THIRD PARTY IN MARRIAGE
EPISODE 22
At the hospital that day, Richard and Sammy had a lengthy discussion, he was able to clarify his accusations and he saw truth in what he said especially when he learnt the name of her girlfriend was Gloria. He remembered her always muttering ‘Glo… Glo” each time he made love to her. he was so angry about her using his son to satisfy her sexual urge that he was going to just hand her over to the police but when he got home, she was no-where to be found. He called her parents who in turned contacted Gloria but even she said she hadn’t heard anything from her. He waited patiently for her to show up. It had been a week and still, nothing was heard from her.
He took a one week leave from work so he could give all his attention to his son. As he got ready to leave for the hospital, the door of his sitting room flung open and Ophelia’s dad barged in.
Pro. Harry: “You bastard! I knew you were bad luck for my daughter from the onset. Where is my daughter” he moved menacingly towards Richard pointing threateningly at him.
Richard: “I should be asking you that! You knew your daughter was a depraved human and you still gave her hand to me in marriage?”
Prof. Harry: “You dare call my daughter depraved to my face? I shouldn’t have gotten you out of that prison. I should have allowed you to rot and decay in there so maggots could feed on you”
Richard: “Then it was you…?” he moved towards him and held his collar really tight choking him in the process. “You were the bastard who locked me up for no apparent reason? It was you bastard who caused the disappearance of my three months old baby? It was you, you bloody old fool?” he grunted in between clenched teeth.
Pro. Harry: “You are choking me boy!” he said breathlessly and tore his hands off his collar forcefully.
Richard: “So I have been dining with the enemy all along? Your daughter knew this and yet she never told me? What a fool I have been. She even used that to blackmail my little boy into pleasuring her because nothing I did on bed ever satisfied her being the lesbian she is?” he slumped down on the chair weeping into his hands.
Prof. Harry: “What do you mean by that? What do you mean by she blackmailed your son into pleasuring her? Lesbian? Who?” he asked with eyes opened wide.
Richard: “You just heard me. Her girlfriend Gloria probably broke up with her so she turned to my son. Your daughter ruined my family, my life. How will my son grow up viewing women in general now? Will he grow like a normal kid or will he start craving sex now? Your daughter did these to me and you are here shouting incentives at me? Please get out! Get the hell out of my house before I do something I will regret for the rest of my life” he stood up pushing the dazed prof towards the door.
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Sammy was discharged the following week after Annie’s visit. When they got home, he could not believe he was home at last. He went straight to where his mum’s picture was hung on the wall in his room and said “Mum I am back. Thanks for watching over me and you will not believe I saw a girl who looks just like you, she is so adorable, a real princess. She even saved me, I could have died. I wish you were alive mum, you would have loved her very much too. When I make enough money, I will marry her” he said giggling from ears to ears. His dad snuck into the room.
Richard: “Welcome back home son! I feel like the whole world has been placed under my feet with you in this house again. I hope your mum forgives me too, I made you suffer so much and closed my eyes to what you were going through. I am not a good father at all and you were right, I was a coward and a weakling but that has changed now. I will be strong for you from now as long as I live. How I wish your sister is here too”
Sammy: “We will find her someday dad. It will happen like a miracle so don’t worry dad. Besides what of my step mum? I haven’t heard anything about her for a very long time now” she looked up at him.
Richard: “She is no longer your step mum. I don’t know where she is either and I don’t want to know. She should better remain hidden except she needs more drama in her pathetic life” he said bitterly.
Sammy: “So you don’t love her anymore?”
Richard: “How can I continue loving the person who ruined my family and almost ruined my only son’s life? I regret ever loving her to begin with. I did not look well before leaping and my children were made to carry the brunt of my carelessness. l can never be done with paying for my sins son” he placed his hand across his shoulder and he smiled.
Sammy: “It’s okay dad. I will make sure never to make the same mistakes you made. I will be very patient with my wife and not be quarrelsome for the sake of my children. I will pay more attention to my children too to know when they are going through hard times and then, I will never tell a single woman my marital challenges or listen to her advice especially when I know she will do no good for my marriage. I learnt a lot from you dad”
Richard: “Someone is back to his old self again. I missed you all the way my boy” he said and drew him to a close embrace.
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She sat in her hotel room, thinking of what to do next. She knew that her parents would have gotten wind of her depravity and so she dared not show her face there. She had thrown her main sim card away and gotten another so no one would be able to locate her. She knew that Gloria was the only person she could contact at that point in time and so she did. She asked her to meet her at home since no one was around at the moment.
When she got there, truth to her words, no one was around. Her children had gone to school and the servants were nowhere to be found.
Ophelia: “Hey! Longest time ever…” she said taking in the changes in the house. Things looked messier around the house probably thanks to her children.
Gloria: “I have been extremely busy”
Ophelia: “I could imagine. being a full house wife is not an easy task. Besides, what happened to the servants?”
Gloria: “My husband sent them away. He said I needed to get busy and not rely on other people to help do my womanly chores. It’s been hectic indeed!” she said heaving a sigh.
Ophelia: “Too bad!” She said and moved closer to her “Baby I need your help…I think I am a fugitive now with nowhere to go to and no friends or family. I need you now more than ever”
Gloria: “Why are you on the run if I may ask?”
Ophelia: “It’s a long story my dear, I might not be able to tell you but right now I am burning, I mean seriously horny. I haven’t had good … for a while now. Please can we, you know this last time?” she winked.
Gloria: “No way! I told you we were over and besides I am no longer that type of person. I have had a change of sexual preference, a healing. I think you need healing too, your husband could have been able to provide that if you had let him”
Ophelia: “I told you not to preach this shit to me again. Will you help me or not? I really really need this Glo! You promised me you’d be there for me no matter what. This is the time I need you most” she moved closer to her desperately and held on to her but Gloria slapped her immediately. What was that for?” she held her cheek dazed.
Gloria: “I told you I was no longer interested! Now will you get out of my house please?” she pointed furiously at the door.
Ophelia: “I told you back then that you will regret ever casting me away right? If I cannot have you then no one else will” she said, dipped her hand in her hand bag, brought out a knife. Gloria on seeing it staggered back.
Gloria: “Ophelia don’t do this please. Put away the knife so we can talk this through”
Ophelia: “Talk this through? Liar! You have always been a terrible liar! You are only looking for another opportunity to toss me to the dogs. I will never forgive you for this” she plunged towards Gloria like one in a trance but she was able to dodge it, she tried to run but tripped over a chair and fell flat on her face. She stood looming over her with a wicked grin on her face “I told you, no one else will have you if I can’t” she said bent down and plunged the knife into Gloria’s heart, blood gushed out. She pulled it out and plunged it into her stomach many times till she was satisfied at last that there was no breath left in her anymore. She stood up, took a wet wipe from her handbag, wiped clean the blood stains on her leather gown, hands and the knife then returned the knife into her bag. She looked around to make sure no one had seen her and fled for the door.
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Johnson got back home ahead of time that day but only to find his wife murdered with multiple stab wounds on her mid-section and chest. He was taken aback at first when he saw her pleading eyes frozen by the icy hands of death. He heard his children coming back happily and quickly went outside to meet them locking the door behind him. He took them to their grandma’s place without bothering to answer any of their questions. His mind was running wild, thinking of what to do and how to catch the murderer until he remembered he had installed a CCTV in his bedroom and in the living room since the first time he caught them kissing. He had not been satisfied with their flimsy excuses so he had the CCTV installed in a bid to catch them red-handed.
After dropping his two kids, he went back home, called the police and two officers were sent to him. Even they were surprised at how gruesome the murder was, it was something out of the movies.
1st Officer: “What Nigerian demon could have had the guts to do something like this?” he asked looking at the corpse with horror.
2nd Officer: “It’s truly terrible. And I have checked the whole perimeter, the doors and everything. There seems to be no indication of false entry or much struggle. It seems the victim knows the murderer and was even cordial with him or her. That is my observation though”
1st Officer: “I agree with you but let’s dig around even more maybe we can find more evidence to pin down the person who did this?”
2nd Officer: “Mr Johnson, do you probably have any idea on who could have done this? Maybe a jealous ex, colleague, a stalker e.t.c?” he said facing Johnson who was at one corner shivering like a lone man on a street of London during winter.
Johnson: “I have no idea officer but I do remember installing a CCTV somewhere over there” he said pointing at one said of the ceiling.
1st Officer: “Oh very good! Very very good!! That was very thoughtful of you sir, you just made our work easier” he said walking towards the Camera.
2nd Officer: “Call an ambulance now, so she can be taken to a morgue. She might start decomposing soon” he said as they walked towards the door.
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