The Mad Man
Episode 7
“Why didn’t you tell me you were previously married?” Nzube asked Ndidi. He took her to the house where he kept the mad man. He made sure the mad man was in the inner room when they arrived.
“What are you talking about?” Ndidi asked. She sounded very defensive.
“You were married and you never told me about it. Why did you keep that from me?” Nzube asked again. This time around, he was shouting with a loud voice.
“I have no idea what you are talking about. I was never married. I have never been married to any man. It’s the truth! I didn’t lie to you Nzube.” Ndidi said with seriousness on her face. And even though she knew she was lying, she solidified her defense.
“Really? You are full of lies and treachery. How did I even fall in love with someone like you?” Nzube shouted.
“You are beginning to annoy me. What has come over you? Are you drunk or what? What is the matter with you today?” Ndidi asked. They were standing in the living room. Just then, the mad man walked into the scene from the inner room. He was standing behind Ndidi who was directly facing Nzube.
“Do you know this man?” Nzube asked Ndidi with a lot of emotions in his voice.
“Who? Which man?” Ndidi asked. She was yet to see the mad man who was behind her.
“The man standing behind you. He is your husband. You were married to him before he ran mad. Weren’t you?” Nzube asked with an authoritative voice. Ndidi turned around and then saw the mad man standing behind her. She froze in shock. She almost fainted but she held herself.
Over the years, she had secretly yearned to meet her husband again despite falling in love with Nzube. Though she gave up on ever finding him, he was always in her heart. He was her first love and he was the one who took her virginity. She started thinking about him again when he resurfaced at Nzube’s house weeks ago. Even as she asked the gateman to throw him out, she struggled to believe that her husband was still alive. When she saw him weeks ago in tattered dress, she struggled to accept the fact that he just appeared from nowhere, trying to get back into her life and that of her daughter. It was mixture of fear and confusion.
She has been feeling a lot grief since then and has not found the courage to face her husband. She has also not found the courage to face all the lies she told to Nzube about her marital life, and about Lucy. That was why she asked the gateman to throw him out the other day, hoping that something magical would happen and the issue would disappear.. But now, everything seemed to have come into the open, no more hiding place. She lifted up her face with courage to face the music. She slapped the mad man three times. By that time, Nzube had left the room to give them some privacy.
“You left me. You left me to be killed by the armed robbers. You never looked back. You never returned. Where were you Ikechi?” Ndidi asked the mad man. She called him by his real name, Ikechi and as she spoke with emotions, she continued beating and hitting Ikechi’s chest until he held her tightly and she rested on his chest and unable to move again. There were so much emotions in the air and she cried hot tears as she leaned on Ikechi’s chest in grief. Ikechi held her tightly like a hard won prize.
It was a special moment for Ikechi who has long yearned to touch his wife again even if for just a few minutes. When he was mad, deep in his heart, he knew that there was someone special that he left behind. When he saw her and their daughter weeks ago, it was like a big stone hit his head and he quickly came back to his senses.
“I’m sorry Ndidi.” Ikechi said. Tears were pouring from his eyes and he was steaming with a lot of emotions. He cried so much that his nose started running.
“I was not in my right senses. Seeing what they did to you that night made me mad. I’m sorry for leaving you and our unborn child. I have never forgotten about you, but I was unable to return to you. But I’m here for you now.” Ikechi said as Ndidi lifted up her face to looked at Ikechi properly. He still looked essentially handsome as he was twenty years ago. The fire of love she had for him sparked again in her heart and she rushed with speed and started touching his face.
“I missed you so much. Your absence has made me to do so many bad things. I have told a lot of lies. I have slept with another man because of loneliness. I needed some warmth. I looked for you everywhere. I love you so much and my heart had always yearned for you. Where were you?” Ndidi said with heavy breathing as her emotions stretches to a breaking point.
“I never knew where I was until I saw you with our daughter. I lost my mind, but I’m back for you, for us.” Ikechi said. Ndidi could no longer hold herself as she drew closer and started kissing Ikechi. They fell on one of the sofas in the living room and started removing their dresses to make love. Their love making was very passionate and strong and they never really minded if anyone was watching. It was fire for fire. Ndidi was surprised that Ikechi was still as strong in bed as he was before running mad.
At that time, Nzube peeped from the door and saw them passionately on each other. He walked away from the room and then left the compound. He then realized that Ndidi’s heart has always being with her husband Ikechi but she found solace in him because her husband ran mad and she needed a shoulder to lean on.
Now that he has succeeded in reuniting Ndidi and Ikechi, there is one more problem.
“How am I going to tell them that I have gotten Lucy, their daughter pregnant?” Nzube asked himself as he drove out of the compound.
Watch out for episode 8
