THE TAXI DRIVER 4

 The Taxi Driver 

Episode 4

“Don’t touch me. I’m not here for that. I’m not here to sleep with you or to play hide and seek in your house.” Uju said as soon as she opened the door to the DPO’s living room. The DPO had rushed to hug and kiss her as if she was her long lost lover who just returned. The DPO was putting on only a white singlet and a pair of black boxers. 

“I said I’m not here to sleep with you. I’m not joking. If you touch me again I will scream so the neighbours will hear me." Uju threatened. She looked very serious but the DPO paid no attention.

“What are you here to do then? Is my house a church? Or, did you hear that I’m holding a crusade in my house? I’m asking you Uju! Did you come here for a night vigil? What brought you here if you are not here to sleep with me?” The DPO asked. The questions were too many. He obviously didn’t want Uju to answer them. He was just making her to feel guiltier.

“Please, I didn’t mean to shout at you. I’m so sorry I raised my voice. I lost control of my emotions. The past few days have been very difficult for me. I’m sure you would understand this.” Uju said. Her voice has gone from aggressive to tender. 

“Look, I have come here to plead with you to please let me be.” Uju said. She and the DPO were sitting on the same sofa. She came down and went on her kneels beseechingly. The milk-coloured tiles in the DPO’s house felt very cold on her knees.

“I’m begging you in the name of God. Please, allow me enjoy my marriage with my husband. We didn’t ask for all these problems. You said you will sleep with me and set us free, but it seems I’m now trapped. And you are now using this to blackmail me. Is this not like going from fry pan to fire? Please, I don’t want my husband to find out that I slept with you to purchase our freedom. Please, just let me be.” Uju continued to plead with the DPO. She was crying like a baby.

The DPO had his left hand wedging his chin. It was as if he was not listening to Uju.

“The more you plead with me, the more my love for you grows. It as if you don’t understand. I can’t help myself. I have fallen in love with you and there is no going back. I know you love me too, but you are too scared to admit it.” The DPO said.

Uju was surprised that the DPO failed to see the reasons why she should be left alone. “This man is the weapon fashioned against me.” Uju said to herself. The DPO’s behavior broke her spirit.

“Or are you saying you did not enjoy it? The things I did to you on bed, did your husband do those things? Tell the truth Uju, you enjoyed me too. And I know you want more. I also know you like me. That is why you are here.” The DPO said, touching Uju gently on her neck area. She felt tickled and she bent her neck like a pressed plastic bottle.

Uju stood up from where she was kneeling. The DPO helped her up, holding her gently like an egg. 

Uju cannot deny that she enjoyed the DPO too. She did. In fact, she had admitted to herself that she never felt that good since she became a woman. No man had touched her like the DPO did and the things he did to her on bed felt really good. Ejike her husband is more restrained and gentle on bed, but the DPO throws caution to the wind and this is what Uju secretly liked throughout the two weeks she stayed in his house.

Also, the DPO had more money. Everything is available and there is more comfort and enjoyment as compared to her husband’s house. Secretly, Uju liked the DPO but she still wishes she never met him in the first place. She sees him as an intruder who arrived with a bottle of honey. But she still wants to be with her husband Ejike and that’s why she is putting up the small fight. 

“Why are you so quiet? Talk to me. If you can honestly tell me that you don’t feel anything for me or that you didn’t enjoy my time with you, I will let you go.” The DPO said. Uju was lost in her own thoughts.

He was looking at Uju straight in the eyes. Just then, she realized how handsome the young man is. She could then see that he has hair on his chest. She could also see his well-carved mustache and his sparkling white teeth. She started feeling that the DPO was more handsome than Ejike.

Soon, Uju became emotionally entangled with the DPO. She drew closer to him and started kissing him deeply. They both fell on the soft sofa. But just before they could make love, Uju felt the strong urge to vomit and she stormed out into the toilet and started vomiting.

“You are pregnant!” The DPO said. He had rushed into the toilet to meet Uju who was bent over the sink. Water was rushing from the sink tap and the sound made Uju not to hear the DPO clearly.

“What did you say?” Uju asked.

“I said you are pregnant.” The DPO repeated himself. He was standing hands akimbo.

“I don’t know what you are talking about.” Uju said, feigning ignorance.

“Yes you are pregnant and I know the baby is mine.” The DPO said forcefully with an air of authority. The man’s audacity stunned Uju. The DPO is very experienced with women and could tell a pregnant woman even by her body odour.

“Yes I’m pregnant. You ruined my life. You got me pregnant. And now, I can’t even face my husband again with the whole lie. You destroyed my marriage. I’m so ashamed.” Uju said as she stormed out of the toilet into the living room. She sat on the sofa and used her left pam to wedge her chin as if she is mourning a dead relative.

“I can’t believe I’m about to be a father. I bless the day I met you.” The DPO said as he came in and sat beside Uju and started caressing her shoulder. She felt helpless, not only because of the bad situation at hand but also because she was becoming emotionally involved with the DPO. It was as if visiting his house that evening opened her eyes to just how much she liked the man.

Uju decided to let herself all into it. She threw herself into the DPO’s arms and soon, they were making love on the sofa. Thereafter, she slept off and only woke up in the morning around 7am.

“Oh! My God!” Uju shouted when she woke up. 

“Did I pass the night here?” She asked the DPO who was already dressed up for work.

“Yes my darling and it was a glorious night with you.” The DPO said.

Uju quickly gathered her things, dressed up and stormed out. She did not listen when the DPO demanded for a kiss before she left. When she got home that morning, she lied to her husband that she passed the night at work in the hospital where she covered for her friend who had travelled.

As she was talking to Ejike her husband, a text message came into her phone. It was the DPO.

“I really enjoyed myself last night. Can we do it again today?” The message reads.

“Who is that? Who sent you a message?” Ejike asked. 

“Oh! It’s my friend, the one I told you she travelled. She is thanking me for covering for her and taking her shift last night.” Uju lied.

Ejike drove out of the compound as he went to do his taxi job. He was becoming very suspicious, but he had no evidence to confront his wife.

Watch out for episode 5.