STRINGS OF MARRIAGE

dividual. A family is where warmth is felt, tears gets wiped off, bruises ge

omewhat depressed. I wish I had a choi

hat I don’t feel like trave

s. They are all married except for the youngest daughter who will be

down to the village two weeks earlier

e of work but my husband and his family wants

raffic so I won’t get to the village early. Unf

other in-law seated at the front of t

oon ma”. I knelt down as I greete

mother in-la

ouse and saw ev

”. I said

. I Love Coolvalstories. I laid on the bed to rest for

ud ringtone. It

got to call y

complaining that she’s the one in the kitchen preparing food for you to eat. Do

hat to say so I

gain. You won’t like what will happen

sleep for only less than 30mins. It wasn’t eve

a and papa already eating. I greeted

ere was no food for me to eat. Mama o

n the kitchen so I wouldn’t be useless.

tes. Go back to slee

I said with my

Please o.. I don’t want trouble, go and continue your sleep”

om. I just stood there as

are looking for my trouble. Get out of here

e but to go ba

began to miss my mom like never befo

ved dearly by another woman. I grew up w

would make me feel loved but he

ot wicked. I see how she tre

hates me?”.

y heart, I

ouse and I saw it needed intense cleaning. I had no c

se. By the time I was done, it was alr

aused and prepare breakfast before finishing up with the clea

up imm

ll remind you that you need to cook. You don’t see

nga soup. if you like sleep there. It’s not like I have an

e market. I was so hungry and decided to buy

ause it was from one work to the

everybody started traveling home. That was wh

mmediate younger brother, Kelvin arrived t

xcitement. She was all o

”. Mama kept on

aised me like this. I just kept on watching the show of love with so mu

of myself and joine

d kneeling in front

He said pat

her. I played with the kids for a while before

ages to your room. This is why I don’t like her. She can’t think with

I was pounding yam in the

r. I continued pounding the yam hurriedly because I thought she

and emptied the bowl of wat

ver been

I asked angrily without processing

intentionally kept me quiet. Who do you expect to take the lu

f that? Can’t Sandra take their lugg

elvin walked into the kitch

our manners?

e your wife kept her

e me ano

e my house immediately”. Mama said

rocess. This worsened

ng me for falling his mother. I had to

ome good Samaritans in

to my house. She must leav

e get my clot

I will bring them to y

throw my clothes on the fl

ought it outside and threw it on the flo

ked every of my pro

nd saw my husband ha

of the compound. I began to walk arou

e next step to take. I couldn’t think of anythin

hat okay”.

taken

ce. I saw what happened. Those people don’t deserve y

Without saying anything, I ju

me. I got pissed. I turne

ill shout that you want to k

told the bike man t

ed a bus to my base. I

y house ar

y house were my boxes, with my clot

on the door severally withou

oxes waiting for the Boss

and came out of the house and

you 20mins to get these trash from my

What did I do wrong?”

even give me a child talk more of respecting my family. You are useless to me Eli

rs side and pleaded with my best

contin