This is my story all neatly sorted out for easy understanding....
THE SCHOOL BREAK
DH and I met in my second year at the university. There was a coursemate of mine who invited my roommate for her mums 50th birthday party in Lagos. She was skeptical about going but we had just finished exams and we both had no plans of going home for the holidays immediately.
Her reasons were mainly that she would have to do all the chores as though they had been deliberately kept pending for her since she left for school.
My reason was simply that my mum had an old girls association meeting in Lagos in a few days and she needed me by her side and afterwards head back home in PortHarcourt together.
The day before the 50th birthday party in Lagos, my room mate ravaged through her things in search of what to wear leaving me with the cleaning up after she eventually settled for a leopard print dress. I could swear that dress was less than a yard and the way at which everything from her bossom and behind poked out, i knew there was need for an intervention.
We both decided on a black dress we had bought from a coursemate who brought ' first grade' to sell in school. They were different designs but black and very decent.
THE PARTY
The next morning we travelled down to lagos as the event was to kickstart with a church thanksgiving service and a reception party at their residence in ikoyi.
We spent the church period deciding which wig to wear and which koi koi shoe to knack in my roomies' cousins house in surulere. Eventually we made it to the reception as though we were the celebrant.
My room mate found herself a young chap and i was soon left by myself with all the souvenirs she had managed to hustle and gather.
I was so confused as to how i would convey everything out of the venue without looking like a thief.I kept looking round and she was nowhere to be found.
Eventually, she showed up about 2hours later dripping of mischief. She opened her clutch purse and my eyes could not phantom the number of dollar bills in there. While i was trying to comprehend and also point at the ' plenty' souvenirs, she just dragged me and said we should go. We left all the beautiful souvenirs behind.
We got back to surulere and the gist began as per how she went into the car with the dude she was chatting with, they drove off for a quickie and he didnt have enough Naira bills so he gave her all the dollar bills he had. I almost fainted because i had never seen such generosity in my life.
THE DOUBLE DATE- MEETING POINT
She said we would be staying longer than planned because she was to see him again in a few days and he asked her to come with a +1.
That was where I and DH met because he was his Best Friends' +1. He was about 5years older than I and his father was one of the oil moguls at that time. He was a graduate and was managing a few things in his fathers businesses across the country.
Fast forward to our wedding immediately after my service year. He set me up with provisions stores in different cities and i had other businesses of my own alongside these.
THE MARRIAGE
We are blessed with a cute son and everything was going pretty well. If i needed to be away on a business trip, i would stock up the freezers with all the cooked variants my husband would need.
We usually planned our trips together but if it doesnt align unavoidably, we improvise.
My marriage was blessed as he wouldnt even let me take a maid. We were a team as he always assisted with chores and never complained.
THE BUSINESS TRIP
I had to make an emergency trip to Abuja and i had to take the next flight so i could meet up early enough the following day.
DH and my boy saw me off to the airport and once done with the meetings i flew back in.
On getting home hoping to suprise DH, he was standing by the gate as though he knew i was coming in. I thought my driver had hinted him or something.
THE VEGETABLE BOWL
Few hours later, i heard a knock on the door and my domestic staff Saheed ( not real name) came to return my vegetable bowl.
I was suprised as that vegetable could feed four people comfortably. I assumed DH gave him some of it but was suprised when saheed said he ate and gave his friends too. So i knew it must have been half or the entire portion.
Then i playfully returned to the kitchen and went to the bedroom and mentioned to DH. He seemed oblivious of what i had said. He said he didnt give saheed any bowl... then suddenly he said oh ok? I forgot.
I sensed something wasnt right. So i packaged a smaller bowl of ogbono soup and some garri powder and beckoned on saheed from my kitchen window. He came over and then i asked him when DH gave him the soup? He said No, Madam na oga sister gimme. I stood there confused! Which oga sister? Describe her? He did and i had no clue who he was refering to. I then told him that whenever that sister comes and i wasn't home. He should call me immediately so i can quickly rush home and treat her properly as a guest. He said ok madam.
THE SISTERLY CONFUSION
I was unsure so i asked DH if he wished he had a sister, he looked at me smiled and said ' i have a combination of both, a lover and a sister'. I smiled and still kept pondering over what saheed said.
All week i was confused deep within me. I stayed home, made no trips. I watched DH closely and he was very normal.
Alli the washer man comes in twice a week to do the laundry for DH except his natives and casuals which i sort out myself.
So i went into the laundry room, locked the door and began scanning DH dirty laundry one by one.
Ladies and gentlemen i found Nada! All clean!
THE FAKE TRIP
I told DH i needed to visit my parents in PH over the weekend and he was fine with it but asked i left our son with him so he doesnt feel too lonely. I needed to share my thoughts with my mum and see how she would view the entire situation.
The day i was to fly, DH and my son saw me off to the Airport with our driver and the escourt guys.
I proceeded for boarding and kissed DH and my son. They left while i acted as though i was headed for the boarding gate.
Immediately i went into one of the stores at the airport. Picked a few things i didnt need, it was just to buy time.After about 30minutes when certain they would have left the premises i snuck out but someone drew my attention.
A lady was at the check in counter of thesame airline i had just skipped the flight. She missed her flight and was giving the ticketing Agent a truckload of her mind. She threw the ticket at the lady and was walking out when i recognised her. She was my room mate from school. We had lost contact for so long. She was still her hyper self who actually hugged and carried me in view of onlookers.
THE HIDE-OUT
I had made reservations earlier at Four Point so we both headed out there. We talked for hours and she never knew i ended up with DH and i didnt bother to mention until she got soo curious. She screamed saying ' Babe na lie! You marry that bobo?..
It was then i realised the reasons i wasnt seeing her very much in class after she moved off campus was because she got into a shady deal and was on the run from the guys she hung out with.
Things got bad and she made her way out to Italy 'for business'. She fell in love and got pregnant when she found her way to Georgia and lost custody of her twin girls to their father who dumped her for a more educated and classier lady.
Her story moved me to tears. I asked about my DH bestie who introduced us, she said dude was into hard drugs and when she confronted him he beat her black and blue and almost set her up with the police.
THE REALISATION
That was when i realised how lucky and favored i had been. We made toasts to better days ahead. To think DH was still in close touch with his Best Friend all these years and never mentioned the incidence to me got me concerned. But then i told myself i have a good man and i intended keeping it that way.
I checked my phone and DH had wished me a safe trip. Tears dropped my eyes as i told my roomie that we would both head back to my house and i would host her for as long as she wanted to stay in Lagos.
At that time it was almost 10pm all i just wanted was to give DH a big hug and kiss my son stupendously...
HOME SWEET HOME
We arrived safely and saheed helped take my luggage in. I spotted a new car in the compound so i asked the security guard and he said ' boss has a guest Ma'. Roomie scanned the car and said ' Na woman get this car, maybe your inlaw.
While i opened the door with my spare keys i asked saheed who the guest was and he said ' oga's sister'. I asked him why he did not call me as i had instructed? He said she came with another car and he was sleeping when she came. Saheed manages the premises by keeping it clean at all time.
I had mixed feeling about what was behind the door, on opening everything seemed normal. Roomie sat while i went up to check on my son, he was fast asleep in bed. I headed down to my bedroom and the door was locked.
We have never had to lock the door.I knocked lightly at first and again and again. I could hear movements but DH wasnt coming towards the door. I heard a ladys voice and i began to tremble.
THE TRUTH
Then the door opened and i saw a lady, dark skinned, bald headed and very well structured. She was stark naked! DH made a fuss asking her to cover herself. She flung the bathrobe back at him and pushed me to the side as she walked past.
DH sat there staring at me. He had the look of ' now you know...what next'.
Would you believe that lady went downstairs naked past my guest downstairs into the kitchen to nibble on something!.
I heard my roomie calling out my name as she rushed upstairs. I stood there with no words. I went into one of the other rooms with her as she kept asking why a naked woman was in my matrimonial home.
It was at that moment i stormed out of the room with rage as i hit DH in the face, i pulled at him, slapped him severally. I had no words...just tears...he didnt try to hold me back, he stood there and took the heat.
I went to my sons room picked him up and headed for the stairs. DH rushed after me and tried restraining me. The naked guest then said ' let her go, i never liked you in the family anyways'.
I faced her and said ' what did you say'? She ignored and dialed out on her phone, i was still struggling with DH and my son partly awake kept calling mummy, mummy and crying.
Then i heard a familiar voice on the other side ...it was my mother in law. She said Hello Rona, have you arrived? She responded ' yes ma'. She asked ' have you seen your sweetheart?. She said ' I m here and the wife is dramatic, threatening to take my nephew!...She responded again ' she dare not try that nonsense, put it on speaker!. Look DH i have told you these girls are up to no good. If she wants to leave so be it but not with my grandson. Afterall theres nothing new under the sun!
Immediately she hung up i felt light headed and everything became blurry.
THE OPTION
I opened my eyes at our family hospital. DH was standing with our family doctor nodding his head.
I had been off the birth control pills for a few weeks because of my emergency trips. I got it all mixed up sometimes by forgetting it in a different handbag when travelling or in the bathroom cabinet.
The doctor moved closer and did his checks. DH was standing there staring at me. The doctor said i was 6weeks gone, i had no symptoms what so ever.
It was shocking with mixed feelings of joy and sadness. I asked for my roomie and they let her in. She hugged and held my hands tight.we both wept while DH walked out of the room.she muttered ' his cousin, his own family! Thats incest!Thats wrong!...
I asked to see my son and she told me the naked cousin had taken my son to his grandmother!
I was given the option to either return home or disappear after having this baby and never speak of the matter. I chose to stay for my kids...
Naked cousin gave my vegetable bowl and its content to saheed because she didnt like my cooking when DH offered her for lunch.
Roomie mentioned Naked cousin was meant to be the +1 at that dinner but she missed her flight that weekend so i was the plan B for DH
DH only married me because he couldnt father a child with his cousin. She has a messed up tube issue.
DH named our son after his cousin
MIL cannot stand the sight of me but only sees me as a figure head and baby factory
