jilted episode 95

JILTED
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©™Hapita
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Sequence 95
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A month later
Hanna POV
"Madam, push the belle come this side, naija driver no sabi pregnant women o" Anthony warned.
I giggled walking up to his side.
"Baby, breath in and out" He ordered.
I giggled for few seconds before complying.
"Don't be rude uh, I got your back" He assured.
We were at Nigeria, he wanted me to see his family and apologize. I hope they can find a place in their hearts to forgive and forget everything.
Holding my waist, he led me into their family large compound.
It was Christmas period, everyone would be home to celebrate with the Stanleys.
"Easy baby" He whispered helping me to climb the stairs in front of the main door.
"Ewu! Anthony, you have refused to let her go right?" His Elder sister spat, she's married with four kids. She slammed the door behind her and stood in front of us.
"Ada, what's your problem? Is it your wife?' Anthony fired though in a very low tone.
Ada was the first daughter and second child.
"Let this thing go, she won't enter here o" She yelled blocking the door with her body.
"Ada, commot for road" He warned in pidgin.
I clung unto him, holding his left arm firmly.
"Anthony, let this bitch leave now" She roared.
"She's carrying my child, Leave to where?" He stood in front of her trying to pull her away.
"To her house, her father's house, hell, anywhere. Are you sure this thing inside her is yours?"
"Before you poke nose in my marital affairs, first win your husband over. If this is how you give your husband all the attention he deserves, I am sure he wouldn't have married a second wife" Anthony blurted.
He pushed her off and dragged me behind him.
"That was harsh, she's your elder sister" I scolded.
"Little pepper, little ice" He whispered as we walked into the large sitting room.
I wore the garment of shame at once, his extended family were gathered having lunch and chatting in the family sized sitting room.
"What's she doing here?" His other sister stood up to us. She's the last child of the family.
"Nneka, shuuuu, sit down biko" He quickly intervened.
I went on my kneels, tears dripped down my eyes.
"Mama, Papa, I am sorry, I was just been childish" I pleaded facing the floor and holding my tummy.
Anthony walk pass me, he took a sit in between his parents.
"Anthony, this is totally wrong, this woman is a cheat, a womanizer, you know what the Bible said about adultery, she even had a son for her brother in law, if we let that slide, what about the murder case? She killed her mother and went to jail for it, she's an ex convict" I heard the voice of their son.
I soaked the floor with my tears, I wouldn't let my brother marry a woman with such past so I understand his siblings.
"Every one is got their bad side, flaws and past, my wife is a repented Christian, please forgive her for my sake" He pleaded on my behalf.
"Let her get out of this place before I curse her for tarnishing my son's name" His mom roared.
Hot tears gushed out of my eyes.
"Mama, put yourself in her shoes now, you are a lady too" Anthony pleaded on my behalf.
"I would never sleep with another man outside my marriage, this one is a whore, a murder" His mother spat again.
"He just asked me to face my marriage just because I am concerned about him, this lady bewitched him" I heard Ada's voice behind me.
"Ada, you and Nneka wouldn't contribute a thing to this discussion, go and face your marriages let I and my wife deal with our marriage" Anthony warned, his tone raised and loud.
"Ehhh, abomination! Witch, what did you do to my brother o" Nneka spat.
"You are still talking?"
"Let her talk, let's talk o, once a murderer is always a murderer, this one you brought before us isn't acceptable, one day she might just stab you to death" Mama added.
I raised my head to look in their eyes, they were obviously boiling.
Only two of his brothers were on seat, I guess the other one hasn't arrived home to celebrate festive period.
"Ada, carry your sister and leave here now" Anthony ordered.
Male kids have this authority over the females, Bobby exhibit this type of authority too.
Ada left with her sister grumbling, it was only the men and mama in the room. I really don't know where Anthony's brothers wives were.
"She's only here to say sorry, you don't have to forgive her if you don't want to. It's a bundle on your heads, carry unforgiveness in your hearts, it's no longer our business. She has confessed her sins and she's willingly to be a good wife, give her a chance" Anthony pleaded on my behalf.
"No chance for a murderer in my son's life"
"Mama, I don't want to tell you to shut up ooo, women reason somehow, as if papa haven't sent you parking twice because you cheated"
My jaw dropped, I looked in his direction, his brows furrowed, I could see the obvious clenching of teeth inside his mouth.
His mother gave him a contemptuous look, oops, that was too much to rub on his mother's face.
"Ehn ehh, Anthony, you said that to me? I carried you for ten months, I knew what I passed through going from one hospital to another trying to bring you forth, I suffered, now you insulted me in front of a woman? An ordinary stranger?"
"I am not insulting you, I am speaking the truth, stop making it look like Hanna is terrible, Nneka was first said to be a vulchanier's daughter before the kin men sorted it out then, mama abeg o leave me and my wife o, Papa didn't send you parking now, I have decided to stand by my wife too"
"Srrp, pumm, pumm" My heart beated like it would malfunction in few seconds.
"It's okay please, Anthony isn't a child, he knows what he wants" Papa quickly intervened.
I held my babies from the outside, they were playing, hitting me from the inside.
"Mama, I am sorry, please now, forgive I and Hanna please" Anthony protested in front of his mom.
She withdrew her legs nodding.
"See, leave him alone. He dare not come back to report that she did this or that" Anthony's Elder brother warned storming out of the room.
Mama followed.
"Son, all I wish you is peace" Papa said.
He rose and went to hug his other brother.
He came to me and help me up too.
"They can go to hell right? We have done our part, I am assuring you, they would learn to accept you soon" He smiled at me guiding me out of the large compound.
I couldn't control my tears, I let them flow.
"Shhh, you have no reason to cry, they didn't marry you for me, did they? Look, we are expecting three in less than two months, we should return home at once and prepare. I love you" He told me immediately we sat at the back seat of the cab.
Haira POV
"Daddi"
"Momma"
Angelina is home for Christmas and her birthday.
"Hey, baby, come here, I missed you" Ambrose spread his arm open.
Beautiful Lina skipped into his arm.
I smiled, Lina has grown into a beautiful baby girl, chocolate neat skin and pink lips. So smallish and smart.
"Thank you, Annalisa" I hugged her nanny.
Annalisa is a mother of two, in her late 40's.
Ambrose paid her to look after our daughter, he's talking of sending Alice down to the state too as soon as she turns three or four. Why? He doesn't want our kids to intervene in our romance and sex life.
We haven't resumed sex, I just did the family planning last week, when I told him, he told me to give him time to think about it, he said he needs to be sure he wants to have sex with me again.
And I was like, oh really?
Now that Lina is here, he's so giving his kids all the attention in this world while I just do the cooking all by myself.
"Look, your sister, Alice" Ambrose introduced.
He carried both of them on each laps, they faced each other staring like strangers.
"Momma had a baby?" Lina asked frowning.
"Yes" Ambrose responded sharply.
"She looks like a doll, can she talk?
Hey?
Hello there" Angelina pulled Alice left hand towards herself.
I watched the drama chuckling.
"She's just a baby, moreover she doesn't talk much uhh? She's Alice, your sister" Ambrose said holding both of them to his sides as he stood up and left the room.
He didn't even say hi to the nanny that brought his kid all the way from the state?
I made Annalisa comfortable and ran into the room, he made them lie on the bed tickling both of them as they laughed hysterically.
"I need to see you" I interrupted.
He didn't paused.
"Am here, see me" He spoke kissing Angelina's stomach.
"Ambrose, privately please" I insisted.
"Seriously? Our kids are strangers?" He left the kids and gave me a sharp look.
I didn't respond, he switched back to his kids, I felt stung.
He treats me like a plague.
"Ambrose, I birthed those kids that means the world to you, don't I deserve to be appreciated?" I covered my mouth with my right palm, clowd of tears formed in my eyes.
"I haven't wronged you, have I? You don't lack anything" He said.
"How bad can you treat me? maybe throw me out of the house at the end right? So I am to blame for giving you beautiful daughters? I risked my life twice and you treat me like trash, maybe I don't exist, the only thing you know is spending excess on your daughters, I am someone's daughter too, I deserve to be loved too, you now do business all alone, you no longer talk to me like you use to yet you ask if I lack anything, I lack everything" I yelled releasing the tears in large quantities.
"Lina, go with your sister, go play" Ambrose placed Alice on the floor and watch her crawl out of the room under the directions of Angelina.
"Yeah, what were we saying?" He walked up to me smiling.
"Should we still fight over things like this, you would be 36 soon and........i mean, we have been married for almost seven years now, must you make me cry?" I yelled.
He moved closer pining me into the wall and breathing into my neck.
"You feel too important girl, you think business wouldn't boom without you? You want to boss me around? I am still the man here and you should accord me that respect" He said.
"But I..........."
"Wait, I am not done, let me pour my mind out" He warned still maintaining his position.
"You think I can't do anything without you? Because you know you have got a greater impact on my life right? Do you know there's someone out there better than yourself? They would do more of what you feel important doing.
The other time, we talked as couple to get family planning done, you said I was against feminism, you asked that I permanently damage my sperm instead of you going for family planning.
You have stood by me in times of need and that's why I am still here. There can't be two captains in a ship, you are my wife, I married you.
In the past few months, I have done business on my own and I am just doing good, have you seen it? You aren't as important as you thought.
Sometimes, you just decide to leave the house without my permission, your last trip to Cairo, you never told me, I returned home after business trip to meet a empty house, what's your exactly is your problem? I gave you the feathers and I would trim it down, I mean completely" He threatened, his voice thick and suggesting avgeer.
"But, why would you stay two weeks outside your home all in the name of work? Don't I have freedom of movement? I can decide to go any where, any time. You think it's only you that can leave the house at wish? Moreover, that was too years back"
"Uhmm, up till this moment, you haven't said who you went to meet over there, oh yes, you've got freedom baby, I would eventually leave you to enjoy it.
You thought I am stalking you? You think I know nothing but sex, I can go for years sweetie, I sworn to you that I would never cheat, ever again and I would keep to that. I am glad you got the family planning done now, but it doesn't have any effect right now, I can see you are a unrepentant feminist. Feminism isn't about standing up to your husband in the house"
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TBC