Most Vulnerable

K forced his foggy head to stay still and grabbed Ify. “I will sleep with you, don’t hurt Chris or Lanre”. He said. Ify told him it was not just going to be for that night. He told her he did not care before blacking out. Ify smiled. She sat down watching K who was now lying unconscious on the floor. She laughed. She did had fun spending the night with him talking about her days with Lanre in the university. She knew those happy laughter back then was not all an act because she was surprise as well at how happy she felt talking about the past.

“So Lanre is pregnant? Wow! Is Christian the actual father of her unborn child?” Ify asked with a frown on her face. She tsk. It was too bad Lanre was going down anyway. She felt for the innocent foetus in Lanre’s womb, that is if K was sure Lanre was pregnant. Ify stood up and left leaving K unconscious in the balcony. She didn’t mind if he gets the cold. Since he already agreed he would sleep with her, she no longer wants to have him without his active participation. She left and went to bed. But not without informing her aunt about the current development as well as Lanre’s condition.

Mrs. Okafor on hearing about Lanre’s condition was happy because she believed this would be the point where Lanre is most vulnerable. They ended their call on a note that Lanre would only have to suffer for what she did to the aunt and for releasing those videos jeopardising Ify, but not with her life. This was because Ify didn’t want her to die for old times sake. But they were going to make her lose her baby.

When K woke up the next morning, he found himself still at the balcony. What angered him was that he was on the floor and had already caught a cold. He could feel it in his chest region. He got up and forced himself to his room and into his bed. He would not be able to go to work. He closed his eyes waiting for sleep to take over him but he did not fall asleep. He tossed about on the bed but did not fall asleep.

K stood up and forced his way down to the kitchen. He needed to prepare warm water to suppress the cold he was having in his chest region. He got to the kitchen to find Ify cooking. She looked happy. But if happy was what she looked like, K would say she was a happy devil. He turned around wanting to go back upstairs but Ify stopped him by calling out his name. He turned to look at her raising a questioning eyebrow at her.

Ify asked K why he was leaving just not too long after he stepped into the kitchen. K told her he didn’t come to do anything. So there was no need staying.