A Daughter’s Revenge Episode 73
Thank you for choosing Siri as your online beautiful sweet story reading partner. Today we have “A Daughter’s Revenge Episode 73 Of A Daughter’s Revenge by Nwigbo Chimaobi Stories Or Novels To Read with Siri.”
???? A Daughter’s Revenge EPISODE SEVENTY THREE:
PREVIOUSLY ON A DAUGHTER’S REVENGE:
…’Our marriage is going to clock two good years anytime soon. I am married to an only child. The pressure is much on us. My mother-in-law is becoming a nightmare to me. In fact, the pressure is much on my husband to get a second wife. My husband is confused. As a matter of fact, he is dying gradually. He doesn’t sleep because of this problem,’ she paused. ‘At times, I feel like I am the problem. I feel like..true..true..my womb is still not okay. That’s why I have not conceived. I feel guilty. I feel like confessing to him so as to free myself from the torment of a guilty conscience..’, Martha poured out her heart.
‘God forbid, your womb is sound and okay. And you shall conceive…’
‘When is that…’, Martha intercepted.
‘You shall conceive when it’s God’s time..’
‘Then why is God’s time delaying this much?’, Martha interrupted again with a question.
‘Like I said before, God’s time is the best. You and your husband have to be patient and wait for God’s time,’ she paused. ‘Martha, I smell doom. I smell sorrow. And I have prayed about the impending doom and sorrow but God asked me to warn you and your husband to be patient and wait for His time; not to be faster than your shadows. Because he who goes before his God will be tired of running..,’ Mary warned.
THE CONTINUATION :
Three good years of marriage..
Still, Steve and Martha’s marital tree remained barren.
No child.
No pregnancy.
Not even a mîscàrriage.
Steve seemed the most worried person in the marriage.
He was growing tired of the whole thing.
So when he could no longer wait for God’s time, he started looking for a solution by all means. To the extent he started visiting native doctors seeking a solution to his childlessness.
Steve had spent a huge amount of money on the quest. Yet, no solution has been found so far. As they had swindled him out of thousands of hundreds.
Steve never gave up. He kept traveling from one native doctor to another in different villages. He had a friend who was leading him.
Until he came in contact with this particular native doctor. A very old blind man.
That day, Immediately they walked into the native doctor’s shrine, revelations started.
‘I know why you are here. You have been married for three years now and have no child of your own. You are here for a solution..,’ the native doctor revealed.
‘How did you know all these?’, Steve asked in surprise.
‘I am both human and spirit. Even before you speak, I already know what you have in mind. I am a great seer..’, the native doctor added.
‘You are very much right. I am here for a solution. Just like you said, I have been married for the past three years now and I have nothing to show. Please help me, great seer..’, Steve pleaded.
‘You need no help because you have help already in your palm. Patient is the key. But go home and talk with your wife. She had the darkest secret. Go home!,’ the native said.
‘W-w-what secret are you..’, Steve was stammering.
‘Patient is a virtue.
Go home!
Go home!!
Go home!!
The native doctor thundered, interrupting him.
Already, Steve had gotten a let’s go signal from his friend. They immediately stood to their feets in unison and left.
Indeed Steve had questions begging for answers in his mind. He had many questions to ask the native doctor if he was permitted. But the old man could not permit him.
‘My wife had the darkest secret? What could that be? Could it be the reasons behind our childlessness?..’, Steve was asking himself while driving home.
Steve got home and met his wife at home. He came home very angry because how could a woman called his wife keep a darkest secret from him. ‘So she could be the reason for our childlessness if care is not taken?..’ Steve asked himself.
‘Honey, welcome. Good evening..’, Martha greeted him. She was sitting on the couch inside the sitting room, glaring through a file when her husband walked in.
‘What is good about this evening, ehn?..’, Steve asked in anger.
Steve had a long face. Martha didn’t take notice at the initial time. It was when his voice thundered with such a negative reply that she could take notice of her husband’s countenance.
‘Ahh, honey I hope all is well?..’
‘All is not well. And all can never be well in this house if you didn’t tell me the truth,’ Steve’s voice thundered again. This time, it was more intense and violent.
Martha surged up, walking towards her husband. ‘Truth about what?,’ Martha asked, very confused.
‘Don’t get close to me,’ Steve warned with every seriousness.
‘I don’t understand you. Truth about what? I hope this is not a prank?,’ Martha had to ask In more confused manner. As she stood motionless, looking deep into Steve’s face for clearities.
‘Truth about your past and the darkest secret you have been hiding from me,’ Steve yelled, vibrating In anger. His eyes had turned red amid anger. His temper had flared up.
Martha was shocked. Dumbfounded. Already, it has dawned on her that her husband had found out her darkest secret. But how did he find out? Who could have told him? This and many more questions raced against each other in Martha’s head.
‘Oh, you have gone dump, right? Surely, you should have known that nothing will forever remain a secret in this life. That one day, the wind will blow and the anus of a chicken will be exposed. Today is reckoning day. Speak, I am listening..,’ Steve’s voice thundered.
‘I-I-I don’t know what you are talking about. I have no darkest secret,’ Martha resorted to lies.
The lie got Steve more provoked. As his anger flared up. He became màd especially when it was crystal clear that his wife was truly hiding a terrible secret from him and was still lying to his face. His eyes changed into red, vomiting fire.
Immediately, Steve rushed Martha in anger, gripped her neck and jerked her up against the wall.
Martha was chocked. Her breath seized. As she was in severe pain.
‘What do you take me for? A fôôl or what?..’, Steve yelled while still grasping her.
‘I am sorry. Please, I will tell you the truth. Please leave me. I will tell you everything..’, Martha managed to plead.
‘Oya, be talking. I am listening,’ Steve said after releasing her.
For the past three years of their marriage, Martha has never seen her husband this angry. In fact, that day happened to be the first time Steve was laying his hand on her.
Panting like one chased by a masquerade, Martha began talking: ‘I am sorry for keeping a dirty secret from you. I am sorry for lying to you. In fact, I am sorry for everything,’ she paused. ‘I have been open to you when it comes to my past. And I have told you about my past relationship with KC which ended in a heartbreak. But there’s still one thing I haven’t told you. That’s my dirty secret..’
‘That one thing is what I want to hear. Tell me the dirty secret,’ Steve’s angry voice interrupted.
‘Hey, I-I-I..’, Martha was stammering. As it was heavy in her mouth to speak out.
‘Oh, you have suddenly become stammerer, ehn? Stop trying my patience. Speak up,’ Steve’s voice thundered.
‘KC got me pregnant and insisted on abôrtîôn. So we had to abôrt the baby. As a matter of fact, I have had three abôrtîôns and a miscàrriage for him. And the abôrtîôns came with many severe complications. Consequently, my womb was said to have been damaged. But…’
‘Whaaat! So your womb is damaged? I mean you cannot bear a child?,’ Steve asked in shock. Before you could know it, tears had already started streaming down his cheek.
‘Yes, that was what the doctor said before. But the contrary is the case now. My womb is very much okay now. Don’t worry, I will give birth to you a child. I will conceive. I will give birth. It’s just a matter of time. Please be patient with me..,’ Martha was pleading in tears.
‘I should be patient with you, ehn? You are nothing but a disgrace to womanhood. Three abörtions, Martha! Three abôrtîôn! You are telling me to be patient whereas you have no womb. How will the miracle happen?..’
‘But I am medically sound to bear a child. You can see it from the test results we had..’
‘Tell me, how can you be sound after three abôrtîôns? Impossible! Your womb had been damaged. So where will the child come from? From heaven? A miracle will happen or what?,’ he paused, shaking his head in regret. ‘God what have I gotten myself into all In the name of marriage? Martha, where did I offend you? How could you do this to me? How could you have accepted my marriage whereas you have no womb…’
‘I have a womb. My womb is not damaged. I am fertile enough to bear a child for you. Please give me a little time. I will bear a child for you. You can see that nothing is wrong with me. The results of our tests have said it all..’
‘How are mine even sure that those results are not fake? Who knows if you have used your body to have those results in your favor..’
TO Be Continued
