29/08/2024
TEARS OF B£TRAYAL
(EPISODE 2)
After cooking, i served alex mother and place it on the dinning table, how do i tell her food is ready, because i know she will in$ult me
BELLA: mama food is ready
MAMA ALEX: (she kept silent)
BELLA: mama come and eat
MAMA ALEX: oh my daughter, you have cook
BELLA: ( i answered with a smiling face) yes mama, come and eat you will like it
MAMA ALEX: mr man i dont want to like it, food, food, food, is that all you can do, cant you bear children, this your womb, what happened to it (she started pointing to my stomach) or is there is no w○mb, cooking, that is all you know how to do, is obvious you are just barr£n, you are a barre£n wood, wood, that is what you are, even wood produce children, they produce pieces of wood when you split them apart,they are fertile, you nothing to show for five years
BELLA: mama i am not barren
MAMA ALEX: then give me children, even if it is imbecile, i don't care, as far the child can breath, no problem
BELLA: mama i am not barre£n, even doctor said it, Dont you believe on God, God is not sleeping
MAMA ALEX: do i look like a woman, who believe in that scripture, dont worry, relax, very soon another girl will come and give us what you could not give us in 5years, barre£n witch, witch, ogbanje
BELLA: ( i wanted to be a strong woman and keep deaf ear to her, but i could not hold back my t£ars, tears rolled down my eyes, i started crying)
MAMA ALEX: ehhhh, you have time oo, who is b£ating you, i did not touch you oo, this is what you normally do, each time both of us are discussing, you will just start crying, making me look like a trouble maker in the eyes of my son, just because i talked to you, if you like cry out rivers of Babylon, i don't care, i already told you my mind, just get ready for your husband new wife
BELLA: (I could not bear anymore, i ran out of the house)
MAMA ALEX: just run forever, you better dont come back my daughter, am pleading
(I have no where to run to except kate house, when i arrive there, she was not at home, the gateman opened the gate for me, while i wait for her in her flat, three hours. Later, she drove in, and was surprise to see me outside her flat)
KATE: bella, you are here, why did you not call me on phone ( she looked into my eyes and saw eyes filled up with tears) bella, ogini
BELLA: she is around
KATE: who, who is around, oh my God, dont tell me alex mother is around again
BELLA: (i nodded my head to say yes)
KATE: not again na, she just left two months ago
BELLA: yes, she is back again, and this time she is threat£ning to bring a wife for his son alex, she called me names
KATE: she is lying, she dare not, it will not happen
BELLA: she is serious, you know alex mother na. Always talk and do
KATE: what about alex
BELLA: work
KATE: lets go inside, stop crying
BELLA: is like i will quit this marriage
KATE: just keep quiet, i don't want to hear that from you, just shut up
BELLA: But thats the truth
(When alex came back from work, he met his mother at home)
ALEX: mother
MAMA ALEX: welcome alex
AlEX: you are here again
MAMA ALEX: yes, are you not happy to see me
ALEX: i am, but you just left two months ago
MAMA ALEX: does it matter
ALEX: it matters mother, you have a husband to take care of, you keep coming to the city, and your visit always bring tears to my home
MAMA ALEX : you can say whatever you like
ALEX: where is my wife
MAMA ALEX: do i look Like Bella keeper, is her car not outside
ALEX: I will be inside
To be continued