30/05/2024
*The Breadwinner*
Episode Ten ๐
Before John lost his job, he often went to a restaurant to eat during launch break at work. That was where he met Nneka, who was the restaurant manager. He had often admired Nneka secretly but was restraining himself because, as at then, he was thinking it would be wrong to be frolicking with her while still married to Miriam. But after Miriam showed him pepper during his moment of distress, he decided to start going close to Nneka.
He already knew that Nneka would like him. On the days that Miriam refused to feed him when he was jobless, John would usually go to the restaurant, and he would be served free food. Their relationship blossomed during those days after John had asked her to be his girlfriend.
John had made everything known to Nneka, including the ugly situation in his marriage. He had secretly informed Nneka of his plans to end the marriage between him and Miriam as soon as he found a new job and could take care of his children without his wife's help.
Nneka herself was desperate to have a man in her life, even if it was someone's husband. She was 35 years old, and she had a thriving business. But she lacked a man in her life. She opened her arms and grabbed John when Miriam was pushing him away.
Miriam felt disgraced that John had the guts to bring another woman into their home. She was acutely unhappy about the development.
"She can go to hell for all I care. What matters is that I'm here now to take care of you. I will put her in her place if she tries nonsense. But what is important to me is for us to start executing our plans. When are we going to start?" Nneka asked John. They were in the bed in the guest room.
"We should start immediately. I have all the money you can think of right now. Let's move on to the plan." John said with happiness. Meanwhile, Mirram could not hold herself, so she tiptoed to the doorstep of the guest room and started eavesdropping. Mirram's heart was pounding very fast, and she hopped it would not detach from her chest.
It was not long before John and Nneka started preparing to browse. From her experience of browsing, Mirram knows when a man has reached that point of no return. She knew that it wouldn't be long before John would log in.
"I have come here to spoil you. I know it has been long since you browsed any website. I want you to browse my own, I'm sure you will enjoy the internet speed. Trust me, my website does not have a virus. I hope your system is bringing a network?" Nneka asked with laughter. John, too, was laughing. It was obvious that the two of them were very happy with each other.
"From the very moment I saw you, my system started bringing network. I want to log in immediately. I'm happy you are also interested in browsing the internet with me." John said happily.
Mirram was so distressed because of the things she was hearing. She was sad and she was feeling terrible. Tears were nearly dropping from her eyes.
"So, John has the mind to bring a woman into this house? What gave him the impetus? He even wants to browse her website right inside our matrimonial home. Shameless man who has no respect for his marriage. But I will deal with the two you today." Mirram said angrily. Her eyes were teary.
By that time, Nneka and John were making interesting sounds from the guest room, and Miriam knew they had entered another gear. She was sad, knowing that her husband was touching another woman right in their room.
"I shall be back." Miriam said as she walked away from the doorstep of the guest house. Miriam entered the kitchen and boiled hot water using a kettle. She poured the water into a wash-hand basin and returned to the guest room.
"When you come, the two of you will have me to contend with. I will show you that I'm the woman of this house. I will show you that it is me who is called the iron lady." Miriam said in her heart. John and Nneka had finished, and we're just sleeping.
They slept for a long time before they started coming out of the room. Immediately, John and Nneka stepped out, and Miriam threw the water on the two of them.
*Watch out for episode 11...*๐๐โ๏ธ