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Episode Two, The visit.

The night dozie and clara had bitter words together,clara found the night a sleepless one. She tried closing her eyes but she couldn't blink an eye. Then, dozie started his usual night warm up. Touching every part of her like he had the right,he reached for clara's waist and gently rubbed his sturdy arms around her. Clara resisted a little,she could feel his hot breath beneath her hair despite the cold night. Then he tried to reach beneath her night gown, touching her thighs and rubbing them so she could feel uncomfortable.

"Dozie please!"she said adjusting from him, dozie sat up ,she knew he was hurt.

"Clara what is it? Why are you ignoring me?will you face me let me do what I want to do?" He commanded but clara kept mute.

"Clara am I not talking to you?"

"Dozie,I am not in the mood"she finally spoke. Dozie sat there watching this woman in disgust and replied angrily.

"Is it because of the fight we had an hour ago? Alright I am sorry..bla..bla whatever it is for you to let me have my way" Clara was still as still as an object.

"Clara are you there?"

"Dozie leave me alone! I am not in the mood is it by force?" Clara yelled.

"Oh! So it's now this way right? Okay,no problem! How can I blame you when after all, you cannot give me a child?"

Clara was clam though dozie hurt her to the bone by saying that.

"Do you know that my friend who got married last month? guess what...... his wife is pregnant!"

There was a little silence in the room as dozie kept hurting clara, still she was clam.

"Go on, continue to be quiet! After all  it's all my fault I got myself into this mess rubbish!" Dozie instantly laid down to sleep after yelling at a calm clara. Just then, he said something that aroused her spirit in a minute.

"Umm... anyway,I forget to inform you that my mother will be visiting tomorrow"  The mention of dozie's mother in-law was like a drum beating in her ears.

"What, your mother?" Clara asked in fright but dozie was already snoring, sounding like the night cricket just right behind your window. Clara blinked continuously and as the night grew older, all she could think of was her mother in-law being her greatest fear in her seven years of marriage.
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Clara woke up early the next day and got dozie's shower ready. After that, she made breakfast for him and set the table. While doing that,her mind ran into dozie's mother and imagined her face when they both finally meets. At that point, Dozie seemed to be having a fight with his tie while stepping down the stairs. Clara cought the sight of him and smiled. Whatching her husband brought in butterflies to her stomach. If anyone could think that because of the crises going on between them, she had lost her love for him then damn the person! Infact clara's got an undying love for this man . It was true he has this cold character but  it was a surprise to her that dozie was still every woman's dream. Gosh he's so handsome,tall and dark with pointed nose and well shaped lips. He had brown speckling eyes and set of white teeth.
      Dozie was still the handsome man clara married, the man who proposed to her eight years ago. Back then,Clara was serving her NYSC and was working as Dozie's Receptionist in his big company. As the CEO of a big business company, dozie was an arrogant boss. Many of his staffs feared him and he was highly respected. Though he was rude, he was still the most vibrant boss the staffs ever had. When Clara came , Dozie fell in love with her at first sight, though he pretend to be arrogant towards her, but the way Clara followed him patiently made dozie fall madly in love with her that by the end of the year when she finished her youth service, dozie proposed to her immediately and they got married.
      Those days,Clara was really pampered by dozie and he spoilt her with love and care. But today, dozie's love was fading away, slowly......
Clara walked up to dozie to help him with his tie but dozie shoved her hand away

"Is my breakfast ready?" he asked walking towards the dining room.

"Yes" clara replied weakly.
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Clara went to work early that day. Working as a research manager,clara found it hard to go to work late no matter the circumstances. Her dignity, and ability to face time made her colleagues in the company she worked for admirer her meekness and personality. Clara made sure the house was in order  and still went to work early like she did nothing at home at all. The office she shared with a  co-worker was as large as a nursery class room,well furnished and ventilated making the office a dream place for a restless worker like her. Clara faced a table piled with books and files until she heard the voice of her cheeky best friend kat.

"Hello darling" There she went, standing by the door, files in her left hand. Kat was a beautiful lady with large eyes that popped out like two tender oranges and curved lips painted in the brightest red. She was smartly dressed in a bright fitting red gown but tight enough to reveal her shape as her butt popped out behind. With  fitting black shoes to match her Long flowing hair,Clara thought kat was the most expensive dresser in the company. Not that she dressed indecent, but the styles she had was definitely out of this world.

"Good morning kat"  Clara replied.
 
" How are you doing today?" She asked.

"I am fine and you"

"I am good as you can see" kat replied exposing a set of white teeth.

"And the kids?" Clara asked.

"They have gone to school, my husband took them to school today. It was unlike him to take the kids to school probably because he's not  used to it, but since I complained about it, the poor man helped me today,I love it that he is becoming more carering you know" kat explained.

"That's encouraging" Clara replied.

"So how is your husband?"kat asked and clara raised an eyebrow. Was it necessary bringing the character,her husband into a fresh conversation? Clara thought.

" He is fine"  she finally replied.

"Hello ladies" A voice was heard from behind ,clara and kat turned to see Emelda behind them. The three ladies shared the big office whereas Clara had the highest position than them.

" Emelda good morning, how are you?" Kat turned to emelda smiling all the way.

"I am fine and you?" Emelda replied smiling back.

"I am good as you can see" kat replied.
Emelda walked over to Clara's table and they both shared pleasantries but the last thing clara wanted was for kat to bring up a conversation about last day's news about Emelda and her husband but kat just did it already. Kat was very cheeky but clumsy in terms of self control, she always wanted to know even when she knew it might spoil something.

"Ehe!..... Emelda so what about your husband, have you solved the problem about the late work stuff....I mean after he told you to quit your job?" Kat asked.

"Well ,you know I can't quit my job, Gosh! what shit pays me more than this? I probably have a way of convincing my husband, we know how we do things  so don't bother" Emelda explained and kat widened her eyes that if not that it was in it's socket,it would have rolled of like white balls in a field.
"Seriously emelda? But......" Clara pinched kat to be quiet and kat stopped .

"Ok then ,it is well" kat managed to reply and emelda Left for her own table.

" Men can be so annoying sometimes eh, you would feel like they don't exist" kat was going to continue the conversation if something is not done immediately, so  clara told the latter about her mother-in-law's visit at noon.

"Ahh! Your mother-in-law? My sister the time has reached oo?" Kat said and Clara was confused.

"Time for what exactly?" Clara asked.

"You know mother-in-law and their wahala that's what I mean" kat replied.

"Oh don't worry I will take care of everything,my mother-in-law is not that bad after all" clara said and kat smiled.

" You are right!,  by the way I will cover up for you at the meeting since you will be leaving by noon, but seek permission from boss oh"

"I will, thank you so much"