Today is supposed to be my ex-girlfriend's wedding but I made sure it never happened. You readers are free to call me any name of your choice. The lady in the picture above is someone I took care of from senior secondary down to her nursing school. I met Angela when I went to my mother's hometown 9 years ago. She was 17 years old by then and still in SS2. She came to see my cousin, who was of the same age as her, and also her classmate. For me, it was love at first sight when I saw her. I was 22 years old then. I fell so much in love with her. I grew up in Lagos, and it was my first time visiting my maternal hometown. My mom's younger brother returned home from Malaysia and invited my mom to the village so I went with her. It was during the visit that I saw Angela and was captivated by her beauty and intelligence. She had no phone then, so I gave her one of the Android phones I was using and even bought a SIM card for her. I did it cos I wanted us to keep in touch. I'm from a rich home. Three of my elder siblings reside in the US. I and my immediate younger sister stay in Nigeria with our parents. I was already in my final year at the university at that time. After knowing Angela and the financial struggles in her family, I took it upon myself to take care of her. Every month I sent the ₦20,000 just for her upkeep. I sent money for her WASC exam registration. After secondary school. I enrolled her for bead-making and makeup training right there in Imo State. She told me she wanted to study nursing, and I told her to wait cos, during that time, I was already serving my NYSC year. I told her that I wanted her to relocate to Lagos for her school and to also change the environment, to which her family agreed. I made her understand that the skills training was just for the time being to enable me to put things together for her relocation. No day passed by without us speaking on the phone. I would make sure we talked on the phone three times every day. It got to the extent that I couldn't hide my love from my family and her own family. I made my intentions known to her family and they gave us their blessings. It was only my mom who advised that I should tread with caution. "I don't want you to get hurt in future. Just thread carefully with her" she warned. I was so in love. I made sure she had everything that a woman needs to enjoy life. I processed her nursing admission in Lagos and it clicked. I rented an apartment for her and paid all the necessary fees. My siblings in the US were happy with the nursing profession. "Once she's through with school, get married, then we'll process her visa", said my elder brother, whose wife is also a nurse. She graduated after three years with a good result and I was the happiest man on Earth. We got engaged and I went for her introduction. My father got her a job in a very big hospital in Lagos. I put a hold on the marriage process when my visa came out for my master's degree. I travelled to the UK while Angela stayed in my family house in Lagos. I made sure to call her, still reminding her of how much I loved her. Early last year, Angela changed. She barely called like before and was always complaining about being busy. She would always find fault in every statement I made just for us to fight. My Dad advised that I returned home. Perhaps Angela was missing me. I was already done with school but had to stay back in the UK for a business transaction that I was handling for my elder brother. I came back to Nigeria on Easter Sunday of 2024. The warmth between Angela and I had become cold. The kiss, our sex life, which used to be magical, became very cold. I didn't complain cos I'm not the kind of man that says much. Anytime I brought up the marriage issue she would tell me to wait. Angela was someone who couldn't wait to be married to me in 2022 before I travelled out. She was still wearing my engagement ring, lived in the same house with me, and shared the same bed with me, so what could be the problem? Rather than complain my mum told me to watch and be wise. In September 2024, we quarrelled because of her negligence towards our love and she moved out of the house the next day without informing me. I was so pained over what she did and called her family but they assured me that it was well. I heeded my mother's advice and didn't complain but I became wise, wise enough to know that she was doubledating. When I confronted her with all the evidence I had a month later she called off our engagement and returned my ring. I was so heartbroken. "It's better than being in a loveless relationship," said my parents. In November, I visited Angela one fateful Saturday afternoon to speak with her for the first time since she left me. She welcomed me flashing an engagement ring at me. She even told me that her new man, who's a medical doctor in the same hospital as her, is paying her bride price in December. She thanked me for all I did for her and her family and wished me well. I smiled at her and also wished her well. I left after having very crazy sex with her. Her sister called to tell me that Angela was pregnant and that I should move on and let her be with whoever she chose. "Heaven will give you a woman who will appreciate you. As for my sister, she would receive her own karma," she said. Knowing what transpired between us before I left her house, I was convinced that the baby in her womb was mine cos I was aware of her monthly circle before she left me. I went to her house to ask her, and she confirmed that she was pregnant, but the child was not mine. She couldn't look directly into my eyes and her countenance showed she was lying. Dear readers, I met with her fiance one-on-one and told him my story with Angela. He was pissed, mad and furious. "I'm not saying you should not get married to her, but the truth is that I won't let her take my own child into your home and answer your name, so you will have to wait until the baby is born. DNA will confirm the paternity of the child. If it's yours, then you're the father, but if it's mine, I will become the father". We spent hours together, and I told him everything, how I have laboured for Angela for years, and all I got was a broken heart. The wedding was called off and the truth is out there in the open. Her parents pleaded that I should come to Imo State for talks. I turned down their invitation. Her parents told me that they were never in support of what she did but had to let her do her own bidding. I made it clear to her family that I was done with their daughter and had moved on. Everything I did for her was out of love and probably it was the will of God. If the child in her womb is mine, I will take full responsibility, and we will sign a contract where she will give up my child after six months. After that, our paths will never cross again. Everything concerning the pregnancy was settled in court on Thursday. Her fiance is done with her, same as me. She has been calling asking for forgiveness but I have made it clear to Angela that we're done forever. I'm supposed to travel back to the UK in three months, and it was supposed to be two of us - Angela and I. However, since it didn't work out, I will have to travel by the end of 2025 to make sure the DNA test is done according to the court settlement. She hasn't stopped sending messages, calling me all sorts of names for hurting her. She has stopped working in the hospital and had to relocate from Lekki is Ajah to hide her shameful self. I'm in pain, though, and I'm trying to heal, and I believe I will heal one day. But as for you, Angela, you will never know peace and happiness for hurting me so heartlessly. ============= Na wa ooo! I've heard or read such stories countless times - girls dumping their male benefactors like trash. It never ends well. There was a recent case of one very angry man who travelled to see the girl who dumped him after years of spending money on her education and well-being. He killed her and her mother who knew about the relationship, yet supported her daughter for dumping the man. If a girl must leave such a long-term relationship (especially with money strings attached), it should be because of the very bad character of the man or his family. My mother used to advise my sisters never to collect a kobo from a man they think or know they cannot marry. You don't lead a person on like that for years and then dump him/her so callously. There will always be a high price to pay for such betrayal. 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