(JERRY POV)
Please, may I know more about you!
(ROSIE POV)
Hummm….....I stared at him with so much curiosity with my two eyes fixed on him as I was with the thought of his reasons to get to know me more. Al.....right! I sighed ready to tell him all about me.
I'm Rosemary like I have said earlier. I am the fourth born of my mother of seven children and from a polygamous home. We are four boys and three girls of which I am at the Middle. I have three elderly ones and three younger ones of my siblings. My dad has two wives and my mum is the ...second as I said forcefully,
(JERRY POV)
Rosie! the way the word 'second' sounded, is like there is something that you are not saying....
(ROSIE POV)
oh! you're right Jerry! my dad has some concubines that gave him children as well. even with the fact that my mum was my dad's best, we still couldn't get the best because of the polygamous home.
(JERRY POV)
Is that all Rosie!?....Yes!
(ROSIE POV)
And what do you mean by saying "is that all" Jerry! is that not enough to be sad about? huh!
(JERRY POV)
oh! Rosie....Never feel sad about that .... my dad case was worse than yours at least, your mum was your dad best and he kept her right? but my dad was different! so let me not even go there right now but I promised you Rosie!, the youth of this present generation won't want to delve into it except for some seldom cases. we are making a great progress far different from our fathers.
(ROSIE POV)
But a lot is happening too Jerry!....in this present generation. They are never satisfied with what they have and the fault is mostly from the male sex...
(JERRY POV)
No! you are wrong now Rosie! don't take side's now because you would be shocked if I tell you the latest trends.
Tsk! do you know what the women are doing lately...? let's not even dig deep and besides that's the more reason why I said earlier that this present generation won't want to delve into such, except in some rare cases such as in the cases of life threatening, broken homes becomes inevitable.
So ...Rosie! what are your other names?
(ROSIE POV)
I am traditionally called 'Okeoghene' ,
(JERRY POV)
excuse me!. Sorry for my manners of caughting you short, Your middle name is Okeoghene?
(ROSIE POV)
He asked anxiously! Yes I am Okeoghene meaning 'God's gift'
(JERRY POV)
waooo .... !He sighed happily we bore the same name. My birth name is 'Oke'.
What! Please let me explain Rosie!. The name Jerry is my baptismal name . I wasn't given an English name from birth, but during my baptism at the Catholic church at my preteens age, then I was given an English Catholic name 'Jeremiah' that is where the name Jerry came from.
(ROSIE POV)
oh! really….. I exclaimed!.
(JERRY POV)
Where are you from Rosie? He was still anxious indeed!
(ROSIE POV)
I hailed from Delta State.....
(JERRY POV)
where in Delta state precisely Rosie? because anyone can claim Delta state as their's and that's the more reason why we have different local government areas for us to be specific with our origin.
(ROSIE POV)
Do you mean that I'm not telling the truth?
(JERRY POV)
I didn't mean that Rosie! all I'm saying is that, you have to be specific.
(ROSIE 'S POV)
It's ok Jerry! I'm from Ekakpamre, Ughelli south local government but never mind anyway though we are called the 'minorities!'
(JERRY'S POV)
Excuse me! Never mind what? huh! Rosie.. that you are called the 'minority'!
(ROSIE POV)
I don't even know why we are called that Jerry!, but that is where I came from.
(JERRY'S POV)
oooooooh! and to top it all, You don't even know why! Now let me tell you the reason for the word 'Minority' the state comprises of five different ethnic groups which are the Igbos(Anioma people) from Delta North, then the Urhobo, Isoko--, Ijaw and Itsekiri that made up the southern and central parts of the state that is not highly populated. but the northern, western and eastern parts of the country are highly populated thereby making their dialect uniform.
(ROSIE 'SPOV)
how do you know all this information Jerry!
(JERRY'S POV)
wao! let me ask you this? where do you think I came from? ....huh....Rosie!
(ROSIE 'S POV)
As I was speechless right now..... I don't even have any idea of his identity...and a lot was running through my mind right now.
(JERRY'S POV)
it's ok Rosie. I am from Delta state as well! and even though i wasn't brought up here in Delta...
(ROSIE 'S POV)
EXCUSE ME!
sorry to caught you short! where is your residence? as I want to know him as well.
(JERRY'S POV)
I based in Lagos State and I still regard here as my home town and besides, the name "Oke" can only be owned by the Deltana's.
(ROSIE 'S POV)
Do you mean that we are from the same local government area? I was anxious to know....
(JERRY'S POV)
No Rosie!
I know where you are heading to right now. we are not related in any ways besides, Delta state has twenty-five local government areas. I am from Olomoru,Isoko-- south and even though it's closer to yours geographically, we are not the same LGA and to top it all, we speak different dialect.
by the way! why were you so anxious?
(ROSIE 'S POV)
oh! it's nothing and I don't even know why as I thought within.
(JERRY'S POV)
Tell me about your likes he asked curiously.
(ROSIE 'S POV)
Oh..! You still want to know more?
(JERRY'S POV)
Yes! of course, I want to get to know you.
But you can't get to know me in just one day I said flatly and besides, Rome wasn't built in one day remember!