I had taken my bath and was midway using some lotion on my skin when I heard the rear entrance open slightly. The door creaked, and I thought someone was either leaving or entering my chamber.It couldn’t have been Brian because he was still bound with fetters, so there was no way he could move an inch. And I wasn’t expecting any visitors either, since after the incident of Brian and Opula everyone had stigmatized us as though we had plaque.I paused my breath in one moment of uncertainty and nervousness. I dared to process the shuffling on the floor which often came on and off as though the intruder was avoiding Brian’s anger and any form of suspicion at the time. I could hear some shuffling of an oncoming walker. It was as though the intruder was being cautious enough to avoid the trouble of Brian and there was no way an intruder could have the guts to sneak into my chamber if he or she wasn’t an occupant of the mansion. But who could that be? I just came out of the bathroom and my
Salsa was mid way washing her body in the pool close to her chamber when a shadow loomed out and drifted to her.“Greetings, my priceless chief maiden,” she was startled out of the world and once she shot a glance at the entrance, the figure was Ken she let a breath of relief and welcomed him to her side with her lustful stare.“Your wife was bitten by mad Brian,” she mumbled and raised her body above the pool to show off her busts, “You are not supposed to be here. Or don’t you feel sorry for her, uh?”He started advancing to her, “When the cats are away, the mouse will play. I would rather be with you than be with a woman that is not meant for me,” he mumbled and combed his gaze around to see if there was an onlooker.Salsa blushed and waved at him to hasten up. “You certainly know how to make me golden with your words. I look forward to the day we would elope so I could enjoy more of your enchanting words. But then dear we need to take things gradually. Eyes are watching us,” she w
“Thank you, Ken,” Salsa mumbled as she watched him get dressed after their fourth round in a night.Her eyes lit with unfathomable satisfaction as she kept gazing on the pearl that grazed her wrist and neck. A lot paced through her mind now as she wondered what would become of this priceless gift in her possession.“I should be the one thanking you for loving me,” he groaned, advanced to her and stamped her a kiss on the brow, before he smoothed the thick eye brow that filled above her eyes.She swallowed hard and cautioned him. “You must be careful while sneaking out. Eyes are watching.” She mumbled and glared around on the lookout for Ella whom she knew must be lurking somewhere around She grabbed his face gratefully, “When next do we see?” She asked, very much staring into his eyes as her eyes sparked with joy and fulfillment.He dimmed his widened gaze at her and mumbled, “Whenever you want it.”His huge palms clenched on her waist before he peered forward to engage her lips in ye
“My husband,” I called Brian and he dragged a laugh, as sheepishly as he fondled with his hands and then scowled his face with a conviction in me that he regretted smiling in the first place.He was still bound with the fetters and a close stare at it revealed they were cutting into his skin. At this time his wrist and ankles were bleeding. It was then I knew the hurt behind those sheepish smiles on his face. That must be hurting him so much now and I wondered how often he had begged for his bleeding wrist to be attended to.“Oh my God! You are bleeding, my husband…!” I gasped and paced up and down the room confusedly.This could probably be the reason for his chant! “I am so sorry dear. You are going to get off these fetters. You just hold on. I will be back!” I promised him with every eagerness in me as though he understood all I just said.I dashed out of the chambers calling on any security around to give the keys to those fetters.“Security! Security!! Security!!!Salsa came thro
With the song I was able to lull Brian to sleep as he was very much upset over the bruises the fetters inflicted on him. At the time his wrist had swollen and his ankles and been so bruised that the redness couldn’t be differentiated from the blood that thickened under his skin.With his head resting on my thighs I was able to treat his bruised ankles and wrists with the first aid box. I wanted to take him to the clinic but then a contrary thought suggested I treat him myself to avoid Opula avenging the bite he gave her the other day.Since she was still at the clinic, it would be riskier to have Brian at the same clinic. When he bit her I had seen the vengeance and enmity that decked her eyes and I could tell that things may never get rosy between the both of them and Brian stood at a lone end in the hearts of his sisters right now.I was done treating Brian to my very best yet I couldn’t rise to my feet and let him sleep all to himself. It was if I was stuck at the spot, even when
After such a busy day with Brian, I had to return to the inner chamber where I often passed the night.Until the moment I decided to return to bed, I was yet to decide whether to let Brian sleep on my thighs or not. Only that I wished I could sleep while sitting up. I had developed thick skin towards many limitations in this marriage now that getting injured by him or being lynched by my husband wasn’t an issue anymore; perhaps such a crossroads decision had got me going.I willingly gave in to the idea of returning to my bed. As I lay Brian in his bed, this pang of pity hung around me. He seemed as though he had never been mad. He was so delicate to behold. My heart melted even till this very moment. I only saw myself smiling sheepishly as him and when I couldn’t control the pang anymore, I sat down to gaze upon him for a while.I was convinced he had shifted his burden to my shoulders, and I was willing to help him now or die trying. Nothing felt more fulfilling seeing this delicate
Immediately, Eva submerged her naked body in the pool, Tony, her husband, drifted to her side.“Do you mind if I join you in the pool?” he demanded, smiling cheek to cheek.She obliged him with a smile, “I can’t wait. Bring it on, sweetie.”Normally, she had always enjoyed making love to her husband by the pools, and whenever he appeared at her side during swimming hours, she often did his bidding effortlessly, knowing the satisfaction that was about to engrave her heart.Once he stamped her a kiss on the brow, she mumbled, “My father has finally decided to ban Brian from sharing the dining with us. This is the most disheartening news of my life. Can you believe that?” she nagged, expecting her husband to take sides with her.But Tony actually didn’t disappoint her when he said, “Why would he take such a drastic decision on his only son?” Tony asked, stroking her hair.“After the recent attack on Opula, my sisters reached a consensus. I may not be seeing much of my brother again.” Her
I didn’t know it was dawn already until Brian dragged on my lush hair. When I sluggishly opened my eyes, I saw he was standing by my side, earnestly, pulling on my hair. Being pulled now, nothing pained me so much as my hair. I had a turf dry hair so any harm on it left me with unfathomable migraine.“Oh my hair, Brian! You are hurting me! Will you be happy if I get hurt?” I lamented at the top of my lungs. At the time, my hair was almost pulling off my scalp and Brian was pulling harder.But there was no stopping him. His face grinned hugely, and his teeth clenched as he pulled without any iota of emotion on his face. He pulled on my hair as if it were some cord that was tied to an edge. As soon as the song came from my tone, I could feel a bit relief as he was letting go gradually. When I sang harder, he let go completely and sat on the floor a baby. I had gone crimson on my face and my scalp was aching with the utmost disdain now.Usually it was an opportunity for me to wash him, a
The doctor spoke so loudly, obviously making a noise to attract attention and Opula gestured at him to bring down the tone of his voice.“You know someone could be listening to us,” Opula whispered, “Please, take things calmly. You must not make a noise about it. But I have told you the forty percent is not going to be possible. Why would you demand I pay you forty percent of a contract you know nothing about…”Doctor Bernard burst into a mocking laughter and grinned afterward, “Oh do you think I know nothing about it? Is that what you think? I am going to tell you what I know about it. The Bensons want Melissa as an arranged wife but your greed wouldn’t rest, you forced yourself on your ex-boyfriend, Rod thinking he will get you pregnant but unfortunately this pregnancy belongs to Ken,”Kate was still eavesdropping at the door at the time, Doctor Bernard made that statement. And she gagged her mouth in shock ; she couldn’t believe Opula had been lying about her pregnancy all this wh
At the time ambulance came to pick up Opula who was still coughing out blood, Salsa was peeping from the kitchen where she prepared lunch. She smiled evilly and gritted her teeth as she shook her head in vengeance. She hoped the abortion would happen this time around; she couldn’t wait to hear news of Opula losing the pregnancy; only then would her joy be full.From the kitchen, she peeped out to the ambulance personnel attending to Opula, and she could recall how she did it;Opula had requested for a fresh orange juice a while ago and Salsa prepared it for her with mixture of her poisonous herbs that would abort the pregnancy. Salsa was responsible for the bloody cough Opula was experiencing and if Opula should cough out blood for a longer time she could lose the pregnancy.“Until the teeth of my vengeance bite you, I shall know no rest. Opula, you are going to suffer in my hands until you lose that pregnancy. I will not remain alive and watch you get pregnant for a man I love so muc
When Kate barged in on Opula, she met her sobbing and weeping in her palms. She was red on the face and the color drained from her face; it was obvious Opula had been weeping all night.“Oh my goose!” Kate exclaimed and paced to the side of Opula and clutched her teary chin, “What happened to you again? Why are you all tears? The day is too early for this, Opula,” Kate petted her and caught sight of the picture on the bed and when she picked it up, it was rod’s picture, “Is it because of Rod Benson? What did he say to you again?”Opula swallowed hard, sobbed even greatly and managed to say, “He has refused to pick my phone calls ever since he rejected the pregnancy. The most annoying thing is that Rod wants me to abort the pregnancy. Can you imagine? Does he hate you that much?”“What!” Kate snapped and snorted, “Is he sick in the brain? How could he suggest such a thing? Oh my God!” Kate raised her gaze in frustration and asked yet further, “Did you show him the paternity test result
“MELISSA!” she called, her body shivering, the fierceness of her face threatening as she molded her fist, “What are you doing here? Are you supposed to be here at this time?” she asked, her hands trembling.I hummed and quoted, “Because the bird has learnt to fly without perching, the hunters have learnt to shoot without missing. I knew you were up to ruin. A leopard cannot lose its spot. So this is it mom. You demanded to know the ON and OFF knob so that you could sneak in and turn off the oxygen machine and suffocate Brian? Your evil has caught up with you.”Mom’s jaw sagged as she fumed, “You rotten maggot. I am only doing you a favor. I really want to have you back as my daughter but you must be set free from this evil marriage. He has to die.”I advanced forward and replied her, “You got to be bluffing, huh. My husband? Are you okay, mom? Are you saying it to my face that you want to kill Brian? This is unimaginable, mom!”“Listen up, Melissa. I have so much money now. I may not
Promptly I flinched from sleep; it was a dream.“Oh my God,” I whispered and wiped my face of the nervous sweat that trickled down. “Brian cannot die. What sort of dream is this? Something must be happening to my husband,” I said to myself, gasped, stroked my hair confusedly and picked up my phone to call the doctor…***Seated in front of the police detective were Fanny, Opula and Kate. While they spoke, the police scribbled down vital information on a paper, with keenness in his eyes.“The total sum of money is one million dollars,” Fanny said in a baritone voice, “I believe the money is somewhere in my villa, obviously in one or two chambers. I really want you and your boys to fish out and punish anyone found guilty of stealing the money.”The police detective winked after scribbling down some more information from Fanny, “Um, Mr. Fanny, this one million dollars in question was it stolen from your company, the Fanny Group or from the villa? Because you made mention of the money was
Feeling enthusiastic and not knowing what mom was up to, the doctor pointed at a knob, “Yes, this is the knob that controls the machine. It has an ON and OFF but it is always turned ON. Once it is turned OFF for more than thirty minutes, the patient will finally die. It is very dangerous to turn it off. And what would even make anyone to turn it off anyways?” the doctor asked suspiciously.Mom smiled and shook her head, before turning her gaze to smile deeply at me.“Why all these questions, mom?” I asked, anxiously, with my suspicious gaze locking with hers, “Are you interested in medicine now? Is this the reason you want to see Brian? You should be talking about Brian and not the machine.”Mom burst into a choking laughter, “My daughter never mind. You see, I was arguing with a staff of mine the other day that an oxygen machine has an ON and OFF knob and she kept arguing with me .” she brought out her phone and took photos of the machine, “Right now I have the picture of the machine
That was strange of mom. I couldn’t stop gaping at her, wondering why she wanted to see a man she hated so much. Mom had never desired to see Brian when he was insane. Mere thought of Brian irritated her like plaque. I could recall several times she yelled at me when I mentioned Brian in our discussion.“So why is she demanding to see him now?” I asked in my mind, “What is she up to? Is mom for real? Could this be a dream? This is strange. What is mom up to?” I asked yet further while I gaped at mom.“Why do you want to see my husband?” I asked softly and narrowed my suspicious eyes on her, wondering why she was chuckling now, as though I was funny.I could see the nurse who was in charge of riding her, develop interest in our discussion; perhaps it had come to the part she was needed. The nurse shot a brief smile at me before settling anxious gaze on mom who was nervously waiting for a prompt reply.“Um, ma’am if you want to see any patient at the emergency unit, you must seek the p
It was early Tuesday morning when I made it to the hospital to drop a flower and a get-well-soon card at the side of Brian, that I saw a familiar woman from afar. I paused for a moment to see if my guess was right. The woman was still afar in a wheel chair being ridden by a nurse.I suddenly forgot what brought me to the hospital and stood to wait for the woman to surge closer just to satisfy my anxiety. But as they pulled closer the image became clearer; oh my God! That was my mother. What happened to her and what was she doing in that wheelchair?I knew a sight of me often registered awareness in my mom that I was still a disowned child who she would never have anything to do with again.Certainly I knew that was what she was thinking when she saw me with the flower and card. It was evident in her thunderous frown and pink face. I forced a smile on my face, hoping it was contagious enough to make mom smile.“Melissa!” that was the sound of my name. I combed my gaze around to see if
A quiver of hurt spread through Rod Benson so when he barged in on his father who was entertaining some guests at the sitting room, he decided he wasn’t going to let James Benson know about Opula’s pregnancy.There was no need sharing such news with him since he had rejected it; if he should go ahead to share it, James might think he approved of it and might instigate Opula be made a wife.Rod knew his father more than anyone else; his ears were going to twitch once he heard that Opula was pregnant for him and there may be no need to search for an arranged wife.“This rotten maggot wants me to leave Melissa, just like that?” Rod nagged, staring upon my sizeable photo on his phone which he clutched between his fingers, “I don’t want to have anything to do with this fool. Opula is pregnant for me? Hell no!” he fisted his hands and punched into the other palm.After arguing with Opula , he had almost instructed his pilot to fly back to New York that same night. It was by sheer patience t