Family Affair

Episode 15

he Odds

“What nonsense wife. You want to turn me to an ingrate? You want my parents to disown me? I cannot bring such embarrassment to my family.” Helen angrily said, this time dropping the broom.

Seeing that Helen was getting too emotional and had started to raise her voice so high, Marvelous gently walked out from the scene before Constance would get there.

In all of these, Constance was still not aware about anything.

Throughout that day, Helen was depressed and wanted to be alone. Constance had tried to have access to her once more, but she wouldn’t allow.

“I think this sickness is beginning to get the best of you

. Tomorrow morning we would go and see the Doctor. Perhaps, the diagnosis would be different from Malaria since all the Malaria drugs have proven abortive.” Constance said

Helen simply nodded her head in response.

Calling her best friend Elizabeth with whom she had not spoken with for a long time, she narrated her ordeal to her but skipping the part of her affair with her aunt too. She thought that would be distasteful to hear.

“I think aborting that child would be the best option oh. All odds seem against you

. First, NYSC first batch is around the corner and you might not be able to serve if you decide to keep that baby. Secondly, your aunt might just strangle you asleep if she discovers.

. Personally, I would do the same. Thirdly, if your uncle decide to marry you, what would happen to your aunt? What would your parents say? See my dear, save yourself all of these headache and send that little child back to his creator oh, so you bring him or her to an undeserved punishment in this world” Elizabeth said.

Feeling Confuse about the whole matter, she decided to hasten up with any decision she would make before she would go to the hospital with her aunt the next day.

Fortunately for her, Marvelous returned home from work earlier than Constance that very day.

“From the very first day you came here, I knew you had come for a reason. Helen Please keep this baby and make me happy. Forget what your aunt or any other person is going to say. It’s you I want and that now matters” Marvelous said as he kept on pleading with Helen.

The baby in Helen’s womb and the attitude of Constance had made it seems Helen was quite preferable to his wife. But he still didn’t know that Helen and his wife still had something in common. And this has made it difficult for Helen to listen to him. Meanwhile Edwin is still there.

Since no reasonable conclusion was reached by them, Marvelous made it a point of duty to break the evil news to his wife. And give her a choice of either staying as a co-wife or pack out of his house without a compromise.

However, he could not muster up such courage to tell her that night. They slept off. Meanwhile, by morning she would be going to the hospital to Helen to ascertain the cause of her recent constant sickness.