DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

EPISODE 2

Mimi was carried away thinking of what to do that she didn’t hear Terver end the call and open the door, startling her. He was also frightened when he bumped into her for he was not expecting her to be eavesdropping on his phone conversation since he left her sleeping.

Terver: “Gosh you scared me. What are you doing here? Are you not supposed to be sound asleep by this time?”

Mimi remained rooted on the spot and couldn’t find her voice.

Terver: “Have you gone deaf? What is wrong with you?”

Mimi: “Ah, erm…er..I mean. Yes, I was sleeping when I had this terrible nightmare and woke up with a start. I didn’t see you on the bed so I thought of checking on you in there”, she pointed at the restroom from where he came.

Terver: “Are you a kid? What sort of nightmare is it that got you so scared you couldn’t wait for me to come out of the toilet?”

Terver: “I wanted to tell you about it before I forget. You know how I easily forget nightmares. I was just about knocking when you opened the door”.

Terver: “You mean you just got to the door when I came out?”

Mimi: “Yes?”

Terver: “Like you didn’t listen to my cal…I mean you weren’t eavesdropping on my conversation?”

Mimi: “What conversation are you talking about? I thought you went to ease yourself, were you talking in the toilet?” she feigned ignorance.

Terver: “Me talk in the toilet? No o. I don’t even know what I am saying. In fact, I think I am sleep walking. Lets get back to sleep”, he kissed her on the forehead and led her to bed. 

Few minutes later, he was already snoring. Mimi was wide awake wondering when and how Terver learnt to lie this smoothly. As she was thinking, she felt her anger rise to her throat and she felt the strong urge to pull his duvet from his head and talk sense into his head but she held her calm for she knew that anger would not yield any positive result in this case.

The next morning, she was still asleep when Terver got ready and drove out of the house. She had pretended to be fast asleep when he grabbed his phone and left in a hurry without giving her a peck on the forehead like he always did and this broke her heart the more.

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Terver got to the office in good time to get himself ready for the business of the day. They were recruiting fresh bankers to fill different vacant positions of marketers, tellers and customer relation officers. As the branch manager of one of the most popular branches of the bank, he and the human resource team were going to conduct the interview. This was the second phase of the screening process after the aptitude tests that they had subjected candidates to. He was dressed in a black tuxedo that gave him the fitting of his life. As soon as he drove into the bank premises where the interview was to hold, the security men saluted him and directed him to the parking area reserved for staff. One of the security men went to his colleague at their duty post.

Security 1: “Shebi this oga wey drive enter so na Garki 1 branch manager? Why him no get driver? Other managers get drivers na”.

Security 2: “My brother, the thing heavy me for mouth to talk seff. Them say bank give am driver but him no dey gree make the man drive am because he want to drive himself as per say driving na im hobby”.

Security 1: “Which kind yeye hobby. Him never talk the reason why he no want get driver, the truth go soon commot”.

Security 2: “Shhh. Keep your tongue inside your mouth o, e be like say this job don tire you that is why you dey yarn anyhow”.

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When the human resource team settled down to the interview proper, the applicants were called in one after the other and after the interview which lasted for almost three hours, Terver rushed out to pick his calls for his phone has been on silent mode all through the time the interview lasted. Some of the missed calls he saw included calls from his mother, his wife and his mistress whose name he saved as ‘Real Deal’. Quickly, without even thinking of calling his mother or wife, he dialed his mistress’ number.

Terver: “Hello, Sweeri. Somebody almost ran down my battery with calls, don’t tell me you are missing me already”.

Mirabel: “See who is talking, as if you don’t miss me too. Should I tell you what you have missed today?”

Terver: “Please don’t start o, do you want me to cum inside my trousers at work? Your voice alone is too much seduction”.

Mirabel: “Are you coming over for lunch? I have…”

Terver: “Oh no baby, not today. I need to rush to my branch now, I came to the headquarters for interview. I will see you later in the evening after work”. When he dropped the call, he saw that his wife was calling. Hissing, he picked up the call.

Terver: “What is it? Have you forgotten that I am at work? You know how I hate to be distracted at work”.

Mimi: “Sorry, Terver Adooshima wam. This is not the first time I am calling you at work now. Anyway, I called to know what you would like to eat as dinner”.

Terver: “Do you have to call to ask that? Look I am tired of your endless questions every day. Use your discretion and cook whatever you want. I have a customer to attend to” he ended the call.

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Terver was in the office going through some statements of account when a lady dressed in a sexy mini skirt and lilac skirt walked in. In a second, the expert that he is, Terver allowed his eyes roam from her face which had a perfect make up to her lips, painted in sharp purple lipstick. His eyes moved to her chest which although modest was moving in sync with her breathing. She was of a small frame but very cute. She looked almost like a doll and he felt like grabbing her and playing with her like he did with his toy when he was a child. “Hello”, her husky voice interrupted him.

Terver: “Oh, hi. Welcome to the branch manager’s office, please have a sit. How may I help you?”

Doo: “Hello, Mr Manager”. She said staring at him in the eye.

Terver: “Wait a minute, I have met this pretty face before. Where o, where? Where? Where?”

Doo: “You met me few hours ago. I was one of the applicants you interviewed”.

Terver: “Yes! I remember. Don’t mind me, I meet so many people every day that keeping track of faces is a big problem for me. What can I do for you, please?”

Doo: “I need this job, I need it badly. I don’t care what you want in return, just give me this job and I will do whatever you want”.

Terver: “Are you out of your mind? What is wrong with applicants of nowadays? You think every man is useless like the ones you have met in your pathetic life? Look at my finger; that is a wedding ring. I am married and I love my wife more than anything in the world. You think it’s every time that sex sells? Take your cheap body out of here”.

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After closing that day, Terver who was planning to stop over at Mirabel’s place for lunch was about driving out when he ran into one of his colleagues, the head of customer relations. When he asked why she was yet to go home, she said her car broke down and she was waiting to pick a cab home because she couldn’t reach her husband on phone.

Terver: “I could drop you off, I am going towards that end. I mean I know you have an infant and you should be with him by now, it’s getting late”.

She accepted the offer and got into his car. Mimi on the other hand was driving to her favourite supermarket in town to buy some toiletries when she saw a car that looked like her husband’s drive past her. She looked at the plate number of the car and she realized that it was for sure her husband’s car. A closer look at the car revealed that her Terver was not alone but had a woman with him. Terver was driving around town with a woman instead of coming home to her. So this was the woman that had been disturbing her husband’s sleep in the night. She was determined to create a scene and disgrace the woman and so she abandoned the toiletries she wanted to buy and began to chase them in her car. “I will break that lady’s head today, instead of her to look for her own husband, she is going after my man. I will see if she will ever have the guts to go after married men again after I am done with her. As for Terver, I will give him the embarrassment of his life today”. She said as she made effort to catch up with their car.

Question: is Mimi doing the right thing? Why in your opinion is her husband cheating on her?

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 

EPISODE 20

Terver’s phone rang and he picked it and his expression changed. “Oh my God! My goodness! Ha!”

Mimi went close to him.

“What is it? What happened? Talk to me now?”

Terver stood rooted to the spot, he couldn’t give his wife details of the deal that he was involved in at the bank. “It is nothing, it just an instruction for me to report very early tomorrow morning to the bank to clear up an issue”, he lied to her.

Mimi: “What do you mean by that? Is that enough reason for you to scream the way you did?”

Terver: “Mimi, please. I have been having hard days at work these days. Don’t add to it”.

Mimi: “Okay, should I serve you your dinner now?”

Terver: “Which dinner again? Can’t you see that Mirabel has already dished the Genger soup and fufu she made for me?”

Mimi: “And what in God’s name is that supposed to mean? Who is she to cook for my husband? Did I ever instruct her to do that?”

Terver: “I don’t care whether you instructed her or not, that is none of my business. All I know is that I like what I see on the table and I am going to eat it”.

Mimi: “No way, Terver”, she banged her hand on the table causing him to startle. “There is absolutely no way I am going to sit back and watch you eat something prepared by another woman, who knows if there is a love portion in there?”

Terver: “Oh, so you are feeling insecure now? The almighty Mimi is jealous of another woman snatching her husband”.

Mimi: “Oh please stop being sarcastic. Anyway, I have been waiting for you to return so we can discuss this. I remember when you brought this maid, you told me I could send her away if I am not satisfied with her performance. Well, I am not satisfied, she should leave my house. A maid that will ignore her duties and start cooking for my husband, is that one a maid? Next thing you know she is warming her way into your bed”.

Terver ignored her and proceeded to washing his hands before he began to eat.

Mimi: “I am talking to you, Terver!” she turned to Mirabel who was watching them. “And you, what are you still doing here? Get your bags and whatever it is you have in this house and leave me and my husband alone”.

Mirabel: “Hehehe, in your dream madam. It is only in your dreams that you can send me out of this house. I will leave when I want to leave and not when you want me to leave”.

Her words struck Mimi like thunder bolt, it was like a dream to her. It took her some minutes before she could find her voice.

Mimi: “What did you just say?”

Mirabel: “oh, have you suddenly gone deaf or you think I am afraid to talk? Well, I said you have no right to send me out of this house. You didn’t bring me here and so you can’t take me out”.

Mimi walked up to her and in her rage gave her a resounding slap. “How dare you talk to me like that? I am the madam of the house and you as a maid do not even have any right to talk while I am talking talk more of talking back at me.

Mirabel who had never seen Mimi violent before even when her husband was hitting her wasn’t prepared for the hard slap she received. She staggered to her feet and when she regained her composure, she charged at Mimi but Terver stood up and stood in between them.

Terver: “Will you two women get hold of your emotions? What is wrong with you? Can’t a man come home and eat in peace again?”

Mirabel: “Leave me alone!” she was struggling to pull out of his hold. “Leave me alone let me teach her a lesson. Who does she think she is? Oh, so you are stupid enough to look at me and believe that I am a maid? Look me well, I be correct Akwa Ibom girl, nobody fit collect man for my hand except the man wey I no want again. So, you get the liver to slap me, fear no even catch you. Chai, Mirabel you don suffer. Terver leave me o, if I no beat your wife faint today, then change my name. She know the kind life wey I don live for Uyo before I come Abuja? I go pieces you, Mimi. I go tear you, no try me o, you go wound”. She was ranting and kicking at Terver like a mad dog.

Mimi was shocked, disbelief was written all over her face.

Mimi: “Holy Mary mother of God, help,  get this animal out of my house. Terver, where on earth did you get this mad thing from? Is this the person you brought to the house as a maid? Do you want her to kill me?”

Mirabel: “Who be your maid? Hehehe…this Mimi abi wetin Terver dey call you, you sha dull. No be only maid, na PA. Ode!”

Terver: “Mirabel!”

Mirabel: “No call my name, jor. I am not the kind of woman that a man will be seeing from the backyard. Madam Mimi, I be your husband babe, I dey knack am well. In fact, since the time wey I meet am, I don fuck am pass all the fuck wey him don give you since wey una marry”.

Mimi: “Oh my God, this is not happening to me. No, no!” she felt her head spinning and she leaned on the wall for support. Suddenly, she regained her strength and she knew that she had to take back her marriage from the clutches of this evil dog. Like one possessed, she ran to the guest room where Mirabel’s things were and began to bring them out. “I don’t care if you have been sleeping with my husband since his mother gave birth to him, all I know is that you are leaving my house today. It is only a shameless woman that will take pride in sleeping with another woman’s man. Anyway, I don’t blame you after all you can’t find a man for yourself so you have to snatch another person’s own”.

Mirabel: “Hahaha, see who dey talk say me Mirabel no fit get my own man. Akwa Ibom girl like me, no man wey I want wey I no fit get so no just deceive yourself. I don’t even know why I like your husband, maybe na because him fine small”

Mimi ran to her and held her by the hand to drag her out but Terver stopped her.

“She is not going anywhere”, he said.

Mimi: “What!”

Terver: “Yes, you heard me well”.

Mimi: “This is it, I can’t take this anymore. This is the height of all the insults that my patience can take. You have broken the carmel’s back, Terver and our parents must hear this. I cannot continue to keep quiet any longer”.

Terver: “Go ahead and do your worst. You know what? I am tired of hearing those your empty threats of reporting me to our parents. What do you think they will do to me, beat me? You think I am a little child they can easily manipulate? Listen, I got enough money to live on without going to my parents for help so I don’t care what they think about me”.

Mimi: “Terver! Don’t you have the fear of God in you? You are talking to your wife who is carrying your child like this because of this cheap slot?”

Terver: “Which child? Is this the first time you are carrying my child? Where is the first one you carried, could you keep it to the end?”

Mimi: “I had a miscarriage, it was not my fault”.

Terver: “Of course it was your fault. Who knows if you will not miscarry this one as well? Please please, don’t even try to blackmail me with any pregnancy here”.

Mimi: “This is unfair, I am tired of this marriage. I am walking away”.

Terver: “Please walk away and give me and Mirabel the perfect opportunity to express our love. What she does to me in bed is too good to be a hide and seek game”. He picked up his car keys from the dining table, held Mirabel by the hand and they walked out leaving Mimi in tears.

Mimi composed herself, picked her phone and dialed her mother’s number.

Mimi: “Mum, I am done with this marriage”, she said and explained all that had been happening to her mother.

Mrs Akaahan: “I am going to see Terver’s parents and explain everything to them. Your father and I will come there by the first flight tomorrow morning. Get your things ready, you are  coming back with us. I cannot sit here and watch Terver kill you and my unborn grandchild” she instructed.

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