MY PERFECT MARRIAGE
EPISODE 13
One Saturday morning Patience was in a supermarket getting some groceries when she bumped into Petrina.
“Petrina is this you.. “ Patience said as she removed her sun glasses.
“Patience.. Oh my God!. “ Petrina screamed
“Wow ok.. I see that..” She teased as she pointed at Patience’s tummy.
“Oh yeah.. 7 months…” Patience responded with a smile.
“Boy or girl?.. Petrina asked excitedly
“we chose not to know, we want it to be a surprise”.. Patience responded
“wow that’s great, we thank God”.. she responded.
” How are you girlfriend, you’ve even put on some weight seems Sydney is doing a great job.. Patience teased.
“Oh sure he is but I guess it is baby weight.” She replied
“Really? Are you also up? Congratulations.. Patience interrupted.
“Thanks love, but my child turns 2months tomorrow I left her with her dad in the car.. you need to see her come on.. Pay up we go. I actually came to get diapers… Petrina said.
“Mmmmm I can’t believe this.. Time has flown by .. But girl you look good. You don’t look like a mummy at all….” Patience said..
The two friends talked as they did their shopping and finally went outside to greet Sydney and the baby. Patience was impressed, the two did not look like they were struggling at all and in fact the car itself did show that they were far from suffering.
“We should meet sometime and have lunch together what do you say?” Patience suggested.
“I have no issue at all but I have a better idea, why don’t you guys come and I will prepare you lunch?.. you know it’s a challenge stepping out with the baby..” she said.
Patience was excited, she called Kassy immediately and started making plans. She couldn’t believe that Petrina looked so good and from the look of things she was not just looking good but also doing very well.
That day she waited for Philip to come early so she would break the news to him but as usual he delayed to come back home. It was now becoming routine for him to come much later then he knocks off and now she was losing her temper. When Philip got home he straight away apologised for being late and he told her that he would make it up to her. That night Patience stayed up late waiting for Philip to fall asleep, when he was fast asleep she sneaked out of bed and she got his phones, both phones had a password and she couldn’t get past the screen saver. Her heart was burning with anger and she decided to sit and watch a movie in the sitting room.
Philip turned and realised Patience wasn’t in the bedroom and he went looking for her and found her in the sitting room.
“honey what are you doing here? Why are you not sleeping?” he asked.
“I’m not sleepy..” she responded without looking at him. During her pregnancy, Patience liked oranges and so Philip would always buy her some oranges.
“Can I get you an orange?. He asked.
“no I’m ok..” she said and she went on watching t.v.
Philip went to the kitchen and cut a watermelon in pieces then he brought it to the sitting room.
“honey I brought some watermelon.. Lets eat” he said Patience did not bother turning and she went on watching t.v.
“we always talk over our problem, what is the matter that you won’t even allow me the chance to know what is wrong?, patience I’m your husband and we are a couple if there is anything wrong talk to me”.. he insisted.
Patience looked at Philip and then she burst into tears.. her heart was heavy that she couldn’t say anything. All she did was cry. Philip could feel the guilt within him and he was not sure what to say to her, he was sure she didn’t know the truth because there is no way she would still be around but she was starting to feel the distance and that scared him a lot.
“Honey maybe we should go on vacation just the two of us, maybe we can have more time for each other. Should I take leave?” He asked.
“Philip why do you have passwords on your phone?” She asked. Philip quickly got up and interrupted
“Honey if that is the problem then why did you just not get straight to the..”
“Why do you have passwords on your phone!” She yelled.
“That is very easy I can remove them.. there is nothing to hide on my phone..
“Philip you annoy me and you disgust me, the sight of you just gets on my nerves.. I don’t know who I married!” She yelled as she cried and she walked out on him.
Patience walked out on Philip and she went to bed, it was suddenly dawning on Philip that this wasn’t going to be easy.
One week later, Patience was getting ready to go for lunch when she heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and her garden boy handed her an envelope and a big box.
“Who brought this?” she asked.
“A delivery man madam”… he responded.
Patience sat down and gently unwrapped the box and inside were baby clothes, however what puzzled her was that each piece of cloth had a similar pair.
“What is this?, she thought to herself as she unfolded the clothes. The envelope had a receipt inside and also a description of the contents.
Philip wasn’t home and he just returned to pick up Patience as they would be going to Petrina’s house together when he walked into the sitting room and found Patience sitted. She was going through the items with a smile on her face. Honey you are crazy, how could you get all these items in matching colors and you do not even know the s*x of the baby yet, besides most of them are quite big and will not use them until maybe when the baby is 2yrs.” Philip tried hard to hide his shock as he smiled at Patience.
“aww honey I really wanted to surprise you, I hope you like them”.. he said.
“oh come on honey! Of course i do, i am in love with them.. but you could have spared the money and just buy one of each.. She said.
“I promise not to go overboard next time, I’m just excited about this baby”.. he said with a smile as he rubbed her tummy,
“Why does it say Tisa though?” She asked but not looking very concerned..
“Oh that is the lady that helped me with ordering the items I needed, you know the courier and all.. anyway they should know better..” he quickly responded..
Patience was too excited to listen to his explanation, she couldn’t believe he put in so much thought into this. All her tempers about the previous argument had flown away
“Aww I love you honey.. you are the best..” she said as she hugged him.
“I love you too.. he said and pecked her forehead.
“Let’s go honey.. we can’t be late l am sure they are waiting for us”.. he said.
“Sure let’s go.. you are the best father in the whole wide world honey, I’m proud to be your wife..” she said with a smile.
“And you are the best mother honey..” she responded.
As he drove, Philip just couldn’t wait for when he would see Tisa and put her in her place, of all the things she could do.. the last thing he expected was for her to order things using his home address.
However, he was relieved that the unexpected parcel brought him closer to Patience.
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Hmm! What can we really say about Patience’s marriage that is not going well?
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