Ben’s ideas were just near perfect. I will get Imelda to bring her to your house. They are both ladies. At least they will know how to sort issues out,” he said.
“What day?” I asked
“Em… you decide. They are matured babes.” Ben obliged.” After NYSC, what else should a girl be looking for if not a guy she should settle down with? Does her dad mould men like you, Emeka?”
His words tended to balloon my head but I knew how to keep things down in such situations.
“So what day?” Ben seemed to be consumed in realizing my desire with the snap of two fingers.
After weighing the options left for each of the days of the week, we agreed on Sunday. It seemed perfect for a lot of reasons. Aside me being free. I guess the girls won’t be doing much too.
With the grimace on Ben’s face, I just doled out N1500 and gave him. That, as far as I was concerned would settle everything about transportation and other contingences. I am not a stingy person. When I like something, I like to invest because my father says it all the time, that nothing good is free.
By the time we left that pub, Ben’s-assurance that Ezinne would be mine had turned to a tap song and I was happy that I was making a headway even though everything seemed like paying lip service.
By Saturday, I contacted Ben and he told me that everything had been sealed, that Imelda, his cousin would come with Ezi (by this time, I was always thinking about fondling her) on Sunday, like we had earlier agreed. He had said l.00pm.
Enthusiasm, I would say, fired the level of preparation I had that day for all of them. Before Ipm, Ben had come and it was good that he came ahead of time. Because we used that little opportunity to fine-tune our plans. It was when it appeared that everything was set that we settled down to watch a DVD. It would be nice for the two girls to walk in and meet us watching a DVD player, I had reasoned.
My feeling when it was I pm was indescribable. It was a mixture of everything good and everything fun. But by half-past-one, they were nowhere near my apartment. I did not know what was going on but Ben kept assuring me that they would come. I did not ask him but he kept on coming up with excuses why they were not around.
