name is Ejiro. Let me be like James
Bond. My name is Ejiro. Ejiro Fernandez. I
am woman now. I have elvoved. Life
changed gradually from reading Cinderella
and all the happily ever after hog wash.
To reading books like Woman at point
Zero, Beyond the horizon and Second
Citizen where the plights of women are
aptly potrayed.
Ok so, it happened last week.I went to
see my fiance at his house. We were
getting married in less than six month's
time. I wanted him to help me pick out
the colour for my wedding shoe. He says,
'Hey babe. I need to take a shower. Will
be back in a Jiff. He goes away blowing
me a kiss. I smiled. I needed to calculate
something quite urgently so,I took out
my phone. And oops! My phone goes off.
His phone was lying on the bed so I
picked it. Opened it. I know the
passcode. Its my birthdate. A message
comes in from Frank. I don't know any
friend called Frank. So,curiosity made me
check it. And Frank says, "Hello baby, You
were amazing. Never knew you could last
that long. Oh my God! Four rounds! You
blew my mind. I really love you and my
world would be nothing without you. Ps,
How is our wife? Love you, Frank.
I recall what growing up was like for me. I
asked some many questions that were
too big for my small head. My brother
tactfully answered every one of them but
found it difficult to answer one. Just one.
I would ask, "Why is mum so angry?"
"Because daddy has gone again."
"Gone where?"
"To his other wife."
"Why does daddy have another wife?"
"Because she is richer than daddy."
"Why does daddy need a rich wife? At
least he provides us with most of our
needs."
"Ejiro, we don't have most things."
"Why can't mummy give us those
things?"
"Because mummy does not work."
"Why doesn't mummy work?"
"Because daddy says not to."
"Why?"
"Because mummy has a phd."
"But
mummy should work."
" Daddy says mummy mustn't or mummy
would be rich and be rude."
" Why can't mummy have a rich husband
too?"
"Because Mummy is a woman."
"So?"
"Because people will say mummy is a
prostitute."
"What is the difference between a Man
and a woman?"
"A man marries a woman and a woman
marries a man. A woman can give birth
and a man cannot."
" Why does a man marry a woman?"
" Ejiro, because a woman give birth and a
man cannot."
" why?"
"I don't know. " He would say.
So, now that I'm grown. I know why or
better put, I have the idea of knowing
'why'. Most importantly, I knew why this
my wedding cannot take place. So, when
he comes in from the shower all smily
and attempts to touch me,I reply with a CIA like Voice. "No Eric, we need to talk.

Ride on