Sharp Tongue

Episode 5

Daniel Oluwadamilare stood outside the
party hall, gazing at the darkened sky.

“The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it?”
He turned around and when he saw Sheila,
he smiled and his returned his attention to the
sky.

“That smile speaks volumes. What have
they told you about me?” She stood beside him.
He remained quiet. “I know your type, you don’t like dabbling into family matters… good
choice.”

Daniel slipped his hands into his pockets.
“What are you doing out here anyway…
don’t tell me you are already bored of Martha?”

“They were right about you.” She turned to
meet his expressionless gaze. “You have a
very sharp tongue.”

She bursted out laughing.

“Have a good night Sheila,” He turned to
leave.

She reached out for his hand. His
questioning stare met her mischievous ones.
“Why don’t you stay out here with me… for
a little while…”

He pulled his hand away, wondering what
she was up to.

” I want to know the man my aunt wants to
marry.”

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Martha, Dorcas and Eureka sat away from
the crowd. Most people had gone home, but a
few family and friends were still around. Many
of them were on the dancing floor, enjoying
the diverse music played by the DJ.

“Where is your hunk?” Eureka winked at her
sister-in-law. Dorcas started to laugh. She
was so happy for her elder sister.

“My darling is receiving a phone call
outside, come to think of it, he has been gone a
while.”

Dorcas and Eureka exchanged glances and
started laughing.
“What is so funny?”

“You are worried about him already,
welcome to the club,” Dorcas winked at her elder sister.

“Whatever…”

Eureka and Dorcas giggled and tried to hold
back the laughter threatening to rip their
lips apart. Martha sighted Daniel the moment
he made his way back into the hall. Her face
brightened and her lips widened in a big
smile.

“Are you ready to leave?” He pulled her up.
“I… ” She looked at her sister.

“Get outta here sis, we can party without
you,”

Dorcas winked at her. Eureka nodded in
agreement.

Martha met her fiance’s gaze, “Okay, let’s
go.”

“Good night ladies,” he smiled at them.
“Good night,” Dorcas and Eureka choroused.
He led her out of the hall and they made
their way to the car park. They met Sheila seated
on the bonnet of Daniel’s car and Martha had
to restrain herself from yanking her off.

“Get down!” Her sharp tone wasn’t lost to
Sheila who grinned and made no attempt to
step down.

“I have a birthday gift for you,” She
addressed her aunt and winked at Daniel who drilled her with an angry look.

“Get down from the car this moment!” Her
voice rose a notch.

Her niece pointed at Daniel’s b0s0m
pocket. He placed a hand on it and noticed that
something was inside his pocket. His fiancee dipped her hand in and pulled out a [email protected]
gasped in shock and dropped it as if it had burned
her fingers.

Sheila let out a throaty laugh. Martha
looked at her, then at Daniel whose gaze was fixed on the underwear.

“Revenge is sweet,” She winked at her aunt
and stepped down from the car. Daniel met
his fiancee’s troubled gaze.

“I don’t know how it got there… Honestly, I
don’t…” He looked at the underwear, then at
Sheila.

Martha looked at her neice. She was trying
not to think. She was trying very hard to block
all the thoughts that had ravaged her mind
since she pulled out thep@ntfrom Daniel’s
pocket.

Oh dear God please…

“I told you, you were going to regret hitting
me… ” Sheila eyed her and started to walk
away.

Did her neice put her underwear in her
fiance’s pocket? Why did she do that? What is going on?

What has Sheila done?
“Sheila… ”

She halted and turned to face her aunt. The
woman looked as if she had seen a ghost.
Well, she brought it on herself.

“What is the meaning of this?”
She smiled, “Your so called husband-to-be
has been a very, very naughty boy,” She started
to laugh, turned and walked away.

Martha faced Daniel. “Did you… What
happened?”

“Nothing!” He tried to draw her close but
she stepped away.

“Martha… ”

She slipped off her engagement ring.
“No, no, no Martha…” He refused to take it
from her. She dropped it on the bonnet of his
car. He reached out for her, but she slapped his
hands off.

“Don’t you dare touch me!”

“Baby… ” He closed the gap between them.

“What happened?”

“Baby… ”

“How did herp@ntget into your pocket?”
Her pained voice tore at his heart. He began to
shake his head.

“Baby… She… We didn’t… Nothing
happened.”

Tears flowed down her face, her heart
seemed to have stopped beating. Sheila has just
messed up her happiness in the name of
revenge. She felt like killing that niece of
hers.

“Did… Did you touch her?”

He began to shake his head again, “No…
Yes, notlike I touch you…”

She turned around and started walking.

“Martha!”

She ignored him and returned to the party
hall.

He placed both hands on his head. He
loved this woman more than the air he breathes.

That niece of hers was trouble with a capital ‘T’.

How
was he going to get out of this? Oh God! Oh
God help me!