A tale of an arranged marriage

of her switching off my alarm forced me up to my feet, I ignored prayer or anything I did first in the morning and wanted to go in search of her but then I realised that

road for that day. After praying I freshened up and got dressed for the day and I was as well happy that I made it out of my room in thirty minutes. I needed coffee so I went to my kitchen and the aroma of someth

the oven then she took off the oven glove and hung it and walked to the sink and

she shivered in shock like I caught her st

e flat plate and wondered who it was for. I was hungry and as much as I was angry she was using my kitchen, the doughnuts were tempting, I

" I asked angrily. I didn't want her to ever act like I owed her for one thing or t

ing dirty plates and I

silent for a while before she took

folded and stood beside me. I washed the plate, I hated the fact that she made me feel dirty and unkept while she felt clean and perfect. I think she was tired of standing there so she left her standing point and walked s

y. I was hungry, I was angry, I needed coffee and I needed an advice. With my heavy heart, I drove t

ork" Nathaniel said to me with

"wife"

her all alone?" He asked. Nathani

I asked in confus

a smile. "Your wife is like ha

s disgus

hed to work mode and turned to my laptop. "Have you been monitoring

o the woman in my house. Everything I thought of seemed to point her and it was just frustrating. I had to leave work early since I couldn't even work. As I drove, I visualised my mode of entering the house, how silently I would make it to the bathroom for a warm bath and then get food to offer my hungry stomach. I planned to say no word for the rest of the day

didn't hear your horn, I would'

't go to work. I mean was she jobless? Was she going to depend on me, was she an automatic burden m

I asked and I don't know why she watched me

c way, my lips broke into a surprised smile. "Bu

" I asked i

ng?" She asked in

already taking off my tie when the site of a fancy wardrobe close to mine made me almost run mad of shock. I wanted to jump out of the room and approach the matter with words from my heart but I decided to be calm and I didn't want to fool myself. I had tried to approach situa

ve, she walked to my front and sat on the bed, searching for something inside the side cupboard, I wan

e heard. I was very angry but then a thought calmed me down; I had acted like that to a thousand people, I had done it many times and they didn't retaliate like I was plan

nd-i know it was a violent statement but it was just a mere threat. "Go on. Hit me" she said and she stood up and started approaching me, her attitude gave me goosebumps. "Hit me" she urged further and when she

a lion. How did she do that? I stood there speechlessly and wondered when

who you think you are?" she was angry. I felt like her face was hot from all the frowning and the squeezing. I was surprised she felt that way, I thought I was the only one that hated her presence. "Do you think I came here purposely to share your resources?" She continued but in a weaker tone. "What kind of an insult did I co

me and I hated it with her, couldn't we just part ways, I couldn't be

other whenever she was angry. It made her quickly keep

r attention was still in her wardrobe. "You'

I ever thought of was to come back h

ith her eyes on me. "I know how you feel, I honestly do. You see no reason to be sorry, it's your house and you've

ed. I thought sh

ere so as much as you hate it with me, I don't like it with

I blurted. "You can g

e in shock an

re the one to go back ho

d I thought it was an inspiration for a graphic design. I could bring it up, I could introduce it to a client for an advertisement banner. Maybe the advertisement of a drink pr

threw me out. They won't know that I did nothing to you. They'd

I ignored the first word that I wanted to

arrow at it's targeted point. Her eyes glowed even more but in a different way of gladness. She was too mean to say something wrong and be delighted but then I con

o you?" I said i

d preserved like I can't believe you let us get marri

he called me weird, it was all the things she kept

?" I asked and I watch

ell me if you're not weird. What does an ac

ed. "I'm sorry for everything. Maybe we should do it my way. Ignore me and I'd ignore you.

y. "I have been given three months break,

gust. "How can you take such a long tim

plained in offenc

"That makes you lazy". She si

r" she spat and expected it to hurt me but it did

can I not hear your voice? it's an itch in my ear and please let's not cross paths" I paused and saw how she burie

towel and what I would wear to the bathroom to freshen up, I couldn't forget my clothes in t

d at the caller. "If you have nothing to say, hang up" I walked closer to the bed and stood unashamedly to listen. "I'm okay" s

nd found it in the microwave, two pieces were still remaining and I consumed them on my feet out of hunger, not minding the consequences. I also found a portion of porridge beans and ripe plantain which I also consumed and left n