Now, twenty minutes to midnight. His vision a little blur and fingers warm. Uche lay on his bed, staring into the blackness. The words from Omo kept re-echoing in his head. So, she has been leading him on for the last three months just to drop this bombshell on his birthday. She has indeed given him the best birthday gift.
He returned to the party to dance and have fun but just could not for obvious reasons. He just couldn't concentrate on anything. Nothing but the palm wine made any sense. So, he drank enough before returning to his bed to have a rethink of his life and probably sleep.
But, he has been gazing at the ceiling silently for over thirty minutes with no sign of sleep reaching for him. The thought of Omo getting married to someone else intensified his heartache. The thought of her waking up next to another man that isn't him. She kissing and making love some other guy is not just acceptable.