Chapter 2: Matthew's Betrayal

                   ***Matthew's Betrayal***

She mixed up some rodenticide which she got from a popular dealer known as "E dey worry you?" Instead of mom dying, or even losing the creepy little me to the mixture, she only suffered severe pain as a punishment for her action. She later decided to keep the pregnancy and leave Lagos. 

"I must leave Lagos, I must go far away, far from Elegushi, far from that Devil! He must not know about my baby. I will raise it,  no matter what it turned out to be." 

That was what she said as she packed her bags and all her belongings and fled from Lagos where her trouble resides. She had to leave, she has to go far away from where the water demon can smell no aura of hers.

                               (Mattnhew's Betrayal)                                                      **********************

Hmm... I think and I know that you guys will be wondering who or what this mysterious waterman is, well, I guess I should take you guys on a little dive into the past, and let you have an idea of how it all began.

Well, it all started one less blessed evening. It was sunset, the sky was the sea of Elegushi as the stars and the moon reflected on the body of the water. Calm and peaceful was the beach, cold and embracing breeze hover around the surface like a wandering spirit. Through the coconut trees and the serene seashore of Elegushi was a soft melodious cry of a lady, my mother. She was laying on the sandy shore faced up staring at the magnificent sky which was decorated with stars that twinkled in the silvery night. Mother was a beauty to behold, a definition of Ebony beauty. Her skin was infused with rich melanin, shining and glittering under the half-moon, her plumpy lips echoed a sweet melodious cry, which almost sounded like a sweet Acappella song, the span of her hip was so wide, you can see the blueprint as she lay on the sandy surface. Her name was Juliet.

 "Why  Matthew? Why?" 

She cried in a soft tone, sniffing like a cry baby.

 "How can you do this to me? Why must u break my heart to this extent?"

Matthew was her boyfriend, or maybe I should use the word ex, or ex-fiancee as she prefers to refer him. They had been in a relationship for quite a long time. They met each other in college during their fourth semester. Matthew studied Business Administration and Management, while she studied Accountancy. They usually met when they have some combined courses. They dated all their remaining days in school, and their mutual friends especially aunty Paulina called them love birds. They dated after school, they kept the energy going, although distance became a threat to their relationship, Matthew had to go to Abuja where his family home was, while she went to Lagos.

"Distance is never a barrier" 

So she always told her friends who thought otherwise. During the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), they often visited each other.