DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

EPISODE 9

Terver ran out after Mimi and saw that when she was running past their car. He increased his pace and caught up with her. He grabbed her and she pushed his hands away from her.

Mimi: “Leave me alone, don’t you ever touch me again! I hate you!”

Terver: “Please, listen to me. She was lying; I never said any of those things that she said”.

Mimi: “I don’t care what you said or didn’t say. All I know is that I am done with this marriage. That insult and embarrassment was too much for me to take, did you see how everyone in the mall turned to stare at me when she said you told her that I am too wide? For more than one year now I have been tolerating your excesses because of the love I have for you, I understood the fact that you were cheating on me probably because I was unable to give you a child. Now I am pregnant and yet you and your mistress won’t allow me carry this child in peace. If your plan is to cause my blood pressure to shot up so that I can have a miscarriage, then you have failed. I am sure you miss whatever it is that she does to you on the bed and so you can’t wait to have me out of the way. You don’t have to wait any further because I am leaving you for good, I am going to my parents’ house and I will tell them all that you have been doing to me all these years”.

Terver: “You are getting worked up over nothing. That lady was just lying”.

Mimi: “You still have the mouth to talk? As if I didn’t see your phone where you saved her name as Real Deal?”

Terver momentarily lost his voice and he didn’t know what to tell her. He knew that he would fall into serious trouble with his father if news of his extra marital affairs should get to him. 

He was also afraid that Mimi’s anger could lead to a rise in her blood pressure and this could have adverse effects on the baby. Ignoring his status and those passing bye, he got on his knees and held his wife on her feet.

Terver: “Baby, please forgive me. Yes, I know her but I never told her any of those things that she said. Yes, I had one or two intimate thing to do with her but I never said your…your…I never said your vagina is too wide. I couldn’t have said that. You are my wife, the mother of my unborn child and you are the one I truly love. She is jealous and that is why she wants to cause problems for us”.

Mimi: “Are you sure? I hope you are not just saying this because you don’t want me to leave with your child?”

Terver: “No, I am saying this from the depth of my heart. I love you more than I love myself and I promise never to cheat on you again, in fact, I swear!”

Staring at him from her standing position, Mimi’s heart melted and she knew that was no way she could end their marriage like that. She loved Terver more than anyone and anything in the world and so she had no option than to forgive him. She gave him her hand and he stood up.

Mimi: “This our naughty Daddy”, she teased. “I told you to start behaving well but you just won’t listen. Don’t you know that our baby is watching you from the womb? Do you want him to grow up behaving like you?”

Terver: “I have changed o. I promise that such a thing will never happen again. I promise to be the best Daddy in the world”, he placed his ear on her stomach. “Wow, I can hear my boy kicking and calling my name, you see my child is glad you forgave me”. They laughed and drove home.

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Terver got to work the next morning and saw a mail about the new staff that was employed and sent to his branch. He was skeptical when he saw that it was a female staff, he had made up his mind to avoid any extra marital affair ever since Mimi got pregnant and he knew that he could go back on his words if he stayed close to a hot female banker. At exactly 7:10am, the new staff walked into his office. His face lit up when he saw her, the same applicant that had come to beg him for employment that he had sent away.

Nana: “Hello, mr Manager. Surprised?”

Terver: “Of course I am not surprised. I know that desperate ladies like you can go to any length to get what they want”.

Nana: “Good, thank God you can see the desperation in me”.

Terver: “I guess you are here to work and not to talk. So, go to the human resource officer, she will show you to your duty post and tell you all that you need to know concerning your job”.

Nana: “I know where to go. I just came to inform you that I want you. It doesn’t matter if you are married to ten women. I am one woman that knows how to get what she wants. Forget my size and appearance, I know what I have upstairs. I am coming for you, watch out”. She left Terver in his office dumbfounded. He couldn’t deny that the girl was attractive and he knew that he would need the grace of God to overcome this temptation.

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Mimi woke up in the middle of the night feeling feverish. She was already used to feeling feverish ever since she got pregnant but this one was particular because she always slept well at night but that night, she had found it very difficult to fall asleep. She peeped into Terver’s face and she realized that he was fast asleep and snoring. She picked her phone and checked on the time, 02:13am, it read. She got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to ease herself, careful not to wake Femi up. She realized that her temperature was high and she took a hand towel, dabbed it with water and placed it on her head. After some minutes, she returned to bed where she kept on tossing up and down for some minutes. Then she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen and woke up with a start. Terver who was fast asleep also jerked up at that moment.

Terver: “What is it?” he asked with alarm in his eyes.

Mimi: “I don’t know, I have been feeling very uncomfortable. Then there is this sharp pain in my abdomen”.

Terver: “Could it be the baby coming?”

Mimi: “Don’t be silly, Terver. The pregnancy is not even six months yet. The baby has some months to stay in there”.

Terver: “Don’t blame me, I can’t wait to have him around, you know….”

“Ah! Yaay!” Mimi screamed forcing him to swallow his word”.

Terver: “What is it? Are you okay?” he was obviously frightened this time around.

Mimi: “My stomach”.

Terver: “What is wrong with your stomach? He asked sitting up from the bed”.

Mimi: “Terver”.

Terver: “Yes?”

Mimi: “I feel wet down there”.

Terver: “Where is down there? Wet as how?” he was beginning to lose his patience.

Mimi: “There”, she pointed in between her legs.

Terver quickly grabbed the duvet that was covering her and flipped in on the floor. There they saw that Mimi was bleeding.

“Jesus Christ”, Mimi shouted and closed her eyes, shielding them from the blood.

Terver: “My God you are bleeding. We have to rush to the hospital now before something happens to the baby. He picked his car keys from his bedside drawer and carried her gently not minding the havoc the dribbling blood was making on his pyjamas.

Terver drove to the hospital where his wife had registered for ante natal and the nurses on duty rushed to the car and took her in. The doctor on duty was the same doctor who attended to Mimi when she was involved in an accident and he wasted no time in collecting her file and rushed in to the room where Mimi was lying in the pool of her own blood.

Doctor: “Mr Terver what happened to your wife?”

Terver: “Doctor, I don’t know o, we were lying down and she suddenly started complaining of pain in her abdomen, next thing, she was bleeding”.

The doctor sent Terver out when he noticed that he was nervous.

Few minutes later, the doctor came out and Terver who was waiting outside the door ran to him.

Terver: “Doctor, how is my wife and the unborn baby? Can I go in and see my wife now?”

   

The doctor, who was wearing a frown, cleaned the sweat forming on his brow with his handkerchief, an act that confounded Terver’s agony.

Doctor: “Come with me to my office”.

Terver’s heart flew to his heart, he felt within him that all was not well with his wife.

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

EPISODE 15

Ayomide was too shock for words. It took him some minutes before he regained his voice.

Ayomide: “Are you okay, Femi? What do you mean by what you just said?”

Femi: “Oh, you have the mouth to talk after I caught you with my wife?”

Ayomide: “Why won’t I talk? What did you find me doing with your wife? Oh, so because she is your wife somebody cannot talk to her again? Have you forgotten that she was my friend even before you married her?”

Femi: “That is it, I know that you have always wanted her, I know that you are jealous that I married her. You are so stupid that you won’t even let go even for the fact that she is married to your elder brother”.

Ayomide: “Look, I don’t know what you are talking about okay? There is no way that I could have thought of coveting your wife. For your information, I came home to take a wife. I just thought of coming here to check on you since you wouldn’t pick my calls or reply your Skype messages”.

Femi: “I see that you are not even sorry for what you have done”.

Ayomide: “And what have I done, Mr Femi?” he was getting irritated by his brother’s irritating attitude.

Femi: “Are you asking me?” he charged at his brother and slapped him hard across the face.

Ayomide was shocked, he didn’t know that his half brother could ever raise his hand against him. Their parents had raised them in love and they had been warned never to fight no matter how provoked they felt.

Shana’s heart skipped a beat, she was afraid that the two brothers will start fighting and over her for that matter. She didn’t want that kind of a scandal and she was determined to do anything to prevent it.

Ayomide felt blood rush into his veins, his fists clenched and he felt like punching his brother on the jaw but he thought against it.

Ayomide: “Thank you so much for the slap. This is what I can get for coming to check on my brother and his wife. No wonder Shana looks pale and ruined, take a second look at your wife, is this the woman you married years ago? Was she this tattered? Posterity will judge you for all that you are doing”, he made to leave and stopped shortly before he got to the door.

“And the bruises on her face, I don’t need to ask where they came from. You have obviously turned her into your punching bag. And you Shana, you better run for your life before he kills you”. He turned to leave but Femi charged at him but Shana ran up and stood in between them and Ayomide shook his head and walked out banging the door behind him.

Shana: “What is wrong with you? Leave your brother alone, he has done nothing wrong”.

Femi: “Oh really, he has done nothing wrong by touching you? He was about kissing you before I came in, who knows how far he would have gone if I hadn’t returned as at the time I did? I guess you would not mind having him on our matrimonial bed. Ayomide, your eternal crush who knows how many times he had visited behind my back to service you?”

Shana: “Femi, you may call me whatever you wish but never you in your pathetic life insinuate that I am cheating on you. See who is talking about our matrimonial bed, do you know the sanctity of the matrimonial bed? If you do, would you abandon your matrimonial bed for the bed of your mistresses? What moral justification have you to query me even if I am cheating on you? When was the last time you touched me and made me feel like a woman?”

Femi: “You now talk back at me? Is that how much you now disrespect me? I will show you that I am the man of the house and you have to respect me”. He gave her a hard slap that sent her crashing on the sofa behind her. Before she could comprehend what was happening, another slap had landed on her left eye, hot tears began to stream down her face. Femi was on top her in no time hitting and punching her, she tried to escape from his clutch but he pinned her down and was raining blows on her. She tried to push him off but his weight was too much for her. With all the strength she had left in her, she raised her hand and struck him hard on the face. Femi was shocked and momentarily taken aback, she seized the opportunity and ran away, she ran to the bedroom but he ran after her and caught up with her. He yanked her head against the wall and she felt like she would pass out. She knew that she had to run away before Femi kills her, he grabbed her head and was to repeat what he did but she outsmarted him and raised her knee, in his rage, he didn’t see her raise her knee and it connected with his balls sending him reeling with pain on his knees. She bolted out and made for the sitting room. She wanted to run out for her life. She got to the door but she found out that it was locked. She tried to turn the key but the fright in her heart caused her hands to tremble and she was fumbling with the keys, suddenly she turned around and Femi grab her on the waist and throw her on the floor.

Femi: “You think you can run away? Where do you think you are running to, Ayomide’s place? I see that what you have in between your legs is scratching you for some action, I am going to give you so much that you would never dream of cheating on me again”, he removed his belt and parted her legs.

Shana: “Don’t do this Femi, I am your wife you can’t rape me”.

Femi: “Who said it is rape? Thank God you know you are my wife and only I am taking what is mine”, there was fire in his eyes and Shana knew that this animal before her was not the man she married.

She attempted to plead but Femi struck her hard across the face and forced his way into her. The pain of his painful penetration coupled with the pain from the physical injuries he had inflicted on her was too much for her to bear and she began to scream attracting the attention of their neighbours. The more she screamed, the more Femi increased the tempo of his pounding, he was glad that he was causing her pain and her screams urged him on. A heavy knock on the door forced him to pause, Shana began to scream harder when she heard the knock, she knew that she needed help and there was no way she could keep quiet and allow Femi pound her to her death.

Neighbour: “Open the door now”.

Femi: “Who are you and why should I open the door?”

Neighbour: “I heard your wife screaming, what is going on there?”

Femi: “She is screaming out of pleasure, haven’t you and your wife had noisy sex before?”

The neighbour obviously not convinced with the story kept on knocking but Femi ignored him and when Shana tried to scream for help, he brought his hand over her lips. The neighbour got tired and left them.

Satisfied with his urge and anger, Femi withdrew from her and kicked her leaving her rolling on the ground in pain. He went into the bathroom, had a quick bath and rushed out of the house. He was going to have a pleasurable rest at Nana’s place, his new found mistress.

Shana layed in the spot for more than one hour weeping and regretting ever getting married to Femi. She knew that it was time to talk to her parents about Femi’s attitude but she didn’t want to be the cause of trouble between the two families. She was still wallowing in her physical and psychological pain when her phone began to ring. It was Ayomide calling.

Ayomide: “How are you, Shana? I just called to check on you and to ask if you need my help in anyway, I don’t like the way you were looking when I saw you this earlier this evening”.

Shana: “I…Ayomide, I…” her voice went off and she began to cry.

Ayomide: “Shana talk to me, why are you crying?”

Shana: “I am in pain”, she managed to say.

Ayomide: “Just stay put, I am coming right away. You don’t sound good”.

Shana: “No, don’t. I will be fine”, Ayomide had already dropped the call.

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