MY SECRET 4

MY SECRET 4

Achebe brought my in-laws home that afternoon and they all greeted me well which was strange. However, they brought a skinny with the height of a model with them. The girl was dragging with them, a girl around two years old. She didn't look like Achebe or my husband but for her nose, I could never miss that nose because I knew that my husband had a wide nose. The child's nose was wide and she was light-skinned.

I didn't want to conclude that she was my husband's daughter so I kept putting up fake smiles as though they were the best thing that has ever happened to me since my embarrassment saga.

"Why is your hair half-made?" My mother-in-law asked.

It was then it occurred to me that, I was carrying a half-made hair around.

"She rushed down to the house when I called her so I interrupted her hair. I am to be blamed forgive me, darling." My husband chipped in.

I became even more confused. Since when did my husband begin to act extra nice?

"Achebe come and join us to eat." One of the kinsmen said but he declined the offer claiming that he had stomach upset.

My husband persuaded me to join him but I had no appetite. My whole body was on fire and I was restless because we were all waiting for my sister.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I rushed quickly to the door. When I opened it, it turned out to be my church members about 10 of them.

"What are you all doing here?" Because the last time I checked, the following day was my birthday. All my departmental heads were there including our choirmaster.

"I invited them. Tell them to come in!" My husband said.

It was at this stage that my lips began to tremble. I rushed into the bathroom to cry then I quickly rinsed my face with water when I heard my husband come in.

"Darling what is wrong?" He asked.

"I am only running temperature." I lied.

"No, this is more than temperature. Something is wrong with you."

"Yes. I have wronged you Charles and I know that you know what is wrong. You know my sins please cover it up before you expose me!" I cried.

"My love, you are clean. You have no sin. I only have a little announcement to make which will come as a surprise to you and my loved ones."

Even though I cleaned my tears, I found myself still thinking about what my husband had to say. Just as I was about to ask him, I heard a knock on our door. It was Achebe.

"Your sister is around. She even came with your mother."

At this point, my heart stopped working. I was so sure that whatever my husband would say in that meeting would kill me so I decided to do it fast. I allowed my husband to go to the sitting room, while I wrote a long letter and searched for a sniper. I was about to drink the sniper when the door opened. It was Achebe. Do you want to kill yourself? So that you can die in peace and leave me alone to face the shame? Never! It is either we drink it together or we face the shame.

We didn't drink the sniper. We both matched to the sitting room. My husband was standing in front while all eyes stayed glued on us.

"Good day everyone. I'm sorry I called everyone here in a hurry it was because of the urgency of the message. My wife is not even aware of this but I want to thank her for being so supportive and real even though she has not been faithf..."

That was when my heart stopped. I didn't know that a heart attack was that painful until I felt as if a hand was reaching out to rip out my heart...

The last things I heard before the darkness closed upon me were the shouts and screams of everyone.