The Sacred Lust (episode 5)
Have you ever met someone amazing that turned your whole world around in just a twinkle of an eye? Someone that gives you chills and makes the butterflies in your tummy dance just at the sight of him/her. Someone that made you believe in Love all over again after so many past heartbreaks and had you falling deeply in love like you have never done before? If yes, then maybe you might just have a glimpse of how Nicole felt when Jerry came into her life. Since after their meeting at the bar that fateful day, her life never remained the same again. He constantly made her feel loved, he made her believe she was the only woman in his life and world, he made her feel needed and wanted always. Lastly, he gave her every assurance she needed to prove that he wanted to be with her.
How can something that seemed so beautiful be based upon a foundation of lies and deceit?. Just for once Nicole was truly happy to have found ‘The One’ but her whole world and expectations came crashing that very day Jerry wife ‘Isabel’ paid her a surprise visit. What a day she would never forget because that was the day she found out that her heartthrob ‘Jerry’ wasn’t only married but was cheating on his wife with her. Apparently there was fire on the mountain but no one was running just yet.
Immediately Isabel revealed to Nicole that Jerry was her husband, the shocked lady could barely close her mouth. There’s no suitable word that could be used to fully describe how devastated, confused and shattered Nicole was at that moment. She was totally speechless as she stared at Isabel who was waiting for a response. After about two minutes of silence, Nicole managed to speak.
“I don’t have the right words to address this situation I have unfortunately found myself in. Jerry never spoke to me about you, neither did he ever mention being married. Matter of fact, I remember asking if he was married at the time we met but he denied it. I honestly don’t have a reply for you because for all I know, you could be lying” Nicole said while trying to avoid eye contacts with Isabel. The atmosphere began to get a little tensed and without possible doubts, the conversation seemed as though it was headed towards another direction as the unapologetic nature in which Nicole spoke got Isabel really pissed off. Without hesitating, Isabel confronted her yet again. “How dare you? Just look at how cold and heartless you sound. Do you think this is a joke? Do you think I’m jobless to make false claims about someone if he wasn’t my legally married husband? How can you speak this calmly after I just revealed to you that you are having an affair with my husband?. Listen Nicole or whatever you call yourself, leave my husband alone because the next time you will see me, I won’t be this nice to you” Isabel said and angrily walked away.
Once Isabel was out of sight, Nicole entered her house and locked the door. She walked to her livingroom and sat on the couch for minutes without uttering a word. She was drowning in thoughts upon thoughts as the reality of being a mistress gradually dawned on her. “This can’t be happening, this must be a dream. My Jerry, married? No, it can’t be true. There must be a mix up somewhere because it can’t be my Jerry” Nicole said to herself as she wallowed in self denial. Unable to bear her thoughts anymore, she put a phone call through to Jerry so as to hear his own side of the story before completing going crazy.
The call wasn’t connecting initially due to bad network but finally went through. Nicole kept calling nonstop but Jerry wasn’t picking up. At that point, she began to imagine over a million things that could be wrong as to why he wasn’t picking up her call but little did she know that he was in a board meeting. After calling for the 20th time, she finally stopped calling and switched off her phone due to frustration. It was at that moment that it began to dawn on her that Jerry wasn’t hers and never would be. Unable to remain calm, she broke down and began to cry.
While Nicole was at home crying her eyes out, Jerry was done with the board meeting and saw her numerous missed calls. When he saw 20 missed calls from Nicole, he knew something was wrong so he quickly called her back but her line was switched off. Without hesitating, he got into his car and drove down to her house. In less than 20 minutes, he arrived at her house and began knocking at the door.
“Babe, open up it’s me!” Jerry said as he knocked on the door. He knew she was home because her car was parked outside and she never goes to anywhere without her car. After knocking tirelessly, the door finally opened and there was Nicole with red eyes drenched in tears.
Immediately Jerry saw Nicole, his heart skipped several beats as he wondered what could have put her in such a broken state. Without hesitating, he moved closer and was about touching her but before he could lay a finger of her, she snapped. “Don’t touch me you liar. What did I ever do to deserve this pain and heartbreak from you. How long did you think you can hide your marital status from me? Why did you choose to hurt and embarrass me this way? Jerry why!” She soberly said. Without being told, Jerry already knew what was up. He knew Nicole now knew the truth about him being married so there was no need trying to deny it. Despite being married to Isabel, his heart was tied to Nicole. He actually genuinely loved her and wasn’t about to let her slide from his hands.
“Baby please I can explain. Whatever you think you heard or know isn’t the whole truth. Yes I’m married but my marriage ended a long time ago for me after I found out my wife was keeping a dirty secret about her past from me, which has made us childless for the past 3 years since we got married. The love I had for her died a long time ago and I have decided to move on without looking back. You are the one I love and have eyes for. I haven’t touched my wife in months and have never cheated on you since we began seeing each other. I know I look or sound complicated but I do deserve the love we share. It is you that I want and not her” Jerry confidently said.
At that moment, Nicole was now even more confused than she was earlier. Not knowing whom to believe or what to do, she just stood there crying all over again. Unable to see her hurt, Jerry moved closer and wrapped his arms around her. “Just stop, don’t touch me please. I can’t do this anymore. You are married no matter how much you try to sugarcoat this situation. I can’t be the reason another woman is hurting and crying. Your wife needs you more than anything and I don’t want to stand in the way of that. No matter how you try to deny or justify your actions, you are still legally married to the woman I saw here today. Please go back to your wife and work on your marriage, I just can’t do this” Nicole soberly said. Jerry looked into her teary eyes and kissed them. “It’s you I want and need, please don’t give up on me too soon, I beg you babe. I love you so much and that’s all that matters” he said and planted a soft kiss on her lips. “I can’t do this anymore” Nicole calmly said trying to fight her emotions from giving into Jerry’s advances but the love they both shared was like a consuming fire.
As the atmosphere got more tensed, their emotions went out of control. They kissed passionately in front of the door before heading to the bedroom. The speed in which Jerry stripped Nicole n***d has never been recorded in history. They made love that day like never before despite how wrong their actions felt. Nicole sincerely felt bad and guilty but there was little or nothing she could do at that point because she was sadly deeply in love with Jerry. Her body, spirit and soul yearned for Jerry alone and he felt same way for her too. After hours of love making, they cuddled each other without saying a word to themselves.
While the two lovebirds wallowed in adultery, Isabel was home alone crying her eyes out all night. She waited for Jerry to come home but he never walked through the door. The fact that her husband was being judgmental about her past and not having her back through thick and thin crushed her spirit. It’s no doubts that Jerry irks of immaturity and it’s sad that Isabel chose such a man to go on the journey of Forever with her. Multiple thoughts crossed her mind as she laid on the couch crying. She thought of actually filing for a divorce so as to move on with her life but wasn’t sure that was what she truly wanted. Drained and tired, she managed to catch some sleep.
After that confrontation between Isabel and Nicole, Jerry decided to punish his wife by avoiding their marital home entirely. He made sure not to visit or stop by like he usually did in the past, all in the bid to punish Isabel and make her realize that she crossed the line by confronting Nicole.
It’s been over three weeks since Isabel set her eyes on her husband. By this time, she was officially depressed and emotionally drained due to constant crying. She questioned God most times and blamed her ex for everything she was going through in her marriage. It was probably one of the lowest moments of her life. At that point, death felt like a good idea to end her misery. The fact that she had so much bottled-up emotions that needed to be expressed was one of the reasons for her mystery. After over a month passed with no sight of Jerry, Isabel decided to let God take the wheels and fight for her since she couldn’t fight for herself and marriage.
You know the best person to leave your battles to is God because he never fails to bring victory to those that trust and rely on him. On seeing that Jerry had truly moved on, Isabel decided to leave her matrimonial home and move to somewhere else that would help her sanity. Without texting to inform Jerry, she packed her things and moved in with her friend that stays at the other part of town. Her friend whose name is ‘Sally’ was the only person Isabel confided in about all she was going through. Sally was hot headed and wanted to get physical with Jerry but was stopped by Isabel. She begged Sally to leave the fighting for God and just accommodate her till she figures out what to do as regards her marriage.
Unknown to either of them, the confrontation of a lifetime was about to go down either ways. Isabel needed some form of closure and the only way she could get it was to boldly confront her cheating husband. The fact that her emotions were still bottled up was part of the reason she was finding it hard to stay a minute without thinking of Jerry or Nicole. She was undeniably hurt and needed to vent her anger at the right person deserving of it. That opportunity never came till one fateful day.
It happened that Sally and Isabel went out for lunch. They were seated at a restaurant eating peacefully when a very familiar face walked pass them holding a woman that seemed familiar to Isabel. Without much thought, she recognized them and they were no other persons than Jerry and Nicole.
Immediately Isabel saw them, her heart sank in. She tapped Sally and pointed towards their direction. “Look!” She said and without looking too hard, Sally was able to recognize Jerry. “Is that the lady?” Sally asked and Isabel nodded ‘Yes’. Without even trying, tears began to fall off Isabel’s eyes but Sally wasn’t about to sit there and watch Jerry live his best life with another woman while her friend went through hell.
Unable to hold back the anger that boiled within, Sally got up and held Isabel; “follow me!” She said and held her hands. They walked to where Jerry was seated with his mistress having lunch and laughing at each other’s dry jokes.
Before anyone could picture what was about to go down, Sally had arrived at Jerry’s table holding Nicole’s hands. “Just look at this shameless fool. You are very shameless and a coward too” Sally angrily said.
Before Nicole could say a word in defense of Jerry, Sally landed a hot slap on her cheeks and screamed “Shut up you Husband Snatcher!”.
End of episode 5 ๐
โ๐ผ Written by Sonia okehie