Ken
is 39. He is single and there is no lady in his life. His mother had
threatened to disown him if by the time he clocks 40. He isn’t with a
wedding band.
She is tired of constantly reminding him
about the urgent need to marry, have children that would carry on the
family name and grandchildren to keep her company. Not one to keep too
many female friends, his mother felt he had a huge problem when she
noticed he found it difficult to chat up women.
All Ken is interested in is his job. He
was a marketing manager of a fast moving consumer good. His job requires
him to be air borne most of the time, travelling from city to city to
check up on stocks, warehouses and the likes.
At first his mother thought that his
frequent trips was a major contributing factor to his unmarried state
but all these thoughts vanished when she personally attended the wedding
of two of his close friends who equally had jobs similar to his.
Taking his mother’s threats seriously, he promised to do something to rectify the situation.
So the frantic search for the person he
could start a relationship and later walk down the aisle with began in
earnest. He soon got introduced to Linda, a fresh graduate who was
awaiting posting for the National Youth Service Corps. He wasted no time
in telling her what his mission was – marriage.
But Linda wasn’t quite interested because
marriage wasn’t her priority. She wanted to get to know him better
before they hit it off with a relationship and take it to a point where
she could now take a decision.
He consented to her wish and immediately
took her home to his mother for introduction as his wife-to-be without
her consent. Of course Linda got furious but managed to mask her anger
until they were both out of his mother’s sight and hearing range.
Thus the relationship took off on a shaky note but gradually, it began to stabilise and she grew to like him.
One evening, Ken’s younger brother, Jeff,
dropped by to say hello to his brother. With the exchange of
pleasantries and introduction done with, Jeff and Linda got talking like
they had known each other for years. The same also applied to Linda who
instantly liked Jeff and immediately wished she had met him before his
elder brother. To say that the chemistry between them was unmistakably
strong would be stating the obvious.
They spent more time in each other’s
company and generally carried on like they were lovers. But their
modesty with each other didn’t last for long as they were soon at each
other like a house on fire. Ken had no inkling to what was going on
between them.
The bubble soon burst when Linda fell ill
and was rushed to the hospital by Ken. After preliminary tests which
confirmed her pregnant, he was really excited about finally making his
mother a grandmother.
‘His joy was soon cut short when Linda
told him point blank that his brother was responsible for the
pregnancy’. At first, Ken thought it was a huge joke but Jeff confirmed.
Still hopelessly in love with Linda and
afraid that it might take him forever to trust another lady for a
relationship, he pleaded with Linda to terminate the pregnancy,
promising to forgive her and for both of them to carry on like nothing
happened.
But Linda has refused to, insisting that
it is over between them now that she has found true love with Jeff, who
had sent several emissaries to his brother to ask for forgiveness. He
wanted him to give the true love between himself and Linda a chance to
grow and also prayed for Ken to find someone who truly loves him.
Their mother is at her wit’s end,
confused about the whole scenario. While berating Jeff for daring to
betray his brother, she is equally pleading that Ken sheath his sword.
But Ken has threatened to kill his brother. To him, his love has been
stolen.
What do you think he should do?
Note: All names are fictitious.
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