Amina's Travail (7)
Phone is ringing. A lady walks in from her bathroom to pick it up.
“Hello!”
“Hi!” replied the caller “why did you pick my call?”
“sorry?”
“I said why pick this call, is Emeka not there?”
“I beg your pardon! I can pick my spouse’s call if I so wish!”
“What?” Amina screamed. “Whose spouse are you?”
“Well....” the lady at the receiving end of the phone was about to say something when Amina heard someone walk in and say “Honey what’s that?” Amina recognised the voice to be her husband’s. “I do not know!” The lady with the phone said “But she sure sounds so rude!” she continued.
Amina was still in shock when her husband came on the line, “Hello!”
“Emeka! What did I hear that woman say you are to her?”
“Amina! Did I not tell you not to call this line anymore! I told you I’ll call you when the need arises! He snarled into the phone.
“Emeka! Do you realise it’s been over eleven months now that you’ve not called? And you have the nerve to tell me I shouldn’t have called you? Who is that lady that you just called honey?”
Silence.
“Emeka! Who on earth was that?”
“Stop screaming Amina! I am sorry it has to turn out this way! I was trying to see how I’ll break it to you in a nice way. I have moved on Amina! I can’t continue with this tirade anymore! I love Claude and we are both married! I asked my mum to break the news to you but she said I should do it myself! So, there it is! I am married to Claude now and I would love you to respect my decision! I am sorry Amina! Maybe someday I’ll be able to explain things to Chinedu.”
“What did you just say?” Amina asked in an incredulous voice.
“You left me all these months in silence only for you to tell me you are leaving me just like that!” Amina screamed into the phone.
“Look....” Emeka was about to say something when the lady with him took the phone and spoke to Amina.
“See Lady, I feel your pain! He has told me how he promised to marry you because you have a child for him. But like he just told you, we are both in love! So, move on! And kindly don’t call my line anymore will you?” with that she ended the call.
Amina could not believe what her ear was hearing! She staggered to the nearby chair in her room and collapsed into it. She stared into space for a long time before the tears came down in torrents. She wept into her hands like a baby.
“Hello!”
“Hi!” replied the caller “why did you pick my call?”
“sorry?”
“I said why pick this call, is Emeka not there?”
“I beg your pardon! I can pick my spouse’s call if I so wish!”
“What?” Amina screamed. “Whose spouse are you?”
“Well....” the lady at the receiving end of the phone was about to say something when Amina heard someone walk in and say “Honey what’s that?” Amina recognised the voice to be her husband’s. “I do not know!” The lady with the phone said “But she sure sounds so rude!” she continued.
Amina was still in shock when her husband came on the line, “Hello!”
“Emeka! What did I hear that woman say you are to her?”
“Amina! Did I not tell you not to call this line anymore! I told you I’ll call you when the need arises! He snarled into the phone.
“Emeka! Do you realise it’s been over eleven months now that you’ve not called? And you have the nerve to tell me I shouldn’t have called you? Who is that lady that you just called honey?”
Silence.
“Emeka! Who on earth was that?”
“Stop screaming Amina! I am sorry it has to turn out this way! I was trying to see how I’ll break it to you in a nice way. I have moved on Amina! I can’t continue with this tirade anymore! I love Claude and we are both married! I asked my mum to break the news to you but she said I should do it myself! So, there it is! I am married to Claude now and I would love you to respect my decision! I am sorry Amina! Maybe someday I’ll be able to explain things to Chinedu.”
“What did you just say?” Amina asked in an incredulous voice.
“You left me all these months in silence only for you to tell me you are leaving me just like that!” Amina screamed into the phone.
“Look....” Emeka was about to say something when the lady with him took the phone and spoke to Amina.
“See Lady, I feel your pain! He has told me how he promised to marry you because you have a child for him. But like he just told you, we are both in love! So, move on! And kindly don’t call my line anymore will you?” with that she ended the call.
Amina could not believe what her ear was hearing! She staggered to the nearby chair in her room and collapsed into it. She stared into space for a long time before the tears came down in torrents. She wept into her hands like a baby.
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