The Pains Of A Lonely Mother Episode 20 – 21

THE PAINS OF A LONELY MOTHER 20&21
©️ Fardaykhemy Raheem.

Ibikunle left the house in anger….
He went straight to his friend house “Abayomi”.

He met Abayomi in the sitting room with his wife and her mother in law (which is Abayomi mum).

“Ah! Ah! My friend, good evening, please come over” Abayomi said sighting his friend when the maid opened the door.

“Good evening jare!
“Good evening ma” he greeted everyone while they replied him.

“Mr ibikunle, your visit today is a surprise visit, I will personally serve you before going back to mama. What would you like to eat sir?” Esther asked smiling.

“My wife, thanks for the hospitality but for now, I am okay! I don’t want to eat anything”.

“You can’t be okay o, I didn’t see you in my house for a while, you came here today and won’t take anything, my love, serve him cold juice first and later get him yam flour and soup” Abayomi instructed her wife while she went in.

“Mama, how are you doing ma? It’s been a while that I have see you, hope you are enjoying yourself?” Ibikunle asked his friend mum.

“Am doing Alright, in fact, I am enjoying myself here. Abayomi has a good wife ooo, she Pampers and take care of me. I don’t re-gret the day my son brought her in for me. That girl is a nice girl” mama complimented while a pain struck Ibikunle chest after hearing the way mama praised her daughter in law. He managed to smile.

“That is good” he replied while Esther brought in the juice and handed it over to him. He gulped down the content and thanked him.

“I will soon bring in your food, just give me few minutes”she said and went in.

“My friend, you look somehow when you came in . Hope there is no problem? Let’s go to the verandah outside to discuss it” Abayomi said while they both left the sitting room.

They sat down outside.

“It’s about my wife”

“What happened to her?”

“Nothing happened to her, she just ha_te my mother. Imagine, the woman that gave birth to me”.

“Wait! Wait!! Wait!! Wait!! You can’t just conclude on only that, what did u see to make you think that way?” He further probed him.

“Can you believe that over the years, Temitope don’t visit my mother, she never give my mother any money, my mum ended up working in a canteen, can you believe that?”

“A canteen”.

“Yes my friend, mama was forced to work at that old age when she had a wealthy son”.

“But, you did something that amaze me o”.

“What’s that?” Ibikunle asked.

“You didn’t bother to check on your mother, u only send her money, my friend….that is ba-d”.

“I agreed that ,that was the mistake I made. I thought everything is fine, not knowing that the woman in,side my house is only dece-iving me”.

“Where is now mama?” Abayomi asked.

“She is in the hospital”.

“Hospital!

“Yes, tope refused to give her food ,she ended up drinking garri which affected her” .

“That your wife is a cr! m!nal. She need thorough orientation, you know what, I will visit you guys tomorrow and talk some sense into her sku-ll, thats too ba-d”. Don’t worry about it again. Everything will be settled, I will visit mama too in the morning before coming to your house”.

“Thanks so much my friend, I was so angry at her. I don’t want to beat her, that is why I left the house”.

“Don’t beat her, we will settle everything” he said and lead him in,side.

“I have been waiting for you sir, I don’t want to disturb your conversation with your friend, your food is ready and it is in the dinning room” she informed him smiling.

He walked up to the dinning to eat his food, while Esther helped mama to m-ssaged her feet.

He watched them from afar and smile. He wished his wife can do the same for his mother.
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After ibikunle left the house.
Temitope picked her phone and dialed salewa’s number.

“Hello salewa” she said over the phone.

“Hello Tope how far?”

“Am not okay o, that w!t-ch has implicated me. She started living with us and I refused to cook for her, she drank garri and it affected her, she is in the hospital” she said.

“What’s wrong with her drinking garri, in the town that I am here, I always see old women drinking garri. That your in-law is a w!t-ch . She Sha want to send you away from your husband house” salewa replied over the phone.

“”I am tired ooo, she just want to sent me out of his house”.

“How did your husband take the news?” Salewa asked over the phone.

“He left the house in anger, I will have to plead to him”.

“That’s good, beg your husband very well, I will also visit you before this week runs out. Be careful dear” she said and ended the call while she sighed out hærd.

She cooked her meal and eat up.
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Ibikunle arrived to the house back .

“Welcome my husband” she greeted moving closer to him while he pushed her away.

“You can greet me but don’t let that your hand to touch me” he warned and went to the bedroom. He showered and sleep on the bed.

“Darling, I have cooked your meal, won’t you eat before sleeping?”

“I can’t eat the meal of a k!-ller so woman, get off”. He shouted at her.

“You don’t eat since morning and…. Please Ibikunle, don’t do this to me nawwww! I am your wife for God sake, you always love me”.

Silence!

“Ibikunle, I am talking to you”

Silence!

She got fed up and sleep too.

In the midnight, she managed to se-duce his husband by touching all the sensitive parts of his body, ibikunle realizing all this shouted at her while she squirred off…
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The next day
Temitope woke up early to prepare everyone meal, including Mama’s own.

Ibikunle yawned and stretched his hands before going straight to the bathroom. He bathed and brush his teeth.

He dressed up for the hospital and was surprised to see Temitope with two flask of food. He hissed and walked to his door.

She also joined the front seat, he drove off to the hospital. Through out the journey, they both ignored each other.

They arrived at the hospital and ibikunle rushed in. He met her mum awake.

“Mama! He exclaimed moving closer to her while she touched his face. He has the full resemblance with Jacob. How sweet of him!.

“How is your health now?”

“I am feeling better now” she replied while Temitope came in.

“Good morning ma” she greeted.

“Good morning my wife, how are you?”

“Am fine ma, I brought you your food this morning ma” she said stretching the food towards mama.

“Thanks my wife, I will eat it now” she replied and smile.

The doctor came in to examine mama
“Please don’t disturb her, what food did u bring to her today, let me check it. I have to monitor her food since she is here”.

Temitope opened the food while the doctor peep into it.

“That’s good, I hope you have collect the list of food from the nurse Mr Jacob?” He asked

“Yes doctor”

“Alright” he replied and left.

Mama sit upright and eat slowly.

“Thank you my wife, if you are this nice to me. We won’t be quarrelling with each other”.

“She dares not because she is leaving my house once she repeat it all over again” ibikunle cut in.

Abayomi walked in,side the ward while they all exchanged pleasantries.

“It’s been a while o….Abayomi”

“Same here mama, I have missed your face. Who is behind your glowing face? He teased mama while she laughed.

“It’s God and my son”.

“Or there is another man outside there?”

“You play too much, I am old and I don’t need all of that”.

“I am joking mama, how is your health now?”

“I am okay”mama replied smiling while munching the food.

Abayomi faced Ibiwunmi
“Please lets see outside” he informed her while they both left.

They both sit in the reception room while ibikunle stayed with his mother.

“Temitope, I heard something about you and it is hærd to believe”.

“What’s that?” She asked feighning ignorance

“I heard that you are not treating mama well which is not supposed to be so, you see, all these old women and men, we have to pamper and take care of them so that when we too! grow old, we will have people to take care of us too. You don’t have the idea of how much suffering that woman endured because of your husband, she shouldn’t be the one that you will be treating anyhow…y…

“Please are you a newscaster?”

“I am not, I don’t understand!

“Then why are you talking as if you are programmed, what concern you? If she didn’t suffer because of her son, is it because of me that she will suffer. Any pains she went through while nurturing her kid is normal and I don’t see anything wrong with it, please spare me the sermon. I have something else to do” she replied frowning.

“Did you realize that you are talking to ur husband’s friend?”

“You are his friend not my husband! Mr Man mind your business” she hissed out loudly and walked back to the ward.

Abayomi came in
“Ibikunle, we will talk later, I have a place to go. Mama take care ma” he said and left.

He opened the door of his car and sit on the seat.

“Imagine, that idi_ot talking to me anyhow, I know what to do? She won’t last in Ibikunle house. She disr-espected me”. He fumed out in anger and drive off.
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Back to the ward
Rebecca is aware of what happened to mama. She board a bike to d hospital and alighted from it.

She barge into the ward and met ibikunle and his wife .
“My sister, is it true? How did you do it?” She asked.

“My wife gave mama garri to drink” ibikunle replied.

“You mean your wife, is she m_a_d ?”

“With all due respect ma, I can take anything but not you in_su_lting me. My mother has never talked to me in that manner before please I am respecting you. After all, I am d l e that cooked mama food this morning, I have begged my husband. What else did you want me to do…I am tired!!!.

“Then leave my house, you are ch-oking me temitope, you are!!! He shouted at her.

“Am I the one you talked to in that manner, ibikunle your wife l-ack manners”.

“Tope, kneel down and beg your mother in law” mama ordered.

She insisted at first but seeing his husband face. She kneel down and begged her. They all left the ward except Rebecca.

Ibikunle and his wife went back to their house.
He sit on the chair and sighed.

“Ibikunle mi! Why are you treating me in that manner, you loved me right! Why are you treating me like this, ever since mama is here, you stopped touching and talking to me. Aren’t I attractive?” She asked rubbing his chest.

He removed her hand and stare into her eyes.
“What you mean is that, mama is the cause of our regular fight right!

“No, I don’t mean it that way”.

“Respect my mother first, then you will have your husband love back. I don’t trust your motive this morning. My instinct keep telling me that you will go back to your vom-it(go back to her behavior).

“I won’t my husband, I missed you. You always touch me nawwww!!!

“We always touch each other then why are you not pregnant all this while? Instead of you knowing how to get pregnant, you always use that time to disr-espect my mother. Leave me!!! He shouted leaving her behind while she reminisced on what her husband said.

Perhaps, this is the time to take a step on it more. She will frus-trate mama life so that she will remove the rope on her neck and allow her to have her child…..

Tbc.
Pls can i see someone commenting?