*I MUST SACK MY HOUSEMAID*
*PART THREE*
*BY AYODELE ADEOYE*
Everyone seem to be blaming me for the troubles in my marriage. It’s okay,
I accept the blames but there are many things I have seen that add up to my
worries. Like I said before, my husband is not the talking type and you
hardly know when he’s angry or displease about something. If he didn’t want
me to do a 21 days marathon fasting, should he not have stopped me? Did he
stop me and I refused to stop? I’m not a sex addict, hence I only give in
whenever he ask me. He claimed we’ve not been intimate for quite a while,
yes, that’s true. But did he ask me? Was there anytime I deny him? Did I
just leave my kitchen for Stella? No, I did that to please him since he
grew up in the village and his love and taste for local meal. I lived all
my life in Lagos, I can cook continental meals very well. But Stella does
well with local dishes.
What is wrong in a woman who has been waiting for the fruit of the womb for
almost a decade to be closer to God? Only women who had been childless for
that long can understand my plights. I don’t have any other gods than
Jehovah, hence I dedicated my time praying and fasting for us, our expected
children and his job.
My worries increased the day I saw a pack of codom in my husband’s
briefcase. He just arrived from a three day trip and I was trying to remove
his things from the briefcase, a pack of codom just fell off. One was
already used from the pack. To the best of my knowledge and in all fairness
my husband is a good Christian and a gentleman to a fault. But what was
condom doing in his briefcase? I tried to ask him but I couldn’t. I kept
that to myself until I started noticing his lustful attitudes towards
Stella.
The breaking news why I insisted Stella must leave my house is that my
husband had threatened me he will marry Stella if I don’t change my
character. He told me if he had known Stella before me he would have chosen
Stella instead of me. Though he said all these while we were quarreling but
I’m not going to take it lightly. The Bible says “for out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh”.
Stella is innocent but her presence in my house is a threat.
She’s a good girl but I smell danger everywhere.
I don’t want my fears to come to pass like it happened to Job in the Bible.
Hence I want her out now that an affair has not started between them.
I don’t like my feelings about Stella and my husband.
I thought they say “prevention is better than cure”. Is it not wise to
prevent it from happening before it eventually happen?
If I am your biological sister or daughter will you advice me to keep
Stella under my roof?
Please be fair to me, tell me the truth like you will tell your daughter or
sister. I love my husband and I don’t want to lose him.
I will tell you more about the condom when I come back later.
