For the next two days, the visit
turned out well. By the 30th, I was ready to go see my mum alongside my brother
and family. It was a pleasure staying with my in-laws. They usually treated me
like a princess. I would provide everything for me when I needed it but I still
craved for my family.
So on December 30th, I
woke up and started arranging our stuff into the luggage bags that we came
with. Fred was still behaving like a child with his phone calls that he was
picking up when no one was around. I just wanted this to be over so I carried
the stuff to the car that we had drove here with. It was a hired car. The new
car that we were given was to be dropped at our place by the driver when we
came back to the city.
I looked at my phone to check the
time and noticed that we were behind the schedule by twenty minutes. My family
stayed a bit far from here and I didn’t want to arrive late. I decided to call
on Fred and ask him where he was. His line was busy! This was really pissing me
off. I walked all the way to the back of the house and looked for him. He was
not there. I walked into the house into our room and found him seated by the
bed.
“Can we go?” I asked him.
“Just two minutes baby.” He said
while raising his two fingers to indicate the minutes.
“We are going to be late!” I
shouted.
He showed me his hand then
continued to talk on the phone. I suddenly leaned forward and grabbed his phone
and walked out of the room towards where the car was packed. I listened to the
other person on the phone as I was walking and heard it was a girl.
“Can you please stop calling my
husband?” I said to her then I hang up.
“Kate, you didn’t have to do that.”
Fred pleaded with me to give him his phone.
“No. You should have considered
where we are going first before spending your time on the phone.” I replied. I
shut the car door and waited for him to enter the car.
“Kate, please….” He said.
“Why are you two shouting at each
other across the hallway?” Fred mum asked while standing at the door of the
house. “What is the problem?”
“It’s nothing mum. We are just on
our way.”
“Then drive safely.” She responded
and banged the door.
“So are you going to tell me who
was the woman on the phone?” I asked
Fred as we drove the car out of the compound.
He kept quiet.
“Fred?” I called out his name.
“She is just a friend.” He replied.
“Really? Fred, I wasn’t born
yesterday.”
“Can we just drive?” He said and
kept quiet.
I never thought once ever that we
would have this argument. Marriage really brings out the other side of people.
I was so angry and also scared. I was scared of the possibility that this was
going to come in between us and drive us to the wrong direction. It was so soon
to start arguing about stuff like this.
We arrived at my parents place
around five o’clock in the evening. Our home was so small compared to my
in-laws but I loved it. My mum was waiting for us on the drive way and welcomed
us into the house. She looked like she had cut a bit of weight. My brother, his wife and his kids were inside
the house. After quick hugs, I went to the kitchen and poured a fresh juice for
Fred. I served him then went and helped with some cooking that was going on.
After an hour or so, the food was served. The family sat together by the dining
table in the kitchen and we enjoyed the food. The chicken that was prepared by
mum was really tasty!
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