HAUNTED
Do sugar mummies fall in love to the extent of having sexual encounters without using preventives and eventually conceive? That was the case of Madam Florence, a quinquagenarian ebony looking woman. Since she lost her husband at a very young age, she opted not to remarry, despite being childless. After all, the wealth at her disposal was enough to satisfy all she wanted.
Living alone in a mansion, boredom soon became her lover. She divorced it by being a cougar-- bringing home different younger men, and having affairs with them.
After many years of engaging in the activity, she fell in love with a university student, Duke. Duke was a perfect guy in her eyes, she didn't bother to know anything about him. She was later confirmed pregnant for him. It wasn't until six months had passed that she asked him about his parents.
"Oh, I am an orphan, ma."
"An orphan?" She arched her eyebrow.
"Yes, ma. Well, I was adopted by Mrs. Quincy, whom I call my mother."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am." He let out a sigh. "Mom told me about my story. I was picked up from a bridge at Ari road, off Town Avenue in Port Harcourt. I was found very early in the morning and taken to the orphanage home. I---"
"Port Harcourt?"
"Yes, P.H."
"Sylva bridge? What year?" She narrowed her eyes on him as her heart raced faster.
"Yes. I am twenty one, so that's over two decades." He grinned. "Wow! Have you been to P.H.?"
Duke's question hung in the air as Madam Florence held his left hand. She looked at his thumb, and saw it was green just like hers.
Hot tears welled up her eyes as she remembered how Tolu her boyfriend abandoned her. To be free from shame, she dumped the child she had for him at the Sylva bridge in Port Harcourt, then moved to Lagos city.
"Peter," she said, passing out.
Victor Apata
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