I Should Have Spoken Up (Part 5)

Uncle BJ got his wish and his wife traveled again…he was like a kid left alone in a candy store. Bose played along but her conscience was killing her…Uncle BJ kept assuring her that love was the reason and there was no sacrifice too big for love. Uncle BJ had a twisted answer for every doubt and fear that Bose exhibited. Twice they almost got caught by Bola; the second time was so close that Bose thought the cat was definitely out of the bag. How Bola didn’t figure it out was beyond Bose…could it be that Bola couldn’t come to terms with what she saw and hence, brushed it off as a figment of her imagination? Or was she that naïve? Well, Bose stuck to the naivety theory because she also ‘knew nothing’ some months back.

Before long, the whole thing was taking its toll on Bose’s education…Uncle BJ wouldn’t let her study…she barely had time for anything else. Her grades were declining and her continuous assessment results were woeful. Uncle BJ was quick to blame her aunt for this…he said Bose was taking on more chores than she could handle because of Aunty Mary’s incessant absence. Aunty Mary promised she would get a house help so Bose could get some time to focus on her studies. Uncle BJ was totally against the idea…he said the house was crowded and there was no space for anyone else to stay. Aunty Mary asked for some more time to get a shop where she could start a different type of business that would require less traveling and keep her around more.

In a way, Bose was happy with the news…maybe this would make Uncle BJ leave her alone but something in her wanted what she had with him. She had been force-fed what she never wanted and somehow she wasn’t sure she was ready to be weaned.

Bose noticed that anything he told Uncle BJ to do…anytime he was with her, he did. There was a time he was begging Bose to kiss him, and she told him to prostrate and to her surprise, her uncle went flat on the floor. She began to see this as a kind of empowerment and she liked it. She confided in one of her friends in school who encouraged her to milk the opportunity. Bose said she felt like she was betraying her aunt but her friend said it wasn’t her fault…her aunt’s husband chose to violate her and she should at least get  everything she could while the man still wanted her. She wondered what her friend meant by that but didn’t ask.

Aunty Mary didn’t travel for a while and Uncle BJ was getting agitated, he was desperate to be with Bose but there was no chance…he kept asking his wife when her next business trip would be. She responded that she wanted to be home for a while so she could be a mother to her children and a wife to her husband.

Uncle BJ wasn’t very excited about that…he encouraged his wife to make hay while the sun was shining and to be serious with her business.
"I thought you would be happy that I decided to stay and be around" Aunty Mary Asked

"Of course sweetheart, I am happy to have you at home but as a good husband, I also want to see you succeed in your business" Uncle BJ responded.

Uncle BJ got so desperate to the point that he arranged for Bose to meet him at a motel close to her school. She was reluctant but Uncle BJ promised to make it worth her while as he would give her something special if she could make it happen. They set a date and Bose was to sneak out of school to meet with him.

Everything worked according to plan, they were at the motel for a couple of hours and as they were stepping out of the motel, Aunty Mary’s car pulled up…

© 2015 Lanre Olagbaju All Rights Reserved

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental