Chapter 1: Thunder for My Head
My babe use another account drop question for one Q&A site.
The way the question land, e just shock me reach bone. My mind scatter like groundnut for gutter. Fan dey blow for my head, but sweat still dey my body.
"Angel ever land my belle before? If I do premarital test, dem go fit know?"
As I read am, my mouth open. I just dey look my phone like say na juju dey inside.
We dey always use protection—wahala never jam us before.
Na wetin dey make am even more mad. We dey sharp, dey careful. I fit count how many times we even run things since her wahala for school start. So how?
She post the question some days back.
E shock me say she no even tell me. She go online, carry her own problem throway for world people to judge.
"I use morning-after pill, still carry belle. I run medical abortion after one month plus, now e don reach almost half year. If I do premarital checkup, dem go fit see am?"
When I see am, my chest tight. She go through all this, still dey act normal around me. The thing pain me well.
Replies just full everywhere—over hundred self.
Everybody get mouth. Some dey use the matter catch cruise, some dey insult, others dey para like say dem be judge for court. Some go dey type from danfo, some dey office dey use free WiFi.
Some dey yarn dust, some dey mock, some wicked pass...
You know internet people. Some just dey find person wey dem go use insult finish. Others, true true, dey give beta advice. But na the wicked comments full ground pass.
But some people answer well: "Premarital checkup na just to check if your health dey okay and if you get any hereditary wahala. Wetin you dey talk no dey inside the test."
At least some people get sense, try calm her down, explain say nobody go see abortion for normal test. But my own wahala no be test, na trust.
Na only that one my babe reply: "Then I dey relieved."
I see the message, my heart just drop. She no even argue, just sigh relief. The thing pain me pass.
Na so e be like thunder knock my head.
I just sit down, hand for head. For where I dey, na only fan for ceiling dey spin, but my whole body dey sweat. My mind no fit rest. I no sabi where to start from.