Pregnant for My Stepbrother by Mistake / Chapter 4: Run for Cover
Pregnant for My Stepbrother by Mistake

Pregnant for My Stepbrother by Mistake

Author: Tyler Moore

Chapter 4: Run for Cover

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No matter wetin, I no gree raise my head from pillow. Tobi no even think say the person beside am fit no be im babe.

He rub my head: "You dey shy?"

His palm warm. The touch soft, but e just dey make me dey shame. I dey pretend sleep, dey squeeze face.

I just mumble, "Abeg, commot."

My voice no strong at all. E just come out as whisper. My mind dey pray make ground swallow me.

He talk like say e no get choice: "I go make lunch. Just rest small. I go call you when food ready."

He talk calm, like say na normal Saturday morning. My heart dey cut. I dey wait for door to close.

Bang—

The sound loud for my ear. I use pillow cover face, dey sigh.

Na so door close.

Na that time I commot from under cover, dey look my body.

I check my chest, my legs, everywhere. Mark dey. My cloth scatter. Na real. Na so my hand start to shake.

I pinch myself. E pain me.

I just dey hope say na dream. But as I pinch, e shock me well. Real life.

No be dream at all.

Tobi dey outside now.

I hear im phone dey ring for parlour. Na so e dey talk, dey laugh. If only e know wetin dey happen for inside room.

And me, as im sister, I...

Shame dey catch me. I dey ask God, "Why? Wetin I do?"

I just remember say last night, we both go party, dem put something for wine.

I dey replay am for head, dey try remember who hand reach that wine. The party crowd mad. Music loud, light dey blink. Nobody know say trouble dey near.

We both drink am.

Na so I dey feel my head dey light. My eye dey heavy. Everything just dey move slow. I no even sabi myself, Tobi think say na im babe, dey call me 'baby' up and down.

He dey whisper, dey rub my hand. My mind no dey, I just dey float. Nobody plan am.

Last last, na so e happen.

The kind wahala wey Yoruba aunty dey shout about for vigil. I just dey shake.

I cover face. Wetin I go do now?

If na movie, dem go press pause. But na real life, e no get remote.

I must find way run.

No be for here wahala go finish me. I dey look window, dey plan my escape.

Kitchen for Tobi place na open style, if I waka go out, he go see me.

I dey calculate steps. From bedroom to gate, how many seconds e go take?

As I dey reason am, Tobi enter again.

I hear door open, I sharply use cover hide myself.

My heart beat don dey high. I dey shake small. I no want wahala.

He gently pat my head through blanket: "Still dey shy, baby?"

Im voice too gentle.

If to say I no know better, I for think say I be queen for im life. E pain me.

Chai, na so he dey talk to im babe?

If na so, that girl dey enjoy o. But me, I just dey die.

"No Coke for house. I dey go buy one make I use am cook Coke chicken wings for you. If you no see me, no worry, I go come back soon."

Na so he dey care for woman, dey cook for am. Me, I dey pray make he waka quick, make I fit run.

So im babe too like Coke chicken wings?

Who no like that kind food?

I dey reason say, if na so im babe dey enjoy, no wonder she dey smile all the time. But this wahala pass food talk.

Forget chicken wings for now.

Food no be my problem today. My life dey on top fire.

He dey go out.

My spirit just dey thank God. My mind dey dance.

God no dey close all road finish.

Thank you, Baba God. You still dey my side.

As I hear gate close, I jump up, dey package my plan.

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