The Marriage Battle

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 12

Kemi: But Mami, did you have to slap her? That was too extreme.

Mami: Didn’t you see the way she was talking to me? She does not have respect or regard me as her mother in law and I will deal with her.

Kemi: Even at that Mami, you shouldn’t have slapped her, she is a married woman for God’s sake.

Mami: And so? So I can’t bring her back to her senses?

Kemi: By slapping her? Mami it is obvious you don’t like her but she is married already to Ayo and why don’t you learn to please accept her for who she is.

Mami: Accept her for who she is? She is not a nice person oooo. she wants to eat where she has not sown.

Kemi: Mami please learn to live in peace and take her just the way she is.

Mami: Come Kemi, whose side are you on?

Kemi: I am on your side Mami but then…

Mami: Eh eh! Don’t give me any sermon just clear the table and go and wash the dishes.

Kemi: Yes Mami but please take it easy.

Mami: Take what easy? She has not seen anything yet.

Kemi: ‘Hmmmm…okay ooo. I don’t like the tension in this house’ she said as she cleared the table.

Mami: Well, what can I say but welcome on board.

---

When Ayo returned from work, Mami quickly went to him before he entered his room and requested for his attention.

Ayo: What happened today again Mami because I know that this one you didn’t allow me settle in, something must have happened.

Mami: talk to your wife Ayo for I will not have her disrespect me in a very rude manner while I am in my own son’s house.

Ayo: What happened today again he asked as Kemi stepped into the sitting room ‘ Ah! Kemi, when did you get here and why didn’t you tell me you were coming?

Kemi: Good day brother, sorry I didn’t inform you earlier. I thought of surprising you.

Ayo: Hahaaha…. This is your own kind of surprise abi? Anyway, welcome to my house and how is school?

Kemi: ‘School is very fine’ she said smiling.

Ayo: Good to know.Turning to Mami he said ‘Ermmm Mami, what were you saying again?

Mami: I said you should talk to your wife for she was disrespectful and rude to me.

Ayo: rude to you as in how?

Kemi: she walked away from Mami while she was talking to her.

Ayo: She didn’t do that, No! I don’t believe that.

Kemi: She did Brother because I was there when it happened.

Ayo: Hmmm, What really happened?

Kemi: ‘Nothing much except that Mami was reprimanding her and she walked away’ she said while Mami kept mute nodding her head.

Ayo: ‘I am sorry Mami and I will talk to her’ he said and went to his room.

Adaobi: Welcome honey, how was work?

Ayo: How could you be so disrespectful to my mother, how could you walk away from her while she was talking to you? What has come over you?

Adaobi: Don’t you dare scream or shout at me today Ayo, I won’t have it from you today.

Ayo: What?

Adaobi: You heard me Ayo, you heard me and I am not going to go out there and apologize for anything, I did nothing wrong.

Ayo: What has come over you? Why do you hate my mother so much?

Adaobi: Is that what she told you, that I hate her?

Ayo: It seems so to be because everytime I come home, I get news from her everyday about your behavior towards her.

Adaobi: Really? Have you ever asked me what happened? Everytime you come back from work, your mother feed you with all her lies and stories and instead of you to ask me what happened, you don’t, you side her without asking of my own side of the story.

Ayo: What are you talking about?

Adaobi: What you understand Ayo because I am really beginning to feel like we are not couples or partners.

Ayo: What do you mean? Of course we are husband and wife.

Adaobi: And are you not supposed to listen to your wife and all I have to say? Is my say or decision not important?

Ayo: I don’t understand what you are saying? You know you are important to me.

Adaobi: Then why don’t I feel like it these past days?

Ayo: What are you talking about; you are getting me confused with all these sayings of yours.

Adaobi: I feel like this our relationship does not involve only you and me, it involves your mother, me and you. Is that how it is supposed to be?

Ayo: ‘I am sorry if you are feeling that way’ he said as he walked to her and held her hands ‘you know that you are important to me and you and Kunle are the most priceless people in my life right now’.

Adaobi: Then learn to listen and ask me questions before jumping into conclusion.

Ayo: Yes! Yes! Yes! I am so sorry for that. I haven’t really been asking you what happened but you should know that my mother is all that I have got, she brought me up and made me what I am today. I don’t just like seeing her upset.

Adaobi: I know and God knows that I love her as much as you do but it shouldn’t make you turn a blind eye to her faults too.

Ayo: I know and I know that my mother can be difficult sometimes but you have to try and accept her the way she is.

Adaobi: I know that! That is why I am over looking her shortcoming.

Ayo: but you didn’t have to walk away from her while she was talking to you.

Adaobi: I know and I am very sorry but she didn’t also have to slap me the way she did.

Ayo: She did what?

Adaobi: Slapped me!

Ayo: but she didn’t say anything about slapping you.

Adaobi: ‘I know’ she said and smiled.

Ayo: What really happened?

Adaobi explained all that transpired and Ayo who was initially angry at his wife, left the bedroom and went to confront his mother.

Ayo: Mami how could you do such a thing? How could you slap my wife in her own house?

Mami: Errm Ayo, did she tell you what she really did and what prompted it?

Ayo: Mami no matter what she did, it does not give you the right to lay your hands on her in her own house.

Mami: But Ayo!

Ayo: Mami don’t. This is her house and as such she is at liberty to do whatever she wants to do. Turning to Adaobi who was in the sitting room while he was confronting his mother ‘Sweetheart, Whatever my mother says, never you disrespect or walk away from her and Kemi’

Kemi: Yes brother.

Ayo: My wife is like a sister to you and an elder sister for that matter, she is not your maid and on no account should you look at her like the maid of the house. Whatever she ask you to do, do it and clean up whatever mess you create yourself not allowing her to talk or allowing Mami to ask her to do it, I will not condone that in this house.

Mami: it seems she has brainwashed you, you didn believe us or you think we are lying?

Ayo: Mami please, I am not ready for any story of who did and didn’t and please Mami, never you raise your hand on her again. Infact, this should be the last time such thing is heard of in my house for I will not condone it from you or anyone is that clear?

Mami: I have heard.

Ayo: ‘Good’ turning to Adaobi he said ‘Please apologize to her’.

Adaobi: Mami I am sorry.

Mami: Of what use will that be if it is going to happen again?

Ayo: Mami please accept her apology.

Mami: Hmmm, I have heard.

Ayo: Good. Mami, apologise to Adaobi for slapping her.

Mami: ‘I am sorry too’ she said.

Ayo: ‘Good and please, I need peace in this house not a warfront’ he said and went back to his room.

---

The week that followed suit after the incident became worse for Mami made life unbearable for Adaobi.

Mami:’ I am hungry ooooo’ she said it out loud for Adaobi who was in the bedroom attending to Kunle to hear.

Kemi: Mami but why don’t you go to the kitchen and get something to eat or should I go and prepare something for you?

Mami: Noooo my daughter, I don’t want you close to that kitchen before they will start saying this is my kitchen and as such you cannot go in there without my conscent.

Kemi: Mami, there is soup in the fridge, I can prepare eba or semo for you to eat with the soup.

Mami: ‘Thanks but I don’t want you near that kitchen please, I am hungry ooo’ she said it out loud again.

Adaobi who was in the room attending to Kunle, put him to sleep and went to the sitting room where Mami and Kemi were and greeted Mami who ignored her for that has been the way things has been since Ayo reprimanded all of them for she has never spoken to her or said any word to her.

Adaobi: Kemi please come and prepare food for Mami for she is very hungry.

Kemi: Okay.

Mami: Hmmm some people are feeling too big to prepare food for me theirself, what wont I see?

Adaobi: Ermmm Kemi don’t worry, I will prepare it.

Kemi: Okay.

Adaobi went into the kitchen and made Mami food, set it on the table and told her that it is ready.

Mami: ‘Hmmm this food sef’ she said as she opened the meal in front of her.

Kemi: Mami what happened to the food?

Mami: this food is somehow, the semo itself doesn’t look good, and it is small.

Adaobi: who was in the sitting room listening to what she was saying said ‘Mami if you don’t like the food or want me to prepare another you should say so instead of saying negative things about the food I took my time to prepare for you.

Mami: I don’t want to say anything oooo before they will say I have started again.

Adaobi: Ignoring her comment said to Kemi ‘Why don’t you prepare whatever Mami needs since she doesn’t want my food?

Kemi: Okay! Mami what would you like to eat?

Mami: ‘Nothing ooo, I will manage this one’ she said frowning her face.

.

.

This woman get problem….