Hope for tomorrow episode 5

HOPE FOR TOMORROW
Episode 5
Fred looked into her eyes and kept thinking of how he was going to make his intentions known to Sofia
“I want to tell you something, I think if I don’t say it now, I might never have the chance to say it again. I know this may cause me my Job, Sofia, I can’t explain it but I’m into you, I love you right from the first day I saw you, I know I shouldn’t be telling you this because you are my boss, but I want you to accept me Into your life, I love you so much” He said.
For a moment, Sofia felt she was dreaming and didn’t want to wake up if it were a dream.
“Is Fred actually saying all this to me?” She shockingly asked herself. Her joy knew no bound as this was the first time she wanted someone this much in her life and she felt happy that the feeling was mutual.
When Fred was done talking, she looked into his eyes, smiled, leaned forward and k-ssed him. Fred wasn’t expecting the k-ss but embraced it with all his heart. They k-ssed for a while. They were so caught up in the moment but was careful not to pass their limits either.
After a while, They stopped k-ssing back. Fred smiled and asked her if the k-ss meant that she felt the same way for him and she nodded “Yes”. Her positive response brought joy to his heart and he promised to love her forever. They had mutual feelings for each other and wanted the best for their new relationsh¡p.
Six month into thier relationsh¡p and Sofia had told her mother that she was seeing someone, her mother couldn’t wait to hear all about the man in her daughter’s life, she danced for Joy and she told Sofia “That’s good news my daughter but now you have a man in your life, Please hurry up and get married to him or what are you waiting for? you know you are my first child and my only daughter, your younger brothers are even married with children, please don’t waste time on courtsh¡p or dating, get married” .
Sofia smiled helplessly.
Fred was the best lover one could wish for because he treated Sofia like a queen. Sofia gave him maximum respect and care in return. Fred never demanded anything from her but was rather the one always showering her with gifts. Sofia’s life changed a lot as she was always happy. She loved Fred with all her heart and didn’t want to ever lose him.
Six months after, Their relationsh¡p grew stronger, Fred’s love for Sofia remained strong even when he found out that she was 7 years older than him.
Sofia and Fred kept thier relationsh¡p private, no one in the company knew about thier love affair until one day, Fred proposed to Sofia openly, everyone who worked in the company were surprised and majority concluded that Fred was only interested in madam Sofia because of her wealth.
“Fred is a gold digger, a social climber!” They gossiped.
 
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Few weeks later, The day, sofia introduced Fred to her mother as the man she wants to marry, her mother looked Fred straight in the eyes and said no, she won’t allow that to happen. Sofia was surprised but she tried her best to find out from her mother why she objected.
“How can you stoop so low to marry a man who is not in this same social class as you, have you ever wondered why he wants to marry you?” Sofia’s mother entered
Sofia’s mother had no legitimate reasons apart from the fact that her daughter was more wealthier than Fred and that Fred was just her employee, She didn’t like the fact that her daughter was about to marry a man from a poor and unpopular family. “Fred didn’t look like a man who could take good care of you” Sofia’s mother added.
When it got to Fred’s turn to introduce Sofia to his mother, Fred’s mother scre-med; “Over my dead body would I allow you to marry a woman, who is older than you.”
Admist the opposition,
Fred and Sofia got married in the church on the 14th April the next year, thier mothers didn’t attend the wedding .They had to do it without them because they were bent on separating them.
The first Twelve months of thier marriage were pure and total bliss. They had a peaceful home and barely had anything to disagree on.
Until Two years passed bye and thier marriage was still childless, Sofia had consulted the best gynecologist and endocrinologist both home and abroad but still no pregnancy, talk much of a child.
Fred had thought that when Sofia conceived, it will cause his mother and his mother in law to finally accept thier union and give them thier blessings, he became desperate, when Sofia couldn’t conceive after three years of marriage, he became frustrated and bitter. He changed.
Fred started being very distant around Sofia his wife and he would have horrible mood swings. He resigned from Sofia’s company, Sofia did not understand what was happening because everything seemed okay with them and he never complained about anything at work.
Fred would sit alone for hours just staring into nowhere, He would always seem very deep in thought but when Sofia asked him what was happening he would say, “nothing”.
This carried on for months and he seemed to be getting worse instead of better, he would always come home late and drunk. He became very quiet around Sofia and if sofia tried to strike up a conversation he would calmly ask her to leave him alone.
Sofia felt lonely and defeated because she knew he was frustrated and angry about her inability to bear children, she did not know what to do or how to get Fred to be happy again because he was shutting her out completely. A distance was created between them, Before they knew it, they could not recognize each other. It felt like they were two strangers, sharing a house together as they barely spoke to each other.
Sofia decided to transfer all her wealth to her husband just to make him happy,
Sofia was actually miserable but she could not talk about it with Fred and she could not complain either because what would she be complaining about? When she knew what was wrong in thier marriage- childlessness.
End of Episode 5