Chapter 1: Kunle Lawal—Enjoyment with Condition

Kunle Lawal na one guy wey sabi woman well well.

People dey always yarn say if Kunle carry you enter him life, enjoyment go choke you—na so so pampering and soft life go dey your side. If na restaurant dey make your body sweet, na there you go dey every weekend. If na gifts dey burst your brain, just ready to dey see hamper like rain. But once e reach talk of marriage, Oga Kunle go shift body, act like say e never hear that one before at all.

For everywhere wey matter, everybody sabi say since the day wey him and his first love scatter, Kunle heart don strong like kpangolo. E just dey waka up and down, dey use smile cover pain, but for marriage, e no dey ever gree talk. Even babes wey fine scatter, e go treat them well, but commitment? Lai lai, Kunle no dey reach that level again.

After we don dey date for five months, my family begin press me well. Dem dey reason say time dey waka, I suppose know where I dey stand for this love. I no get option, na im I tell am goodbye: "I hear say your first love dey come back. Congrats o."

He just raise eyebrow, give that small-corner smile wey dey hide plenty wahala. Na only one short 'Mm' escape—heavy like raincloud. Na so I waka commot.

That night, as if say the gods sabi wetin dey sup, him guys organize bachelor party for am for one lounge. DJ dey shout, 'Scatter the floor!' as small chops—puff-puff, samosa, and asun—pass round. Girls dey snap selfie, boys dey hail. Everywhere burst, music loud, bottles dey clink, jollof dey flow. As I still dey reason my own, one of the guys come bring my matter: "Kunle baba, I swear I just see Amaka, she dey with one guy—fine boy, o." Dem begin tease, laugh, some dey sip Hennessy, others dey scatter table.

As dem drop my gist, the place catch fire, everybody begin add mouth, some dey tap Kunle shoulder, others dey hail. E be like say everybody dey use my name catch cruise.

But na there Kunle vex, face change, remove cigarette for him mouth, press am for ashtray, hiss loud: "She talk say na we dey together, na she still talk say make we break up. You think say e dey easy like that for this life?" Him voice get one kain sharpness wey make everybody freeze small. You go know say e pain am from deep inside, but e no go gree show everything for face.