Please take your time and read within the lines and get the story and lessons from this piece of writing and your life will be transformed.
I had my bath,ate the delicious breakfast made by my husband and I,and was off to work.
Honey what's you plan for the day,I asked him,hmmm, nothing new other than job hunting as usual,I shall submit my CV to as many companies as I can,he replied...
Okay then, that means you would be needing the car more,so I'd just go to work in a taxi cab..I said.
Oh no honey,no no,I used the car yesterday and today you want me to alsoooooo,,, honey,I interrupted him,when I get to work,the car would just be parked doing nothing until evening when I am done,but you on the other hand,you will be needing it all through,so who do you think needs it more,I asked smiling..
What did I do to deserve you,what good have I ever done to deserve an angel as a wife, Chris asked a rhetorical question....come here,he said as he drew me closer to himself hugging me beautifully...But honey,won't your MD be angry,he gave you that car, Chris reminded..
Honey,he gave me that car to ease my movement and so I don't come late to work,as long as I arrived the hotel early he will have nothing to worry,more over it's my car I can use it just how I want,my husband is the one going to use it and not some random guy, honey,talk to you later let me hurry up,I said and rushed out...
Careful,,and I love you, Chris said..
Love you too honey,I replied walking out...
It was so difficult getting a taxi cab that morning,haven waited for some minutes, thankfully,I got one,but I was already behind schedule...
I hurriedly alighted from the taxi and rushed inside only for me to see my MD standing at my front...
Mrs Osawaru , don't tell me you are just getting to work, Mr Benjamin scolded.. ..I am so sorry sir,It was difficult getting a taxi this morning and traffic wasn't nice,I managed to utter...
That was why you where giving a car,so what business do you have waiting for a taxi,he asked ..
Ehen,ehen,hmm,my car broke down,it developed minor fault and the mechanic is working on it...I said..
I see,make sure you fix it to avoid reoccurrence of this,he said..
Okay sir,I shall...I replied and walked inside..
Which car did you say is bad madam,Angela a friend and colleague asked,,your car that I saw your husband driving on my way to work,Ese,you mean to tell me,you gave your husband your car,while you came to work on a public vehicle,she asked again surprised...
AG,Chris needs the car more than I do, now once I get to work,the car just stays there doing nothing, but my husband on the other hand,needs the car to move from company to company,I explained....
Oh my goodness, what's wrong with you Ese,who does that for a man,I mean a man,see he's all this loyal, faithful and nice, that's if he is anyways,just because he doesn't have enough money yet,by the time he has money,all these sacrificessssssssss,,,enough Angela,enough,I interrupted her,i would not allow you talk so low of my husband, please stop it,I said with all seriousness....
Sorry ohhh,my mouth would not just stay in one place,am sorry please,she said a bit angry and walked inside....
Walking in an hotel,exposes us to some of the dirtiest stuff's some couples do,some married men indeed cheat on their wives with such pride,even some women ironically do same,,,but definitely there are exceptions,and I know Chris can never do that to me....
Getting home after work I couldn't believe who was around,it was iye,Chris's mother,came all the way from Benin to Lagos without prior notice,for heaven sake we were only trying to survive,how are we going to cope with having a third belly to feed,I thought within....
I was shocked seeing her and it was written on my face...
Esosa you are not happy to see me,or I shouldn't come to my son's house anymore,iye(my mother in law) quarried...
Oh no iye,am sorry ,obokhian ye,it's just that I wasn't expecting you ma...I said politely..
Enwanta,so I would have to send letter to you and wait for your approval before visiting my son?,she asked in anger..
Oh no ma,I meant to say,if I had known you were coming,I would have made something sumptuous for you before leaving for work,I managed to defend myself...
Honey welcome,Chris greeted from the couch he was sitting,I was very angry at him,he couldn't even say a word neither did he had the courtesy to inform me his mother would be coming, nevertheless I didn't want to disrespect him before his mother....
Good evening honey,I greeted back.iye let me quickly make dinner for you,I said...
You had better be fast about that,I have seen what you have in your freezer, there's stew and varieties of soup,I also saw some yams in your store room,I want you to make pounded yam and vegetable soup ohh, that's what I want,she said....
Iye had done a thorough inspection of my kitchen,so why didn't she ask her son to make the food for her,I said within me..okay ma,I said.and quickly went into our room to change into something casual and headed to the kitchen....
I brought out the vegetable soup as she had demanded,and heat it.. thankfully I had some yam flour,which will save me the stress of pounding...I placed a pot on fire with a little quantity of water on it so I could start turning the yam flour when iye walked in...
Vbusunu,who are you making that for she asked..iye you said you wanted pounded yam and vegetable soup,and am doing that...I replied politely..
I know what I said,who are you trying to turn that thing for,Esosa when I say I want pounded yam,I mean peel a tuber of yam,cook and then pound it,who has appetite for all these modern day way of making pounded yam, nothing beats the one and only way of enjoying pounded yam,I need a pounded yam and nothing else.she said and walked to the living room..
Oh goodness gracious,it was already past 9pm and iye insisted I made pounded yam,I brought out a tuber of yam and Cooked,soon it was ready....
Honey please the yam is cooked, come and help me with the pounding,I said to my husband...
Okay honey,iye excuse me he said to his mother.Christopher,so you are the one going to cook for your wife,iye asked him,,iye I am going to assist her and nothing is wrong with that,Chris replied...
Larre,Esosa,so because I asked you to make food for me,you want to get my son involved,if you won't do it as the wife you are,don't worry,let me do it, iye said.....
Iye stop this,let me assist my wife withhhhhhh,keep quiet,iye interrupted him,the first meal I would eat in this house after seating in the vehicle for hours coming to visit you two,must be made by my daughter in-law else I would not eat....
I looked at iye and didn't know what to tell her,I went back to the kitchen,as tired as I was and pounded the yam....
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Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi
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