Married Single Episode 15 – 16

MARRIED SINGLE Episode 15

We all stood when the Judge walked in and I felt my heart beating faster. I had never been to court before and all along I had been just thinking of making everything pass, I had not thought of that moment.

They called out my name first as I was the one that sued. Linda squized my hand to assure me and show her support as I walked to the box.

” so Mrs Stella Sichone can you explain to the court why you have filed for a divorce of your husband Chris Sichone.” The presiding officer spoke up. For a moment I shivered and I couldn’t find my voice. .” Can you please speak up” I heard his voice again.

I took in deep breaths and went on explaining all my reasons to the point. I stated the fact of Chris not meeting with me as his wife , telling the courts the number of months that had happened, I mentioned how I was treated by him and all the necessary details.

I even added the fact that Chris had brought in another woman in our matrimonial home once and that now he brought her back claiming she had given birth to his child. As I spoke up the people in the court murmered before they were stopped and told to keep silent.

I didn’t even realise that as I narrated my story that i was crying, my face was w-t and I could see Chris figit in his seat.

” thank you, you can now sit” the presiding officer told me and they called Chris to go forward too.

He was asked if what I had said was true and he agreed.

” are the aligations made by your wife true? Mr Sichone?, yes or No?” The Judge asked Chris

He was quite for a while and turned his head to look at me. I kept my eyes up front hating the fact that he had to bring me that far. Recalling the promises he had made and failed to fulfil over the years.

Every bit of love that I had felt for him was all gone at that point. I just saw him like any other man on the street. A stranger that I couldn’t recognise.

” can you answer the question ” they asked him again.

” Yes your honour, they are true” he swallowed hærd.

They asked him a few questions and at last he asked if he too wanted a divorce and the idiot refused.

I sat up my anger raising. “What? Why would he say that nonsense here?” I whispered to Linda. ” he’s totally lost his mind if he thinks am going to stay with him again” I spat angrily.

” can you tell the court why you feel you still want your wife when you have brought in another woman in your house Mr Sichone?” The Judge asked him his deep voice clear.

” well, your honour it’s because she wants to go back with her ex boyfriend who confronted me and told me if I left her, he was going to make her his” he spoke shamelessly I felt like grabbing his throat.

Yet again people murmered, this time even the Judge let a small laugh and shook his head.

” sir, I don’t understand what kind of man you are. You denied your wife her rights in your home, impregnated another woman and brought her in your matrimonial home, yet the only reason you feel you should not divorce is because you are scared another man will get her?” The Judge chuckled.

Chris went quite realising how stupid he looked. Everyone was now whispering to each other and others shook their heads in disbelief.

We where told to wait for judgement later that afternoon and we went outside to wait.

” you will never be free. if you think am going to sign those papers to make you run into that jerk’ s arms then you are mistaken.” Chris shouted at me as we sat outside the court premises.

” if you are going mad, and your demons are tormenting You, can you please spare my friend, let her be free and stop talking nonsense” Linda stood up to him.

” who do you think you are Chris, God?” She scoffed angrily.

” boi please reserve your energy for something sensible this man is wasting his time here. He better start going to his wife there. She seems lonely ” I added pulling Linda back.

Chris looked at both of us like he was going to swallow us alive. But I didn’t give him the pleasure of saying anything more.

” see you for judgement in 2 hours time Chris” I told him as we walked passed him.

I heard him spat something but I didn’t bother myself to hear it.

We went into town and got ourselves lunch.

Two hours later we went back and the Judge told us there was no reason for us to be together as it was evident my husband had not committed himself to our marriage and failed in his duties as a man. The issue of being with another woman with a child too worked against him so immediately we were asked to sign the papers of divorce.

The Judge told Chris to give me half of the Assets we had in the house. But I told him I didn’t want anything. All I needed was being free from him and so my wish was granted.

We took a bus to my house and that day I felt a sense of relief and peace. It was like I had been carrying a large thing on my shoulders and it was suddenly removed I felt free.

A week later, I went back for work just to find a dismissal later, which stated that my services where no longer required.

” all this is Chris’ doing” I cried. It was obvious he wanted to leave me stranded without a job. Owing to the fact that he found the job for me, I concluded he simply asked my employer to fire me.

Linda adviced me to sue the company for unfair dismissal, but I declined. I wasn’t going back to some court sessions again.

” let them just give me what I worked for and I will find another Job my friend” I told Linda.

” you told me Lucas deals with a lot of companies and has one of his own. Why can’t you ask him to help you find another job as a secretary at some company” Linda reminded me.

I was not willing to do so but a after some weeks of looking and nothing came up I felt I had to swallow my ego and asked for the much needed help.

So I called Lucas who answered immediately my phone rung. I asked to see him and like I had expected he called me to his house.

” can we meet at some central place say a restraunt ” I suggested but he refused.

” am unwell Stella I can’t drive out so if there’s anything you have to come home” he responded firmly.

So now I had no option but to find a taxi to take me. Since I bashed the car into another vehicle I had not started driving it yet. The insurance compensation was not out and I had used up all the money I had to buy things for my new home.

I found Lucas sitting in the living room were we sat the first time I went to see him with a glass of lemonade which I figured he loved so much on the small table besides him.

” you are welcome ” he smiled after we were done greeting each other. I realised he wasn’t even sick.

” thank you. Am sorry I have bothered you but I need to ask you for a favour” i talked back feeling uncomfortable.

” go on” he nodded

” Lucas I need a Job. I don’t know if you can help me hook up with some companies I need a Job as a secretary” I finally told him.

He frowned looking at me..” tell me what happened to You?” He asked instead coming and sitting opposite me.

” tell me that wh0le story you know am good at listening. Besides this is only 16 hours. We have lots of time on our hands to talk” he shrugged.

I couldn’t stay quite anymore. I went on explaining the details of my marriage and the divorce. How Chris got me fired and that I was without a Job for over 2 months .

” so after all this time, you decided to call me just now when things got worse” I heard Lucas sighing sadly.

” oh Stella, you didn’t have to wait after going through so much to give me a call. You have no idea how much I waited for you to come.” He told me.

I couldn’t get myself to look straight at him his calmness and softness of voice making me so ucomfortable.

” Come here” he raised his voice a bit indicating for me to sit closer to him.

I looked at him and he smiled.

” are you scared of me Now?” He asked with a smile.

” no am not but…..” I couldn’t finish my sentence……..

Episode 16

Lucas….

She was struggling to stay calm. I could see her being so uncomfortable and I couldn’t let her far away. I needed her close to me and watching her opposite me made me want her close.

” come here ” I raised my voice and she slowly stood and sat besides me.

Without warning I k-ssed her l-ips. I felt her stiffen a bit, I took it slow allowing her to get accustomed to the k-ss. Whatever gave me the confidence that she was to accept me,

I let her l-ips go and she looked straight at me.

” Lucas, am not ….”

” what?” I whispered

” I don’t think am the right person for you. I came in your life with lies, I don’t think you deserve me. Just look at me. I was divorced barely 3 months ago and….”

” I love you” I cut in making her sit up.

” oh my God Lucas, No you don’t, I mean you shouldn’t….” I stammered.

” Stella if one man was a fool who mistreated you and made you feel less of yourself then that should not make you think every man is the same.” I told her honestly.

All I could see in her was a woman who had undergone some rough path in life and needed me. I could see her inner sadness.

Without another word I pulled her up. She sighed pushing her hair extension backwards.

” come with me” i whispered leading her to my bedroom.

She kept on looking around the place as I led the way .

” are you Okey?” I asked her as we stood in my room facing the wide bed that I had spent my lonely nights in.

” yeah am okey” she nodded and I smiled at her. Her looks making me smile as she looked like a teenage smiling and sighing her uneasiness.

” Lucas, I think I need to leave now it’s getting dark outside and you know I, I dont have a car, the , the landlord closses the gate at 20 hours” she stammered

” you acting like a child you know that?” I laughed still holding her hands.

I stood in front of her and held her wa-ist so close.

” I want you here with me, you are spending a night in my house today” i informed her.

I couldn’t even ask, I was feeling myself so bossy I knew I had to slow down.

I recalled the last week’s she stayed away from me and how I had to nurse the hurt i was feeling.

My mother kept on asking about her and I couldn’t just tell her the truth. I had to tell her We had a fight and we were going to work things out.

” my son, a woman is not difficult to win over. Just make her feel special. A woman is taken by the little gestures of love. You don’t have to buy her a wh0le lot or fly yourself up. The simplest and most stupid things that a man does to show her how she means to him wins over a woman’s heart.” She had told me.

I felt my heart at peace. It didn’t matter she had lied to me. All I wanted right that moment is to make her realise how special she was.

Slowly I held her chin up making her eyes meet mine.

” can you please spend tonight with me? I have been looking forward to the day I will hold you this close in my arms.” I smiled rubbing my l-ips on hers.

I felt her relax as she smiled. Even if i couldnt see the smile cause my eyes were closed.

She held my neck and the touch of her hands on my skin made my heart skip a bit.

” am scared Lucas, maybe I don’t know how to go about all this now. Am scared I might end up falling in love with you and then later on be made to go through what just did with my previous marriage. I don’t think I am that strong to endure any more heart breaks” she whispered tears falling from her now closed eyes.

” am so scared. Please don’t make me fall for you and break my heart again. If you May, just let me go before it’s too late” she sighed sadly.

I moved her to the bed and made her sit down.

” don’t be scared swity, I know what I feel and I wouldn’t want to see you hurt. I cant hurt you deliberately you should know that. Please don’t let the mistakes of one man, make us all pay.

Give us both a chance of being happy. You deserve to be loved and I dont know what your ex husband was thinking to let you go because for me I want to hold you like this forever” I said holding her close as I wrapped my hand around her shoulders.

” tell me Lucas, why do you think you love me?” She asked sounding so nervous.

” I don’t have a way of saying it. All I know is that the first day I saw you my heart leaped with joy and i knew you were the one. People can fall in love more than once you know? And I bet I never saw this coming when I lost my late wife. It’s even more deep and intense now” I giggled.

She looked at me and for the first time since she had walked in she smiled widely I knew she was going to be mine.

I moved her back making her lay on the bed facing up. As I went on top of her. She kept her eyes on me.

k-ssing her tenderly and slowly making sure she felt every bit of the passion I was feeling for her.

She raised her hands to hold me but I shook my head. ” nope, don’t move” i smiled shaking my head.

Slowly working my hands around her body as she closed her eyes and let me move about.

Thanks to the blouse she had on with buttons I easily removed it revealing a black silk b-ra that complemented her skin tone.

I heard soft deep breaths as I went on car-ssing her n-pples, her soft mo-ns making me h-rder down my p-nts I thought I was going to burst.

I worked my way on her body making sure every touch went deeper to make her go crazy.

” stop punishing me now Lucas please. I cant can’t take this anymore” she whispered her eyes so weak she looked like she was going to fall asleep.

I smiled as I continued touching her now complete unclad body. Making sure she desired me more than ever.

Instead of obeying my order to stay put, I felt her hand go down my p-nts and I let a small scre-m. I had not felt that in a long time and she just did the right thing.

Whatever she was doing with her wa-ist as i joined myself with her, was driving me crazy. I had been with other women before but never with one with such moves I felt I was drowning in a pool of pleasure.

The connection between us grew emmersley with each move and thr-st.

For a period longer than I had anticipated we made love and by the time we both came , i was almost scre-ming my lungs out. came

” what was that?” I asked honestly having no words to say.

Maybe it was because I had fallen in love with her so much than I had thought or she was just good making my body happy.

She smiled, her eyes still clossed. ” I have no idea I have not felt that deep and intense connection with anyone before my body feels different” she spoke softly.

She was right. It was like we both were doing it for the first time and I was surprised just the sight of her eyes made my man stand up again.

Without warning, I sat up making her sit on me as we went for another round facing each other. This time I didn’t want her to close her eyes and neither did i because I wanted to see it all, the passion, the desire, the desperation and everything else that i could read from her eyes.

” I love You So much was all I kept on saying until I finally scre-med out. I was almost sure if there was anyone near the next room, they heard me. She let a small laugh and lay on my chest.

In all honesty, I wanted her to tell me she loved me with her own voice but i didn’t want to rush her. What I just experienced with her was enough to know how she felt.

I watched her as she lay sleeping and breathing softly.

I lifted the telephone and called the kitchen.

” can you bring us something to eat after an hour” I informed my worker and lay besides her.

I had woken up later the following morning after a turn of several mind blowing rounds with Stella. I felt my legs weak as I tried to stand.

Standing in front of the mirrow , I smiled at myself. ” mom was right” I whispered to myself ” I feel special ” I nodded my head and changed into my jogging kit.

It was my daily trend and I felt i needed it more now that had a woman by my side. I looked at my sport watch and it showed 15 minutes past 06 am. I was late by almost an hour but I still had to ran even if it was just for a kilometre.

As I ran back to the house I saw a car parked in front of the gate and I shook my head not believing what I was seeing.

” seriously?” I whispered as I trotted to the gate.

” I want her out of your house right this minute you son of a b*tch!” Mike shouted above his voice.

” oh no you didn’t” I scoffed stopping right in front of him.

” what are you doing at my house this time of the day and I thought I told you never to come back here.

Before I knew it, I felt the pain of his punch rush through my face. Holding on to the s₱0t, I looked at him with anger.

” where is She? She’s is mine you fool and I want her out of your pathetic bed right now.

” oh no he didn’t just hit me” I thought to myself as I folded my blow to hit him back. I wasn’t going to be intimated just because the guy was taller than me.

Without second thoughts I hit him in his chin and he staggered back holding the gate.

Before he came to me the two guards ran out and held him immediately and started beating him up.

I pulled one of the guards back, I just wanted to get over the anger that I was feeling in me. I never easily got angrily but Mike had crossed the line and now he awakened the teenage karate trainings I did years back.

Seeing I could handle him, the guards stood back and watched as I went on punching and kicking Mike.

I saw some blood come out of his nose but my anger wasn’t quenched yet. I needed to go for more.

” Lucas! Stop that now! You are not like him!” I heard Stella call out to my name.

She ran and stood in between us and Mike took advantage raising a blow at me but it landed into Stella.

I held her close as she fall towards the ground.

The guards now alert went on and held Mike who kept on shouting and talking like a lunatic.

” Stella are you Okey?” I asked holding her in my arms. She wore my gown around her.

” am fine” she sighed trying to sit up. I lifted her up and led her in,side the gate. Thankfully the area was still quite and there were barely any people passing around to watch the show.

” am sorry you had to see that ” I held her

” he just came on to me and hit me before I could say anything” I told her and she sharply walked back furious.

” he’s got to hear from me that jerk! What the hell is wrong with him?” She shouted as she ran out..

” come back don’t go near that lunatic !” I shouted running to follow her outside.

Story continues…

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