Isoken was Heartbroken : Part 2

After the incident, Ese followed Isoken to her house.  She was enmeshed in panic and shock. "You could have just said no. Or better still,  you could have walked away. Why did you have to threaten that you would slap him? You own has finished. Isoken, Isoken, Isoken." She called her name three times in an attempt to emphasize the seriousness of her atrocity. Isoken, on the other hand, lied on her bed cold and emotionless. She did not utter a word ever since her childhood friend, Ese and herself got into her room.

Ese was impatient of Isoken 's lack of reaction and she was about to scold her when Isoken's mother knocked and asked: "Is everything OK, girls?  You just locked yourselves in the room and left much to be desired. I hope there is no problem."

Ese gathered herself and said : " Mummy, we are good. Your daughter and I just have a hot gist." Isoken's mother finally sounded unruffled and complied : "OK,  Enjoy yourselves oh". "Yes, ma! " Ese said. Still, in the midst of that short dialogue, Isoken was silent. But this time, Ese became more compassionate and sat next to her on the bed. Ese, in her serene voice, attempted to understand Isoken : "Isoken, what is happening? Don't think that I haven't noticed. Ever since Osamu left you, you have become livid and unpredictable. What is going on? " Out of every sentence Ese constructed, Isoken reacted on one word. One name : Osamu. His name alone had filled her with a consuming disgust.  

Osamu! Her first love and her first hatred. Osamu was the leading actor of her childhood as they grew up together in the same neighborhood. The feelings for each other unfurled when they were in Senior High School. The feelings were mutual. At least that was what she thought. With him, there was a constant smile her face. She couldn't help but look happy with him. Osamu was not really a Greek god. But the way he carried himself was so magnetizing. Everyone was drawn to him. Even Osaze was not courageous enough to stand next to him.

Osamu was knowledgeable, friendly, frequent user of the advanced English Vocabulary and knew how to make everyone feel special. Dark - skinned and tall Osamu made Isoken feel like a queen in public. He would shower her with "I love you's " in front of anyone.

But privately , she made her feel worthless and useless. To him, she was supposed to be silent and submissive. Osamu felt that he was doing her a favor for being with her.

He was not always like that. The beginning of their three year relationship was pure bliss. But everything took a negative turn when he started having a roving eye. She was never to question his flirting with other girls and she was not to have chit chat with other boys. There was indirect emotional bullying from his part while she was the victim.

Everybody felt that her relationship was ideal! But she was unhappy and degraded. Worse, she absorbed this unnatural way of affection as natural as she had never experienced true love.

However, one day he crossed the line. He made series of actions that transformed that foolish sheep in her into a ruthless beast. What did he do? Where did he cross the line? If you were in her shoes, would you wait this long before you speak up?

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