IT IS YOU TILL ETERNITY

I was so excited when mum and other family members were set to travel to my elder sister's wedding (Vivian) except for me and Grandma.....

Do you want to know why I wasn't allowed to travel with other family members to my own sister's wedding?

I will tell you; that's because, Kennedy obliged against it,

"He is our oldest child who has stood in the position of our father ever since dad travelled to the land of no return". So, his decisions are very much respected in the family

He is a very strict and difficult man, yet, a funny and caring being too and believe me no one ever wants to be a victim of his wrath.

I couldn't wait for it to get to Friday morning when the family members will be traveling so that I can quickly bid them farewell and carry out my mission.

Later that day, when my family drove off I was so excited as I quickly rushed to my grandma

I tickled her trying to put some sweet talks into her old head like someone who has a cockroach in her cupboard ;

I quickly ran to the nearest malt shop to get grandma her favourite drink: she loves the mixture of malt drink and liquid milk

And with this, I'm sure I will buy her heart over

At the sight of the bottle of soft drink in my hand; She was so excited as I quickly handed it over to her.

As she was about to open it, I quickly whispered to her ear:

Do you know why?

I wanted to make a request; and I'm sure you want to know what game I want to play with old grand ma's head and what I'm up to this time:

I was so agitated because I wasn't sure grandma would approve my request

but I have to be courageous in order to achieve my aim.

It took me a whole lot of stammering before I could unfold my intentions to my naive old mum,

And, boom, I was able to say it;

"Grandma", and she replies: "Yes, any problem?"

I stood with my eyes blinking and my mouth wide open without being able to speak a word .

"Please, will you let me go visit Tony and spend a night in his house? .....

He's having a birthday party and that will take almost the whole night", I lied.

With my heart still throbbing I heard grandma say:

"You can go, but".........,

And at this time, my heart flutters almost falling off because I don't know what condition she wants to give to me in return.

Finally, grandma permitted me to go, but on the condition that I must return the next day as I promised.

You can't imagine the amount of joy in my heart because I'm about to have the sweetest experience of my love life with my boyfriend, I mean the love of my life.

Anthony Shakespeare is a cute, charming and quiet looking young man from a wealthy background,

but, ever after he lost his dad, life has not been too fair to him,

He is cute, Fair Complexion, a well built figure, average height, and everything about him is enough to go crazy about him,

His gentleness and sense of humor when he approached me made me fall for him.

Anthony and I met in our family house during his visit with my cousin brother Norison and his friends Mavis and Ambrose based on Kennedy's invitation,

They have known each other for a while during dads burial but I wasn't aware of him until this day.

It was love at first sight but I never took it seriously until Anthony made his intentions known to me and since then I have only visited him twice secretly when mum was in town

but, that was a very short visit on the knowledge of just mum and Priscilla (my big sister).

Because, Kennedy would never have approved it if he was aware

So, this is the only golden opportunity I have gotten to spend quality time with my man.

All thanks to Kennedy whose refusal of me traveling has brought me such an amazing opportunity that I can never forget in a hurry .

Reaching evening,

I quickly ran to the bathroom to take my shower,

I put on my best purple dress missed with a touch of black with a sparkling silver stones on it used for design, and yes, don't forget I have to smell nice for my man, so I quickly applied my body spray

"I'm set to go" I said to grandma as I gave her a warm hug and a peck of goodbye and I dashed off to Anthony 's house.

On reaching Anthony 's house we both were so excited to see each other because we knew this visit is different from the previous ones and will be a very memorable night together

Before I could say: I missed you, my lips was already covered with a cool kiss from Tony's soft and tender lips and of course I don't have to resist it

I also gave in and it turned out to be a caressing kiss and romance as his long fingers were gently and lovingly stroking my breasts and the most fantastic parts I will love to play on me.

We kissed and romanced until our legs pulled us down to the bed and this time it was hotter, I could feel a wet substance down dear under my panties

Yes, I was already wet and was damn ready for the next action even though I was scared of having an unwanted pregnancy.

"Getting pregnant and having a cute baby, especially a handsome baby boy who will be a resemblance of my Tony is my desire and will be the best thing to happen to me"....I said to myself

But.... that will be after we get married .

At this point, Tony too was in the mood but was in a bit pity for me as he could hear the panting of my heart

Then, I heard him whispered to my ear "Im sorry"

Gently I could feel his soft hands all over my body and I was beginning to love it more

This time, the romance was becoming more erotic as he lowered his lips to my ear and whispered again " Can I go in?"......

At this point I knew I'm about to be devoured like a prey in the teeth of a hungry lion as my heart began to palpitate.

In the lowest tune,

I replied: "careful please"..........

The next morning as early as 6am while tony and I was still lying on the bed we head a knock on the door

But we have no Idea of who the red herring was as I stared at Tony and his focus was at the door

Knock knock.......

The knock was heard again

but this time around was louder

and Tony quickly jumped off the bed and made his way to the door

Lo and behold, do you know who the attention grabber is......?

It's a strange girl, dark in complexion with an average look, putting on a blue jean skirt, top and average hill shoe.

Then I quickly wrapped myself properly in my nightwear just staring at the girl hoping to hear her state her reason or reasons for visiting ......

While Tony was still standing by the door trying to convince her to quickly take her leave so I could figure out who she was.....

so that, I wouldn't get upset

But no.

The girl has decided to let the cat out of the basket

instead of covering up Tony's secret ..

she angrily turned to Tony throwing a rhetorical questions at him

But Tony wasn't ready to hear all that, instead, he was concerned about the girl living before things gets out of hands thinking I was gonna fight or angrily take my leave

But hell no...

I wouldn't do that, because I was at a loss for words

Yes, I was naive as a young girl of sixteen years that I was,

but in my silent mood I could understand that Tony is cheating on me.

when the girl eventually left after the whole drama Tony returned to bed trying to apologize to me

"I'm sorry," he said in a shameful mood.

I couldn't help it as I saw a pool of tears dropping down my eyes

and at this point, I knew I couldn't hold it back anymore but to allow my tears to flow to its satisfaction as my feelings couldn't lie any more.

Yes, Tony was able to have his way again before I left as I decided to leave everything behind and move on with my relationship

because; I love my man so much and I wasn't ready to let go of him anytime soon.

After some days.....

My family returned,

and I was excited to see them again,

but, I wasn't so happy about Kennedy returning so quick because I knew on his coming back I will have to start living the life of a prisoner again,

Yes. it's a life of a prisoner because;

He doesn't let me make friends or walk freely, he is overprotective and has always focused his attention on me ever since I became a teenager.

I'm the last child of the family, so he has always seen me as a baby.

he wouldn't mind, he will devour anyone who messes around with me including Tony if he ever finds out we are into a romantic affair .

It was my 17th birthday when my family decided to throw a huge birthday party for me and Tony and his friends also came to the celebration,

"Tina. Tony is here. And he seeks your presence"

When I looked back, it was Cynthia Norrison's girlfriend

I saw her pointing to Tony's direction as I quickly rushed to her grabbing her hands with so much excitement to lead me to Tony's where about

Then I saw Tony and Ambrose standing behind the banquet, and Tony was holding a fancy bag in his hands.

On the excitement of seeing him I jumped on him as I tightly hugged him

He handed me the fancy bag. As I looked into my gift bag I couldn't believe my eyes as what I saw was so eye-catching.

"It is the latest female fancy dress which I have so much loved and a very beautiful blue rose footwear"

Yes, Tony bought this for me as my birthday present...

The birthday was full of so much fun as everyone danced joyfully

but I couldn't dance with my boyfriend because I was scared of Kennedy embarrassing me or Tony

But every step I took in my dancing was all done to please Tony as everyone sang my praise

Finally, the birthday is over and Cynthia, Norrison and I saw Tony and his friends ,

The next day Kennedy called me and other members of the family out to the sitting room

but I have no idea why he has called all of us.

It was a full family gathering and everyone was just pondering

because, we know this is not a family kind of meeting .

With Kennedy scowling at me, he said: "Tina.......at this point I was beginning to suspect the gathering was meant for me .

Immediately, my legs began to tremor,

I could feel my heart pounding twice in a second and I began to feel a febrile onset as I was curious to hear what he had to say.

After some seconds, he looked down and nodded his head

Yes, I could see a feeling of disappointed all over him and finally, he was able to let the cat out of the basket when he said to me:

"I saw you and Tony........"

.....Hugging each other like two love birds and he handed you a fancy bag.

I stood wide-eyed in astonishment and speechless.

"Speak! as he make haste to unleash his anger on me he then released a tight slap on my right cheeks

As I stood mute I could hear a sound of a bell ringing in my ears,

stars twinkling in my eyes and streams of tears flowing through my eyes.

"I...I... just before I could find a suitable explanation to give to Kennedy Priscilla came in to my defense as she threw a daring question to him

" How dare you, why would you treat her this way, is a birthday gift a sin, or, is a hug a crime? ....

It was just a hug, an innocent hug for crying out loud,

" perhaps, she might have hugged him out of excitement, or, in appreciation for the gift he bought for her".

On seeing Priscilla fearlessly opposing Kennedy;

Mum also intervened for me and made a threat to take up the case to the legal authorities if he dare batters me again

This time you don't need me to tell you of what Kennedy is up to, if he will provoke the angry women the more, or

give it up on their wish.

"I will spare you'.

"But, believe me, I will never spare Tony".

He said as he angrily worked out on us like a wounded Tiger with his ego already trampled upon by mum and Priscilla.

I was at the balcony reading my novel when I heard my phone ringing, I quickly rushed to the table to get my phone and just as checked to know who my callers is, I saw the name (my sweet) of course, that is Tony

I was super excited with smiles flashing uncontrollably on my face

But do you know what? I was disappointed when the sweet voice of my love didn't sound as sweet as it used to be

This time it sounded like one whom the world has poured it's frustration on

With a confused voice, Tony said: what are we going to do?? Throwing a confusing question at me.

"Kennedy sent a threat to me to stay away from you else he will kill me" Tony sadly said.

My heart skipped as I was left in total confusion with rivers of tears streaming down from my eyes,

I quickly managed to bounce back to my senses

Because, I needed to give my man a word of hope and courage to be strong in order to face and conquer the battle ahead of us.

"Do you love me, do you still want this relationship?" I threw this question back to Tony.

"Yes I do, else there won't be a need for this call in the first place" Tony said.

"Then,

stand by me, fight with me, and don't let me down,

I promise I will never let go of what we share, and I will never let go of you. "YOU ARE MY DESTINY" ensuring Tony that no one can ever separate us.

Tony and I made plans to see but this time it wasn't easy at all, do you know why?....

Kennedy has ordered his boys to keep a close watch on me and to notify him whenever Tony is coming in to town,

because he knows we will surely meet,

and Kennedy doesn't want that to happen .

He seized my cell phone so I couldn't be able to communicate with Tony

but I was determined to fight this through to the end,

But, if only the love of my life can strongly stand by me without giving up on us.

It was an unlucky Tuesday noon and I couldn't see nor hear from Tony,

Yes, Cynthia, she can be of help, I need to quickly go see her,

I came up with a plan to make use of Cynthia's phone to call him

Without wasting time,

after so much effort,

I managed to sneak out of the house to go see cynthia in her office so she could assist me with her cell phone so that I could reach out to Tony,

" Hi Cynthia , I salute

She couldn't hide her joy at the sight of me cause it's been long we both met

She gave me a big hug and of course she could see the sad look I was wearing all over

and she didn't need a soothsayer to tell her it's about my relationship with Tony.

"Cynthia please, can you assist me with your cell phone? I want to call Tony and know how life has been with him and so he can also know my predicament,

Probably, we can make a plan and make a new move.

Here, take it.

Cynthia said, handing me her white portable cellphone .

With so much excitement as I stretched out my right hand to collect it from her, Kennedy showed up.............