SEASON OF PREGNANCY

BAYO ONUWAJE

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THE STORYLINE

Season of Pregnancy is a story about a young lady named Tinuke. She was in a relationship with a young man named Tunde. They are yet to get married; they had not even done an introduction which implies that the parents of both of them knew nothing about the relationship except that Tunde has an elder sister known as Aunty Bisi who knows little about the love affair but despite that, Tinuke had made up her mind to take Tunde as her husband to the extent that she got pregnant for him.

On the side, Tunde has two other ladies that he is in love with. One of the ladies was a nurse known as Nurse Titi while the other one is Kemi. Tunde was a terrible womanizer which of course Tinuke knew about and thought he would change with time. Tunde went ahead and got Kemi and Nurse Titi pregnant. These three pregnancies became a heavy load on him. He sought counsel from a friend named Dotun. Whereas, Dotun and Nurse Titi were very close but Tunde knew nothing of their closeness. So Dotun made enquiry from Nurse Titi about what happened between her and Tunde. He got to know more and the plan of Titi that truly, Tunde is a womanizer, but he has definitely got into her trap for getting her pregnant and he must marry her by all means. So Dotun and Titi cooked up an idea to make Tunde marry only Titi. Dotun supported this plan because he has a very strong feelings for Tinuke for long but Tinuke would never give him an attention.

Upon the plan of Titi to get Tunde for herself, She remembered her older sister who has wanted to sponsor her abroad to take up a nursing job overseas. She visited Madam Alice and accepted to travel abroad but with her boyfriend. Madam Alice accepted and told her to get some reasonable money too especially for her boyfriend. Titi came and made her plan known to Tunde. He loved it and accepted it. Tunde sought the counsel of his friend, Dotun the second time, Dotun advised that Tunde should abort the Pregnancy of Tinuke so he can be free to leave the country with Titi as easy as possible. And of course, Tunde should get the money he needed for the trip from Tinuke because her parents are rich too. Tunde agreed to do exactly what Dotun said.

He met with Tinuke. He told her his intention to travel abroad so he can make more money and then return to the country for their marriage and settlement. About the Pregnancy, Tunde voted for abortion for a reason that he did not want to leave Tinuke alone with the Pregnancy. Tinuke accepted and went with Tunde to Nurse Titi to get rid of the pregnancy. Titi conducted the operation and got the pregnancy terminated but she did a careless operation which resulted into damaging the womb of Tinuke. After the operation, few weeks later, Tunde and Titi traveled abroad together. Tinuke based on her plan with Tunde thought it was only him that traveled but Dotun was aware of it later told Tinuke.

But before then, for the first one month of Tunde traveling abroad, he always got in touch with Tinuke but later, there was a halt on the conversation. It really pained Tinuke to the extent that she went to meet Aunty Bisi who was Tunde's older sister but she was disappointed that the woman denied having anything to do with the love affairs between Tunde and Tinuke. Tinuke was highly devastated. Tinuke continued to contemplate on what to do about the matter. That was when Dotun came to fulfil his plan. He told Tinuke that Tunde traveled abroad with Titi because he got her and another lady pregnant. Tinuke could not believe what she was told. She decided to lay curse on Tunde for deceiving her.

Tinuke sought the counsel of a friend. She was introduced to an herbalist by the same person and laid an irreversible curse on Tunde and Titi. Dotun came thereafter to woo Tinuke, he tried all possible best but all efforts to no avail. The third lady whom Tunde impregnated, named Kemi, came to make enquiry from Tinuke. She got to learn that Tunde had duped Tinuke and traveled abroad with another lady. That one too minded her business and accepted her fate.

Few years later, Tunde and Titi returned from abroad. It was said that they had a spiritual problem of losing pregnancy by miscarriage. They consulted an Ifa priest and it was known that they had offended a person in the time past. The priest hinted that they must go and beg for forgiveness from the lady they had wronged. They remembered that it must be Tinuke. So, Tunde and Titi searched for Tinuke and got her through Dotun.

Tinuke had already got married but without a child of her own except an adopted child. Her husband, Tayo, has a second wife that bored him two kids. It was the agreement between Tayo and Tinuke. Tinuke was the first wife but after many attempts for the couple to have a child, all efforts were fruitless until they did some medical checkups and discovered that Tinuke's womb had been damaged. Some family members of Tayo had suggested that Tayo should divorce Tinuke but he refused. Tayo decided to continue marrying his wife but with agreement that he would marry a second wife that will bear him children.

So, Tunde and Titi returned home from abroad due to their spiritual problem of miscarriage. They came to meet Tinuke with an elderly man whom they bribed with money because none of the members of their family accepted to go with them. They told Tinuke and Tayo all what happened. Tayo and Tinuke were very angry with them. Tayo without waste of time stylishly went out to phone the police. Some minutes later, three police officers came and got Tunde, Titi and the elderly man arrested. The case was supposed to be charged to court by the agitation of Tayo and Tinuke but the family members of Tunde and Titi finally came together and had series of meetings with Tinuke and Tayo's families. After all pleadings, the case was not taken to court but both the elderly man, Tunde and Titi received the bitterest chastisement of their life for the abortion they carried out on Tinuke and other pains they cost her. Also, Tinuke has learnt her own lessons for her foolishness. Then the whole case died down because there was nothing they could do to reverse the curse pronounced by Tinuke but it was later known through the Priest that instructed Tunde and Titi to go seek for forgiveness that even though Tinuke's womb had been damaged, she would have had kids miraculously but the vengeance she made was the cause of her own unresolved barrenness.

That's the end of the story.

Some notable lessons from the story

- It is reasonable to know the person you are in a relationship with so as to know whether you can fit in or not.

- If you want to go into marital life, make sure you at least introduce your boyfriend/girlfriend to your parents.

- Introduction as the first marriage ceremony is very important at least, it tells the general public traditionally that the young man and the young woman are husband and wife to be.

- If a man gets a woman pregnant, abortion is never a better choice.

- Sex before marriage is a sin. Also, it takes away the pride of the female person.

- Vengeance is not the best way to punish an offender; let God judge.

- Know your friends. Do not keep company with bad friends and do not follow their advice.

- Do not accept bribe from people, it can tarnish one's image.

- To settle quarrel, involve as many responsible elders as possible that the matter concerns.

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