Must Read: My Husband

Episode 7 years ago

Must Read: My Husband

Hannah carefully opened the blind to peep at
the person knocking,she was surprised to find
two men at the door,she quickly ran inside to
call Rekia,who also peeped at the two men.
“What could have happened?”. Hannah
whispered into Rekia’s ear.the other let out a
silent hiss pulling her shorts tighter,”How can I
know?this is strange to begin with,I’m not even
prepared for a brawl this evening.”
Another knock came on the door,it seemed the
callers were growing impatient now,as one of
them gently stamped his shoe against the
ground.”But Hannah informed us that it was
Priye who asked to see her.”
“What do you think we should do?” Rekia asked
folding her hands across her chest.



Hannah sighed,”You open the door,while I get
Toun,I think she’s even ready.” She put her
words to action,while Rekia ushered the men
in.It was quite an awkward moment when Toun
arrived the sitting room,wearing a brown
leggings over long white blouse and white
sandals clutching a purse.she looked from one
brother to another in surprise,it had been Priye
who asked to take her out for a chat,how come
he came with his brother?This question
throbbed gently in her heart as she tried to find
her voice.

“You,,,,you,,,came ..I .” Toun stammered
“Hey babe relax.”Priye sent her a assuring
smile,he walked towards her and held her by
the hands briefly .”We’re taking you out.” His
eyes travelled to Kelvin who had his hands
behind him.And just like a rehearsal Kelvin
brought his hands forward to reveal a beautiful
bunch of rose flowers.Toun’s eyes flustered in
surprise.Kelvin nodded his head when she
looked at him.
Hannah and Rekia giggled softly while
exchanging a knowing look.
……………
She was cold and she shivered slightly pulling
the cardigan closer to her body,the heater was
on,but something deep inside made her
tremble,she glanced at the wall clock and it was
some minutes past eleven,the fact that her
husband could have found solace in the arms of
another woman made her shiver.
But it was unlike him, he should have come
back.He had made her angry tonight,he hit her
friend in anger and that annoyed her so
much.she got up from the bed and began to
pace around the room.What was wrong in
asking after a friend,she was very offended with
her husband’s action tonight.



Clutching at her chest,she rushed to the
bathroom,she needed her strength not this
sickly nauseacious feeling down in her.she
washed her face and returned to check her
children,they were sleeping peacefully.
But sleep had eluded her own face,she knew
she should climb in bed and try her eyes at
sleeping,but that seemed a hard task to
pursue.
…………
Jacob knew his head would break,the way it
was spinning,as much as he tried to get the
image of that silly neighbour off his mind,the
more it glued.and it had taken him more than
self control not to break the ‘s head.He picked
the glass that contained his drink and
swallowed hard.And to think his wife had
rushed after him,oh poo,he b@nged the table,he
just wouldn’t accept it.



When the second bottle of vodka landed on the
table,he knew he was a goner from that
moment.He saw ten ladies walking towards
him,and he made to grab them together.The
female attendant let out a tiny whimp as she
stepped back.
She had walked up to inform him that they
were past closing time when he suddenly
stretched out his hands to grab her.”Excuse me
sir.” She said,pointing at the wall clock.”We are
closed for the day.”
Jacob let out a bewitched laughter,”Good,is
that why all of you want to carry me?” He
asked,the attendant looked around,the other
attendant was aleady closing the fridge who
else was he referring to,but past experience
had thought her that men in his situation could
see hundred girls in one,his breath stenched of
alcohol when he belched loudly.


It took the two attendant a whooping
30minutes to lead him to his car.they opened
the driver’s door and pushed him in before
closing the door.
……..
If anything at all,the sound of hammering filled
his head,he sluggishly forced an eye opened,his
nose came awake to the odour of vomit.His eyes
became clearer and his head woke up too.
What was he doing in his car at 6am in the
morning,he couldn’t find a place for his foot ,a
banging sound erupted from his head.The
event of the past evening flashed in his brain,so
he took his time to analyse what had happened.
He ignited his car and found himself at his gate
after an hour of driving,his kids were about
leaving for school,he couldn’t even plant the
regular’Goodbye daddy’ kiss on their cheeks.he
waved at them,quickly he gave orders for the
car to be washed immediately and he
disappeared into the bathroom.
It took him like forever to get out of the
bathroom,he came out dripping water,a white
robe on his shoulders and the fresh scent of
bath hung around the room.He dried his hair
with a towel and stood in front of the mirror.
He didn’t even occur to him that his wife was
missing,he glanced around the room for the
second time.”Where is she?'” He said to himself
rushing down the stairs,he called Nnamdi and
Aishat.
“Where is your madam.” He directed the
question to both of them.
Nnamdi took a quick glance at Aishat,he was
scared to look at his boss in the eye.And for the
second time that morning,he knew something
had gone wrong with the family.
“She ..Aishat talk now.” He. Said fidgeting on a
spot.
Aishat shot him a glance that screamed’Are you
crazy’ she tried to clear her throat,”Hmmmm
hmmmm,she went to see Oga Toye.”
Jacob knew he was loosing it already as he tried
to steady his foot in a place,”So where is she
now?” He asked trying to contain his anger.
“She’s still there,I mean she didn’t come back
home last night.” The answer was short and
needed no explanation.Nnamdi was shocked to
hear that,he could see anger well upon his
boss’s face.
“You mean she spent the night in that house.”
The way he spoke one would think the house in
question was a sacred one.Without thinking he
hit his fist hard on the wall,breaking their
beautiful wedding frame into pieces,his hands
were bleeding but he didn’t give a damn,all he
wanted at that moment was Toye’s head in a
lunch bowl.