Must Read: My Husband

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: My Husband

Jacob was so happy,having accomplished his desire with
Jane,who lay dozing off.She was a good girl tonight.
He was glad,things had gone as planned.
He made a final tour around the house,clearing the sitting room
and locking the doors before retiring to bed.
It took long before he could catch some sleep.Jane filled his
mind,he had kept her with him since it was late to let her drive
herself home or even drive her home.so she was sleeping in the
house.
He must have slept for an hour or two,when he suddenly woke
up,it was unlike him,though he was a light sleeper.He knew
when someone was lurking around.



His instincts told him to get up,which he obeyed.He checked
around the house but there was no one.He returned to
bed,listening for any sort of sound.
Not long,he heard the soft walk of someone,his fears were
confirmed,there was someone else in the house,the alarm system
was on,so that would alert him incase of an intruder.




There was a knock on the door,he panicked at first,as beads of
sweat formed around his forehead.The knock was repeated this
time slow and soft.



Jacob got up and moved towards the door,he was a man
whatever was after him.He would face it and fight it.Unlocking
his bedroom door,he proceeded to the sitting room.
Jacob stood behind the door,waiting for another soft knock,he
didn’t have to wait for long.
Stepping back a foot,he opened the door,the intruder stepped
in,in just a swift movement,hitting Jacob with his right foot
sending him to the floor like a pack of flour.
The intruder was a man! He knew he was trying to get
accustomed to the darkness,Jacob pretended to roll in pain
moving towards the man,with his foot he kicked him hard on the
leg,the intruder seemed to have been expecting that as he jumped
up,the kick hitting him lightly,he dealt Jacob a series of blow
before walking to the switch,the light illuminated the intruder’s
masked face,he looked definitely strong in those boot,he wasn’t a
thief as he had come to understand.


In two long strides,he pulled Jacob up,he was a hairy man.The
men stood height to height,not an inch difference.What a match.
”Where is your guest?”
Jacob knew,he had heard wrong or so he thought,this masked
was here for a purpose.Before he could think further,a heavy slap
went across his with the sound of thunder,Jacob tasted blood in
his mouth.His patience was wearing thin.
”Answer me,before i splatter your brain.” the man spoke in a thin
voice.
”I don’t have a guest in the house.”his voice was thick with
anger,as he felt more blood trickling down the side of his mouth.
”You think i’m here for jokes.”he said,pushing up his coat to
reveal a gun.
Jacob was not one for melt at the sight of a gun,he had a revolver
and a .38 pistol licensed for self protection,before answering the
door,he had carefully loaded his pistol tucking it in his cloth.
”Where is she? The lady who slept here with you.”
”She …..left.”
The man grinned like an ,”Jane is 24,brown skin,beautiful
and…..s*xy**.”he smiled.
Jacob wanted to break his neck for using the word s*xy**.He felt
for his pistol,it was intact.
”She arrived here in a black BMW at quarter to seven,she drove
into your gate and since then she hasn’t left,where is she?”
Jacob wiped his forehead as beads of salt water broke out on his
face.
”She left.”
”Gboa” another heavy slap,and a kick on his groin sending him
on the tiled floor.


Jacob groaned in pain,whatever did he want with Jane? His poor
mind wondered.The man walked straight into the
bedroom,pushing the door open with his foot.


Alas,it was an empty bedroom void of any lady’s wear or bag,he
was flabbergasted,he watched her come into the building,how
was she able to leave then?


He came out,and began to open the other doors,Jacob’s heart
did a quick gymnastics,Jane was in the guest room.The man
opened three bedrooms,but they were all empty,as he neared the
room where Jane slept,Jacob became paralysed,his singlet was
dripping water,his mouth was bleeding,his groin was in pain and
his head was throbbing hard.
The man was right in front of the door when,Jacob yelled as if in
pain,the man rushed to him,giving him another hard kick for
distracting his attention,he returned to his task,but instead of
opening the door where Jane was,he moved to the next.
Jacob almost screamed,he looked to heaven in gratitude.God
was surely on his side.After his unwanted visitor had succeeded
in opening as many rooms and toilet he could.




He returned to the sitting room,in anger,sending Jacob a sacred
look.
”Your lover girl has escaped today,she will not escape another.”
he grinned.




Jacob was glad,this bad dream would be over soon,the man
walked to the door.
”I’ll be back.”
Jacob wanted to break his head,but maintained his cool.
”To hell.” he muttered,but his unwanted guest heard him,he
rushed back towards Jacob,who had anticipated his move,as he
flung his leg up,Jacob rolled away,standing to his feet,he hit the
man on his head with his left leg,matching his face,two straight
punches to his nose.
The man made to stand up,pushing Jacob away,but Jacob was
faster he kicked his sides furiously,the man toppled to the ground
again.his nose and mouth were bleeding.



Jacob removed his gone from hm,throwing punches on the
man’s belly.The man was stronger than he thought,he got up,but
rather than fight back,he ran for the opened door,Jacob pursued
him,the man was a rubber,he glided over the barb wired tall fence
falling to the other side with a loud thud.
Jacob waited for some minutes before returning inside,he
removed the gun from his sides and returned it to the safe.
”I’ll surely get to the root of this.”he said aloud.
He made his way back to the sitting room to clean the mess they
had made,there was no traces of blood there,but the table and
the couch needed to be arranged.


He pushed the couch to its normal position,when he heard the
crack of an opening door,Jane walked into the sitting room tired.
”What happened here?” she asked wide eyed.
”A rat.” Jacob racked his brain for a suitable explanation.
”Rat?”
”Yes”Jacob stood up,looking confused and tired.”
”I was pursuing a rat in here.”Jacob forced a smile.”I think you
should go back to sleep,its quite early.”
Jane straightened her ruffled hair,
”Wait did i sleep here?”
Jacob wished she would go back to bed,so that by morning he
would have a better explanation for her.
”Yes you did.”he said.
”Last night,while we were celebrating your store…”
”what store?” Jane asked trying to remember the events of the
other night.
”Oh,Janes Superstores,i almost forgot.”she smiled,looking
innocent with a sleep face,just natural no makeup.She rushed to
give him a kiss but stopped abruptly sighting his bleeding lips.
”Did the rat bite you.”
”Yes.”
”The rat bite you?so where’s the rat?”
”Sorry,i meant to say no.”he shook his head.”I hit my lips on the
wall while running after it,but the rat escaped.”
”Oh,sorry sweetheart.”she said,”Let me help you treat it.”
”Don’t bother,i’ll just take care of it,its nothing.”Jacob
said,finding everyway to escape,her innocent eye seem to be
penetrating deep into his very soul.
”Alright,let me make you coffee.”
At last,Jacob escape into the store room that housed his first aid
materials.He settled into the first chair in sight,he cleaned his
lips before applying spirit,the blood had stopped and felt a bit
better.
”That must taste good.”he smiled walking into the sitting room in
a clean shorts and polo after a quick bath.He placed his ipad on
the table,it was just a quarter to five.
”Have it.”Jane poured him a glass of cofee with milk and sugar.
Jacob accepted the glass,putting it to his mouth,he took a long
drink,dropping the glass with just little in it.He felt better now.
”How did you know,how i like my coffee?” he asked with a smile
on his lips.
Jane smiled.”You once told me that ugly men liked black coffee.”
”And?”
”Well,you’re an handsome stubborn man.”Jane smiled.
”Come.”Jacob said.”Kiss me.”
Jane planted a kiss on his lips,”What happened last night?”
”You had a little too much to drink,you were a bit tipsy,so i took
you to the guest room,and locked the door,i didn’t want to get
tempted and i didn’t want to have to choose between my integrity
and loosing you.”Jacob explained with a s*xy** grin to the sides of
his mouth.”Did you sleep well?”
”Yes i dreamt about you.” Just then Jacob received a mail on
his ipad.It was a return email to the message he’d sent his
secretary some minutes ago,informing her that,he’d be late for
work and that the departmental meeting can go on.
Jane poured him another glass,which he sipped slowly,he
seemed to be in deep thought.
”Sweetheart,i want to get formally introduced to your family.”he
said holding her free hand.
”Really?”Jane exclaimed,her eyes drooling in excitement.
”Yes.”He smiled squeezing her hands.”Time waits for no one”
”I can’t wait to bbe addressed as Mrs J. Smith,but…”
”But what?”
We’ll have to wait until mother returns from her honeymoon.”she
explained to him.
”Thats fine with me.”he stood up to switch on the Tv.”This
morning we’ll get to your store,so that you can inspect things for
yourself.”
Jane returned with her phone,”Look,i’ve got 15missed calls,my
sisters must be dead worried about me.”
”I’ll call them now to put their mind at rest,after then we can go
over to give your store,a final check over,before its grand
opening.”
”Yes boss.”Jane gave a mock salute as she headed to the
bath.She had noticed a carefully hidden distressed look on his
face.
He seemed happy,but he looked like,he’s got something to hid.If
he was willing to share,he’ll tell her soon.She trusted him.




Jacob yawned lazily,his mind on the nights episode.He needed
to confide in someone.Who could have sent someone to his dear
Jane.
‘I’ll get to the bottom of this.”he swore,heading to his room to
dress up.A had a troubling mind,a mildly settled head to attend
to.
But first thing first..
”I don’t know what i’ll do,if you don’t stop crying Toun.” Hannah
said,taking her seat on the creamy white sofa opposite Toun’s.
It was 4pm,Jacob had called in the morning to assure them that
Jane was safe.He’d promised to credit her account first thing
Tuesday morning,he’d also wanted to speak with Adetoun who
refused,so she had to lie that Toun was asleep.
Ever since then,Toun had been in tears,Hannah had tried all she
could to make her confide in her,but it was a fruitless effort.
Her meals had gone cold,she wondered what it was again.She
had feared something went wrong with Mitchell,since the guy
hadn’t called ever since Toun returned from his party
whatever.But Toun’s story convinced her,she folded her arms
across her b0s0m focusing on the Tv.
”Adetoun,you’re going to give me an headache soon.”Hannah
complained.




The brass knocker sounded and Hannah answered the
door,letting an excited Jane in.
”Hey sis welcome.”Hannah said,closing the door and getting
Jane’s bag from her.”Where’s your car?”
”At the mechanic,he’ll bring it over when he’s done.”
”How are you girls?”she asked sitting down tired.
”I’m fine,but i can’t answer for Adetoun.”Hannah said giving
Toun a look that screamed .
Jane got up to seat by Toun,”Hi sis.”
”Hi”
”Whats wrong with you?”
”I have an headache.”
”What a lie.”Hannah shouted,”She has been crying since last
night,on the pretext that something bad had happened to you”
she paused.
”But,in all honesty,i don’t believe her.”
”Easy girl.”Jane threw Hannah a look that shut her up.”Toun,i
am fine okay,nothing happened to me.”she spoke in a softer
tune.
”I’m so glad you’re back.”Toun smiled,she had to be cheerful if
she didn’t want them suspecting her,at least Jane was
home,fine.
”I never knew you cared so much.”Jane whispered.
”I do,now i feel better.”Toun embraced Jane letting out a hush of
air from her lungs,with a plastic smile stuck on her face.”And
i’m sorry for being so childish Hannah.”
”Its alright,as long as you stop crying.”She smiled too,she had
meant no harm.
”You made me miss three lectures today.”Hannah made a face.
”I’m so sorry,first thing tomorrow morning,you’ll be on your way
to school dearies.”Jane stood up to get her bag from
Hannah,searching frantically for something,”Yes” she screamed
laughing sarcastically.
”Sis,are you okay?”Hannah asked.
Jane held up a bunch of keys,smiling excitedly as she paraded
the sitting room.
”Any lucky guesser?”
”A new car?”Toun asked.
”Cars don’t have so much keys.”Hannah said.”You know what
just tell us what it is.”she looked anxious too.
”Aww,as at last night”she drawled.”I got a new job.”
”Where?”
”How?”
”Well,its not what you guys think.”Jane winked.
”So tell us what we’re not thinking.”
”Chill…..i Janet Odenuga Oyindunmade,i am the owner of a fully
stocked superstore.”Jane bubbled with laughter.
The two others looked stunned,”Look,i don’t understand
you,what store are you talking about?”
”Okay,Sweet Jacob,my husband to be,opened a store for me,just
me.”
”What?”The two girls screamed,running over to embrace her.
”Congratulations,i’m so so happy for you.”Hannah screamed.
”Awww,Jacob is such a darling,Jane you’re damn lucky.”Toun
shouted excited.
”Well,he told me that last night,so this morning we went over to
do some inspections.”Jane explained.
”Its a very big store,there are wear’s for children and adult,of
both s*x,shoes,bags,belts,there’s a provision store,there’s a
lingerie store,baby store,and whatever it is you’re looking for all
in one complex.”Jane explained in a rush of excitement.
”Wow!”
”Oh sis,mother needs to hear this.”
”Wait,the most important part is,i get to employ who works for
me,and i Janet will be the one to sign their payslip,you don’t get
it girls,i’m so happy.”
”This calls for celebration.”Hannah jumped up.
”Anywhere,i’ll take you guys,just name it.”
”How about dinner at KFC?”Toun asked,in a lighter spirit.
”You have it.”Jane screamed.
”Yes,yes yes.”Hannah said,”Lets get dressed.”