Must Read: Sinister Affections

7 years ago

Must Read: Sinister Affections

”so Shindara, How are you feeling now?” Henry asked and he dragged the chair he was seating on closer to Shindara’s bed.
Trina had gone out along with Tony to do somethings no one cared about. She had tried to make Henry go with her but he stayed all the same.
”I am …..” Shindara realised how hard it was for her to reply him. His presence was choking her. On a normal day, she would have said over ten words.
”Do be careful what you eat next time. Don’t get us worried too much” Henry said with a concerned look on his face.

Shindara watched him for some seconds. Why was he all emotional now. She wouldn’t be fooled though. He might see her the next day at the training ground and ask her to do sixty push-ups when the others are doing just thirty. But damn! His eyes were so dream and it was enchanting her. He looked so delicate despite his manly figure. His inner-child was trying to get through the manly barrier he put up. Henry was trying desperately to be happy again and his first step was trying to talk to Shindara. He was open this time around without stiffening his posture.
”Okay. I will.” Shindara replied turning her head away from his gaze.

He was doing too much eye contact and she wasn’t comfortable with it. Henry was failing.
‘ Henry, You don’t stare into a ladies eyes like you wanna pick her pupils out na.’ Henry was talking to himself. He was doing exactly the opposite of what he read on a dating site.
”How was the presidents visit to Bauchi?” She asked trying not to seem disrespectful if she didn’t ask anything about him.
”It went great. Just as planned, there were no hitches anywhere. And the president was recieved quite warmly although I was thinking mobs would stone him” Henry said with a slight chuckle. Shindara chuckled too.

While the duo chuckled while looking into eachothers eyes, Aunt Teni walked straight into the room. She caught them staring and immediately ran into the conclusion that they had something going. Shindara saw her aunt come in but henry hadn’t. Aunt Teni grinned and threw her hands up in jubilation.
‘Finally, Someone is after her!’ Aunt Teni thought.

Shindara rolled her eyes In digust of her Aunts behaviour.
”Ohh. I hope I wasn’t disturbing you two” Aunt Teni chorused while walking gingerly with a big smile on her face to the other side of Shindara’s bed.
”Oh no madam. I was just about going” Henry stood up to go. He then recognised Aunt Teni. ”Madam, are you not Mrs. Bashorun Teni, the owner of WOOL?” His eyes widened.
”Oh yes I am.” Aunt Teni replied with a smile.
‘St pid boy, sit down and keep talking to Shindara, I’ll leave for you’
”I’m a huge fan ma” Henry grinned as he shook Aunt Teni’s hand over Shindara’s head.
”Thank you dear. You two can continue. I just came to drop somethings and I’ll be on my way” Aunt Teni tried her best to sway him into staying.
”No ma, work calls. Bye ma. Bye Shindara, take care of yourself” Henry brushed his hand on Shindara’s head. Aunt Teni’s eyes widened in amazement further.
”Henry Dear, shouldn’t we be on our way now?” Trina had poked her head in through the door to sound her presence and to plant seeds of discord among them all.

Shindara felt the intense urge to catapult a stone straight to Trina’s head. Even If she had a catapult, she didn’t know how to use one
Henry walked out of the room tight-fisted. He wondered why Trina had to butt in just when he was trying to make a good impression for himself. He wondered how best he could make Trina lose interest in him.

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Aunt Teni looked dissapointed in Shindara. She folded her arms and sat down.
”So, another womans man is after you and you’re entertaining him” Aunt Teni was biting her lips trying to control the urge to land a slap on Shindara’s face.

If she hated anything the most, It was cheating.

And what she just saw seemed like cheating. If the man wanted to cheat on his girl, he could do it but not with Shindara. She couldn’t even reason why Shindara would keep entertaining him when she knows he’s taken.

Shindara knew she had to explain quick if not she’d get chided seriously. She knew her aunt very well, she could turn from an angel to a monster once she hears the word cheating. Big reason why her husband had not cheated. Or perhaps, maybe he was cheating but he was so good at covering up his tracks because If his wife should find out, His escape from being six feet in the ground would be futile. Shindara remembered a time when Aunt Teni had pounced on a relative when she was caught in a relationship with another man despite being married. The woman barely survived visiting the trauma centre in the hospital. Hell! If people didn’t intervene, the woman would have been paralyzed.
”Aunty, its not what you think, They….”

Shindara was cut short by a hard slap from Aunt Teni. She wasn’t surprised though, she was expecting the slap sooner or later.
”Shut up, the same excuses! I’m tired of hearing the same excuses. ‘its not what you think’, yet it is always what I think.

Oluwashindara, steer clear of that man. I know, he might seem irresistible to you but I don’t want to see you around him ever again. And warn him, If I see him around you, you both will see what I’ll do. Okurin Oloriburuku (Unfortunate man). See! You know me and you know what I can do” Aunt Teni waved her finger at Shindara ”Wo! Mo tin lo o, ounje ti mo mu wa fun e niyen. Odabo (Look, I’m going, that’s the food I brough for you. Bye)” Aunt Teni walked out.

Shindara massaged her cheek and watched her Aunt go. She didn’t care. She wasn’t into Henry. And Trina was just a drama queen.

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