jonny ran out of the hut meeting not just his wife and Dabi but NNE as well , he asked them what the hell just happened? why won't Tobe come out? he always likes to go to the Market, what happened today?
Dabi responded and said , so you are asking me now right? Should I go and bring him out now? Now that you have woken my baby up, you are asking me what happened?
It would have been easier to convince Tobe to go with you while the baby was asleep but now that she's crying the only way to get Tobe out of that hut will be to drag him kicking and crying. So go and drag him and leave me out of it.
The answer that Jonny got made him even more confused and now even very troubled at the behavior of his precious son that had acted nothing short of perfect since birth.
NNE looked at her first son with a scolding look and asked him, why did you go to force him out? you already know that he wont come out, so why go there? You should have allowed Dabi to coarse him to come out , now you've made the matter worst.
Jonny was so very confused right now that he asked, what the hell is going on?
NNE looked towards Olly and asked her, Did you not tell him? Olly turned to NNE and answered, tell him what? What will I tell him eh?
Jonny turned to his wife and asked, tell me what?
NNE told him on how Tobe had practically stayed with the baby since she was born and has refused to leave her side, leaving only when necessary.
Jonny looked at his wife and NNE before directing his gaze towards Dabi then back to his wife, then he asked, why didn't you tell me? Is not a bad thing if he chooses to stay here.
Olly turned to her husband and said, how is it not bad eh?
How is it okay that your child will wake up early in the morning and the first thing he does will be to run to another woman's house to be with her child eh? Answer me, how is it okay? You are never around to see and notice that he stays there all day without coming home either to eat or bath. I am his mother not her.
Jonny looked at his troublesome wife who does nothing but stress him, if not for the way his mother raise him since his father died in a very young age when Danddy was only one year of age and he three , he would have gotten himself another wife long ago he thought .... but to diffuse the whole situation he laughed instead and then asked her, why are you troubling yourself? He is just excited about the new born, when he gets tired or gets bored he won't be coming so much, children gets bored easily so why trouble yourself over nothing?
Olly opened her mouth to object but was shut down by her husband…
Is enough he said, if he doesn't want to go to the market today, then let him be, with his no nonsense tone that he used Olly had no choice but to grumbly relent and walk away followed by her husband.
NNE and Dabi walk into the hut only to see Tobe trying his best to make the baby stop crying, he kept pleading with her to stop that his daddy is not here anymore, please stop crying baby he said ,don't worry I won't go to the market today I promise, I will be here beside you okay stop crying baby, please stop crying, even though he was the one consoling the other,he sounded like he needed consoling himself because he was on the verge of crying himself.
When Tope looked up to see Dabi and NNE , he pleadingly asked , Aunty please help me…she won't stop crying, I have told her sorry many many times and even promise to be with her all day without going to the market but she won't stop Aunty, I would have carried her but NNE said she will be injured if I do, so I didn't carry her up, please tell her I mean my promise he asked, Dabi didn't know how to respond, so she just walked to the wailing baby and lifted her up in her arm to nurse, when the baby started to suck and stop to cry that was when she looked at Tobe and said, ToTo she called , you know, is not your fault that she's crying right? Tobe shook his head and said , it is Aunty .I shouted and that made her cry.
Dabi told him that babies cry all the time even when nothing happened but Tobe refused to believe her, so she went on to the next thing she wanted to say .
Dabi called him again, ToTo..,ToTo…but she didn't get any response so she went on to say what she wanted to say anyways, but cautiously, ToTo you know, even if you go to the market today the baby won't be angry, she will just be right here waiting for you to return. Tobe shook his head and said she will be, I promised her that I will stay home with her today.
NNE chipped in and said , my husband remember when you were feeling bad to leave me alone at home and go to the market ? he nodded, then NNE continued upon getting his attention, you thought I will be upset? He nodded again, but I wasn't, I was always here waiting for you to return right? Another nod , that is the same thing my husband, the baby will be here waiting for you to return and tell her all about your day.
Tobe kept quiet for a while , but deep in thought,then suddenly he said ''but I promised". That response alone didn't only surprised NNE but shut her up as well. Not knowing what else to say to him anymore, NNE had no choice at this point but to leave him be.