[Story] Unfulfilled Promises By Audrey Timms Part 1 (Complete Episodes)

Unfulfilled Promises By Audrey Timms Part 1

Episode 41
Vien shook her head. Her sister
was still as insensitive as ever
towards her daughter. If she had
known, she would have refused
to b####t feed Oleng so many
years ago and to agree to take care of her till she was two
years old. Maybe b####t feeding
and taking care of her own
daughter would have softened
Linda’s heart towards Oleng.
Poor Oleng! Aunt Vien tried talking to her to forgive her
mum for her rash behavior but
the latter with tears in her eyes
told her,
“Like I have told you so many
times, Aunty Vien, I don’t have a mother.” Oleng lightened up a bit but was
still a bit moody until Edidiong
talked to her. “See Oleng, it has happened, it
has happened. It is time for you
to move on. I know it’s hard but
you just have to try. You can’t
continue living in sorrow all your
life. You’ve got to move on. Frankly, I think it was God who
actually took the baby back so
you could move on with your
life.” “Then why did He allow me to
get pregnant in the first
place?” she countered in tears. “Did you do anything to prevent
the baby from coming?” she
retorted. Oleng lowered her head and
shook it. “You see?” Edidiong continued,
“I’m sorry to say this but the
baby would have become a
burden to you. You’re just too
young to be saddled with a baby
and you know my mum is too nice and will shoulder your
responsibilities and that of the
baby without complaining. So
please take your mum’s advice
and start all over again.” she
wisely advised. “Thank you very much.” was all
Oleng could say. Great was her aunt’s joy when
she told her she could enroll her
for the G.C.E. Oleng dived into her
studies with great vigor. She had
to read extra hard since she did
not attend SS3. She studied very hard with all the books and
materials her mum had sent her.
Her cousins helped her study
also. She tried very hard to put
away thoughts of Eric and his
dead son behind her. It was hard but she focused on her studies. September came but her mum
didn’t show up much to her joy.
She wrote the exams and waited
to write the WAEC. She had
changed from being a science
student to a social science student. She felt with so much
turmoil in her life she couldn’t
read medicine anymore and she
secretly hated doctors now. She
felt their carelessness had killed
her baby so she opted to read banking and finance. It was
tough for her because she had
been in the science class before
she dropped out but she
managed to cope. She burnt the
proverbial candle. Her aunt, ever encouraging had enrolled her in
a lesson. The results of her G.C.E came out
and she made some papers but
didn’t make some. She wrote
the UTME also. She took WAEC to
complete her papers. She wrote the post UTME exam
at the University of Calabar and
before she knew it, she had
gained admission into the
university at seventeen. She
truly felt grateful to God for helping her out because it was
tough business getting into the
university these days. She knew
some of her then classmates
hadn’t gained admission. She
was grateful to her aunt too who had pulled some strings
because the registrar was
related to her husband.

Episode 42 ########## Oleng found herself attending
lectures from her aunt’s place.
She was tired of being a burden
to her aunt so she volunteered
to live alone, closer to the school
but Aunt Vien pleaded with her not to go because she would be
alone in the house again and
would miss her company terribly.
She even offered to pay her
transport fare to and from
school everyday as bribe but Oleng refused. Since her mum
was only good at stuffing her
account with money, she should
continue doing so. She still wore the best clothes
and jewelleries courtesy of her
mum. She wore them without
passion because she had no
choice. If she wanted to buy her
own clothes, it would still be with the woman’s money so there
was no need cutting off her
nose to spite her face. Her new
friends Debbie and Jennifer
always admired her. “How I wish God had given me a
mum like yours.” Jenny told her
one day as they walked to their
lecture hall. “Me too o! “Debbie put in,
“Throughout the year, I no go
wear the same cloth.” Oleng smiled sadly, “Be careful
what you wish for girls.” After classes, they went to a
restaurant to get some drinks
and snacks. “God! Look at Collins! O God! If
only this guy would just smile at
me, I swear, I’d just die.” she
wailed with wondrous eyes
making Oleng and Debbie burst
into laughter. “God! He‘s so handsome. God
must have spent a month making
him.” she looked lustfully at the
tall, dark and handsome guy in
their class. Oleng wondered what Jenny
would say if she got a glimpse of
Eric. She would probably say God
spent a year making him. She
quickly pushed the thought of
him from her mind. “Why don’t you go over and
say hello since you like him that
much? Abi you dey fear say e no
go answer you?” The almost
albino-looking Debbie advised. “I can’t do that. It will make me
look cheap.” She looked stricken
at the thought. “Then stop drooling over him
and wait for him to make the
first move,” Oleng put in.
“I’m going to get myself a
bottle of water. Do you girls
want anything?” “No.” Debbie said. “Yes. Collins.” Jenny replied and
they laughed again. Oleng walked slowly to the
counter. She became shy
because she knew a lot of guys
were looking at her. She ignored
them and managed to get to the
counter without falling flat on her face with so many eyes on
her. She ordered for water. “Hi.” A deep voice said beside
her. She turned slowly and was
surprised to see Collins, the guy
Jenny was head over heels for. “Hi.” she said and turned back
to face the counter. “My name is Collins. What’s
yours?” he drawled. Oleng had to smile at that. His
handsomeness didn’t get to
her, after all Eric had been more
handsome. “Oleng.” she replied after a
while. She wasn’t into the game
of hard to get because she
didn’t want to be gotten. “Nice name. You’re from here,
right?” “Thanks. Yes, northern Cross
River.” “I am from Delta state.” he
informed her. Oleng smiled. Jenny was from
there also while Debbie from
Akwa Ibom. “I’ve been seeing you around
our department and…” Collins
rattled on but she drifted off,
lost in thought. There were quite a number of
people there so it took time
before her order was given to
her. She remembered asking her
friends what they wanted and
Jenny saying she wanted Collins. So she decided to give her friend
her request. “Would you like to come over to
say hello to my friends?” she
asked smiling sweetly. “Eh…” The handsome Collins was
flustered for a second. “Sure.”
he replied, grinning brightly. He was indeed handsome but she
wasn’t moved. No guy had
moved her since she lost the
two Erics. Even in her second
year in the University, she still
told guys who approached her that she wasn’t interested in a
relationship. Her beauty made it
hard for her to be the ghost
she wanted to be. Guys flooded
her all the time. “God! She’s bringing him over. I
can’t believe this.” Jenny
looked as if she was about to
faint “Abeg calm down jare.” Debbie
chided. “Hey girls. Meet Collins. Collins,
these are my friends. Jennifer
Nwabilo but we call her Jenny.
Deborah Okon but we call her
Debbie.” They all exchanged pleasantries.
Collins grabbed a chair that was
vacated from a nearby table and
sat astride it facing the beautiful
girls. “Jenny, you and Collins have
something in common. He’s from
Delta state.” Oleng commented
with a smile. “Really?” she was flushed.
“Where exactly in Delta state?” “Ibuzor.” he replied looking at
her and smiling. “I’m from Asaba.” “Nice.” he replied. “Please, you’ll have to excuse
Debbie and I. We have to see
someone.” Oleng informed them,
standing up. “We do?” Debbie was puzzled “Yes. Remember Mrs. Em… Mrs.
Asuquo.” she replied making
eyes at her. “Okay. That Mrs. Asuquo.” she
caught on and got up also. “I’ll walk you down there.”
Collins offered, standing up also. “Don’t bother. We’ll be back in
a jiffy,” she sweetly smiled.
“Just sit and chat with Jenny.”
Oleng said and walked away with
the smiling Debbie. “Who be Mrs. Asuquo?” Debbie
whispered as they walked away. “I have no idea.” Oleng replied
and they both giggled. They all met for lectures the
following day. When they asked
Jenny how her impromptu date
went with her prince charming,
she just shrugged and said,
“It was okay except for the fact that he somehow steered
the conversation to questions
about Oleng.” She smiled. “We
talked about Delta state, this
school, this and that, then all of
a sudden he kept asking questions about you. I told him
as much as I could but he
thought I was hiding things from
him. Why didn’t you tell me you
knew him all the while I was
drooling over him?” “I don’t know him. Well, until we
talked yesterday. He was the
one who approached me when I
was waiting for my order and as
you ordered before I left, I
brought him to you.” Jenny laughed. “So you set me
up? I knew there was no Mrs.
Asuquo. Well, he walked me to my
room when you didn’t show up.
He’s a nice guy but now that
I’ve seen him up close and personal, he’s not so much of
an enigma to me anymore.” “Really?” Oleng asked
bewildered. “Alleluia! Alleluia!” Debbie sang. Jenny hit Debbie playfully. “I guess he’s okay but he has
his eyes on you, Oleng.” “Well, he’s going to have an
eye problem because his eyes on
me doesn’t mean anything to
me.” “Give him a chance, Oleng.”
Jenny said. Oleng was flabbergasted. “I
can’t believe this. Less than
twenty-four hours ago, you
were drooling over the guy. Now
you are shoving him at me? Are
you alright?” “Yes, though I think you’re the
one not alright to throw away
such an opportunity. Granted, I
was tripping for the guy but
talking to him yesterday just
made me realize I was only tripping for his beauty. Up close
and personal, he’s not so
gorgeous. He likes you like every
guy who has approached you
and you have shunned.” “I’m not into guys.” Oleng
protested. Her friends stared at her in
shock before she realized what
she had said. “Na the reason why we be your
friends? Abeg make we know o!”
Debbie asked. “Stop it! I’m not a lesbian. I was
hurt by a boy in the past. So I
don’t want to have anything to
do with guys for now. Until I
start working before I can even
manage to look at a guy because I know I’ll have to get
married some day.” “You’re joking!” Jenny said
amazed. “No, I’m not.” “But that’s like three to four
years from now.” Debbie was
equally surprised. “So?” she shrugged
nonchalantly. “How will you survive it? How will
you stay without a guy? Without
a man in your life?” “If you’re talking about s#x, I
have done without it before and
I will continue to do without it.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not a
virgin but s#x caused a lot of
disasters in my life and I’m not about to embark on it any time
soon. Been there, done that but
not going back.” she said with
pain in her eyes and walked out
of the almost empty classroom
leaving her friends to look at each other. Each guessed that
Oleng had probably gotten
pregnant and had had to have
an abortion. They both felt sorry
for her.

Episode 43 Oleng continued to evade guys
and men alike. She stuck to the
only advice her mother had ever
given her. She kept men at bay.
Even in her third year when her
friends Jenny and Debbie had boyfriends, she still refused to
have anything to do with guys. Her beauty made her an easy
prey for guys yet she refused
to give in. She earned herself
the nick names of ‘cast iron
virgin’ and ‘miss iron pants’.
She didn’t mind because she knew she was not a virgin. If
only they knew her life history,
they would leave her alone but
as it was, they didn’t know. She
didn’t even tell her friends
about her ordeal. She just kept everything to herself and
concentrated on her studies. She
was grateful to God that she
didn’t fall into the hands of
cultists. She still lived in her aunt’s place
much to the latter’s joy
because she kept her company
when she came back from school.
Aunt Vien gave her her space
and freedom which she liked. She hadn’t seen her mum since the
day she had come to warn her
about going back to school. She
didn’t care though as long as
the woman kept her bank
account stuffed with money which she did. She still didn’t fail
to send clothes and jewellery
also. Oleng got home one day and met
her aunt crying. Fear gripped
her. She quickly dropped her
hand bag. “Aunty, what is it?” she
fearfully enquired. Her aunt shook her head and
continued crying. Olneg consoled
her for a while before she the
middle-aged lady could talk. “Are you not in your third year
in the university?” she asked,
sniffing. “Yes, aunty.” “Emem has still not gained
admission into the university
because she has not made her
papers.” “Oh! Aunty, is that why you’re
crying? Don’t worry. She’ll
make them na! Is it not only
Maths she’s looking for? She will
get it. Please stop crying. We
just need to encourage her. Please stop crying.” she
comforted. “That’s not why I’m crying.
Instead of her to be thinking of
the fact that she’s not yet in
the university, she went and got
herself pregnant.” “What?” Oleng was shocked.
The worldly wise Emem,
pregnant? Unbelievabl! “Her dad sent her to me today.
Her sisters caught her trying to
arrange for an abortion. They
are all disappointed in her…I’ve
always known that that stupid
girl will be the death of me. She nearly killed me when she was
coming to this world but she only
succeeded in rendering me
incapable of having more
children. I’ve always known that
she’s a hopeless child. I feel like killing her so that I can finally
have peace.” she wailed. “Aunty, please don’t talk like
that,” she comforted, putting
her hands around her dear aunt.
She hated seeing such a nice
lady crying over a worthless
daughter. “Aunty, don’t worry.
Everything will be alright.
Remember I was once in such a
situation even at a younger age.
After everything, she’ll realize
her mistake and become a better person. Just stand by her
and pray for her because that is
all she needs right now.” “Thank you so much for
understanding, my dear, even
after all she did to you.” she
sniffed, smiling a little. “It’s okay. Afterall, we all make
mistakes.” Oleng went in then to talk to
her pregnant cousin. The latter
who was on the bed saw her
and sighed. “I suppose you’re here to
gloat.” she threw at her. “Oya,
dey laf!” “No.” Oleng replied and sat on a
chair facing her. “You’re
causing your mum a lot of
distress.” “So? It’s not as if I got
pregnant intentionally. Na
mistake.” “Oh! So you think I actually got
pregnant on purpose. For what?
To spite my mum? Mine was out
of sheer ignorance but you
didn’t want to listen to me
then. You called me a fool and all sort of names. Well, I’m not
about to tell you all you told me.
All I can say is remember the
bible says judge not so that ye
might not be judged. It was said
not only for you to be judged in heaven but also for you not to
find yourself in the same
situation you were judging
someone. I feel sorry for your
mum because she’s the one who
will bear the brunt of everything.” “It was a mistake! A mistake!”
she yelled.
“d##n that particular condom!
God punish that girl wey go tell
my sisters about the abortion.
God punish Udeme too. Where’s he now? He’s in school probably
with another girl. E no go better
for am.” she wept bitterly. Oleng felt sorry for her. Despite
the fact that she had been a
pain in the neck to her, she
couldn’t help getting up to go
and hold her age mate who was
weeping bitterly. She comforted her. Oleng and Emem became good
friends there and then. Oleng
explained the different changes
that she was undergoing in her
body. Emem felt bad at having
treated her badly in the past and apologized profusely but
Oleng shrugged it off saying they
were all humans; liable to
mistakes

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[Story] Unfulfilled Promises By Audrey Timms Part 1 (Complete Episodes)