All Chapters of CHIDERA~ His Sin (A Nigerian Romance): Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

    DEDERA        I woke up to the blaring of my ringtone, groaning I roll over Dami to grab my phone from the nightstand. I wince at the brightness of the screen squinting my eyes, I see that it’s Trisha calling making me perk up. I start to wonder if Damola was alright.“Hello?” I say urgently into the speaker.“Happy Birthday Mummy!” Damola’s tiny but loud voice reaches my ears making me wince letting out a chuckle. My heart swells that the little boy remembered my birthday. Dami groans from beside me and I turn to him.“Is that my boy?” Dami asked

“My Chidera. Look at you, all grown up.” Her Aunt says almost like she couldn’t believe it. Dera turns to me completely speechless. She must be in shock that she can’t even comprehend that her family is actually here.“Dami…” She starts to say and I take in her glassy eyes like she was going to cry. “Dami…” I let her walk into my arms.“You don’t have to say anything Love. I’m just glad I made you Happy. I’m glad got to see that Beautiful smile. So don’t cry or you’ll ruin your Make-up.”“Dami we should start going. The guests are waiting.” Mama tells me and I nod. She rubs Dera’s back.  I wish you a long and prosperous life filled with Joy, Happiness and all things good. God bless you my daughter.”

DERA.           I woke up early enough to get away from the house before Dami woke up. I admit that since my birthday party I’ve been edgy and Dami hasn’t failed to notice since I’ve been drifting away from him again. I probably looked crazy standing by the shore in nothing but a pajama similar to my SpongeBob pajamas but was plain and pink.  My initial plan was to have Tami drive me around since I had nowhere in particular to go, I just wanted to be alone and the beach is the best place to clear one’s head.  Since the incident Dami hasn’t left me alone for a minute, he had become super protective of me and even missed work for just to stay in bed with me. We

DERA.   I must have cried myself to sleep because when I woke I’m lying on the cold tiled floor and my phone is ringing nonstop from somewhere in the living room. I find it underneath one of the couch pillows and I see thirteen missed call from Seyifunmi. Just when I’m about to call her back, I get an incoming message from her.I know you’re angry and upset that’s why you’re not picking up any of my calls but I need you to go online now and watch Dami live. I read the message a second time just to be sure I read it well. I decide to go online on Instagram and I indeed find that Dami is live so I decide to join.“-My Wife and I had a fight and I don’t expect her to be watching this

DAMI.      The alarm went off pulling me out of my slumber. Memories of last night flooded my head and I fought back the smiles that reach my lips. It finally registered that I had to go to work today as I had an important meeting with the shareholders. This meeting was initially for Monday which was the day after Dera’s birthday but there was no way I would leave her alone after what she went through. So rescheduled it for Tuesday but then I freaked out when I couldn’t find Dera that morning then the whole rape scandal came up and I rescheduled again so here we are.   I smiled when I realized Dera was so thoughtful to set the alarm for me though I would have preferred it, if