MORE THAN LOVE PART 3

I wondered what a young girl like Tania could come see this old man for …….. Sorry a General. He has lost the sense of manhood and maybe that’s the reason Tania really came. Some girls were sitting at the pool side; I wished I had a company but I wasn’t in Calabar for that and Tania was the only one I’ve seen that fit into my specification. I walked out of the restaurant and prayed I could get a sleep when I get to my hotel room. Sleep had been a luxury I enjoyed back in my home. No one disturbs another and there is no room for play. I opened the door and believed Tania would just be on my bed waiting for me but ….. She wasn’t.

It was difficult waking up the next morning. I felt the difference in mattresses; this should have been my mattress. The softness was adequate that a sound sleep cannot be disappointing. I switched on my phone and a text message came in. Send me your hotel room number and I’ll see you this afternoon – Tania. I stood up from the bed and hurriedly sent it to her. I was forgetting I had a continuation with the General after breakfast until I got a call on my room intercom. It was the restaurant and General Tam was waiting for me. I hurriedly brushed my mouth and washed my face not to keep the General waiting. By the time I got downstairs; he wasn’t alone.

I greeted my way to the seat he reserved for me as we exchanged pleasantries on how the night was and asked how is trip was to the governors house yesterday. He said it was a long meeting to be continued same time this evening. I wonder what they are getting from him at that old age.

This is Debby and Betty…… they were once separated from their husbands but they got tired of the emptiness and came back.  Same way you are tired of your marriage. Now they are sex consultants….. This is another name for a professional in marriage building. Their husbands who were nuisances are now responsible. The children who were scattered all across the land ranging from gamblers to weed sellers in short they partake from all sorts of illegality based on an insecurity created by their parents, are now back. Who is really to blame when we see such things and now they are here to share with you their experiences before they became sensible. They lost the sense of womanhood for a while and had to apologize for a long time. 

I didn’t see what Debby and Betty could have done wrong. Their beauty and intonation was impeccable. Although they were on the chubby side but ….. I wouldn’t mind.  The man might have been wrong and all blames are put on these innocent women right now. Debby was the first to speak up and she went thus

General, it wasn’t as if I was a prostitute but my husband pushed me into a lot of things. Shortly after marriage, my husband had an expectation of who he wanted me to be not putting into consideration that which I was before we got married. He got pissed by everything I did wrong and those I didn’t do right. Thus it took days for quarrels to settle and the distance was getting wider. I had to beg and pet for sex from my husband and the first time it clocked six months of no sex, was just within the first two years of our marriage. 

 Luckily one horny evening he was interested and he plunged extremely into me. I accommodated all the sperm and the next two weeks saw my period disappear. I wasn’t sure if I should be happy because the way my husband was going he was building hatred more than affection. The whole pains and stress of the nine months was bore by me. He saw me to the clinic just twice out of twenty times that I went there. I got beaten by rain sometimes and my husband goes to drop his colleagues at home. When the child came the distance became extreme. It was as if I brought a bastard home. He didn’t show love to them at all so I had to keep telling my child how well daddy loves him.

One faithful morning; it was two days to our child’s first year birthday. I asked him for money to arrange a small get together for our child and he said he doesn't have money. To my surprise that day he gave his secretary some money to arrange for something similar. I went to Mr. Buchi’s house to tell him about his friend’s behaviour and when I got there, he acted so caringly. It was when he started fondling my breast that I realized I was making a mistake but I gave in fully because I needed this a long time ago but I was living with a dead man.

My food had been served a while but I couldn’t eat, I was just listening to the exploit in a person’s life and there I thanked God I wasn’t that wicked at least to my wife. General Tam asked me if the man was considerate and I shook my head in disagreement with what he did.

Betty started with marriage killed my dreams. I was a promising young lady who knew what she wanted until met the man I married. I graduated with the best grades in school to settle for the kitchen. He needs someone to pamper his ego and slave to his commands.  I wasn’t ready for that. Even when he was wrong I had to apologize. I remembered the first days we met; he was so much of a nice guy. All he wanted was my happiness but now he craves for my sadness. It’s so bad general I’m not sure I’ll cry at is burial.

Then I saw hatred in the tone of this woman. She hated her husband with a genuine hatred. Same way I wished my wife was dead. It means we might have similar circumstances. The food was finished as General got another call. He said he needed to excuse himself and asked what my plan was for the day. I hurriedly told him nothing. Then he pats me on my back as he said Betty would keep your company, I and Debby are going for a drive. I tried to say no but it all came out as okay sir …….