*HE CALLED ME A CHEAT*
Episode 10
Life continues and we kept living it one day at a time. For almost three weeks, I didn’t hear anything from John just for me to see a neighbor’s son bring him to the shed where I sell my wares one evening.
At first, I didn’t see them coming. Jerry’s scream was what attracted me to the direction they came through.
‘How are you son?’ I asked Jerry
‘Fine mommy and you?’
‘Fine too’
I gave John and Jerry a seat while I hurriedly pack my wares since it was getting *dark. John offered to help me but I told him not to worry. Done with packing, we trekked to* my house which was just thirty minutes’ walk from where I sell.
Getting to the house, I invited *them in and quickly heat up the rice which I prepared in the morning and serve the children *with it. While the children* were busy with the food, John requested to speak with me outside.* I took him to the backyard in order to avoid our conversation being eavesdropped.
‘How are you?’ John began
‘As you can see, I am doing great’
‘Can I carry her?’ He requested but immediately Joy saw that he wants to carry her, she held on to me
‘No, you can’t. She isn’t yours or Is she? I asked surprising him
‘She looks so much like Jerry so it’s obvious she is mine’
‘You are *sick upstairs. So you think you can humiliate me in public then come secretly to beg me abi? You lie, I actually *thought you are a matured* man, I never knew you are a mommy’s puppet. Look here Mr. I only allowed you into my house because* of my son, don’t feel that I still want anything to do with you’ I replied with rage written all over me
‘Jane???’
‘If you call *my name again, I will plaster your face with a slap. Jeddy is right, you never loved us. I regret ever *having anything to do with you weakling,* the only thing he knows how to do is to impregnate* a *woman and reject the pregnancy. Only God knows what he did to his ex-girlfriend that made her abscond with his best friend’ I raged on*
I saw him break down in tears but I wasn’t moved by his tears. *After being forcefully married to him, I live all my life to please him. I bore him children and also* care for both him and the *children but all he could reward me with is throwing me out of the house when there was crisis* forgetting that he was the one who forcefully broke my hymen.
For the eight years I lived with him, he never stops comparing *me to his ex-girlfriend *whenever we have misunderstood and when* I try to defend myself, he would always remind me of the twelve years gap between us.
After Jerry* and Jeddy celebrated their second birthday, I *actually pleaded with him to send me back to school since I was just twenty years old and* was still interested *in bringing my dream to reality. He told me to give him time to think about *it and after thinking about it, he refused to send me to school with the thought that I would* grow wings after schooling.
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I pleaded and pleaded with him *that nothing of such would happen. I even went as far as writing undertaking but he remained obstinate. After all the ill-treatment, he now comes secretly to make* me come back to him.
To be continued
