Secret Betrayal

Episode 28

We’d hardly talked to each
other on our way home. My
tongue was tied and I couldn’t
speak as a result of what had
met my eyes downstairs as I
went looking for my man.

“I can’t believe I started my
marriage on this note.” I
eventually broke the eery
silence between us as we
finished unpacking.

He didn’t​ say anything, rather
he went into the bathroom. I
sat on the bed and cried,
clutching a pillow to my chest.

What had I not done for
Collins. I had never denied
him sex. I ensured each time
he had it to his full no matter
how sore my v—-a felt. I had
become a sex toy over the
past few months of knowing
and being with him.

“Why are you crying?” I didn’t
hear him come out. I turned
around to find him naked. He
had just showered.

“Isn’t that a dumb question?”
I asked angrily.

“I think you’re just
overreacting.” He never
cared.

“Overreacting you say?” I
shook my head with series of
claps.

“Yes of course. What’s the
big deal?” He asked.
His words dealt me a blow and
he suddenly became irritable
to me.
“That I found my newly
wedded husband frolicking in
a pool with five girls is not
reason enough to be mad? Eh
Collins? What sort of rubbish
talk is that? How long have we
been married?” I was so
infuriated.

“You should have simply
joined the other ladies.” He
said calmly. “Most of those
people you saw there are
couples, but no one gives a
hoot. We mingle like that. If
we must be spouses, then
you need to get used to it.
Sex is meant to be enjoyed,
and variety is the spice of life.
Don’t be so naive and
conservative, look at the
bright side of everything and
you would be thankful.” He
was still being carefree.

Oh my God! What nonsense
was he talking about?

Collins came and sat beside
me, “In that family, we don’t
know who is married to who.
When you’re h—y, you turn
to the nearest person to you.”
He held my shoulders.

“You must be sick. So it’s
true that you’re a lunatic?” I
snapped his hands off me.
His face tightened in a frown.
“What did you just say?”
“I said it’s true you’re a
lunatic! I should have
listened.” I let out again.
“Who did you talk to?” He
asked with rage written on his
face.

“What does it matter? It’s
obvious that you are a lunatic.
No normal person thinks the
way you do.”

I had barely completed my
sentence when a deafening
slap landed on my face. Few
seconds darkness befell me
and left me groping for
safety. Before I could catch
my breath, another one came
from the other side of my
face and sent me crashing on
the floor from the bed.
“I can’t see. Oh God I can’t
see.” I screamed.

“Are you going to tell me
whom you’ve been talking
to?” I heard him cross over
the bed to where I was. I
struggled to scurry away from
him but he caught me with
his strong arms. The same
arms that were firm when we
made out and contributed to
our fun, were the ones that
kept me from safety. I was
crying but he didn’t care,
rather he pinned me to the
floor yelling threats to my
face. He threatened to kill me
if I didn’t tell him.

“It’s Vera… It’s Vera.” I
struggled to speak from
choking under his grip on my
neck.

“So you were discussing me
with her and lied when I asked
you?” He landed me more
slaps, this time accompanied
by punches from clenched
fists. I wrestled to defend
myself from the punches but
it seemed to do little.

He tore my clothes off my
body and raped me. I lied
there, motionless and
passive, writhing in pain as he
had his way until he was done
and left me alone on the
floor, crying with the little
strength left in me. Collins
dressed up and left the house
that evening and never
returned until the next day.
…

When I acquired some
strength, enough to get me
off the floor, I dragged
myself to the bed and
propped myself against it. My
head ached. I didn’t know who
to talk to. I was alone and
really alone in this. I couldn’t
deal with complaining about
the marriage I boasted about
just a day after it started. Who
would even make a sense
from what I might have to
say? It would just be awkward.
How would I explain that my
husband was swamped by
five ladies and doing orgy sex
in my post wedding party
while I dozed off in the
bedroom upstairs.