Unsteady Storm

Chapter Twenty-eight

A week later.

Nedu took the documents from Darrell sorting them and filing them.

"Your wife is here to see you" Darrell told him.

"How many times do I have to tell you that she's not my wife" he hissed thinking she was referring to Paula.

"I mean your real wife.... Your lawfully wedded wife not that slut"

Nedu's eyes widened. "Where is she?"

"She said she's not coming into your office because it stinks"

"Oh" Nedu gulped. "She's still angry then?"

"Who wouldn't be?" Darrell scoffed.

Nedu sighed and stepped out of his office to see Ije. She stood at a corner with her arms folded. She looked healthier than before and much more.... Happier.

She held up a paper as he approached.

"I want a divorce"

His heart sank. "What?" He muttered.

"You might think it's foolish because I'm still going to die but I can't be married to you while I die"

"But you are having our child... I'm giving her to the hospital's orphanage, I already signed it"

"It's a girl?" Nedu asked quietly.

"Oops! Too much information, take it" she thrust the paper into his hands.

Nedu held on to it. "I can fly you out... They will take care of you, you will not die, at least spend the rest of your days with me"

Ije chuckled. "Sorry but I don't want to spend the rest of my days with you, everyday with you is a disaster, to think that you finally cheated on me with that prostitute... I should have known when I first met you and you told me you always had problem with women, I should have believed you but you were too... I felt like you were Mr. Right but I guess I messed you big time so Nedu I'm divorcing you just so that God may know that I'm not married to you... Wow! I can't believe I'm about to meet God" Ije laughed.

Nedu went down on his knees, his face stained with tears. "Ije, please believe me, I haven't slept with Paula"

Ije's expression went cold. "If I show you the video... You will still say it's not true, did she clone you because I'm pretty sure it's you in that video"

Nedu was about to speak when Darell touched him. "Stand up Nedu, everyone is watching"

Ije walked away while Nedu covered his face with his hands.

***
"Mama, please, I need you to help me and beg her" Nedu said on the phone to Ije's mother.

"Maka gịnị? Why should I? My daughter is heart broken, are you hearing me? I'm very disappointed in you"

"Mama, please!"

"Go and beg your wife, do I look like your wife.... You want to render me daughterless abi?"

"Ah! But you told her to keep the baby too"

Ije's mother cut the call like that.

Nedu screamed hitting the wall in frustration... Lately, punching was easing off his pain and anger... He let it out on  anything near... He had sent Sinachi packing after he punched her and she landed in the hospital. Paula on the other hand had disappeared... After breaking his home.

Nedu wept.

***

Another week had passed and it was their wedding anniversary. He signed the divorce letter before going to the bar to drink himself to stupor. It was their first year in marriage and they were already divorced. He cursed himself.

He ordered two hot drinks and Paula appeared with them.

"Hi Nedu, I missed you" she kissed his cheeks but he did not bulge.

"I didn't know you worked in a bar too"

She rolled her eyes. "Happy anniversary"

How does she always manage to know everything? He thought.

"I'm divorced" he muttered.

"I know... That's why I'm here to fill in the space"

"Well unfortunately, there's no space again... It's taken"

"By who?" She glared at him.

"Ijeoma Nwosu"

"You are sick" Paula retorted.

"Look at a sicko calling me sick" Nedu laughed. "I could murder you right now"

Paula shook her head. "You are too difficult, here's your drink, you can drink to stupor"

"I plan on doing just that" he replied bluntly.

***
Paula kissed Nedu hungrily, her hands around his neck. Nedu stood like a statue without bulging because a gun was there to threaten him.

She pushed him against the wall and that was when he slapped her.

"What?!" She screamed holding her cheek.

"You can't keep threatening me, mind you, I'm not your toy so.. you can leave now".

She picked the gun and pointed it to his chest.

"You think the gun scares me anymore?" Nedu chuckled. "My wife is about to die and I wouldn't mind dying with her"

Paula pursed her lips. "Why are you doing like this? I've done all within my power to make you love me"

"You forced your love on me! And now all I have is gone, so go ahead and shoot me... I've got nothing left"

Paula's eyes shone like glass. "You have me... That's all I wanted to be the only person in your life"

"Shoot me!" Nedu shouted.

She raised the gun to his shoulders and released a shot. "That will teach you a lesson"

Nedu sank to the floor.

***

He woke up in a church where the pastor was praying for him, his shoulders were heavily bandaged.

He looked up to see a lady standing above him, her forehead creased with worry.

Joelle!

He stood up sharply.  "What are you doing?"

"I found you at your apartment two days ago, hours after Paula shot you, you were bleeding badly and I had to take you to the hospital but although you were unconscious, you were muttering Ije's name so I took you to a church"

"I want to give my life to Christ"

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