Must Read: My Husband

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: My Husband

Jane drove the girls home,they could not stop discussing about
the wedding,Jane’s make up was soiled already,she was tired
from the running around and trying to be a homely host to the few
invited friends.

Even the girls looked tired,Hannah got down packing up her blue
satin gown as she opened the gate for her sister to drive in.
”You girls should get the cooler’s and empty crate from the car
before coming in.”Jane said as she walked in leaving the girls to
pack.
It had been so stressful,from the registry to the small reception
party,The Smiths were present,a few of her mother’s family and
Kenneth’s people.Finally Biola was led to her new home.

Pulling down the zip of her dress,she peeled off her heels and
made for the shower,a warm bath and a pillow was all that
mattered.
………………………..
A text flew into Adetoun phone,Hannah read the text aloud,it was
an address.
”Have you made up your mind about going?”she asked applying
a cleanser to her face with a cottonwool.
”Yes” Adetoun answered from the bathroom.
”Do you want me to tag along?”
”That won’t be neccessary,i can take care of myself girl.”
Adetoun walked into the room,with a white towel tied across her
b0s0m.she began to apply her a sweet scenting body lotion.
”I still doubt Mitchell’s sincerity,its not entirelly a good idea,you
going over there.”Hannah voiced her doubt,which was a replica
of Toun’s fear.
”I’ll be fine,let me get dressed,its almost five pm.”
”I trust your instincts,but be careful dear.”Hannah said not
wanting to sound jealous or something.
”I will.”Adetoun answered,opening her wardrobe to select a
dress.”I still want to stop by the supermart to get him a present.”
”Okay,i’m off to my room,i want to catch some sleep.”Hannah
said getting up,her dress and shoe were in her hands with her
purse too.
”Good luck babe.”
……………………
It was a quarter to six,and she was nearing her destination,she
manouvered the car to the other lane,from the description,his
place was just ten minutes away.All things being equal she
would be there by six.



Adetoun found the brown gate,which was the exact description
he gave her.she parked Jane’s car in front of the compound and
stepped down from the car.
She knocked on the gate,but there was no answer,she pushed
the gate gently and it opened,she stepped into the wide well
trimmed compound,there were beautiful flowers planted by the
walk way,but all was silent.
Mitchell had said there was a party by six,but the surrounding
that stood before her was the exact opposite,quiet and cool.

Her fear had mounted by now.Her instincts which had never failed
her,told her to leave but a stronger will held her and she moved
on,taking steady steps as she moved closer to the front door.

She wanted to turn and leave,but she felt her hand moving
up,raised to rasp the door.
Her heart beat faster than usual,she held her breath as she
knocked the door,her knock echoing in the distance as she made
to knock a second time.
Adetoun knocked the door,a second time,luckily this
time,someone answered.And no mistaking the voice,it was
definitely Mitchell.
She let out a pent up breath,the door opened right in her face.
”Hey pretty,you’re here right on time too.”Mitchell picked her
right hand,lifting them up,he brought his lips to kiss
them.Adetoun blushed happily,she was loving this attention each
way.
Opening the door wider,Toun stepped in and followed behind
Mitchell who led the way,her steps echoing all the way.
”Where’s the party?” She asked.
”Ssshhhhh”He quietened her,moving on.Toun followed
obediently.
The house was spacious with stae of the art decor,opening each
door leading her up the stairs.He stopped in the middle of a large
room,which looked like a sitting room.
Mitchell offered her a seat,before dashing off into the oposite
room,which seemed to be the kitchen.
On the glass table stood a magnificent cake with bottles of
wine.Toun took in the atmosphere,it was cool enough and so she
relaxed.


Mitchell soon appeared with a glass of cold water,
”I knew you would come.”he said offering her the water,which
she accepted thankfully.
Toun smiled,”You haven’t answered my question?”she said
dropping the glass by the stool.
”Here’s the party,just you and i”Mitchell grinned
seductively,there was a low rumble in her stomach,which she
decided to ignore,she wondered if he was doing that on purpose.
”I can’t believe that.”Toun said placing her hands across her
crossed legs.
”Well,here we are.”he said unfolding his hands,”I think thats for
me.”he pointed at the present she was holding.
”Oh yes,Happy Birthday Mitchell” she said handing him the
present with a beautiful smile on her face.
”Thanks.”Mitchell said taking the gift from her.”I think i should
get a hug.”
Toun embraced him,muttering a happy birthday to him.Mitchell
held her longer than necessary kissing her neck before letting her
go.Toun was shy but loved the attention she was receiving.Ever
since she left home,she hadn’t enjoyed this kind of attention
apart from Jacob,the picture of Kelvin flashed in her mind.
Mitchell cut the cake with the help of Toun,eating and laughing
as they sat.he filled their wine glasses and they drank.he
removed her shawl exposing her arms and neck,from that
moment,he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
It didn’t take long,before they ended in his bedroom,kissing and
touching.Toun’s body wanted what was happening but her mind
detested it.Mitchell hands had become a second skin.
As if snapping out out of a trance,she pryed his hands off her
body.
”I can’t do this.” she whispered.
”We will.”he breathed heavily,”I’ve got a condom.” he said
gropping for one in his drawers.
”Mitchell,i can’t do this,please stop.”
He seemed to be holding his patience as he kept his calm trying
to remove her cloth.In a split seconds,Toun gave him a double
slap,which seemed to spill his rage.


In one smooth brush,he pinned her to the bed,tearing off the
material she was wearing.
”I’m going to fvck you to death.”he screamed in anger.”I’ll teach
you never to slap a man for the rest of your life,your bastard.” he
said dealing her with blows,Toun was loosing her strength,as
she was no match for him.
She bit his hands,and that further angered him,he pushed her
harder wanting to have his way with her.
”Bravo” someone clapped.
Toun and Mitchell looked up at the same time,to see a lady in her
early twenties wearing a pink top on a skin leggins.she had her
face well made up,she looked stunned at the two tangled body on
the bed.



In one quick dash,she was out of the room.


It was quarter to nine,when she arrived home,in an oversized
shirt and pant.she hurried into the house locking the door behind
her.




Thanks heaven,the others were asleep,she slipped into her
bedroom sobbing as fresh bouts of tears spilled down her
face.Removing the shirt in a hurry,she hurried into the bathroom.



She thanked God for the timely arrival of his fiance,the lady had
returned with a broom,waving it in the air,she began to beat up
her boyfriend.In the midst of the commotion she had disappeared
with his shirt.
This was a bitter tale,better kept to oneself,why was she always
a victim of circumstances.What would have happened,if he had
succeeded in having his way with her.


Soaking herself in a warm bath,she towelled her body dry before
getting into bed,preparing a lie to be recounted to Hannah in the
morning.



She couldn’t wait to return to school by Sunday.
Sleep soon snatched away her eyes,it was a bad night,with
nightmares of Mitchell Molesting her.



The ladies burst into laughter,they had just spoken to their newly
wedded mother over the phone,all the way from Abuja where they
were having their honey moon at the Federal Gates Resort.
”You two should start packing your baggages,and get ready to
return to school.”Jane spoke mimicking her mother.
The girls held their aching sides as they laughed,Adetoun’s
laughter was more of a pretence because she was still hurting
from the blows Mitchell dealt her,it hadn’t been quite easy this
morning when she recounted her well packaged tale to Hannah
about how much fun she had last evening.Hannah had even
wished she was in her shoes.
”We’ll be leaving in the morning.”Hannah said,painting her
fingers.
”Says who?”
”You can indulge us for today small mummy.”Adetoun teased
her.
”Alright,tomorrow morning,but…”Jane paused to catch the girls
eyes making sure her words were having effect.”It will be first
thing in the morning.” she finished.
”Yes mother.”The girls chorused.
Adetoun picked up her ringing phone,it was Kelvin.she was rude
to him over the phone and ended the call abruptly.
”Why did you speak to him like that?”
”He’s my friend,and the last time i checked.”she said rolling her
eyes.”It was my call too.”
”Its alright.”Hannah shut her mouth.she laced the red painting
with a white coat,she was being careful not to roughen it.”Bigger
sis,the main reason we’re waiting is because,we want to know
the outcome of tonight’s date with Jacob.”
Jane picked the throw pillow by her,flinging one on Hannah and
the other on Adetoun.”I knew you two were up to some evil.”she
laughed.
”Oh”Hannah screamed.”Don’t mess my fingers.” Adetoun had
merely laughed.
”I’m still contemplating on that,he sent Bash to bring me the keys
to house in Lekki.”Jane paused”He said he was meeting Jaiye
and his friends at the club,asking me to dust the dirty house and
make dinner,all on a date.”
”Nice one,what a romantic date.”Hannah smiled blowing breeze
on her finger with her mouth.
”Thats a totally bad idea.”Adetoun countered.
Jane looked confused now.
”Why do you think,its a bad idea.”
”Well,he..Jacob…might” she stammered for lack of something
coherent to say.
”You remember telling us,he was going to open you a world class
supermart,and suddenly he promised to get you a job,and of his
sudden strange acts.”
”No point.”Hannah glared.”You guys are forgetting that,Jacob is
her fiance,no harm,nothing bad about doing what he asked for.”
”Its alright,i know what to do.”Jane said getting up.
”Whats that?”
Jane stood up and made to walk away,at the bend that led to the
corridor,she turned to face the girls.
”Come help me dress,i’m going to see my man.”she smiled.



The girls got up and followed her.
……………………
Jane was no different from a waitress,as bouts of sweat trickled
down the soft collar of her purple blouse,it was a material blouse
with silver beads lined at the neck of the blouse,she was wearing
a tiny silver necklace that stuck to her throat like it belonged
there.


Examining herself in the mirror,she didn’t like what she saw.She
was tired,even the Ac wasn’t having effect,after two long hours of
stagnant traffic on the third mainland bridge.


Stealing a glance at the set of key sitting right in her bag,she
wondered if there was edibles in the house,or how was she
supposed to make dinner,and first she still had to clean the dusty
house.She should have stopped by the market to pick some
things.


She was almost at the house now,just the last bend that led into
the avenue that housed his structure.she located the house in
less than ten minutes,she’d been there more than twice.
She horned,but there was no one to open the gate,it was getting
dark already,some minutes past seven.she got down and opened
the giant black gate before getting in the car to drive in.
She wished,she had listened to Adetoun’s voice of reason some
hours ago,she would not be in this mess now.she closed the
gate,picking her bag before going into the house.
Jacob was supposed to have arrived,this was a date.And if he
took her serious,he had no business staying out and expecting
her to clean the house and make dinner all alone.
Searching for the key,she opened the door,she had made up her
mind to dust the sitting room alone and wait for his arrival.She
was damn tired to try cooking a thing.
The door opened with a loud thud,everywhere in the house was
pitch dark.Feeling the wall for the switch button,she swore under
her breath.
”This is going to be one hell of a romantic date.” she whispered
silently.
Feeling for the switch with her hands,she moved along the
wall,stumbling on a stool,she cursed under her breath,holding
her leg in the dark.she dropped her bag and brought out her
phone.



She sat still,listening for sound,she heard right,there was music
playing from somewhere in the house,using her phone as
light,she moved towards the direction of the soft tune.
In the dark,she heard a sharp intake of breath,she screamed out
aloud as firm,strong hands gripped her from behind.
Jacob’s laughter rang out in the dark,sending Jane out of her
fear.
”You scared me!” she said out of breath,trying to steady herself.
”I’m glad you came.”he whispered leading her towards the
stairs.
Jane was silent,she was just recovering from his earlier
escapade.
He led her to the living room up the stairs,there were lit candles
on the table,the room was dark and the candles gave it a orange
glow bringing warmth into her spirit.
She was mesmerized by the dinner that was set before her.Jacob
was glad it was having the exact effect he wanted.



Leading to her the couch,he sat her down and followed
suit.There was a loud rumbling in her stomach,she didn’t realise
she was hungry until now.
Relaxed than ever,she smiled,
”I’m so loving this.” Jane whispered sweetly handling the silver
bead on her blouse.
”I’m loving you everyday.”Jacob whispered back,both remained
calm enjoying the serenity.
”I planned this,because i have a surprise for my Queen.”Jacob
said holding her hands,his expression warm.
”A Surprise?’ her eyes brightened with joy and anxiousness.
”Yes.” Jacob paused,”First,you have to shower,i prepared a
warm bath for you.”He smiled into her clear eyes,he could feel
the excitement therein and a mixture of doubt.
”I don’t have an extra cloth here.”Jane said.
”I have.” Jacob stood,leading her to the bathroom.He opened the
silver tinted glass harbouring the Jacuzzi.Jane stepped in,while
Jacob closed the door behind her.
”I’ll be waiting,everything you need is in there….or do you want
me to join you?”he drawled slightly,his voice hoarse in the dark.
”Thanks,but i’ll be fine.”Jane answered.He could hear her
pulling off her clothes,Jacob tried to stop his brain from forming
those crazy pictures of an unclad wet woman.The loud thud of
water signified her stepping into the bath,he forced his legs to
leave before he acted rashly.


It was not an easy task,with his imaginations at work,he was
working so much to contain himself.Waiting for her seemed like
eternity.
Finally,Jane emerged in the dress he had la!d for her,an angel
was an understatement.The white lace gown was transparent
and soft,she looked innocent just as he had imagined.
She took light steps towards him,Jacob wondered if that was a
voluntary action.Ushering her to the table,he placed a kiss on
her lips,pulling her close,as it became deep,Jane’s hand circled
his waist.It took all his self control to break the kiss.
Jane and Jacob feasted on dinner,before returning to the
couch,he handed her a glass of iced champagne.
”And what are we celebrating?”she asked lightly smugling
closer.
”Everything.”he whispered in the dark,it seemed tonight was a
night of whispers.Jane thought,watching a grin spread on his
face.
”You seem to be talking in parables.”Jane smiled sipping from
her glass.
”Because,our love is a parable,you can’t fully comprehend
it.”Jacob laughed dropping his glass.”And that….is what makes
it interesting.”
He stood up and left,he returned with a catalogue,handing it over
to her,he switched on the light.Jane picked it,exploring from
page to page,it was a supermart,with details of each section in
picture and description.
”What a lovely place.”she said dropping the catalogue on the
nearest table.
”I promised you a job by monday,i meant it.”
He removed a bunch of keys from his pocket,
”This is the key.”he said stretching it to her.”That superstore in
the catalogue is yours,you are the owner of JaNeS SupErStOreS.”
he finished.
Jane screamed in delight,this was unbelievable,she must have
been dreaming,six afternoons ago when he said he would get her
a new job flashed in her mind,she should have known,he had
something in store for her,how she came to be in his embrace
defiled explanation.The two clung to each other,a stubborn tear
escaped her eye,and Jacob kissed it away.
Jane took the keys from him,and embraced him in gratitude,she
lacked word with which to appreciate his kindheartedness.
”I don’t know what or how to thank you.”Jane cried.
”Just stay with me forever,thats the best gratitude i can ever
receive.”Jacob sang into her ears.
”Indeed,this calls for celebration.”Jane said filling her glass.
”Yes.”Jacob drawled,his voice sexier then ever.”More more and
more celebration………”Jacob laughed as he poured Jane
another glass,collecting the key from her and leading her
towards the bedroom.
Adetoun closed the sitting room door,checking the clock for the
uptenth time.She wondered what was keeping Jane late.
The happenings of last evening flashed in her mind,and
subsequently her molest event,she could not fight back the tears
as they rushed out,spilling on her face.
”Toun,are you alright?” a sleepy Hannah asked,as she saw water
rolling down Toun’s cheeks.she stood up and moved towards
her.
”Why are you crying?”she asked again.
Adetoun was silent,while Hannah cleaned the tears off her face.
”If this is about Jane,i assure you,she’ll be fine.”Hannah said
holding her close.
”I trust Jacob,he’ll take care of her,i just don’t know why they’re
not taking their calls.”Hannah voiced her concern.
”Are you sure she’ll be fine?”Toun spoke in tears filled voice.
”Yes,stop crying alright?’Hannah spoke,her eyes on the wall
clock that was just a quarter to eleven.
Toun nodded.
”Or is there something i should know?”She asked cautiously.
”Oh,no…nothing i’m fine,I’m perfectly okay.”Toun forced a false
smiled.
”Enough of this night watch,lets catch some sleep.”Hannah said.
”Yes,lets go in.”
Hannah put off the Tv and the fan before going in,she dialled
Jane’s number again,it rang but there was no response.