Agony of marriage episode 13

THE AGONY OF MARRIAGE

EPISODE 13

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“Yes, after all, isn’t your refusal to have an-alS-x with me the same thing as denying me S-x?”

“I’ll never do it!” I stated firmly.

“Really?” He stared at me with the sinister smile I had seen in his eyes while we were in the car.

“I’m your husband, Victoria…” He said quietly then pointed at me with the folded belt. “And you see that b©dy of yours, it’s mine to do as I plea-se with because I literally bought it. Your parents sold you to me and I’m still paying for it now by footing the tuition fees of your siblings and meeting the financial nee-ds of your parents. I have had enough of your stubbornness and today, first, I’ll find out if another man has entered you and next, you are going to give me that p@rt of your b©dy that you have been denying me whether you like it or not!” He started to come towards me.

I started moving backwards up the stairs. “Don’t come near me…” I said in a feeble voice and I could see the determination in his eyes. “Don’t come near me, Daniel, I’m warning you.” I said, moving away from him. But as he suddenly lunged towards me, I turned to flee but he caught the back of my leg and st©pped me and we began to struggle on the stairs. He gave me several resounding sl@ps to get me to cooperate and st©p screaming then f0rç£fully carried me over his shoulder down the stairs before dumping me heavily on the couch.

I looked down and realized that he was ha-rd “Daniel plea-se, don’t do this!” I cried out as he s——-d me on the couch to keep me there. “Daniel, plea-se I beg of you, don’t do this…” I begged in a teary voice.

“This is to teach you not to go running off with some other man!” He hissed. He took off his bo-xers and tossed it on the floor. I realized that there was a bottle of lubricant on the floor beside one of the legs of the couch which meant that he had planned this all along. When he was n-ked, he tried to go for the shi-t I was wearing, trying to un-bu-tton it. When I refused, he struck me on the face again and gr@bb£d the t©p of the shi-t in both hands and pu-ll-ed it with such f0rç£ that some of the bu-ttons flew off, ex-posing the nightgo-wn un-der it.

He f0rç£fully took what was left of the shi-t off me then went for my go-wn. I tried to fight him off but he was stronger. He pinned my hands together above my head, gr@bb£d the nightgo-wn and r!pp£dit off, tearing it off my b©dy. Leaving my upper b©dy n-ked. He was like a man un-der an influence. He stared at my p@n-ties, held the thinner p@rt between my th!ghs and pu-ll-ed so ha-rd that the material f0rç£d itself and bruised me but he didn’t care, he r!pp£dand to-re the p@n-ties and left the shreds around my w@!st.

Then he f0rç£d my th!ghs open and groped me with his f!ngers. I struggled and tried to squee-ze my th!ghs closes but he f0rç£d them open by punching me on the th!ghs ma-king the sp©t numb. When my th!ghs weakly fell open, he shoved two f!ngersinside of me to confirm if Chris had had S-x with me. As if not convinced yet, he f0rç£d a third f!nger into me and I cried out in pain. He let his f!ngerslinger in there for a while and only pu-ll-ed them out when he was done confirming what he wanted to confirm. He got down the couch, and dragged the lower p@rt of my b©dy to the floor so that the upper p@rt of my b©dy remained on the couch then he fli-pped me over so that I was on my stomach and I was kneeling in front of him.

I tried to scramble from his hold but he suddenly gr@bb£d my arms and twisted them to my back, ma-king me yelp. With his belt, he tied my wrists together and left them on my back so that I was helpless. He knelt down behind me so that I had no chance of escaping then he gr@bb£d my back. Holding my th!ghs ap@rt, he gr@bb£d the lube and squee-ze some of it on my an-us and then did the same onto himself before he set the lube aside.

I was shivering now, dre-ading what was about to happen. “plea-se…” I managed to say against the couch as a tear sli-pped down my eye.

“I will stay still if I were you.” He uttered and gr@bb£d me. Then he f0rç£d himself on me I stiffened and then squee-zed my eyes shut as I felt his pressure on my an-us. I br@ced myself for what was about to happen and that was when I felt him plunge himself into me. I screamed out in pain and writhed violently, trying to squee-ze him out of me as the pain intensified at the invasion. He held my w@!st firmly and wouldn’t let me go. When he realized that I wouldn’t st©p screaming, he yanked off what was left of my p@n-ties from around my w@!st and f0rç£d it into my mouth till my screams were muffled. Then he continued with what he was doing and each movement only intensified my pain. I was almost foaming from the month now and was sweating profusely and I pas-sed out.

I started to come to when he finished satisfying himself, he untied my hands and re-moved his belt, picked his clothes and went up the stairs leaving me there. I remained in the position for a while. I couldn’t feel my arms any more. I coll@psed to the floor, wra-pping my arms around myself with my face almost pressed against the lower p@rt of the couch. I cried helplessly, regretting all the decisions I had made. At that moment, I hated my parents but I hated Daniel more. I felt like going into the kitchen, gr-abbing a knife and stabbing him to death but I was too scared of ending up in prison. I wasn’t going to shorten and live my life behind bars for his sake.

After half an hour later, I heard him come down the stairs and from the fresh smell of his perfume, I knew that he had had his bath, dressed up and was going out. Even though I was backing him, I felt his eyes on my back.

“You had better had gotten off that floor cleaned yourself up before I return, I’m bringing a guest home tonight.” He told me and I heard him walk out of the house. After I heard his car pu-ll away and drive off, I slowly got up, and I could ha-rd ly walk. My stomach hurt and my an-us hurt worse. I managed to go up the stairs, I entered the bathroom and wept profusely while I had my bath and when I was done, I realized that there were small stains of blood on my white towel after I wiped between my as-s crack. Limping back into the room, I gr@bb£d my smartphone and ordered an Uber then walked to the closet and began to select and pack up some of my clothes into a bag. I took everything I’d nee-d, went to my husband’s wardrobe and gr@bb£d some bundles of money where he stacked some of them. Before, I had never been so bold to take his money but today, I was going to steal it. I have had enough and to hell with this marriage. I made sure that I took up to a million naira and stuffed them into my big handbag.

When I was done, I glanced around to see if I had forgotten anything. When I was sure that I had taken virtually everything I nee-ded, I walked into the bathroom, re-moved my wedding ring and tossed it into the sink. It clinked, went in several circles before settling down and vibr@ting to a st©p. I heard a honk outside and I knew that the Uber had arrived. gr-abbing my luggage and handbag, I walked out of the house, never to return again. I didn’t know where I would go to just yet, all that mattered was that I wanted to be as far away as possible from the beast I called a husband. As soon as I sat in the cab and it pu-ll-ed away, I re-moved my SIM cards, broke them half and tossed them outside the window. I was going to start a new life afresh and I was going to do that without Daniel and Chris in it but unknown to me, Chris’ car turned into my street from the other end and st©pped in front of my gate while the Uber turned into the main road and joined the traffic, taking me far away from what was now my past.

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CHRIS’ POV

I st©pped my car in front of Victoria’s house, got down and walked to the gate. I knocked on it and on the second knock, the gate man who was rolling a feather in his ear, opened the gate and stepped out with his shi-t slung over his shoulder and he made a face as the feather tickled inside his ear. “Oga, good morning, na who you dey find? (Boss, good morning, who are you looking for?)” He asked me, leaning his back against the gate.

“Good morning.” I answered then pointed at the house with my car key. “This is where Victoria lives right?” I asked.

“Shey my madam? (Do you mean my madam?)” He asked. Hi us on plus two three four eight zero five five eight eight nine one eight three on watsapp to get added to our group. .

“Yes, of course, your madam.”

He hesitated then pu-ll-ed the feather off to check then clean the end of it by dragging it upward between his thumb and index f!nger. “Madam don commot o… She just commot now now. (Madam has left. She just left now.)”

I took off my sunshades and glanced down the empty street. “What do you mean by she just left now?” I asked.

“Madam dress fine, carry her bag commot from here. The bag big as if she dey travel but me from the way wey I see am, e be like say madam no go come back this house again o… She even dash me 15k kon tell me say make I take care of myself. (Madam dressed fine and took her bag out of this house. The bag is big as if she’s travelling but as for me, I don’t think she’s coming back to this house anymore… She even gifted me fifteen thousand naira then told me to take care of myself.” He explained.

I glanced down the street now, not believing that I had just missed her. “Did she tell you where she was going to?”

“No… She no talk anything. (She didn’t say anything).” He shook his head then returned the feather into his ear.

“What car did she leave in?”

“Na Uber.”

“Thank you.” I said and dashed to my car. Started it and sped down the street hoping to catch up with her. Well, I couldn’t find her and went back home feeling very dejected.

As I slumped on my couch, Uju who must have heard my car, c@m£ down the stairs dressed provocatively again.

“Obim?” She called and I glared at her. She had succeeded in driving the one woman that mattered to me out and she still had that mouth to call me Obim.

“See, Uju, I’m not in the mood for your nons-en-se today, so just leave me alone.” I said tersely.

“Is it because of the aunty? Is that why you are behaving like this? What happened last night? You were almost inside my Jerusalem. I had alre-ady thrown open the garden of Eden for you, why didn’t you enter?” She asked.

“I’m not interested in your garden of Eden or whatever you call it. If you know what’s good for you, you had better pack your things and go back to the village!” I snapped.

She remained undaunted. “Me, I’m not going anywhere o. Obianuju is here to stay? What do you want me to go and do in that village? Only me in your father’s house so that those stupid elders can be paying me unnecessary visits all in the name of coming to check on their brother’s wife? Do you know that I caught one of them peeping on me when I was in the bathroom and the other one, the short one with white beard was busy pressing my che-st in the night bus we took while I was asleep. I only pretended not to notice because I didn’t want trouble as for the third one, whenever he’s talking, he will stand so close as if he wants to put his mouth inside my own. All those men, they are old per-verts! Serious ones!”

“And why are you telling me this?”

“I’m telling you so that you will know that I’m h0t cake. If I should return to that village, I’ll get pregnant within the space of a week.”

“You were married to my father for two years.” I said with a serious tone now. “How come you never conceived for him?”

She began to scratch the back of her n£¢k and head now as she evasively replied, “Eh? Pregnant? Ehen… Well… Let’s just say that your father wasn’t interested in a child yet.”

“That’s a lie!” I spat. “My father married you only because he wanted children since I was the only child from my mother.”

“Why are you bringing up your father na? He’s dead so plea-se let his soul rest in peace. But wait, not that I’m barren o. If you want me to get pregnant now now now now, I’ll. All you have to do is tell me that you are re-ady.”

I gave her scornful look. “So I’m the one who’s interested in having kids with you, right?”

“You nee-d children na. This house is too big for the two of us. Small noise from eleven children will be enough… It’s supposed to be ten but let’s just say that the eleventh one will be by mistake…” She chuckled, “We didn’t plan it but it entered.”

“Eleven what?!” I asked in surprise. “What are you trying to do, start a football team? Don’t you know anything about family planning? What do you nee-d eleven children for?”

“What? You can take care of them. Don’t you know that a man is respected by how large his family is?”

“That’s nons-en-se!” I said then narrowed my eyes as I scrutinized her dressing, recognizing it now. “Isn’t that Victoria’s go-wn?” I slowly rose, realizing that it was actually the go-wn Victoria had worn to the club where I had met her.

She smiled and glanced down at herself. “E fit me abi? It’s too ti-ght but I f0rç£d myself into it.”

“Where did you get it from?”

“Outside on the rope. The thing has been there since and sun was killing it so I decided to use it. It’s S-xy, right?”

“Something must be very wrong with you, will you go upstairs now and take it off?!” I snapped.

“Why?” She gave me a confused look.

“Because it’s not yours? What happened to the clothes I bought you?!” I inquired..

She pouted now and grumbled. “Obim, me I didn’t come so that you’ll be shouting at me o. I c@m£ to make love.” She pu-ll-ed closer to me.

“What could you possibly know about ma-king love?” I stared at her in disgust

The she started narrating all the adult films she had watched and different things they did and that was when I know what she meant.

“You must be out of your s-en-se if you think I’ll go down on you.” I stated and shrugged her arm away as she tried to t©uçh me. “Uju, get your heads out of the cloud, I have told you before and I’ll repeat it now. Nothing is ever going to happen between us, never! Not now, not ever! I have had a long tiring day and I nee-d a bath, excuse me!” I angrily brushed her aside and went up the stairs to my room.

Tossing my phone and car keys on the be-d, I began to undress. As soon as I was done undressing, I walked into the bathroom. While I was in the shower, Uju, crept into my room, locked my door and threw the key un-der the be-d then she quietly undressed and headed for the bathroom too.

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To Be Continued