My heart was in my mouth…I didn’t need to be a genius to figure out what just happened.
Captain’s wife showed up…my nightmare was becoming my reality.
“Kemi, you can’t go inside” I heard Captain say
“This is my house too…we are still married. You are still my husband
I need to see the brat that wants to snatch my husband from me
I will fight her with every fiber of my being” the woman responded
It was obvious that Captain was restraining her with lots of physical strength
“She met a dead buffalo by the swamp, and brought a knife to harvest the meat. Did the buffalo die from drinking the water?
She saw a successful man and decided to play a parasite. Did you fall from the sky? Was it not the support of one woman that made you what and who you are today?
I suffered with you Festus…
We built our lives from nothing…
You couldn’t even afford a decent mattress when we got married…I bought our first mattress by selling the necklace my grandmother bequeathed to me.
I’m not going to allow some cheap gold digger reap where she did not sow”
“But you chose to leave me and I had to move on” Captain interjected
“I’m sorry for leaving but I’m back now…I’m back to stay.
I’m back to claim what’s rightfully mine and will bulldoze anything or anyone that wants to stand in my way.
There will be no divorce; only death will separate my husband and I…can you hear me? Ms. Domitilla (this was a derogatory name that suggested a prostitute back then. She was raising her voice some more, so I could hear her)
I’m sure you are hearing me…leave my husband aloneGo find someone your age and build a life with him
Go and help make somebody out of a nobody and let’s see how you would feel if a small girl, the age mate of your child, wants to snatch him from you”.
I just sat there like a lifeless stuffed animal
Only God knows what the woman would have done to me if she was able to force her way through.
Captain finally got her to leave by threatening to have the soldiers throw her out. He made sure she left and the gates were shut. I could hear him instructing the soldier by the gate not to open it to anybody.
“I’m so sorry you had to see that…I’m really sorry”
Those were the words that made me realize I was bleeding and in so much pain.
To be continued