It Was All For You

“We will go together. She needs to start looking for someone else to work for her. She needs to know you are her daughter in-law”. K said. Lanre could not help but laugh. Her laugh got K confused. Was she still not willing to let him into her life? Why exactly is she laughing? But Lanre didn’t even know why she was laughing either. All she knew was that she just could not hold in the laugh. K asked her to stop laughing as it felt irritating, but she refused to stop.

“What is wrong with you? Why would you stop laughing even when I ask you to?” K said. Lanre pointed a finger at her own self asking K if he was referring to her. He asked if there was a third party in their midst.

“Who knows? But then, if there ever was a third party, would I not be the one? I mean, would I not be the third party here seeing that you already have a woman”. Lanre said. K asked her why she was making things difficult. She told him he started it.

“I was trying to protect you! I am still trying to protect you!” K said to Lanre. She scoffs. She lacked the understanding on what he meant by he was trying to protect her and is still trying to protect her.

“That day, when I told you to wait, perhaps I would have called off the engagement and make up for my mistake. But my dad called. He knew about us and threatened me with your life. That was why I did not come to you Lanre. And f**k, it was my fault cause he just wanted to see if I was hard hearted and thick enough to resist him”. K said to Lanre.

“And when I took you with to Akure, I really wanted us to be together again, then Ify threatened me with that video. The one she had released at Temitope’s wedding. I didn’t want my mom’s reputation to suffer so I told you but to contact me again. I was wrong too, but I had no choice. And now, I slept with Ify just a few days ago just so she doesn’t kill you or Christian. Do you think I was doing any thing for myself or against myself? Lanre it was all for you even though it was like I was pushing you too hard”. K said to Lanre yet again. Lanre became uncomfortable. She felt bad for releasing the video and at the same time, she felt like his mother deserved it. His mother is corrupt and should be behind bars. Even his father is no different. He knew his wife is guilty, yet he got her out and paid an innocent lady to suffer for a sin she did not commit.

“You should have let her expose your mom, Kehinde. I mean, your mother thinks of nothing but how to steal public funds. You were wrong stopping her at that point”. Lanre said.