My Wife & I

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 1

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It’s been a while I set my eyes on her.

Not even a while, what am I saying? It’s

been four solid years now! We just lost

contact when we were coming from the

city of Lagos and attacked by armed

robbers who took my vehicle away.

Unluckily for me, my love was in the car

and wasn’t allowed to come down with

me.

For that four years, I have searched

even holes of crabs if she was there. She

was the love of my life and everything I

had. As much as I love my mother,

there’s just a little difference between

my love for her and that. And, I didn’t

know her parents, siblings, none of her

family members. But we really loved each

other.

I never knew I would exist without

her, until she was taken away from me.

And to my surprise, I’m still alive today.

Honestly, I thought it was my end at the

end of the first week that she wasn’t

found. I cried my eyes out that even my

parents chided me that I would just kill

myself if I didn’t take it off my heart. But,

honestly, it wasn’t an easy thing.

A week developed into two, and into a

month, from a month to twelve and now

fourty-eight months now. When my

parents saw that I was becoming

useless, old enough to marry without a

wife, they brought Nora to me.

Honestly I never knew there was still

someone more beautiful than my Gloria.

Gloria had been lost for four years but

the unfading beauty she had never

faded off my heart. My heart gladdened

on seeing Nora. She was just the

epitome of beauty.

I was shocked when I saw her

beautiful set of teeth, hers was even

whiter than snow. She was tall, elegant

and more than rich in glamour. I never

knew I would fall in love until I started

falling the well dug for me- the love.

Even though I had started liking Nora,

I never fogot Gloria. My parents didn’t

know Gloria though, but when I

explained my issue to them, they knew I

lost a gem. One thing of great surprise

was that Gloria and Nora had the same

redolence.

I loved that.

I never told Nora about Gloria, but

even though I have started loving her

too, I couldn’t flow well with her. I can’t

place my hands on the actual reason

behind that! I don’t know if I even love

her sef. Is that love or what? Or shey

that is what they call infatuation? I no

know jare.

Maybe it her her beauty, redolence

and personality that made me like her.

But, see, I don’t even know!

Me who is telling you all these, I never

know say the same thing wey happen to

me don happen to Nora too before oh.

Honestly I never knew Nora had fallen

in love it Alex before. It was one day that

both were inside the house, gisting

when some armed robbers came and

shot Alex. The news was that Alex had

died but no one knew he never died.

Not knowing Alex’s parents who were

stinkly rich had flown him abroad for

better treatment. He wasn’t allowed to

leave America for years and so, lost

contact with Nora too.

You now see say I don enter trouble?

Real one! Nora never forgot Alex too.

She was just trying to be herself anytime

she was with me.

But Alex and I had and even have

different redolences. If not, she might

have loved me more than how she does.

You see something, I never forgot Gloria,

she never forgot Alex!

Hmmn… Okay oh. The saddest thing is

that Alex returned back from America

last year and had also fallen in love with

Gloria. My own love is now in love with

Nora’s love. Big trouble!

The big problem started suddenly

when it was a day to the wedding of

Nora and I. We haven’t gotten each

other well, but we thought we would

make it up and forget the ones we loved

before. Though, she never knew about

Gloria and I didn’t know about Alex.

I thought I should act according to my

best friend’s advice, by getting her a

golden necklace as a gift before

wedding. I decided to take her out and

parked at the front of Esmak Plaza to get

the surprise for her.