Chapter 4: Evidence

I no even know how I reach house. As I enter, my babe come inside immediately. She dey happy, dey hum song as she go bath. The pill box for her bag don vanish.

As she dey waka, she dey dance small-small. E be like say nothing touch her. I just siddon for parlour, dey look as she dey carry herself. Na so person dey behave if them dey hide big secret?

I grab her phone. I never check am before, so she no even bother to delete chat. As I hold the phone, my hand begin sweat, thumb dey shake. I hesitate, remember that day she warn me: "If you touch my phone, na big wahala o!" But pain no let me stop. The first chat for her list na "Mr. Adekunle." Hundreds of message full everywhere. As I dey read, cold just dey catch me.

My hand dey shake as I dey scroll. I no even know say my babe fit type like this. The kind dirty talk for there, e pass all the Nollywood film wey I don watch. My body just dey cold, like say dem pour ice block for my shirt.

"Stop dey leave hickey for my neck, I no fit dey tell my boyfriend say na mosquito bite again."

"Behave for front of your pikin o."

"You dey feel anything when you look your wife at all?"

"To touch her be like say I dey touch myself. Her flat chest no reach your own."

"How about you wear that lace one again tonight?"

"If you no show me, I go make you cry sotey you no fit close leg."

I dey read all this one, my heart dey cut like person wey thief enter him house. Na so heartbreak dey be?

If I scroll back, dem still dey talk about me:

"He dey treat me well, dey spend money for me."

"Your boyfriend no dey do? He dey hold body?"

"Even if I no wan, I go still hold. He no go ever break up with me."

"You wan really marry that mumu?"

"Na who dey plan to marry am? E good to get mumu dey around, I go just dump am when I tire."

I just close my eyes. If person tell me say my own babe go talk this kain thing, I for swear say na lie. E be like say cold hand dey press my chest. My guy, na so life be?

Even though I think say I dey ready, to see am with my eyes just be like say dem throw me inside cold well.

The pain reach bone. Na that kain pain wey if you shout, your voice go tremble. I just drop phone for table, dey look wall. For my mind, I dey pray make e be dream.

For this Lagos, heartbreak dey wear fine cloth—na me dey wear am tonight.