Matrimony Of Secrets
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Episode 8
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Evelyn had gone to see her parents, especially her father concerning the Alimony payment, she never liked the fact that Ken overworks himself and her father Was ma-king matter worst by s£nding him away from home often, just as she drove in, she met her husband there alre-ady discussing with her father , she surprisingly got down and slowly move towards them, they spoke in hushed tunes that she didn’t hear what they said.
“My Apple, you are here” Mr Thomas said as soon he sighted his daughter.
“Good evening Dad, Ken, what are you doing here?” she asked as she sat down.
“Is it a crime for a son in-law to visit his father in-law?” Mr Thomas asked.
“That’s not what I mean Dad, I mean Ken always tell me before time whenever he wants to come here, am just surprised to see him” she replied.
“Well, we are discussing business my child, the project at Yenegoua is almost finished, I want that br@nch to be a blast and with Ken’s intellectual capacity, we will make it work” he replied with a giggle.
“Alright Dad, I wanted to discuss something with you but I think now is not the best time to talk about it, I will come back tomorrow, Ken, see you at home” she stood up and left.
They started discussing in hushed tones again, but this time around, the only thing she could make out from what they were saying was “That was a close call”
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Evelyn had left early in the morning to visit Georgia, she was confused on whether to pay the new gynecologist she met a visit or not, she had gone to seek advice from her friend.
“Oh my friend, you are welcome” Georgia exclaimed immediately she saw her.
“How have you been G?, this new work of yours is really taking your time” she pointed out.
“I have been fine Eve, my work is really demanding coupled with the fact that I have an annoying boss, he pisses me off at every given opportunity” she rolled her eyes.
“why do I have the feeling that you will end up falling in love with him?” Evelyn sm-irked.
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“No way is it going to happen, he is so annoying, I hate his guts” she hissed.
“That was how I hated Ken then, but look how things turned out to be, we are married and I have grown to love him” she smiled but the smile faded immediately it c@m£ when she remembered the discussion Ken was having with her father the other day, she wondered what her father meant by “That was a close call” she wondered yet again if Ken was planning on getting married to another woman, but why would her father support him?, she shook her head meaning to deal with that later.
“Are you okay Eve?, I have been talking to you for minutes now but you totally zoned out on me” she snapped at her.
“I met a guy on Monday and I don’t know if am to pay him a visit or not” she explained but st©pped as she saw the look her friend gave to her.
“You met a guy? I hope you know what you are doing?” she eyed her.
“Oh no G, I don’t mean that kind of guy, I can’t even think of cheating on Ken” she let out a sigh.
“then what kind of guy?” she asked again.
“I met a gynecologist and guess what? He is Micheal’s replacement at the hospital and I don’t know if I should meet him and talk to him about my plight, I just don’t want to tell a stranger my problems” she looked up wearily at Georgia.
“What do you mean by a stranger? Was Micheal not a stranger before he bec@m£ your gynecologist?, meet him and hear what he has to say, who knows? He might have a solution to your problem” she concluded.
“It’s just that Ken told me not to visit any doctor again, that God will bless me at the appointed time” she raked her hair with her hand.
“You can always go without Ken finding out a thing, he is a man and he doesn’t know how painful it is not to have a child, mothers feel it the most” she yawned.
“Okay, I will meet with him” she concluded.
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“Dad, I have gotten the doctor’s address and his office schedule” Maxwell happily announced as he c@m£ into the house.
“Where is he staying at?” the old man asked.
“No 13 Sharon estate, Graceland Avenue, he is always off work on wednesdays and fridays, only visit the hospital on a special and important issue” he completed alre-ady out of breath for talking all at once.
“Good job son, now, the next thing we will do is to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid” the old man completed.
“yes Dad, I will do just that” he smiled broadly.
“Any news on Evelyn, has she gotten pregnant again?” he asked with a mean expression.
” You know what we did Dad, it is impossible for her to get pregnant” he loosed his tie, out of excitement he had forgotten all about the tie choking him to death.
“I just wanted to be sure that everything is going according to plan, we just have one week left before the money comes into my account, and once that happens, we will relocate to another state, don’t think of bringing Angela and the kids to Port-harcourt again, Evelyn’s father is deadly and can kill us if he finds out that we scammed him” he sipped the Amarula wine he kept on the side stool.
“No problem Dad, let the money come first, relocating is not a problem at all” He smiled again.
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Evelyn breathed in and out before knocking on doctor Korede’s office, she had called him earlier to let him know that she would come to the office, she was so nervous that her hands shook as she knocked.
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“You can come in” she heard him speak.
“Good day doctor” she greeted as soon as she stepped into the office.
“Welcome Mrs Desmond, plea-se have a seat” he smiled pointing at an empty sit.
“Thank you” she mouthed.
“You are welcome, what do I offer you?” he asked with the smile still plastered on his face.
“Nothing really, am okay” she replied.
“Okay, you said you have something you want to discuss with me?” he focused his gaze on her.
“Actually I think children hate me” she shook her head and pinched herself, that was a negative way to start up the conversation.
“What do you mean by that?, who told you that children hate?, how did you come to that conclusion?” he looked at her with pity.
“Am sorry, I know this is not the best way to start it up, it’s just that I have suffered so much that the only thing in my mind now is that children hate me” she smiled trying ha-rd to mask the tears that gathered in her eyes.
“that shouldn’t be the reason for you to conclude that children hate you, they are gift from God and they come at the appointed time” he advised.
“but mine is different, they have been coming, but when they come, they don’t stay, I always miscarry them at the third month, I just don’t know what is wrong with me” she looked away as the tears started dropping.
“We will have to run a test on you to know what the problem is, some women have what we know as h0t wo-mb, once the get pregnant, they miscarry it due to the h0tness of the wo-mb, when we get you tested, I will know what the problem is” he concluded jotting something down on the book in front of him.
“When will the result of the test be re-ady?” she asked.
“In an hour time, which means you will have to wait”
“Okay then”
1 HOUR LATER
“Hello sir, good day sir” Korede greeted as soon as Mr Humphrey picked up.
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“How are you doing Korede?” he asked.
“Sir, you will have to come down to Nigeria as soon as possible” he said hastily.
“What happened?” Mr Humphrey asked getting scared.
“Sir, it is about Evelyn, she just left the hospital, I ran some tests on her and I found out many things” He muttered.
“And what did you find out?” he asked again.
“Sir, all those miscarriages she had was as a result of an ab-ortion pill, judging from the fact that she is so desperate to have children, I know she didn’t take those drugs, someone fed her with it” he completed.
“Who would try such ru-bbish” Mr Humphrey thun-dered.
“Sir, that is not all” Korede spoke up again.
“What is it again?”
“I also found out that she doesn’t have a wo-mb, her wo-mb has been re-moved without her knowledge, you have to come down to Nigeria sir, I can’t do it all alone” he said closing his eyes.
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To be continued
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