I know I have been a good wife to ID, but this is how he has chosen to pay me back,,,,what could this woman be doing for him or giving to him,that i was yet to do,,,,,in my sadness and pains I wanted to get my phone and tell my parent,,, but I only knew it will worsen the situation, because my parent will be too harsh on him,,,
I sat and imagined where this cheating trait was coming from,ID didn’t cheat on me,even when we were in school,when he had girls all over him,,,or was he cheating and I was oblivious,,, or could it be because he is now swimming in money as the CEO of a fast growing company,,,, oh at this point I wised my father didn’t give him all he did,maybe if we had started small by ourselves he wouldn’t have turn out this way….but how can a person bit the finger that has fed him…..I was in so much pains,,,I couldn’t do anything anymore,,,I was just waiting for him to get back home…
My sisters in-law came back from school,,they met the house a mess,they knew I had been crying, because my eyes were swollen,,,,,they asked out of fear, thinking something bad may have happened to my parents,,, they tried to get me to say something and eat something, but all to no avail,they took baby Raymond from me,since I was too busy crying that I forgot to care for my child, they bath him and feed him,,,soon he was asleep..
He came back late,I was still seating on the floor in the living room ,where his sisters had met me,,,he walked in,but I didn’t say a word of greeting….Ade so you didn’t see me ,,,and why are you seating on the floor like a woman who has just lost her husband,,, (that got to me)…
But of course I am a woman who just lost her husband, I replied,
What?,are you wishing me dead, Ade,are you wishing me dead,,,,he asked,,,,
You may not be physically dead,but you act like you are dead to me and your son,how dare you,he asked with a hard slap landing on my cheeks,,,,,
His sisters ran to the scene,brother what is wrong with you, how can you raise your hand against Ade,what is happening to you,what has come over you,,,they asked him,,,will you keep quiet and go to your rooms,No we will not,you are becoming a beast to your wife,and we want to know why,I mean,Ade has been a blessing to you and our family at large, she ought to be treated like a queen ,not this way…..
He left us and went to the bedroom,,,, I left my baby with his aunties for the night,I pleaded with them to take care of him…..
Getting to the bedroom, I brought the trouser,and packs of condoms,what is this Idahosa,,,what is this,,,, I asked…
Well am sure you are not blind, you should know those are condoms,,,,
So it is because of another woman you have been treating me like an outcast in our home,,,, ID, where did I go wrong, what have i done to deserve this,,,this wasn’t what you promised me,,,ID I am sorry if I have offended you in anyway,,please I am,for the sake of our baby,please forgive me….
Can you stop been dramatic Ade,,I am a man,and I can do just anything I please with my life,,,,if you are not comfortable, you can get yourself out of my House….
What? ,ID your house? I should get out of a house my dad bought for the both of us, as our wedding present,,,oh my God ID you are heartless..
Oh yes,it may be our wedding present, but the documents still carry my name,,,that makes it mine,and gives me full ownership of the house,,, rubbish,please, allow me sleep,I do not need your disturbance….
I couldn’t believe my ears, did ID just say those words to me,,oh no,It can’t be, maybe I am hearing things,,,I cried myself to bed that night…
The next day I called my friends to come home,I sounded really desperate,,, Sandra couldn’t make it,she was busy at the office,but May came to my aid,,I narrated my ordeal,,May was as surprised as I was,she did all she could to calm me,,,
It’s okay, that’s a man for you, men are just something else,they are so ungrateful,,,, that’s why i left my ex husband, and stayed away from men,they have nothing to offer,,, who would believe your ID would change like this, after everything your parents did for him,even asking you to leave your father’s house, hmm this is serious..
Where is Sandra and why isn’t she here, May asked,,,,,
She’s busy with an official assignment…. Maybe she will get by later, I replied..
Hmmmm okay ohhhh,just be careful with that Sandra girl,,,
You know all these single working class ladies,may want to steal men for themselves,,, I mean,you are married And she is not, so your friendship shouldn’t be that close,,, you both have different directions…
Oh come on May,the fact that a lady is single doesn’t make her a whore,,,Sandra had been my friend ,for over seven years,,,more over she and ID were very close back in the university, if she didn’t sleep with my husband then, why now….I asked
My point exactly,,,,they’ve been very close, in fact too close for your comfort,,,don’t you see the way your husband smiles at her,,,,
But whenever your husband’s sees me,he is always angry,,,,I know your husband would have stopped me from coming to your house if not for you,,,,
Come to think of it,,,
Your husband travelled to PH,for a business conference, and automatically, Sandra traveled to the same pH for training,, and next thing,you saw packs of condoms in your husband’s pocket,,,haba na,Ade,solve the puzzle yourself….
No no no,stop it,,, stop it,it isn’t funny at all,I trust Sandra as much as I trust you,,, if you are saying Sandra may be sleeping with my husband,then you may also be sleeping with my husband too….
She laughed sarcastically,,,, oh come of it Ade,,,what would your husband be doing with a single mother of two like me, when there are single babes like Sandra,, I mean you know your husband doesn’t like my face,she laughed more,,,,,
Well if you trust Sandra that much no problem, I am so sorry dear,I only made an observation,it turns out it was out of line,,,,
Sandra and you have been friends from school, you should know her better,I am so sorry dear,,,,,
No problem, I know you just got my back,but it can’t be Sandra….I said..
Okay,so what are you going to do?,,you can’t allow ID to keep hurting you like this, you don’t deserve it….
I don’t know what to do, I am confused Mabel,I am….
What if you tell your parent’s, maybe they would be able to do something, don’t you think,she asked…
My parents would be disappointed in ID,,, they will hate him,I don’t want that to happen,,,,
Maybe I will give it time,and my husband will come back to his usual loving and caring self,,,,,
I pray so,,,I really pray so sad,she said…