Must Read: My Husband

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: My Husband

”Adetoun have i wronged you in anyway?”Kelvin
pleaded,squatting by her seat.He looked sad and confused,and
Adetoun was making matters worse for him.
Adetoun turned up the volume of the music on her phone,she
was shaking her head to Korede Bello’s Gbeborun.Her hands
typing furiously on her laptop.
”Adetoun,please give me a listening ear,i don’t think thats too
much to ask from you.”Kelvin sighed,her attitude was
irritating,but he needed to wear his patience armour,if he would
achieve anything.
”Is it too much,to want to be alone,is it too much to want some
space?”She glared at the ever humble lover boy.
”I’m sorry,if i got you angry.”
”Sorry for yourself.”she hissed,returning to her laptop.
”At least,i deserve to know my offence,you can’t just ask me to
leave you when this relationship has just began.”he said.
”You have always been good to me,and you know how much i
care about you.”He explained further.
”I just need some space to myself.”Toun murmured.
”I’m not choking you?i’m i?”
Toun looked up at him.”You are.”she said angling her head to a
side.

”Can we talk about it?”
Toun stopped the music blaring from her phone,”You have just
five minutes.”
”Thanks.”he swallowed.”I just want to know why i have
suddenly become an object of irritation before you,you no longer
honour my calls,and when you do,you’re yelling or screaming at
me.”Kelvin paused to catch his breath.”You have changed!”
”One thing that is constant in life is change,you have not
offended me at all,i just want to have sometime to
myself.”Toun’s voice was low and her countenance had
changed.she stood up and looked out of the window.
”Is this about me?”
”No,its about me,the real me,the real woman in my girlhood.”
”You’re speaking in parables,I’m lost.”Kelvin said quietly.
”I have never loved a woman like this,i will fight for you
Adetoun.”
”Sorry,this is a lost battle.”
”I can’t let you go,not when i’m getting closer than ever.”He
walked over to stand by her.”Whatever you’re going through,give
me a chance to go through it with you baby.”
He held her by the shoulders,her arms were soft and strong,and
there were scars on them,he hugged her from the back,gently
turning her to face him.
”Adetoun,give me a chance to love you.”his hands dropped to
her waist and he kissed her slowly but sweetly.Adetoun was
responding,kissing him back,she could feel the butterflies in her
stomach.
”Oh my.”she gasped.
”What?”Kelvin stopped.


”Please kiss me.”she pleaded,pushing him on the only three
seater in the small sitting room.Kelvin took control kissing her
like a starved him,he worked on the buttons on her
blouse,Adetoun was smiling now,his hands unhooking his belt.
Kelvin removed her blouse,and proceeded to uncloth her,when
she jerked in his arms.
”No no oo oo o o o”she screamed in fear.
Kelvin was surprised and afraid too,”Did i hurt you?”he asked.
”You”Adetoun pointed at him.
”Yes?”
”Get out.”she pointed at the door.
”I won’t.”he said moving closer to her,he made to hold her
hands,but she was faster,she handed him a cool clean slap.
”What?”he asked embarrased.He had never been slapped in his
entire life.
”Now leave my house.”she glared.
Kelvin adjusted his shirt,and fixed his belt.He made for the door.
”Hey.”Toun called.
”You forgot your phone.”she said,Kelvin walked back to the table
and picked his phone.
”Please don’t come back.”She whispered.
Kelvin walked out without as much as a backward glance.He
opened the door and left.
Toun watched him leave,something screamed inside of her to go
and pull him back,but she was so afraid to act.What was it about
asking a man to leave when all you honestly want is his hands
around your arms…
She slumped on the chair,hot tears rolling down her cheeks.Why
was she made to be a broken woman.Why?
God was not being fair with her.
It was getting dark,she went into the bathroom to wash her
face,and changed into something more comfy,she made for the
kitchen,she had to look good to avoid another question and
answer segment with Hannah.


She boiled some yams and proceeded to blend some pepper and
onions for the egg,when she heard the sitting room door open.It
must be Hannah she knew.
She washed her hands and went to check,she was taken aback
with the sight that greeted her……….
”Oh my God!” Adetoun gasped at the sight of a teary eyed
Hannah.
Hannah slumped on the seat,her eyes closed and her hands on
her laps,she looked bitter,tired and angry.
”What happened to you?”Toun asked.
Hannah explained to Toun,how she became friends with Ade,how
he stood by her always.And the latter part which Toun knew
about,how they started a new relationship again.
”I know all that.”Toun said anxious to know what happened.
”Well,this evening he wanted… …. us …..to…he”Hannah
stammered.
”He wanted what?”
”s*x”Hannah said flatly.
”And?”
”And what?”
”And what happened after that?”
”I told him,i wasn’t prepared and he got angry.”
”Why are men so selfish,the fact that you’re not ready
now,doesn’t mean you will not be ready another day.”Toun said
sitting across Hannah,her hands folded across her chest,she
sighed.
”You don’t get it.”Hannah looked up,how was she to say it in a
manner void of embarrassment.
”I get you.”Toun said.”Men are books,you can’t read all’f
them,notwithstanding thats not a reason to get angry.”
Hannah sighed,sitting up in her seat,”I’ve never had s*x.”
Adetoun turned around,her eyes rolled in their socket with mock
surprise.she must have heard wrong.she burst into laughter.


”Whats funny?”Hannah asked feeling embarrassed.
”I didn’t know,you’re now a comedian.”Toun said holding her
sides.
”I’m serious here.”Hannah said,all expression screamed serious.
”Did you fall from mars or jupito,this is the twenty first century
girl,how can you?”
”You make it sound like a crime.”
”Its not a crime,but our norms are changing,the society no longer
cherish Virgin girls because they don’t even…..exist.”Toun said.
”Well,i am,i want to get rid of this thing.”she said pointing
towards her thighs.”I’m just afraid.”
”He who has a head,is capless and that who is lucky to have a
cap,has got no head.”Toun said,as a naughty tear dropped from
her eyes.
”I would give anything to become the pure innocent child i used
to be years back,before…..i…..i…”Toun broke into tears.
Hannah watched helplessly as Toun cried,the waters streaming
down her face in a rush.She could not bring herself to console
her friend who was more than a sister,she relaxed in her seat and
her pain consumed her.
Who will console these two?
”You should at least take a sip of that drink,its getting hot.”Paul
was saying to a gloomy Jacob.
It was a friday evening,and the guys were at the club,chilling to
take away the stress.Jacob was having a hard time,and he
wasn’t partaking in the conversation,as he stared away at his
drink.
”Drink?”Jacob sighed,his forehead creased in a deep frown.”
”Yes,take a sip.”Jaiye said filling his glass again.
”Will that solve my problem?”
”Not drinking,will not solve it either,just relax and lets help you
out.”Paul said,his gaze on his friend.
Jacob lifted his glass,and to his lips,he drank the glass
halfway,holding the back of his head as he dropped the glass.
”Stop that,there are watchful eyes around.”Jaiye said.”Who do
you think sent this man after our dear Jane?”Jaiye asked.
Jacob’s eye widened in their socket.
”Our Jane?”
”Oops sorry,Jacob’s Jane.”Jaiye grinned.
”Better.”
”Who else other than Katherine.”Paul joined in.
”Katherine has left me for good.”Jacob put in defending her.
”How sure are you about this?”
”Our Katherine has a superrich boyfriend who is proposing
marriage anyway.”
”And when last did you speak with her?”Jaiye asked.
”Two weeks ago when she rescheduled my appointment with her
boyfriend,who is partnering me in the Dangote cement
contract.”Jacob explained.


”Why partner with him?”Paul asked.
”The proposed firm hand picked their choice firm for the
contract,or do i back out of a business deal worth 2.8billion
naira,because he’s dating my ex?”
”Ofcourse not,apart from Kate who else could be doing this?”
”Or,is there some other girl,you’re shacking away from our
knowledge.”Jaiye winked.
”Everyone is not as naughty as you.”
”There is non,that i know of.”
”As long as he doesn’t make another attempt on her,lets
watch.”Paul said.
”I hope so,for his sake.”Jacob spoke,his anger sipping away.
”Hows marriage life?”Paul laughed at Jaiye.
”Cool,it just shows i’m serious and mature than you guys.”he
eyed his friends.
”And our bride?”Paul asked mocking Jaiye.
”My bride,my woman.”
”I just pray you give that thing in between your leg a break from
other ladies and…..”
”Hey”Jaiye cut him short.”Stop the lecture,my woman is good
and i’m taking good care of her.”Jaiye boasted.
”Thanks heaven,marriage life must be wonderful indeed.”Jacob
laughed.”Oh let me inform you guys that i and Janet will be
having our family introduction next month.”
His friends congratulated him happily.
”I better find a woman,before its late.”Paul laughed….
Biola looked fresh than ever,she had enjoyed a great time with
her newly wedded husband after they returned from their
honeymoon.
She now lived in his beautiful two storey buiding in ajah.he had
asked her to stop work,she would design from home and send to
her workers who would do the design,but she could go over once
in a while.
Kenneth was treating her like a queen that she was,his two
children had returned from America to congratulate them and
flown back afterwards,she was happy and glowed from within.
Biola and Funmi had been planning and planning over the family
introductions that were coming up by the weekend.
Biola was happy that Jane was handling her new store
well,haven employed a manager,sales clerk,an accountant and a
host of others,she was glad that her daughter would be tieing the
knot soon.
It was a breezy wednesday evening,Jane arrived at the
Kenneths,she parked her car and walked into the house.
Her mother was just setting the table for dinner,Jane dropped her
bags and hugged her mother,greeting her step father too.He
invited her to join them for dinner,to which she accepted.
After a good dish of semovita and egusi soup with a pack of iced
home made lemon juice,Kenneth excused mother and daughter to
take some rest.
”How are you?”Biola asked smiling at her grown up daughter.
”I’m fine and you?”
”Fine as usual,Funmi was here this afternoon,and we’ve selected
the dishes to be prepared,Jackie is doing that anyway.”
”Thanks mother.”Jane embraced her,”I came to show you the
clothes Jacob brought.”
Biola collected the bag and brought out its content,”This is
lovely,but can you tie iro and buba?”
”I’ll learn,Ajoke promised to help me with that,she’s arriving on
Friday.”Jane laughed.
”The shoes and bag are lovely too my dear.”
”I love them too.”Jane packed them into the bag.”Have they
called you?”
”Oh,your father’s people.”
”Yes.”
”Yes,they promise to be in attendance,and asked if there was
anything they could help with.”
”And what did you tell them?”
”I told them to come with their heavy purses.”Biola
laughed.”And i trust them,they will.”
”This makes me miss father more.”
”I miss him too,but what can we do,Kenneth has been so good to
me and he’s ever ready to accept his fatherly roles over
you.”Biola said.
”May God bless his good heart.”
”Amen.i think you should be on your way now,its getting late or
will you sleep over?”
”No mother,i’ll find my way.”
”Your sisters won’t be able to come,they’re starting their exams
on monday.”Biola informed her daughter,as she saw her to the
door.





”Goodnight dear,and please drive carefully.”
”I will,goodnight mother.”
Biola stood by the door,till she drove out of the compound,things
will surely get better.She smiled,and walked into the house.