Those Truth That Were Lies - S01 E16

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Those Truth That Were Lies - S01 E16

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 16

‘ You have to understand that this is for your own good Nancy! ‘ Andy shouted as he followed her into the sitting room

‘ Don’t give me that shit of an excuse Andy. Why – what have I done to you? Our son is barely a year old and you want me to work? ‘

Nancy lamented.

‘ I don’t understand why we have to argue over every little thing, baby please try and understand ; you’re loosing yourself and I can’t think of a better solution. How else do you want me to say this? ‘

‘ I’m loosing myself huh? I’m no longer good for you? Wait, what solution? We both know that you make enough to feed an entire community, we don’t lack anything. I’m sorry, I won’t work. ‘

‘ Take a look at you and ask yourself if you’re not lacking anything. Darling it’s not about the money – it’s… ‘ Nancy interrupted before he could go any further.

‘ I am not lacking anything honey and how about our son? Huh? You never thought about that right? ‘

‘ We can get him a babysitter or better still, I can ask my mom to come over. ‘

‘ Really? Can you listen to yourself? You have nothing to say honey, working at the detriment of our son’s well-being ; never! ‘

Andy fell back into the chair as Nancy walked out on him. He had thought perhaps getting her to work again might make her see reasons to change. To him, his wife was now an opposite of who she was.

She now wakes up late, doesn’t clean or sweep, cooking is a no-go area. She doesn’t take care of herself anymore, she’s so fat and not to talk about the wrapper she always has around her chest.

He thought perhaps if he could get her to work, her sense of responsibility will be awoken but this tunnel doesn’t seem to have a light at its end.

‘ Mommy you have to talk to Andy. He complains and snaps at any little thing I do. ‘

She cried and lamented to her mother over the phone.

‘ Calm down and tell me what happened. ‘

‘ You and I know that Andy makes enough money to sustain our family but now he wants me to work and you know our son is barely a year old. He still needs his mother. ‘

‘ Did he say why? ‘

‘ Mom, what reason can be reasonable enough? ‘

‘ Andy is a responsible man and I saw that before giving you to him. And no man of his type will say such without a reason, so..? ‘

‘ Well, he said I’m loosing myself. ‘

‘ Loosing yourself? And have you sat down to ask yourself why he said that? Or better still, talk to him and know why. ‘

‘ Mom, there’s nothing, absolutely nothing to talk about. Andy is being unreasonable and unsupportive. I am his wife for God sakes. ‘

‘ Nancy you are supposed to…. ‘

She cut her mother short before she could finish.

‘ You’re a mother for Christ sakes and I know my dad never did this to you. Do I have to be the understanding type? Do I always have to take shits? ‘

‘ I’m seriously not taking sides at all. ‘

‘ I know you’re not and that’s why you’ll call Andy and talk to him. ‘

‘ Is that all? ‘

‘ Yes mom. ‘

‘ Alright, I’ll call and talk to him but don’t forget…. ‘

Again, she interrupted her mother.

‘ I know Mom. Thank you very much. ‘

She ended the call.

I held him before he could fall to the ground. The stench of alcohol oozing from him was enough explanation as to why he fell but what I still don’t understand was why he thought of all place to go and my house was the best choice he could make.

I pulled him up as he staggered into my house, laid him on the couch. Reaching for my door to shut it up, Anthony started throwing up.

‘ D--n it! ‘ I cursed.

To say everywhere was messed up is an understatement, my couch, my carpet I had scrubbed the previous day, everywhere was totally messed and smelled bad but he wasn’t in a good shape either. I pulled him up as I struggled to take him to my bathroom.

I took off his messed up cloths and turned on the shower. Staring at his bare body, never in my life did I ever imagine a day like this will ever come.

I pulled him out and got a spare pyjamas from my wardrobe and put them on him. I lay him on my bed and went out to tidy up the mess he created.

When I was done cleaning up, I washed his messed up clothes and dried them. It was already 3:37am in the morning. I was tired, hungry and angry. I couldn’t wait for him to wake up and get the hell out of my house. I really don’t want any excuses or explanation from him.

I went into my kitchen to prepare something to eat. There wasn’t much as I was almost out of food stuffs and so I settled for scrambled eggs and toasted bread and coffee.

When I was done eating, I went into my room to get my laptop and for a while, I just stared at Tony as he slept peacefully like a baby on my bed. One wouldn’t guess what he’s actually capable of. I brushed the thought away, picked up my laptop and want to my living room to finish up with work I brought back home for the weekend.

I was so stressed out that I didn’t realise I had slept off already. I was woken up by my ringtone, I picked up my phone to check the screen but it was an unknown number and so I decided to call back later. I went inside to check on Anthony but he was still sleeping soundly.

I went into the kitchen to prepare breakfast for him and coffee too. When I was done, I called his secretary and got his mother’s land line and asked her to come drive him home.

‘ Anthony. ‘ I called as I gently tapped him on his shoulder.

‘ Get up, it’s late in the morning. ‘ I tapped him again and this time he got up trying to open his eyes.

‘ April. ‘ He called when he finally opened his eyes.

‘ A pleasant Morning to you too. Eat up and go have a bath. Those are your clothes over there. ‘ I pointed at my dressing chair.

‘ Um… April I… ‘

He tried to say something which I was certain I wasn’t interested in so I cut him off before he could go any further.

‘ No. Don’t bother. I really do not care whatever you have to say. . Please finish up and get out of my house and also make this the very last time you ever come here again or else I will get a court restraining order against you. Okay? ‘

I didn’t wait to get any reply from him, I wasn’t expecting any either so I went to the living room. 2mins later, my door bell rang .

‘ Good morning Ma. ‘ I greeted as I made way for her to come in.

‘ Morning dear. ‘ She came in.

‘ Please sit Ma. He’ll be out anytime soon. ‘

‘ Thank you very much my dear. I was really worried when I called but he wasn’t taking any of my calls . I thought perhaps something bad might have happened to him. ‘

‘ When he’s got friends like us, I doubt anything bad will happen to him. ‘ I smiled.

‘ Forgive my manners Ma. Please what can I offer you? ‘ I asked.

‘ Coffee would do my dear. ‘

‘ Alright Ma. ‘ I dashed into the kitchen and came back with a cup of coffee which I handed over to her.

‘ You’re April right?. ‘

‘ Yes Ma. ‘

‘ Okay. Who are your parents?. ‘

‘ Mr and Mrs Jayden. ‘

‘ The CEO of Bayer pharmaceuticals? ‘ she asked with surprise obvious on her face.

‘ Yes ma ‘

‘ Wow! And how come I’ve never met you?. ‘

Just before I could answer, Anthony stepped into the sitting room.

‘ Mom? ‘ He called. I could see the shock and disappointment written all over his face.

‘ Honey, how are you feeling now? You know you’re not supposed to be taking alcohol . It’s not good for you but thank God you had your friend with you. ‘ She said smiling at me.

‘ Oh! ‘ he replied, obviously wondering what I must have told his mother.

‘ Come off it Anthony, I told her we went out to catch some bottles but you drank a little too much. ‘ I replied to clear his head.

‘ Thanks for last night .’ he said.

‘ April we’ll be taking our leave right now and if you wouldn’t mind, I’ll love to have you over for dinner tomorrow evening. ‘

‘ I don’t really know Ma. ‘ I tried rejecting but she won’t have it.

‘ I’ll be expecting your call my dear. ‘ She replied as she headed for the door and Anthony followed suit.

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