. Okay?” She nodded her head slowly. “Okay.” Dave played musi...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms .  Episode 55 Meanwhile, Mrs. Akpan went to her room, sat on her bed, shook her head as she tried to contain her anger. She was physically shaking. She was so furious. Wale who was already dressed sat beside her on the bed. “Linda, please let me explain.” he said softly. She shot up from the bed and pointed to the door.“Get out! Get out of my life and stay out!” “Linda please.” he pleaded going on his knees. She gave him a sound slap. “I said get out! Do you want me to call Segun to throw you out? Get out! Go and look for a young person to play with. Isn’t that what you want? Young flesh?” “It’s not like that, Linda. She came on strong. You know I’m a man. I couldn’t resist her. Please.” “Didn’t you for once think? Didn’t you realize you wanted to sleep with my own daughter?” “Please. It was just a moment of weakness.” “If you could have a moment of weakness with my own daughter then I wonder what you’ll do with young girls I don’t even ...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 53 and 54 Episode 53 She was glad they were out when Zinny and Marvy came to visit. She really enjoyed their stay because they caught up on old times, watched new movies and joked around a lot. To crown the day, Dave came to see her while they were still there. Zinny and Marvy both screamed with delight when they saw him. They got up and more like jumped on him than hugged him. They asked him a lot of questions concerning his past and future and congratulated him on his job. When evening came, they all went out in Dave’s car to have fun in places like Kusano, Genesis etc. Oleng was sorry to see all of them leave when it was night fall. Dave promised to pay her a visit again the following day. Oleng was glad again that her mum and her lover boy were not around when Dave came to visit. They discussed a lot of things and planned when they would return to Calabar. Dave was surprised she wanted to leave so soon but understood when she sai...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 52 . When Oleng got home, she didn’t see her mum’s new car but she saw the other car, the Honda civic she had seen the day before. She got in and met her mum’s so-called lover in the living room watching television. “Ah! You’re back.” he hailed when he saw her. For an answer, she hissed and headed for her room. “Please wait.” he called and ran after her. He caught up with her at her door from across the lobby. She folded her hands across her chest and leaned on the door. “Yes?” she rudely asked. “What’s your name?” “Didn’t my mum tell you?” “I wouldn’t be asking if she did, would I?” She eyed him before replying knowing he was lying. “Oleng.” “Oleng.Quite a strange name. What does it mean?” “Don’t worry.” she flatly replied. “I don’t understand your attitude towards me. I just asked for the meaning of your name not that I said you should go to bed with me.” “Which you’ll never have the effrontery to do.” she lashed out at him. “Oleng...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 51 “I was in Calabar. My mum woke up one day and told me to get ready for Calabar. I was glad at that particular time to change my abode but she seized my phone and my laptop. So I couldn’t contact you guys to tell you I was leaving. I wanted to come back before now but she wouldn’t hear of it. But now that I have graduated and no long under her wings, I decided to come back here to look for you all.” “Calabar. Who would have thought you were so close yet so far?…Oleng, what happened to the pregnancy? Did you abort the baby?” “No.” she shook her head sadly but later smiled. “I gave birth to him. You should have seen him, Zinny. He was so beautiful. I couldn’t help loving him even though he brought me a lot of sorrows. You would have loved him too. He looked exactly like Eric.” “Where’s he now? Did you bring him along with you? I want to see him!” she said with excitement.   Olengshook her head slowly. “He died a few hours after I...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms episode 50 When she was spent, she laid on the bed and slept off. It was her mum who woke her up to tell her dinner was ready. She thanked her but told her she wasn’t hungry. She got up and tried the numbers of Zinny and Marvy she found in her former phone after changing the battery but they were no longer in use. She decided to go over to their houses the following day. She wondered if her mum’s lover boy was still around. She didn’t give a hoot. It just shocked her. No wonder she hadn’t seen her mum in more than a year. She hadn’t spent the previous Christmas holiday with them. She hadn’t known she was rollicking with her lover boy or man rather. She had wondered all these years if her mum had a male friend and now that she knew, the shock of it was overwhelming. She wondered if they would get married. She doubted it. They were probably just having an affair. She chuckled. So her mum was getting down with a man. Her always cold looking mum...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 49 Dave became a regular visitor in her Aunt’s place which made her Aunt very happy. He had been given one month break by the oil company before coming to work for them. When Oleng finished defending and submitting her project work, she decided to pay a short visit to Port Harcourt to seek her old friends out. Dave decided to go down there also; so they traveled together. Aunt Vien was sorry to see her leave but she promised to come back soon. Aunt Vien had become a mother to her and vice versa. When they got to their estate, she and Dave parted ways. Oleng marveled at the changes in the estate, after all it had been six whole years since she last saw the place. She almost didn’t remember her house. The taxi had passed the house before she told the driver to stop. She couldn’t help the smile that came to her face when she alighted. It felt good to be home. She tried real hard to forget the circumstances in which she had left the plac...

Unfulfilled Promises Episode 48 Over the years, she had always been on his mind even though he had had girlfriends. He wondered what she would say if he told her of his feelings. Probably pick her hand bag and run away, never to speak to him again. It was just too soon to do that. “Why’re you looking at me like that?” she asked uneasily. “I was just reminiscing good times. Remember ‘Eric’s not just my bestfriend, he’s my life’?” Dave threw at her but regretted doing so when her eyes moisten. “I’m sorry.” he quickly said. She shook her head. “It’s okay. Yes, I admit it. He was my life but not anymore.” “So, someone else is your life right now?” he innocently asked but was amazed when she smiled. “Is that a subtle way of asking me if I have a boyfriend?” He had to smile at that. “No, I don’t have a boyfriend.” “Why?” “Well, I haven’t seen anyone who has appealed to me yet.” “In the whole of Calabar?” “Yes, in the whole of Calabar. What about you? I know girls would have fought themselves...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 46 and 47 Her friends consoled her. They encouraged her to come to school the following day. She refused at first but after much coaxing, she agreed. When she got to school the following day, she thought people would point and laugh at her but no one took notice of her. Everything was the same. She however saw some people staring at her in an unusual manner and realized that some of them were at the restaurant that particular day. She nearly died of shame. When she got to her department, people greeted her in their normal way but some stared also. She heaved a sigh of relief. She had thought that her department would be worse. After classes, she went to sit alone in the restaurant sipping a drink, waiting for her friends. She noticed that some people stared at her and she caught a few girls giggling. She took her aunt’s advice and ignored them. Collins came to sit astride a chair facing her and looked at her in an odd manner. She and...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 44 and 45 Oleng was the one who enabled her elder sisters to make peace with her because they had been very angry and disappointed in her. Aunt Vien finally came to terms with her daughter’s pregnancy and hired a private doctor for her. Emem finally gave birth to a baby boy much to her mother’s joy. Her dad also had to accept her and her pregnancy. He was happy at the male child his two wives had been unable to give him. Emem finally gained admission into the University of Uyo and of course, left the child with her mother who took care of the baby with the help of Oleng. The baby reminded Oleng of her own loss but she always pushed the sad thoughts aside whenever she carried the baby. ############################# Oleng was now in her final year at the university. She and her friends, Jenny and Debbie and their boyfriends went to a new joint- Flavour, close to their school one afternoon after lectures. “Oleng, look at how those guys ...

Unfulfilled Promises Written by Audrey Timms Episode 43 Oleng continued to evade guys and men alike. She stuck to the only advice her mother had ever given her. She kept men at bay. Even in her third year when her friends Jenny and Debbie had boyfriends, she still refused to have anything to do with guys. Her beauty made her an easy prey for guys yet she refused to give in. She earned herself the nick names of ‘cast iron virgin’ and ‘miss iron pants’. She didn’t mind because she knew she was not a virgin. If only they knew her life history, they would leave her alone but as it was, they didn’t know. She didn’t even tell her friends about her ordeal. She just kept everything to herself and concentrated on her studies. She was grateful to God that she didn’t fall into the hands of cultists. She still lived in her aunt’s place much to the latter’s joy because she kept her company when she came back from school. Aunt Vien gave her her space and freedom which she liked. She hadn’t seen her ...