‘Hello beautiful, I want to take
you out to lunch’ Doctor Adekunle tells his wife of 5 years. He soliloquises
‘How do I let my wife know…’
Mrs Adekunle responds tentatively
‘Darling, I am really surprised by this gesture… it’s been a week since you
took me out I hope all is well? His husband kept mute and she couldn’t stand to
get her husband mad so she simply told him ‘I’ll get ready in a bit’. She didn’t
let her excitement cloud her judgment.
On getting to one of the most
exquisite french restaurants on Admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria,
the skyline was lit with the beauty enhanced by the moon and the stars.
The air was full of freshness as young
lovers came out to have a wonderful time in a city that never sleeps. The
moment they stepped into ‘Le Chateau’, all Doctor Adekunle could do was to keep
taking drinks at though his tummy is the storage unit for Nigeria Breweries.
His wife was awestruck and embarrassed at the rate of her husband’s incessant
drinking.
‘What is going on? Can you really
tell me what exactly is on your mind’ dear, hope you are fine?’
Mrs Adekunle kept questioning with no response
in sight. The anxiety she felt knew no bounds because she seemed to be on a
blind date with a man who is not her husband, she has been exposed to a sight
she had never beheld ever since she walked down the aisle and said I do to her
husband five years ago. She was becoming jittery and her
temper was going overboard. She has a medical condition which made her eat
voraciously anytime she is feeling troubled. She decided to order a large bowl
of salad and chicken. When she couldn’t
hold it any longer she began to express her anger towards her husband ‘You
called me out here for lunch and yet you refused to mutter a meaningful
utterance since we got here… what has gotten into you’
Dr Adekunle was left dumbfounded
lacking a swift response to her probing. All he could tell his wife was for her
to calm down and order a drink which she vehemently declined and in turn led to
increase in the frequency of her anger. Then her husband decided to stop
drinking and he ordered a small quantity of French rice with salad and
chicken… while eating the meal, fear crept through his voice as he blotted out
nine dreaded words ‘ My wife I am sorry, I cheated on you’. He further told wife how much the
guilt of the act has been killing him for a while now and he felt he owed his
wife that much to tell her the truth.
Mrs Adekunle flew out of her seat
and made a wry smile and in turn responded to her husband’s revelation ‘ My
darling husband, I am happy you told me this and I hope you will not be mad
when I serve you divorce papers tomorrow’
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