Episode 12
âEmeka, what nonsense is she spewing?â Diana directs at him
âLadies, please..â
âI asked you a simple question, what nonsense is she spewing⊠who the hell do you think you are to walk into my house and claim my man?â Diana fumes
Olive stands up
âWhose house ogini, my sonâs house?â Mercy stands up too.
âNo mama, please donât answer her. Who am I? I am Olive Daniels, and I do not see why I should explain further who I am, you are rude and uncultured, I am a guest here, but here you are feeling all territorial over Odinaka and I just asked a simple question, because last I checked, you are not married to him neither are you wearing a ring if I was too blind to see⊠so again, who told you he is your man?â
âYou dare to-â Diana reaches out to try and slap her but Emeka stops her hand
âStop it Dee, that is no way to treat a guestââ
âA guest? Who is refuting my claims over you, is she high, is she mad? And why the hell are you standing there saying nothing, shouldnât you caution her, you and your mother are just standing there and you both obviously know the truth, why am I being the one cautioned?â
âYou arenât Dee, look I think we all got off on the wrong foot okay, letâs just relax..â he turns to Olive
âSweetheart, please donât be offendedââ
âSweetheart?â Diana chokes
âYes!. He is used to calling me with sweet endearmentsâ Olive smiles
âEmeka, I do not understand, only yesterday you said you loved only me and want to marry me, today you bring an Egyptian seductress into your house and you are calling her sweetheart in front of your future wife?â She couldnât believe her ears
âHey Dee, it just a harmless endearment, okay you want to talk, letâs go and talkâ he turns to Olive and his mother âMama can you keep her company for me for a bit, please?â
âHA!! Gladly donât worryâ she turns to Olive âSo my dear donât mind herâ
âWho is sheâ?â they hear Olive asking as they walk away, Mercy replies
âSome woman who is trying to force herself on my son, but I wonât let it happen⊠come, tell me about you, Emeka never mentioned you to me⊠how long have you known him⊠is my son nice to you?â
Olive blushes âHe is a sweet man mamaââ
âHmmm!â
They continued talking.
âExplain to me Emeka, what the hell is going on, are you s——g her, you bring your mistress to a home we are going to share, what the hell is that?â
Oh, it makes you boil? You havenât seen nothing Diana
âNo of course not!! I actually forgot that she was coming in today and I gave her my address weeks ago, donât be like that Dee, I am not s——g her as you put it, she is a very special friend of mineâ
âOkay you arenât but you have before?â
He sighs âI havenât asked you about your past relationships have I? I believe itâs your privacy⊠so you donât expect me to answer thatââ
âWell, I donât want her here, she looks like she came to steal you⊠you are my man, mine, I wonât let another woman come to try and take my placeâ
Who told you I am yours!! He smiles inwardly
âNo woman is coming to do that. See, you are my fiancĂ©â, future wife, you should be able to accommodate my friends and you have to accommodate her, treat her nice and all. How can you be hospitable and be a good wife when you suspect every female friends I have⊠Olive is a good person, she has no evil intentionââ
âHmm, a woman who looks like that?â
âAre you jealous of her beauty?â
Diana would rather die than admit it âNo, she isnât even beautiful, I mean she must have had work done on herself to get that perfect body and look, we know them⊠everything she has is fakeââ she scoffs
Emeka laughs âYou should never compare you to another, your beauty is enough for me, its what I love and I wonât trade you in for another, be nice to my guest and be nicer to mum, you both canât keep at thisââ
âI am trying, I even got her this wrapper, she ignores it but takes a gift from a stranger?â
âGive her time!!â
She sighs, more like push her off the balcony âI will try, by the way, I am sleeping in your room tonight and all the nights I will let here, better donât let your mother have her way againâ
âOkay ma, you are in charge naâ he winks at her
She smiles, she likes the sound of that, she leans in wanting to kiss his lips, he turns away as he brings out his phone âoh dear i just remembered, i should call the officeâ he says walking away leaving her staring after him.
While Emeka goes out for a quick meeting, Diana tries not to stage war against Mercy who had been laughing and chatting since the lady named Olive arrived. while they ate at the table, they ignored her, then they both disappeared into Mercyâs room, she could hear their laughter all the way from downstairs..
She sighs turning the channels and unable to concentrate, it was 8pm⊠where the hell was Emeka, he has been gone for four hours, she was tired and sleepy and her bag was still on the floor, whereas Mama Tito had carried Oliveâs bag and disappeared.
She hopes they had taken Oliveâs bag out the mansion and to the guest house in the estate like they did hers; Mama Tito must have followed the backdoor since she didnât pass through the front, she had been escorted out the back door to the guest house the other night, maybe Olive would be escorted through there too, she wouldnât want that girl to sleep under the same roof with her.
She yawns fighting sleep, waiting for Emeka to come home as she stretches on the sofa, she turns to the TV as a Netflix sitcom comes on .
âOh wonderful for you to honor my invitation Sir Odinaka, please do come inâ Ambross says stepping away for Emeka to enter..
There was a woman , not so much older than Emeka standing next to him, she was smiling broadly..
âThis is my wife, Belinda.â he tells him turning to her âBelinda, this is Mr Odinaka Uchendu, the man God sent to help us from the sinking sandâ
âOh nice to meet you Mr. Odinaka, when my husband told me you were coming I had to go to the market to prepare something for dinner, you know before today we were thinking of selling the house because we couldnât pay our bills and all⊠but with your help. We donât need to sell it again, I am so happyâŠâ Belinda says as Ambross nudges her to be quiet
âohh am sorry, I thought you knew how bad our situation was, putting the house in the market and all ââ she lowers her voice eyeing Ambross
âNo! I didnâtâ he says honestly, oh they wanted to sell the house huh? Interesting
âPlease come in and have a seatâ
Ambross ushers him to the dinner set table as they talk, Belinda serves the food. while Ambross is talking, Emeka didnât hear half of what he was saying, because he wasnât listening.
He is looking around the house, it hasnât changed much since he last stepped into it over ten years ago, aside lack of proper care and decaying of some wall paint, and some misplaced items scattered around the house in all area⊠the house looked the same. The walls were void of his pictures and that of his mother and occupied with Belindaâs and his. He doesnât see a picture of a child, didnât mean they didnât have one.
No wedding picture either, still doesnât mean they donât have an album of it⊠At the center of the room facing the dining was a picture of a couple and a child posing for the camera with huge smiles on their faces.
He could close his eyes and see Jessica, running around the house calling him to come find her, he could see his mother at the ironing table pressing the Ibekweâs cloths or in the kitchen making breakfast for them and the tenants, he could see his father walking through those doors and greeting the Ibekwes with respect and then frowns when his mother comes running to him with happiness on her face and he could see himself rushing to his father who stylishly pushes him away so he doesnât hug him.
His father had always been a heartless man, who never loved his family.
Oh, he remembers the Ibekweâs house so well⊠he remembered after they died and His father had taken control of the company, and this house was included in it⊠they had moved in⊠this mansion that once belonged to his friend Jessica and her parents, this same mansion that was their legacy and their name, Ambross had taken it and made it his own, just like the company and he gave up his family for the greed of wealth, women and a life of luxury.
Look at him now, his father years later, he couldnât hold his own, no good woman to help him keep his home, no son to help him with the business, no wonder it went under until he helped him.. oh how would you feel father if I told you the son you casted away is the same son whose feet and hands you are sU-Cking up to right now and who helped up with your failing company and who will buy this house of yours off your filthy hands..
How would you feel father if I tell you, I will be your downfall, as you were ours..?
âSr Odinaka Sir?â
Emeka turns to the sound of Belindaâs voice âSorry?â
âI asked if you would want more rice or salad or chicken?â
He shakes his head âNo, itâs fine, you should seat down, you donât need to exert yourself on my behalf, I am okay with thisââ
âSee, I told you he is a gentleman tooâ Ambross tells his wife
âSo, I actually want to say thank you for what you are doing for my husband, we are gratefulââ
âI am sure anyone would help out, you donât have to thank me, itâs not for free maâam, I will make my profits off my investments tooâ
Ambrose laughs âVery business minded tooâ he nods to his wife as he eats
âSo when my husband told me you were coming to visit, I was expecting an older man with grey temple and all, but you sir⊠are really too young to have achieved so much, how did you come to achieve this?â
Emeka looks at her, very inquisitive wife you got there Ambross, âBelinda donât bother the good sir with your scary questionsâ
âNo I am not-â She says innocently
âShe is not really, I get her, a lot of people ask me that every day, itâs not a problemââ Emeka leans back
âSee, the good sir isnât bothered Ambrossâ she says peeling out chicken and eating âso, what inspired you, how did you get here, whatâs your story?â
âWell, itâs a long one actually but I will cut it short, I am who I am today because of my father, he inspired me a lot â
âOh, he must be a very nice manââ
Emeka laughs âNice is not a word I would use in describing him,â he takes his glass of wine and sips it
âOh wow!! He must be something, tell us about himâ Belinda says attentively, Ambross continuous eating and listening as they talk
Emeka stares at his father, gladly âHe was the devilâ
Ambross chokes on his food, Belinda gasps, Emeka smiles.
âSo quick question , what do I do when there is a pretty hot chick here who seems to be very close to my man, how do I kill her and then his mother?â Daina speaks into the phone, she could hear Graceâs laughter
âI am serious Grace, itâs not funny, there is a chick here whose beauty puts mine to shame and the worst of it all is that his mother seems to like her a lot and imagine, she rejected my gift, I had to even borrow money to get her that wrapper, she ignores it like it is s–t, but as soon as the girl gives her a common scarf, scarf oh and one china made bangle she is all over the girl calling her, her daughter but what about me, what about me?ââ
âWhat do you want me to do?â Grace voice comes on
âTell me how to kick her out! â
âTell Emeka!!â
âHe said he had a meeting to attend toââ
âPlead with his motherâ
âShe doesnât like meââ
âThen stay there and live through it, you are a guest and she is also a guest at the momentâ
ââI am not a guest, I am his future wifeâ Diana says stiffly
âUntil you get the ringâ
âI am his wifeâ Diana states angry, she could hear Grace sigh
âI f you believe that, great and besides there is love in sharing, you want his money, maybe the girl wants the man, you both should work something out together⊠schedule days you both get to see and be with him separately â Grace laughs
âScrew you Graceâ
âScrew you too, now if you donât have anything important to tell me, can I go back to feeding my son?â
Diana sighs âYou are useless to me, you lucky I like youââ
âYou are a pain, and no I donât like you, byeâ the line does, Diana rolls her eyes, so much for a friendly advice from her friend
She dials Emekaâs number again for the tenth time that evening.
Why wasnât he picking his phone.
Emeka drops his phone again for the tenth time that evening
âWife?â Belinda voice was slightly chirpy
He shakes his head
âGirlfriend?â
He shakes his head
âboyfriend?â
Now he laughs, âYou have an imaginative mind Mrs Ambross, you donât look much other⊠your husband on the other hand looks two generations your seniorâ
Belinda laughs, Ambross doesnât find the humor in it âI am 29 years oldâ she admits
He was older than her, how did she end up with this old bat.
âHow did you end up with a man like him? Donât tell me it was love?â
She laughs âNo, it wasnâtâ
Okay, that seems truthful enough, Emeka considers, so what was it? Money! Definitely Money.
Ambross looks at her sharply âBelinda he doesnât âââ
âIt was a marriage by convenienceâ She answers
Bingo!!
âWhat does that mean Belinda?â Ambross asks turning to her
âoh Ambross, you know I wouldnât lie to you⊠We married because you took care of me and my family and my parents thought that this was the proper thank you especially when you began to propose to me⊠but I have been with you for two years now right, I ainât going anywhere⊠yetâ she adds, Emeka tries not to chuckle, Ambross is shocked..
âWhat does that even mean Belinda?ââ
âI am here⊠I care for you⊠but we both know this wasnât loveâ she says
Interesting!! so Ambross, you were hoping to buy love when you got it from your wife freely and your son.
Maybe Karma was working on you already.
âBelinda I donât think the good sir wants to hear about that, about our marriage affairs, if you donât mindâ Ambross says stiffly, Belinda rolls her eyes, but she smiles to Emeka, choosing to ignore her husband
âSo tell us, how does a fine man like yourself not yet married? I mean, a lot of ladies might be throwing themselves at you, you are young and rich.. I mean⊠itâs just strange to find you not hooked, if I were single, I might even be interested in youâ Belinda laughs
Ambross chokes on his food for the second time that evening, Emeka smiles, why does it feel as though she was flirting with him,
âExcuse usââ Ambross says pulling his wife with him as they go to the corner, he could hear them arguing
âAre you mad, are you high, is something seriously wrong with you? Why are you flirting with him, what is wrong with you?â
ââMe? I was just being nice, and I wasnât flirting, if I were I would have told him what a boring man you are and I wish he would whisk me away, after all you should be grateful, he just pulled you out of the gutterââ
âYou are my wife, you should behave accordingly not like a woman on heatââ
ââHa!!â she laughs ââDonât start with me Ambross, the reason why I am your wife is because I pitied you and come to think of it, you are not my type, sex with you too is boring but I manage⊠and I know you flirt around with other woman, I am not blind, so allow me flirt with who I want to flirt with, it is not even as though you give me what I want in bed, I stayed for your money⊠but now that you hardly do have it, why donât I go for the sourceâ
âReally, you stayed for my money?â
âYou know you bought me with that, I donât hide my mouth and you know it..ââ
âBut I do have money nowââ
âNo you donât, this house you canât afford it unless you use the money he has given you to invest in your company to pay for the upkeep, we can be able to do that for a couple of weeks but⊠you canât maintain the house. See, you have no money, and we have already put the house on the market for sale unless you go pull it out and pay the loan you owe, and even though Mr Odinaka has helped you with your company, profits wonât start coming till end of the month, how do you plan to keep the house unsold till then? See, no money yet and all the money you might get is as a result of that man in there because he is helping your old a-s, and if you annoy me further I will leave⊠after all there is a dashing young man out there who isnât hooked and I am still young and fresh, so leave me alone Ambrossâ she walks away
âBelinda, Belinda come back hereâ But she ignores him as she sashays away and back to Emeka who acts as though he didnât hear them shouting behind closed door, Ambross curses under his breath.
ââI am so sorry about my Husband, so what else can I get you darling?⊠and you know you can stop by anytime Sir Odinaka, I mean anytime, I will be available to attend to youâ she leans into him pouring him a glass of wine, her b—m brushing his arm, Emeka turns and leans away
Satan, not today!.
As Ambross comes back in, she straightens up and takes a seat, Ambross face was a mask of anger, but he adjusts âSorry about that Sir, so⊠I hope you are enjoying our meal, just my way of appreciating youâ
âItâs not a problem, you canât keep thanking me, itâs a business transaction, but you are welcomeââ he smiles, interesting, Ambross has a house he canât afford to take care of and a wife who wants to leave, what are the odds father..he laughs inwardly while he drink.
âSo sir, I would like to talk to you about some major projects we are embarking onââ
âOh yes, your manager mentioned something to me about ââ
They talk randomly about things that didnât necessarily interest Emeka who pretended as though he was having a good time, but in reality, he just wanted to get out of there so he isnât tempted to strangle his father.
Olive yawns, Mercy smiles at her âOh my dear, we have been talking nonstop and I forgot to arrange where you will sleepââ
Olive smiles, she likes this woman already, not knowing her yet she was already warming up to a stranger, she was definitely eager to push the other woman away from her sonâs life, Olive smiles..
âOh mama donât stress yourself, Emeka told me he has lots of guest rooms, I will sleep in oneâ
âNonsense, you will go nowhere, come, let me take you to where you will sleep, he says you are his special friend didnât he?â
âYes mama, we are special friendsââ
âEhen, then there is no problem, comeâ she takes her by the hands and leads her calling out âMama Tito, please help with her bag ohââ
They leave her room, go down the hall and enter into another room more beautiful than hers but more masculine, she turns to her and smiles âYou will be staying here till you go, okay my daughter?â
âOkay mama, thank you mamaââ Olive smiles hugging Mercy who hugs her in return
âSleep well my daughter, tomorrow I and Mama Tito would make something good for you to eatââ
Then they leave her alone, she looks around the room, running her hands on the bed, she smiles..
She didnât think it would be so easy⊠but with his mother liking her, it would be as easy as taking candy from a baby, she laughs.
She needed to take a shower so she undresses and goes to the toilet.
Emeka gets home tired and goes directly upstairs, the house was quiet, Mama Tito had let him in and went to bed.. he gets to his room, takes off his cloths⊠He needed a bath.
He enters his bathroom, sliding through the glass door and turning to find her there..
Diana wakes up to the sound of someone walking around the house, she must have slept off in the living room waiting for Emeka, and no one thought to wake her up.
Sighing she checks her time to see that itâs almost midnight, she carries herself, pulling her bag and going upstairs.
Was he home, or he wasnât coming home tonight? But she was tired of waiting, good thing that his mother had gone to sleep⊠so she wouldnât stop her from sleeping in Emekaâs room tonight so that means she can sÂŁduce him, smiling she heads to his room and holds the door to find it unlocked, maybe he wasnât home yet, she enters shutting the door and puts her bag in the corner, then she hears the shower on..
Oh, he was back? And she didnât know.
Well this was perfect, without wasting time she undresses, there was no way he would turn down a beautiful naked woman in his shower, and she had heard that shower sex was equaling mind blowing,
She had been with the boy Emeka, but..she was looking forward to show her skills to the man Emeka, and with that perfect bodyâŠOh, tonight was the night.
She quickly finished undressing, and goes naked into the bathroom..
It was one of those huge bathrooms that felt as though you were walking into a different room, white tiles, a Jacuzzi at the corner, the toilet seat, two separate ones to the wall and a huge walk in shower bath with a see through sliding glass⊠but it was blurred at the moment with vapour from hot water coming out of the shower, she could see the vapour of warmth as it spread evenly on the glass⊠like a fogged mist.
Oh this was a magnificent bathroom, she bets they could make love here always, she couldnât see him through the glass door but she could see shadows⊠his shadow as he moved⊠and water crescending hot warmth down his body..
She opens the sliding door and she enters, the hotness like a thick warm fog blinding her eyes, she stretches her hand to touch the shadow she sees, she touches his back⊠smiling she hugs him spreading her hands over his back .
âOh Emeka my love, I want you so much right nowâŠâ then she spreads her hands to touch his chest, then she freezes..
She began to scream.
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