LIFE'S CHOICE (THE END)

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THE PHONE RANG.



Funmi woke up suddenly. At first she didn’t even know where she was, until she realized that she was in her room. The phone was still screaming out for attention, and so she reached for it.




Funmi: Hello…..Tayo.




Tayo: Hey, as I was saying before – I think you should move in with Wale – that is the only REAL advice that I can give you. I know that you love him and he loves you. Lola is talking nonsense about you getting pregnant for Wale…it’s not time for that yet. Dupe is talking nonsense about you dumping Wale – she doesn’t want you to be happy and she’s trying to make you sabotage your relationship. Lola’s and Dupe’s views are both extremist views, mine is more realistic and straightforward.



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Funmi: Thank you so much Tayo, I will think deeply about what you said. OK.



They exchanged pleasantries and the call ended. Funmi looked at her wristwatch – the time was 4’48pm – she had taken a nap. She dialed a number.




Akin: hello?




Funmi: Hello, Akin, how are you? I do hope all’s well?




Akin: Funmi, I am good. Thank you.



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Funmi: Akin, I want to ask you a serious question and I want you to be very honest with me.



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Akin: OK, shoot!



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Funmi: Does Wale have any terminal cancer? Is he dying of a disease that I do not know of?



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Akin (pauses): NO! Wale doesn’t have any terminal cancer and is not dying of any disease. Why would you think such a thing? Those are very morbid thoughts, you know?



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Funmi: Akin, please tell me the truth.



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Akin: I am telling you the truth – Wale is not dying of any disease…Why? Did someone tell you that he was dying?



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Funmi: NO…I guess I am just worried. He still hasn’t proposed to me – and I think that maybe he hasn’t done so because he is dying.



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Akin: He is FINE. My advice for you is this – you propose to him. I read somewhere that love speaks from the heart. If you want to be with someone you love, you lay your heart bare before the one you love. I can imagine that your friends may have given you advise from a lady’s perspective – as for me, I say you surprise him and propose to him.



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Funmi: Akin, you wouldn’t lie to me right? If Wale was dying, you would tell me right?



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Akin: If Wale was dying, I would tell you…but be rest assured that he is not. How is Tayo by the way?



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Funmi: Tayo is fine – I just spoke to her a few minutes ago.



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Akin: I miss her a lot, you know. Ever since we broke up, I have been like a vagrant – wandering this jungle alone. I want to tell her to forgive me, but I know that I am beyond redemption. (pauses) Do you know if she will ever forgive me?



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Funmi: I don’t know the answer to that question – but I hope she does forgive you. You guys were so perfect together.



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Akin: NO we were not, or else we would still be together – forever. (pauses) we could never be as perfect as you and Wale are.



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They exchanged pleasantries and the phone call ended. Funmi called Wale.



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Wale: Funmi darling, my sweetie, my lover, my friend, my companion, Ololufe mi, the one who makes my heart beat faster - the one and only lady in the world who can make me happy. …..How are you?



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Funmi: Wale, sweetie pie, I am fine. I wanted to call you to discuss something, is this a good time?



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Wale: This is not a good time. I am in the middle of a business meeting. I will call you back in about an hour. LOVE you!



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Funmi: Love you too.



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Wale hung up the phone.



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Funmi was quiet for a while. Earlier today, she had asked all her friends – Tayo, Lola, Dupe – for what to do regarding Wale (he hadnt proposed to her yet). The meeting didn’t go well because Dupe and Tayo had a fight. She had come home, taken a shower, and then a nap – and then she had the strangest dream.





She dreamt that Tayo was sleeping with Wale and that he was dying of terminal cancer – oh, it was Akin who told her that – this was why she called him just now. In the dream, it was as if she was an outsider observing everyone and herself. She dreamt that Lola’s baby was Wale’s. She dreamt that she (Funmi) proposed to Wale (and he said yes). She dreamt that Dupe was having an affair with Wale? Well, it’s just a dream. She was going to play a game. She picked up the phone and called Lola.



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Lola: Funmi, HI!



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Funmi: (deliberately raising her voice)When were you going to tell me that Wale is the father of your child?



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Lola was very quiet – very quiet. It was as if her voice had vanished into oblivion. And then she spoke.



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Lola: I am so sorry Funmi. I didn’t mean to hurt you like this.





(THE END)

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