BABY MAMA EPISODES 4-6

EPISODE 4


Engr Kabar observes the worried look on her face.
'Are you okay?'
Tasha forces a smile and nods as she presses her phone and switches it off.
'Yes, thank you once again' She throws her hands over him again and embraces him, giving him a peg on his right cheek.
They both walk, side by side, into the house with Tasha clinging to his arm.
A few hours later, when Engr Kabar left, Tasha hears a knock and goes to open the door.
"T! So, you've abandoned Ovie or what? I'll be calling Ovie right now so I wash my hands completely off this!"
Hajia glares at her once she opens the elegant white door.
'Then you can do well to stay out! Go back to your room. I don't live there! Anymore!' Tasha bangs the door at her while she's hitting it again.
'Tasha! Tasha! Hmmm! Okay! I'm going! You'll suffer in this life! And you'll look for me!
Hajia fires at her and turns around leaving with a frown on her round chubby face that's been made prominent with the red turban on her head as Her maxi floral dress keeps shifting from side to side on her wide hip.
***
Ladies clad in hot dresses and funky dressed men litter round the night party floor dancing to the thick club music with disco lights flashing various colours of red, blue and yellow on them.
At the bar section, the bartender is pouring out whiskey in tots and placing them on the counter for interested clients to pick up.
Ovie is sitting next to Dayo on the high stool and reaches out for one which he downs in one gulp. He returns the empty tot and lets out a loud
'Eh!'
Dayo, His childhood friend. A soldier as himself; wearing an army trousers and a black round neck polo top, winks at a lady in red, passing by in the company of her friends.
Ovie observes him and smiles nodding his head
'You should go for her. She's a good catch!'
'I will but you! You've just been drinking yourself to stupor! What's up man?'
Dayo replies, hitting his back.
Ovie chokes and hits his own chest. He begins to hiccup while scrambling down from his stool still pressing his chest.
'Dude! You wan kill me?' Ovie keeps gasping for breath.
'I can't come and make Tasha a widow now!' Dayo bursts out laughing.
Ovie stares long at him and then scratches his uncombed hair then signals the bartender to fill his cup again.
' Wait o! Tasha isn't the reason you're down today?' Dayo asks observing his angry mood.
'No!' He fires.
His phone buzzes on the counter and he sees Hajia flashing as the caller.
Dayo gives way to a smile as Ovie reaches for it.
'Oh! she's the latest on board. I thought you said you loved Tasha?' He winks at Ovie.
'I don't know that anymore!' Ovie fires, ends the call and downs the last whiskey in one gulp.
He then drops his money and the tot on the counter and starts heading for the exit.
Dayo stands startled. His dark arm flags in the air.
'Wait I'm coming with you!'
Ovie turns around yelling in the distance
'Dayo, don't border, we'll talk later!' he replies him only to turn around and bump into one of the body guards guarding Engr Kabar.
















EPISODE 5


'Hey soilder! Watch your steps!' The guard yells in his face.
Ovie glares at him, his fist tightening beside him while Dayo catches up with him and pulls him back.
Ovie fires at the guard.
'You also should watch your way! And watch out for your master!' then he pulls out from Dayo's grip before bouncing out of the bar.
Dayo stares at the mean looking men in suit for a few minutes and follows Ovie out.
Engr Kabar stares in their direction and orders one of his body guards
'Bring me back every single detail!'
'Yes sir!'
The hefty guard bows and trails off Ovies path while Engr Kabar continues to the Bar's inner lounge.
***
Ovie paces up and down in their minimalist sitting room of few black leather settes, a flat screen T.V and a nice glass center table.
'Tasha! Why are you not always in your room? Hajia barely knows your where about and you barely pick my calls! Are you having an affair?'
Tasha mouth goes wide open then she gets a grip of herself and sighs.
' You come back from war camp to start a quarrel with me? When was the last time you sent me money! Oh, you think it's the money you sent 3 months ago that's sustaining the house and me? And yes, I fell ill that's because of school's stress and all!'
'I expect you to understand. I haven't been paid yet. There's an ongoing reform in the army that's slowing things down for our payment!'
He takes in a deep breath.
'I'm sorry!' He apologies
Tasha let's out a breath and smiles in response.
"It's ok! Ovie you know how much I love you! Whatever I do is for the good of the family!" She makes sure her gaze at his handsome dark face is unwavering.
Ovie covers up the distance between them, holds her hands and kisses her forehead.
"The reason why I love you"
He embraces her.
Tasha chuckles and looks up at him while he smiles staring at her.
The loud rumbling in his stomach diverts their attention to his tummy.
"See this stomach o! But what's in this house today? I didn't meet my usuals when I first came in!"
"Well, I just made your favourite Banga soup and poundo yam!" Tasha announces rubbing his tummy lightly and smiling at him.
Ovie's eyes widens with delight.
"I thought that smell was coming from my mind o! Where did you get the money to prepare this food with this our hard economy?"
Tasha smiles and takes her seat on the black leather sofa, crossing her legs.
"Maybe because you've not been supporting my online business that's why you feel it should have died by now!" She replies at him happy he isn't suspecting anything wrong.
Ovie smiles and nods placing both arms on his waist feeling very pleased.
"I see!"
His phone buzzes again with Hajia as the caller.
"Didn't you tell Haija you wouldn't be spending the weekend in school? She's been calling me for ages!"
Tasha's heart pricks her with guilt.
'What did she want to tell him?' She whispers to herself and swallows hard.















EPISODE 6

Tasha forces a smile.
'Why is she calling you sef? Just ignore her. She can disturb herself over me for Africa!'
Ovie smiles and nods.
'Is that not what caring roommates do? Ok, whatever you say! Come serve me my delicacy'
He pulls her gently towards the kitchen and tickles her sides till she's laughing out loud.
***
The rains made the night a cold one outside.
Tasha is shaking like a leaf in the hotel suite standing in front of Engr Kabar who's sitting and having his guards stand behind Tasha and two others beside him.
'So, you are married and you never told me!' Engr kabar yells at her.
'I... I...'
'Would you shut up! Go on your knees!' yells the body guard in suit next to her and he drags her to her knees.
Tasha rubs her hands together with tears flowing down her cheeks as she's on her knees.
'Please I'm sorry! Kabar! I...'
'Engr Kabar!' the guard next to her yells in her face.
Tasha swallows hard, sweating even under the air-conditioned room
'Engr ... Kabar! Please I'm... sorry!' Tasha stammers.
She sniffs continually to stop the catarrh from running out of her nose and unto her mouth. Her tears are black from her washed eyeliner.
Engr Kabar stands to his feet. His tall intimidating height scares Tasha the more as he's advancing to where she is kneeling crying like a beggar.
He stoops down when he gets close to her, swipes her hair that's covering her face to the side and whispers
'I hate to see you suffer while carrying my priceless son!' He stands up erect and orders
'Take her into the chopper now! She flies with me to Bahamas! I want to give her and my son a special treat' his dark face comes alive as he smiles at her.
Tasha's eyes widen with shock and her hands cross over her head.
'What would I tell Ovie?' She keeps thinking.