Chapter 6

“she had something to do with my losing,” Mr. Lodipo said to Sarah who lay next to him in his arms, still in her mind how passionately Mr Lodipo had made love to her in his anger fury and disappointment.

“That’s right sir, she deserves to be punished don’t you think,” Sarah said to him “Marry me and chase her out of this house” she suggested sitting up now to look at him. Mr Lodipo turned to her looking at her in deep thought before nodding to what he had said.

“of course, that will teach her” he said leaning on to kiss Sarah “I will send her the divorce papers and she will not leave with any of the wealth I have accumulated over the years.”

We can then elope and live off a good life away, just me and you” Sarah said, excitedly smiling.

“no, we will take the child with us, I can’t live my blood with that woman, she doesn’t even care a flinch about him”

“how soon can we do this, my love” Sarah asked now more greedy in her of being the wife of a rich man she never thought she would one day be a wealthy woman from being a woman who had nothing. She always admired Priscilla and how wealthy she was, she envied her for being born from a silver platter while she was born in the ghetto with nothing to show or present. Mr Lodipo responded to her with a smile,

“Everything will be done before tomorrow, she will wake up a woman with nothing tomorrow.” He said boldly.

Meanwhile, Priscilla had packed all her things while the two were all cosy in the room, she took the child and everything else and left to see Mathew. She took out her phone and made two phone calls one was to one of his father's men, her father was on his way back home that very day after hearing the devastating news of Mr Lodipo losing and no one could explain what had happened. The other call she made was to Mathew.

“Change of plans Mathew, let's meet at the private apartment, the wedding will happen today.” She said to him boldly.

“I have interviews already lined up” Mathew responded.

“it will be very quick Mathew, this is more important” she ordered and he agreed, and proceeded to make the right arrangements.

As soon as she was done on the call, the door was rung and to her excitement, it was one of the things she had made the first call for. A guy dressed in black holding a big bottle was standing at her door he had a mask on his face.

“good you are here, make it quick and leave before anyone notices you.”

“yes ma'am” he responded and went behind the house with his jerrican. Priscilla proceeded to wear a mask and walked towards the car driving a little further from the house but from a distance where she could see the house. In a few minutes, the house was bursting up in flames and she looked at the house with joy.

“Baby John, that’s what people who mess with us get, we agreed till death do us part when we got married, I am just giving your father what he wants, no one outsmarts me,” she said holding her phone which had the recording of her husband and Sarah on the bed planning on her life. She then drove away after much attention was beginning to be directed towards their house.

Mathew was there at the apartment after a few hours, he was full of joy and the first thing he did was jump on Priscilla with joy.

“Thank you so much,” he said overjoyed.

“hush now, My son is here asleep I don’t want to wake him up” She said and he was a little surprised why her son was with her today. “did you bring the high priest for the marriage?”

“yes, he is outside waiting. I thought maybe you and I could have some little fun before we officially get wedded” he said teasing her all over.

“I would love that but we don’t have much time, Mathew,” she said responding to his cheekiness.

“not even a quicky, come on baby ever since we started this affair I have lost all complete interest in my wife, you are everything I want,” he said pushing even harder on her “Just 3 minutes, I promise,” He said sliding her skirt up she didn’t want to stop him she let him bend her over the sofa while he softly slid in her giving her pleasure.

“you sure you didn’t want this baby” he said to her while he thrusted in a rhythm leaving her breathless.

“I love this, especially with the long day I have had.”

“is that why you brought the baby” he asked increasing his thrust in her making it even harder for her to speak, she couldn't say a word over the pleasure she felt until she climaxed.

“ Haven’t you watched the news Mathew, my house burned. I am a widow ready to be married again” she said pulling her skirt down “We can get started now”

Mathew was puzzled.

“How about me, I am still married, how will we justify the certificate.” He asked with concern.

“oh Mathew I can't believe you are all over the news but still so behind on the things that are happening,” she asked him looking at him in his eyes “Your wife was involved in a very bad car accident with your kids, terrible things are happening all over”

“that was not part of the agreement, I could have just divorced her Priscilla,” he said in frustration.

“How, Mathew, tell me won't the public speak on how you divorced her because of me, and that will make it difficult to keep you on that seat.”

Mathew was in unbelief looking at her in shock.

“Don’t look at me like that, everything comes at a cost. I thought you were a smart man to know that, my father will never support you and he will have you assassinated if he knows you are the governor and yet you are not under him. He wants everything that belongs to those in power to belong to him and go to him and his family, and never someone from the outside to benefit. That’s why it's all called dirty politics.” She said looking at him still in shock but trying to compose himself.

“I wanted this, I just didn’t know this was the cost, but regardless I have won. Thank you” he said to her not to displease her. “are we going to live together and have children?” he asked her, he was already obsessed with her.

“No this marriage is for my father Mathew, it will please him to know he is still in control, I like you. You are a good man but I am a woman with her ambitions. I will be gone as soon as we sign the marriage certificate.” She said and leaned over to kiss him even longer. Shortly after the high priest walked in and they began the marriage process and signed all the documents.

Pricilla's next stop was his father’s house, the servants and everyone there knew her so when she walked in, she went through to the entrance of her father’s room, he had not yet arrived. So she called a servant and a few of the men of her father to witness and she handed her the child.

“I trust this child’s life with you. Watch over him like your own while he grows in my father's house. He is my father’s favourite grandchild if anything happens to him you know surely your life is in danger as well.” She then excused them all and proceeded to open her father's room, she was the only one with a key to her father’s bedroom she then placed a letter the recording and the marriage documents on her father’s bed and left.