On any normal day, I would have perhaps given my undivided attention to this guy but today I just want to be normal. However despite my decision, the guy didn’t wait for me to give him the signal, he took the liberty of approaching me himself and just when I thought that the guy would try to seduce me or get me to get laid, something rather unexpected happened.
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Simon ➡ Good afternoon..
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Annabelle ➡ Afternoon, is there anything I can help you with?
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Simon ➡ You’re Annabelle aren’t you.
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Annabelle ➡ (shocked) How did you know my name? I’m afraid we haven’t met.
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Simon ➡ Of course.. I’m a friend of your husband, Odili. My name is Simon.
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Annabelle ➡ That’s funny. I don’t remember seeing you on our wedding day.
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Simon ➡ Oh.. Our friendship started months ago. The last time we met, he showed me your picture. You’re truly a beautiful woman and a foxy one too. Your husband’s a lucky man.
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Annabelle ➡ Thank you.
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Simon ➡ Mind if I sit?
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Annabelle ➡ Sure.
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To be frank, I can’t believe this was happening. I never knew Odili had friends, in fact, I thought he didn’t have any friends at all cause ever since we got married, he had never came home with any guest or any one who might be his friend. Not even his relatives, whom I only saw at the wedding. I wonder what kind of husband I’m married to?
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Annabelle ➡ So if you’re Odili’s friend, How come you never came to his house for a visit?.
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Simon ➡ That’s because your husband didn’t want me to know his house. In fact, the reason why I came to see you is because I haven’t seen him for a while now. I hope everything is alright.
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Alright!? How could anything be alright!? Here I was married to some man I barely know anything about. Thanks to uncaring and unloving fiend, I’m now forced to seek attention from other men and the only reason why I even stayed was because of my parents but one of these days I’m going to take the bold step and do the right thing.
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Annabelle ➡ I wish I could give you a good answer but things haven’t been going well with Odili and I.
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Simon ➡ I’m sorry. What happened?
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Annabelle ➡ I don’t know. This is all Odili’s fault. He doesn’t stay at home, he doesn’t pay attention to me. I’m married but I feel like a widow. To be honest, I h@ťě this marriage of mine.
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Simon ➡ Don’t say that. Why don’t you try talking things out with him? I’m sure you guys can work it out.
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Annabelle ➡ I’ve tried and it didn’t work. I know he’s your friend but that b-stard is the worthless man I’ve ever seen.
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Simon ➡ Well, that’s unfortunate. I’m sorry that things aren’t going smooth with Odili but just know that if you need someone to talk to. I’m around. Here’s my card.
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Annabelle ➡ Alright. Thanks.
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Simon ➡ You’re welcome. Okay then, I’ll be taking my leave now. I have to go home to my wife.
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Annabelle ➡ You’re married?
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Simon ➡ Yes, I got hitched 8 months ago.
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Annabelle ➡ Wow! So I suppose that your wife is pregnant?
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Simon ➡ She is. She’s even close.
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Annabelle ➡ Wow, congratulations.
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Simon ➡ Thanks.. Alright then, see you around.
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Simon departed after that statement and as he walked away, I fixed my gaze on his manly b-tt. It was so s£xy and hot not to mention his calves that looked like those European footballers. God, what a man. His wife is very lucky to have him as her husband.
In that moment, I cursed the day I met Odili. I’ve been married to him for almost 3 years now and so far we haven’t any children of our own but here is Simon, his wife is expecting to give birth soon. God, why me?
After Simon’s departure, I laid on the beach sands and stayed for like hours thinking about what Ihuoma had to me. Perhaps maybe I should unshackle myself from the fruitless marriage and move on my life before my time runs out. But if I’m to do that, all this enjoyment I’m getting will be over, no more jet setter life. I’ll have to think this through before I make any sudden decision.
At around 5:30 pm, the beach was deserted and there was only a few people hanging around. Seeing that the sun was about to submerge, I decided to go back to my humble abode. The drive back home wasn’t as exciting as the one I did when driving to the beach and that’s because I was busy thinking about other people’s fortune wondering what my life would have been like if I hadn’t married Odili.
15 minutes later, I arrived home and saw Odili’s car parked outside the gate. I drove my car inside the compound and headed into the house to confront the piece of $h|t. Upon entering the leaving room, I saw Odili stuffing some documents in his briefcase and despite sensing my presence, the wastrel ignored me.
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Annabelle ➡ Odili! We need to talk.
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Odili ➡ ?????
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Annabelle ➡ ODILI!!!!
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Odili ➡ WHAT THE F–K DO YOU WANT WITH ME, WOMAN?… Can’t you see I’m busy?
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Annabelle ➡ I don’t give a d@mn!! I said we need to talk. NOW!
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Odili ➡ I don’t have time to do that.
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Annabelle ➡ What the hell is that supposed to mean??? HUH??
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Odili ➡ What’s all this nonsense??
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Annabelle ➡ I haven’t seen you for like days and now you show up doing God knows what. What’s going on between us? You marries me to be your wife but you’re not putting any effort in our marriage.
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Odili ➡ Is that it?? Look, if you nothing important, to say just leave me alone. My flight leaves in an hour.
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No words could describe how angry I was in that moment. I couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of this man’s mouth. Why was this happening? Where was the man that I fell in love with? What happened to him? Just what is going on?.
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Annabelle ➡ You’re seeing another woman Aren’t you?
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Odili ➡ I don’t know what you’re talking about.
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Annabelle ➡ Don’t lie to me you shitpile. If I find our there’s another woman, I’m going to..
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Before I could finish my statement, Odili gave me a dirty slap across the face making me to fall down. I wanted to retaliate but as I looked into Odili’s face, I hesitated. There was rage and resentment in his eyes, it was as if he had seen his sworn enemy. Before I could do anything, Odili reached down and forcefully held my throat looking into my eyes as he made these statements.
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Odili ➡ Don’t you ever talk to me like that. I’m the man of the house and what I do is none of your business. Remember your place b-tch. My finances is what your family depends on and without it, they’re nothing. I don’t care what you want, my desire is the one that matters how I treat you is my business not yours.. All you’re meant to do is sit still and be the wife you’re suppose to be and if I find out that you’re cheating, I’m going to ruin you. Understand?
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All I could do was nod. I was too angry and scared to say anything. I never knew Odili had this side of him and if he think that he can manipulate me into his puppet, then he must be crazy.
After that harsh statement, Odili let go of my neck and left the house with the briefcase ? in hand. I hissed and shouted angrily after his departure, I wanted to cry right in that moment but the tears won’t fall.
That night as I laid in my bed, I kept thinking and reminiscing what that b-stard told me. What kind of man slaps a woman just because she tells him to adjust? and also there’s that talk he said about his wealth taking care of me and my family. He had the balls to rub this in my face and I swear I’m not going quiet about this. I’m going to get even and I know just what to do to make him feel the burn. As I laid in my bed quietly with my eyes open, I heard loud and the cry of thief. At first, I had no interest in knowing what was going on but then I began to hear noises outside the streets . Immediately, I headed to the verandah to see what was going on and to my surprise, there was Jim in the house right next to mine desperately trying to look for a way to escape but he couldn’t do so due to the fact that the house police dog was chasing him around. The lady of the house who was also on verandah was shouting thief, thief drawing the attention of some young guys hanging around the place.
In that moment, I quickly recalled seeing Jim this morning staring at my house but I didn’t understand what he was up to even now I didn’t understand why he had landed in the house right next to mine, it was only hours later in the morning that I heard from the lady she had stayed up late cause she couldn’t sleep and as she was standing on her verandah, she spotted Jim trying to sneak into my house but he slipped and fell into hers my mistake.
He must have been the one that snuck into my house last night and forced himself upon me. This is to be it although I would have allowed him to have his way with me that night considering how eager I was to get back at Odili for what he did to be but since he had messed up the previous night, there’s no way I could let him.
Odili had made a big for what he did and he’s going to regret ever having me as his wife, but before I throw the heat at him, there’s something I have to do first.
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To be CONTINUED
Next episode ➡ Ladies night out.