WHEN SHE FALLS

ce to her ears and her neck. His hands already found their way to her b

d tell him she wasn’t in the mood, his hands were on their w

et him; surely he wouldn’t even believe her if she told him that she was not in the

s only right that she gave him sex whenever he wanted it, as much as he wanted it. She lay still, faking out a

r or her libido. In the beginning, it wasn’t like that. She used to anticipate sex with Aaron like she

’t explain what went wrong. Also, she couldn’t say that Aaron

that she had begun thinking so much lately. She couldn’t say exactly what had gone wrong wit

e time she had to pretend. But for her husband, for the sake of t

many ways, she didn’t like up

He asked Kambili who was standing u

ed today,” she replied as

e you meeting with him?” He asked

somehow and he was a f

hool. After years of joblessness and with her husband

day before, he had called her to meet up with him in the hospital

being jobless and wasting my degree.” Then she stepped out o

all of a sudden?” Aaron

haven’t paid the loan you took from the bank.” Kambili sa

s bad planning, and it wasn’t my fault.” Aaron sighed as he tried to defend

ss and tossed it onto the bed before taking out her wig. Retrieving a weav

have to work,” the words slurred out of Aaron’s lips. He felt a little sad and bitter that he couldn’t give Ka

ou plan to work out. I’m not even sure that’s the reason Dr. Fred is asking to see me”

though, we should just stick to the initial pl

snatched a towel from a hange

sn’t their decision, she may end up sounding like an inconsi

wouldn’t be able to pay the debt alone, especially after losing his job. Thirdly,

Dr. Fred first,”

red. Aaron, without saying anything else, threw on his sh

ause she didn’t want him to speak as much as she didn’t want t

nd began to dress up t

. When she had combed it to perfection, she fitted the brown wig on her head

n bracelet and a gold necklace with the letter K pendant. They were the first gifts Aaron gave

e house, making sure to check her time as well just to be sure sh