Her Journey episode 6

HER JOURNEY 👩‍🦱

Episode 6

Ever since Roland saw Agnes on National television, he became extremely restless, he decided to contact Collins, his best friend, who was now residing In Lagos.
“Collins my friend, guess who I saw on TV yesterday” Roland threw in. ”

“Agnes right? I saw her too, she is the Lagos State APC Chairperson, I heard she will be contesting alongside Otunba Ambode, for governorsh¡p position, in the next coming election, if they win that means your ex wife will become the deputy governor of Lagos State” Collins responded and Roland suddenly became speechless.

“Haven’t you read her biography on wikipedia, do you even follow her on social media?, Agnes’s daughters, I mean your daughters, are doing well, Benita your carbon copy is a renowned lawyer, Paulina your second daughter is a doctor, a surgeon at that, Your last daughter is a Pilot. Those girls are really doing well for themselves, unlike those useless sons of yours, I have told you to relocate to London or the US, those sons of yours will kill you if you don’t, their mother, Martha is even the worst, I don’t even understand why you married someone like her and let a good woman like Agnes to go, I always told you not to allow your family to interfere in your marriage but you didn’t listen to me, where are all those your brothers that advised you to take another wife because Agnes didn’t bear male children, all your brothers are married to one wife, they didn’t chase their wives away like they chased yours, your elder brother’s wife gave birth to a deaf and dumb twins, he didn’t chase his wife away, your younger brother has been married for 10 years now and his wife gave birth to two girls, he still didn’t chase his wife away but you allowed them to mislead you, all Children are EQUALLY valuable irrespective of their gender, and how valuable they turn out is highly dependent on the environment and kind of parenting they received while growing up. With a right up bringing, any child will make his or her parents proud and the family name will be retained forever” Collins continued. Roland was so quiet and ashamed, he kept mute and listen attentively, one could read the regrets in his silence.

He wiped two tears from his eyes and then finally responded.

“Collins, my friend, I know I have made the greatest mistake of my life, when I allowed my brothers to mess up my life, it’s when I retired that I know what I had done to myself, my brothers are terrible, I have realized that the reason they advised me to take another wife was because they thought Agnes was in charge of my wealth, they thought Agnes was enjoying the money that was meant for them, It was never my intention to chase away my Agnes and my daughters, neither it was my plan to abandon them, it was all my brothers ideas and I was a big fool because I didn’t stop them, they made me believe that Male children are more valuable, they even accused Agnes of sleeping around but now I have come to realize that my brothers lied against my Agnes and I was a fool, because at first I believed them, if not for you, I won’t have known that they told my wife that I was dead and chased her away, Collins my friend, I can’t believe that my brothers, my own brothers could be decietful, they didnt only fake my death they also turned around to accuse my wife of adultery, when I returned, they told me that they caught Agnes with another man on our matrimonial bed and the next day she packed her belongings and left with my daughters, they were quick to send a marriage proposal to my second wife martha and I made the greatest mistake of my life, when I went along with everything they told them to do like a fool, without a proper investigation, I thought my brothers had my interest at heart, I thought they were actually telling me the truth, I remembered when I returned, alot of people I know, ran away immediately they sighted me, I had thought my Navy uniform made them uncomfortable, it was when I saw you again that I understood everything, I was already married to Martha and she was pregnant with my first son.. ….. it’s a pity that we didn’t locate Agnes when we came to Lagos, remember we searched everywhere for her, even the hospital where you said she was admitted had no record of her address, do you remember that we also searched for her at the Oshodi market like you suggested, for seven months we kept trying but we didn’t see her, I don’t know how things got to that level, many years had passed and I doubt Agnes will ever forgive me, All these years I thought Agnes will return to me but she never did, I don’t think she will ever be mine again” Roland added.

“My friend, she already knew that you have taken another wife, I even told her myself that you took another wife because ~at the time I thought you and your brothers had tricked her, then I had no idea of what was going on, you refused to let me ~know what Agnes had done and why you are took another wife…. but I wan~ t to assure you that I’m not going to rest till you and Agnes reconciles because somehow I feel concerned, I still remember how Agnes fainted w~ hen I told her that you were not dead but alive and that you got married to another lady, I feel like I made the biggest mistake when I let the cats out of the bag, I had thought Agnes will return and fight for her marriage with you but instead I complicated the wh0le issue for both of you. But I’m doing everything possible to get in contact with Agnes, I have sent him a direct message on her instagram handle even on her Facebook, I just hope she responds one-day or better still, let me run into her again, so I can explain everything to her” Collins entered.

“My friend, I don’t hold you responsible for any thing, you opened my eyes, if not for you, I will still believe that Agnes cheated on me, and Agnes will still believe that I’m dead” Roland added, the two friends chatted for a while, they talked on alot of things and mostly they talked about Agnes and her daughters, Roland expressed how proud his daughters had made him and he hope to reconcile with them one day and finally the two friends said their goodbyes and hanged up afterwards.

To Be Continued