Slim Hope

💢Chapter 25💢

Chapter 25

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Dara's eyes remained glue to the sticker pasted on the hospital counter. "I no dey take risk, na why I like to carry my condom waka". She heard a lady laugh out loud, apparently they were reading the same thing.

They both stared at each other and Dara was forced to laugh. "But they're right though, one must carry that thing around. You don't want to take risk. HIV is real, let's not even start to mention STI's, jeez!" She commented and Dara chuckled now turning her gaze to "Hypo go white sticker". She needed those distractions to forget her annoying conversation with CeCee.

Let me tell you a little love story about Funsho and I. We were so good together, I was the one person that satisfied him. The one person that contained him, the one person who tamed him. Oh the good old days, you have no idea who the real Funsho is, you're just blinded by the sweetness and his charms. Trust me, dealing with Funsho is going to take more than what you think; I don't mean to be too froward but, Funsho deserves to be with someone who knows him in and out, his favorite sexual positions, his favorite food and fantasies and dark secrets and that person my dear Dara isn't you. Are we clear?

Those words resounded again and Dara scoffed wrapping her hands across her neck, what if she's right? She asked herself. "You're engaged?" She heard the lady asked on noticing the ring on her finger, this pulled her out of her unhealthy thoughts. "Yes" "Is it recent? Or the guy is making you Lord of rings?"

"No. I just got engaged yesterday"

"Congratulations dear" "Yeah...." She replied rather unsure. "Why are you acting like you don't like the guy? If you didn't like him, you could have just said no to his proposal. It wouldn't have taken anything." "Am I that easy to read?" She asked and Mimi gave a gentle nod, "Yes you are dear. I don't know why girls do this to themselves. I'm not scared of making some decisions no matter who they hurt. I'm usually not scared of anyone. I guess I can be that bitchy at times" she answered causing Dara to smile.

"It's rather complicated okay? I like him, I'm not comfortable telling everyone this but I'm at the crossroads" "Another guy shey? Happens to the best of us. Is this other guy worth the stress?" "I haven't seen him today and I'm this close, I mean this close to getting his address to see him. Is it even normal to feel that way for someone who isn't your boyfriend? He has the most amazing kids"
"Seriously? He has kids?" Mimi raised his brow suspiciously, "Yes he does. I'm practically in love with his children; these past few days has been really intensed with me. I guess I need to sort of my feelings"

"I guess so. I'm not in the best position to give advice though but I believe you'll get through it. You're a very sweet person you know that? What's the rush dear? You have your life ahead of you"

"I'll be 34 next month. I'm living on past life as it is or as my Aunt Rejoice would say, I'm living on extra years"
Mimi gasped, "Jesus! You're fine years older than me, here I am calling you dear," she laughed, "Oh my God! This is really fascinating. My name is Mimi Idahosa. What's your name?"

"Dara Igwe"

"Beautiful name, are you a model?" She asked and Dara laughed, "No. I'm an OAP. I work at Mood Fm"
"Seriously? Wow. I'm a model, I model mainly."

"You don't look like a model"

"I'm trying to stay in shape, I gave birth about six months ago" she confessed and Dara chuckled, "Did you bring your baby here? I love babies, is he or she sick"

"Actually she's not sick. She's in a better hand, I kind of left her with her father" "Left her like, left to get to get something or...."

"Her father and I, we're not married. It was an arrangement and after I fulfilled my part of the arrangements, I left"