Trap Of The Lioness ( 2)
ABIONA was really happy that Otunba fell for her antics. She was the ultimate seducer. A couple of weeks into the relationship, Otunba mesmerised her senses with cash. There is a saying among the Yoruba that Oro ti owo ba se ti, ile ni o n gbe, meaning there is nothing money cannot do or solve.
“I have hit it big, Mosun!” she said to one of her intimate friends on a particular night. “What’s it?” Mosun asked, feeling really agitated. There is also a saying, Owo ni gbongbo ese, meaning money is the cause and root of all evil. This proverb was applicable in Abiona’s case.
“I have caught a big fish this time around, and nothing is going to stop me from eating it anyhow I like,” she replied with a self- satisfied grin on her face. “You mean the new man you are dating?” Mosun replied.
“Of course, yes, and very soon, I’ll take over his house,” Abiona said sarcastically. She continued: “I know he is married. I even know his wife, but she’s no hindrance for me to actualise my goals. I have caught a big fish, and I have a big plan in my mind.”
Otunba kept his romance affair with Abiona secret from his lovely wife. Funke didn’t have any reason to believe that her husband was seeing another woman, because he continued to shower her with usual love.
Five months into the bigamous romance affair, Abiona became pregnant. Otunba still kept the relationship secret and dear to his heart. He gave the pretty nurse the key to a brand new Lexus jeep and rented a duplex for her in a rich neighbourhood, with all the trappings of wealth. About nine months later, Abiona was delivered of a baby boy.
Secretly, a low- key traditional wedding ceremony took place between Otunba and Abiona. Still, Funke, Otunba’s first wife, was unaware that her husband had become a father to another child out of wedlock.
In quick succession, almost three years later, Abiona was carrying another baby. Before long, the nurse had been delivered of her second child, also a baby boy.
After the christening ceremony of the new baby, Otunba felt he should let the cat out of the bag and bring in Abiona as his second wife to meet with Funke. After thinking over it for a while, he felt his family should come in to break the news to his beloved wife, because anything could happen. The following day, Otunba’s immediate family called Funke for an impromptu meeting, and the bombshell was dropped.
Otunba himself was in attendance. The family pleaded on behalf of Otunba, begging Funke to welcome the new wife and her kids with love. For a moment, tears streamed down Funke’s eyes in view of her husband’s act of betrayal. She was shocked and lost for words. She continued to cry even as she stood up and headed for the bedroom.
Otunba followed her, petting and consoling her in the process. The elders of Otunba’s family came into the bedroom too to lift the heartbroken lady out of her obvious sadness and melancholy.
To be continued next week Saturday