The Otherside Of Life
Episode 7
“How dare you walk out on my mother like that you spoiled br@t !!! ” he yelled and continue beating me with the belt.
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He beat me with anger I was crying untop of my voice his mother didn’t say anything instead she continue to urge him to beat me.
Hmmmm my husband beat me till I was bleeding from my body the belt left different mark on my skin. He left me after his anger had died down and went upstairs I was crying with pain I couldn’t even stand up from where I was every part of my body ache.
After some minute my husband came down from the stairs he was boiling in anger.
“Hey woman I am hungry you better get up from that place now and prepare a pounded yam for me!!” He said and went to join his mother on the couch.
“Didn’t she hear what you said?” His mother said as she glance through the spot I was. I beared the pain and stood up and went to the kitchen and prepare the food.
I didn’t have the strength to pound the pounded yam very well there was lot of lump in it but I have no other choice but to serve him and his mother like that.
I received another insult from them when they ate the food with lump in it. I can’t even utter anything that very day. I was just shedding tears.
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When it was in the evening I went to get some drugs in the pharmacy down the street I had to wear some cloth that cover the mark of belt on my body.
On getting to the pharmacy I met one of my friends during secondary school she was the only girl I do talk to then.
“Who am I seeing Gloria? ” she said in surprise
“Amanda longest time how are you doing?” I said without showing much surprise I was feeling serious pain in my body.
“Gloria what happened to you?” She asked when she saw a mark on my face.
I didn’t want to tell her anything because introducing a third party into the affairs of your family can ruin the family. But after series of persuasion from her I gave in. I told her everything that happened she was very shocked and surprised she felt the pain I go through.
“If you don’t mind Gloria I can take you to a place where all this your problem will be solve in a seconds” she said
“Really but I have gone to church, mosques, and even went to mountains but….”
“Gloria you are so naive I am not talking about that I am talking about the tradition ways” she said looking left and right.
“What!! Amanda I can’t I am a bona fide Christian I can’t do that” I said shaking my head
“See this one ooo you call yourself a Christian but look at what you have gone through see the suffering and pain you are facing but look at me look at my shop I am not a Christian nor Muslim yet my life is better than yours you better wake up my friend and free yourself from all this Christian stuff!!” She said and then hissed.
I thought for a while about what she said, she had a point.
“Look Amanda I am running late give me a pain relief drug and let me be on my way I will talk to you later!!” I said and gave her the money.
“Well at least if think about it you know where to find me!!” She said and gave me the drug but she didn’t collect the money.
I went back home in deep thought will I leave the way of the Lord and go another way never!!.
When I got into the living room I saw a lady with a bag by her left-hand side
“Olawale this is your new wife” I heard my mother-in-law said to my husband.
Find out what happened next.
