Love with Bitter tears batch 3

LOVE WITH BITTER TEARS
EPISODE 5
Rebecca was flabbergasted and
short of words, she could not
believe what had just
happened.
She clasped her face in
between
her hands and started
weeping. Rebecca: “Oh! I
shouldn’t be
crying for my baby’s sake. I
shouldn’t give them the
pleasure
of seeing me cry. But what do I
do about all these? I am losing
my
husband or have I lost him? I
made a mistake and that was
because I thought he was
taking
my son away from me. I know
I
shouldn’t have done what I did
but how am I going to survive
this? How?” she wept into her
hands. She heard giggles and
laughter emanating from
behind
the closed door and wondered
what on earth was happening
there. She imagined her
husband
touching the lady, k-ssing her
or even going as far as laying
with
her but quickly discarded the
thought. She felt her heart beat
so
fast that she thought it would
stop beating altogether. …
Ophelia: “Now this is such a
good
idea. We need to get her even
more jealous. She needs to pay
for what she did to you. This
world is not a bed of roses, you
don’t sow tars and expect to
reap wheat…it’s never done
that way”
she said as she sat with him on
the bed. “Besides your house is
quite beautiful, I love it” she
said
looking around the room.
Richærd: “Thanks dear and I
also
agree with your previous
statement. The funniest part is
the
sight of her now annoy me so
much. If not for Sammy, I’d
have
left this house or made her
leave a long time ago” Ophelia:
“Well I don’t think it has
gotten to the extent of you
leaving the house. Just make
sure
you make her regret every bit
of
her misconducts towards you.
Richærd: “Yeah and I appreciate
your friendsh¡p even more.
Thanks for being here. You are
the best thing that has
happened
to me this year” he confessed
as
his eyes roamed her body. He
wondered what she looked like
under the body hugging mini
gown she had on. He
wondered
how soft her b—–s were, as
his
eyes roamed back to her eyes,
he
knew he had been caught
ogling. “I am so sorry I didn’t
mean to do
that” he swallowed hærd.
Ophelia: “It’s okay, no love lost.
Besides I seem to enjoy it”
Richærd: “Oh really? Now that is
an encouragement since I am
really falling for you” Ophelia:
“Shhhhhhh! Your wife
might be hearing you, don’t
make
a woman go suicidal” Richærd:
“She should go to blazes
for all I care. She no longer
have
my heart, you do and I
knowing I
am not making a mistake. Or
don’t you have feelings for me
at
all?” Ophelia: “Of course I do
since the
first day I set my eyes on you
but
you are married and I don’t
wanna be the one to break
your
home” Richærd: “My home is
already
broken baby. Just concentrate
on
loving me, I assure you, very
soon I will do everything right
by
you. I only need some time” he
said, reached out and car-ssed
one of her cheeks fondly. “I
love
you Ophelia”. He moved even
closer and perched a light k-ss
on
her l-ips, he withdrew to read
her
reaction but when nothing
negative came from her, he
resumed with the k-ss but this
time intensifying it. She
opened
her l-ips slowly to take him fully
into her mouth and their
tongues
touched sending a hot
s-nsation
into his g—n. He tilted her
when he moved down to her
neck, he
k-ssed and s—-d his way
down
to her b-obs, pursed and
pressed
her back to the bed gently. She
got startled by that gesture,
pushed him off and jerked up.
Ophelia: “What do you think
you
are doing?” Richærd: “Why? Did
I do
something wrong?” Ophelia:
“No not at all, just that
your wife and son are out
there
and I don’t want any trouble at
all” she said feeling so
embarrassed. Richærd: “Okay
dear… I
understand your reluctance, I’d
be too” Ophelia: “Not just that,
I am also
not ready yet” Richærd: “Will
wait for you till you
are ready” he smiled
awkwardly. Ophelia: “Thanks
dear for
understanding. I will get going
now” she said straightening
her
dress. He walked her out and
as they
stepped into the sitting room,
they met Rebecca setting the
table. The aroma from the food
on the table was magnetizing.
She
looked up from what she was
doing and smiled brightly at
them. Rebecca: “Food is ready.
Come
and take your seat please?” she
said looking from one to the
other. Ophelia: “Thanks but I
am not
hungry, I don’t know about
Richærd?” Richærd: “I am not
hungry either.
Come on now, let’s go” They
both walked out without
casting a second glance at the
dining table or the woman
hovering over it with tray in
her
hand. Ophelia: “What is wrong
with
your wife? Is she really that
nice
or she is stupid” she said as she
strapped on the car’s seat belt
as
Richærd drove the range rover
out of the compound into the
street. Richærd: “She is not nice
at all, she
is just putting up an act to
ensnare me into her web again
She is a very cunning woman”
Ophelia: “Oh! Then stupid is
what
she is then, how can she still be
calm despite our efforts to
make
her jealous? She must be a
really
dangerous woman indeed” she
said and shrugged. As weeks
further drifted into
months, their relationsh¡p kept
deteriorating. All those who
knew them even at work had
tried to reconcile them all to no
avail. Richærd was determined
to keep it at the level it was in.
he
was even more determined
because Ophelia was in the
picture. She became his world.
No
day passed by without them
meeting. Even after parting,
they took to whatsApp or calls
and
talked way into the night like
teenagers who just found love
for
the first time. What however
baffled him the most was the
fact
that she remained
unresponsive to his s€×ual
advances. It was
more like she was disgusted at
his touch or so he thought. She
kept telling him she wasn’t
ready
and that he should give her
some
time to adjust. Ophelia did not
know what to do
so she visited Gloria at her
home.
Luckily for her, her husband
was
away on a business trip to
Dubai
so they had all the time in the
world for their chit-chat and
little little more. Gloria: “And
what were you
saying earlier?” she asked
breathlessly after two rounds
of
s-cking and eating away at
each
other’s bodies. Ophelia: “I seem
to really be fond
of the man. Not that I am in
love
with him, just that I really care
about him and this issue of s€×
is
about to break us apart. What
do
I do?” Gloria: “Hmmmmmm!
You sound
like someone in love” Ophelia:
“Well I am not in love… I
am just trying to help a friend
out
here. A friend I don’t want to
lose” Gloria: “Then you have to
just do
it with him. There is nothing
you
can do about it. All you have to
do is lie back while he does
whatever he wants with you.
Close your eyes really tight and
touch his back occasionally.
That
will make him c-m more easily
than you just laying docile”
Ophelia: “Are you sure that
would
work?” Gloria: “That is what I
do with my
husband and it works so I
guess
it will work with him too. Just
give
it a try first and besides that
was
the best s€× I have had since
the
last time we saw. My husband
is just like a sack of potato, all
he
does is sweat his guts out on
me” Ophelia: “Awwwwww
really?
Don’t worry I will be here to
render more of my service to
you.
I shall not disappoint ever” she
said basking in the euphoria of
the moment. Gloria: “Follow
me down to the
cellar so we can grab some
wine
my dear. This moment feels
too
glorious for us not to
celebrate”
they held hands and left the
huge
and beautiful bedroom she
shared with her husband
together. Ophelia: “To our
endless love for
each other” they both toasted
after they had selected a bottle
of
champagne from the barrage
of
wines in the cellar. They both
sipped on the wine and
stretched forth their neck to
k-ss while
sitting at the bar in the sitting
room. As they k-ssed, the door Of
the sitting room burst open
and Gloria’s husband barged into
the room with his protruding
stomach the agbada he wore
could hærdly hide and a
suitcase
at his right hand. He was
startled
out of his wits when he saw
them… Gloria’s Husband: WTH?
What’s
happening here… (Gbeseee ree
oo!)
 
EPISODE_6
Opha laid on her bed thinking
of what to do. She had been
trying to reach Richærd through
phone calls but he kept missing
her calls. She kept thinking of
what he could be up to, where
he was at the moment. “I just
wish he isn’t putting the wh0le
blames on me. That woman is
looking for whom to implicate,
who asked her to get married
in the first place when she
knew she wasn’t going to keep
her home well? I can’t believe I
am wishing she never recovers.
S–t! God forgive me but I just
can’t wait to have Richærd all to
myself”
Different thoughts kept
running through her mind at
the same time. She did not
know when her mum stepped
into her room and sat on the
bed beside her, watching her
daydream quietly.
Maggy: “Opha dear”she called
softly. She lifted her long dark
lashes slowly but quickly sat up
when she saw it was her mum.
Opha: “Yes mum? Hope there is
no problem? This one you are
here all of a sudden like this,
was just trying to take a nap”
Maggy: “Am I the one you are
trying to deceive? I know
when you are sleeping and
when you are just feigning it.
So what were you thinking
about?” she said smiling
amusingly.
Opha: “I am not thinking about
anything mum ah!”
Maggy: “Okay if you say so. I
brought a message from your
dad”
Opha: “So I presumed. What
bad news did you come
bearing this time o” she shifted
uneasily on the bed.
Maggy:”I am not sure if it can
be called ill news. Infact I also
support him, we only want
what’s best for you and it high
time you did right by yourself”
Opha: “Just come straight to
the point, don’t beat around
the bush, you know I hate it”
Maggy: “Your ill temper is
without measure. Well, your
dad asked me to tell you to
bring your husband home since
you have decided to reject all
the eligible bachelors he had
introduced to you”
Opha: “well I rejected them
because I don’t have feelings
for any of them…”
Maggy: “Just allow me to land
first”
Opha: “Okay go ahead”
Maggy: “He said that he is
giving you till next year to get
married because you will be
leaving this house on your 29
th birthday”
Opha: “Mum! How can you
agree to something like that?
That is the most unfair thing a
parent will ever say to his only
child. Only child! Mama I don’t
like this o, if its joke stop it!”
she ranted on and on while her
mum watched her in awe.
Maggy: “Do you think you are
still a small girl? Well he has
said it and its final! I am only a
messenger” she said and
started walking out.
Opha: “Mama so you are trying
to tell me you cannot stand up
for me for this last time? Mama
please don’t let him do this”
she ran to her mum and held
her forearm preventing her
from leaving.
Maggy: “I have been standing
up for you and that’s why you
are still in this house living a
fairy tale life. I have talked and
talked to you, why on earth
don’t you want to get married?
Why? You have made us an
object of ridicule in this wh0le
country, isn’t it enough yet?”
##########
Four hours later, the doctor
emerged from the operating
theatre and headed straight for
where Richærd sat with Sammy
sleeping on his laps.
Richærd: “Doctor…how is she?
How is my wife?” he jerked up
immediately he saw the doctor
startling Sammy.
Dr Wilson: “There is good news
and there’s also bad news
Richærd! Anyways,
Congratulations
Richærd: What do you mean
good news and bad news
Doctor?
Dr Wilson: Your wife has been
delivered of a bouncing
baby girl but she has to be
placed under our care for
now because she was born
premature” he said
extending his hand for a
handshake which Richærd
ignored.
Richærd: “So how is my wife? Is
she alright?”
Dr Wilson: “She is alright for
now”
Richærd: “What do you mean
by for now?” he sounded
so desperate.
Dr Wilson: “We were unable to
stabilize her heart. I will
advise you to see her now,
before it’s too late” he said
and walked away.
He walked hand in hand with
Sammy to his wife’s ward.
The sight that greeted him was
a pitiful one. She looked
so lean and cold without all the
pregnancy exaggerated
fats. Sammy wanted to run to
her but he held him back.
Richærd: “Shhhhhh! She is
resting, let’s not make a
raucous here okay? Come now!
Let’s go back to the
reception and wait for her to
wake up”
Sammy: “Dad but…” before he
could say something
else, his mum turned slowly
facing them.
Rebecca: “Baby you are here? I
have been waiting for
you. Come here!” she said
trying to sit up a bit but
couldn’t.
Richærd: “You shouldn’t stress
yourself honey, go back
to sleep, we will wait outside
till you have woken up” he
said not daring to move any
closer to her unlike Sammy
who was already sitting on the
edge of her bed.
Rebecca: “Sammy do you
remember all I told you? How
I might be going on a long
journey and will need you to
take care of your kid sister?”
 
 
Episode 7
Sammy: “Yes mum I remember
but you are no longer
going anywhere right?”
Richærd assisted her sitting on
the bed with cover sheet.
Her hands swiped through the
fibres of the long hair. It
was rumpled. She exhaled…
Rebecca: “Oh Sammy! I might
still be going because I
am feeling so weak, I feel
like…” he grabbed her l-ips
before she could finish the
statement.
Richærd: “Honey stop saying
stuffs like that, you are not
going anywhere, you will stay
and we will all live happily
together” he went closer
together at last. Richærd was in
the room with headache; tears
seeped down his cheeks
met by phlegm that found its
way out of the nostrils. He
was crying like a baby. He felt
he failed his Wife not
being there especially when
needed most.
Rebecca: “It’s too late for that
already, I guess since
you are here that you have
forgiven me at last? She said
with tears streaming down the
side of her face and
soaking the pillow.
Richærd: “It’s I who need to ask
for your forgiveness, I
did wrong honey. I cannot tell
you how sorry I am
enough but don’t worry, I will
make it up to you, I will
love you now with all I have
got. I will no longer cause
you any heartache, just recover
fast so we can have the
fun of our lives” he felt like he
was trying to persuade
himself that she was gonna
live.
Rebecca: “Help me take care of
my children, take care
of Anita too. I will continue
loving you all, I am feeling
sleepy now and I feel talking
drains my energy. You
may check on me later. “I love
you Sammy. I love you
very very much” she said
tenderly and just like that she
drifted off to the deepest
sleep… RIP.
# To_be_continued …
So Rebecca died after giving
birth to their second born. Will
Richærd  regret her death? What
will become of his relationsh¡p
with Opha?
 
EPISODE 8
The death of Richærd’s wife had
hit him so hærd. He blamed
himself for everything that had
happened, everywhere he
went, and the people he saw
reminded him of her. Opha
however stuck to him despite
him being unresponsive to her.
She knew he blamed the two
of them for her death but she
just wasn’t going to let him go.
He was the only one who could
save her from the disgrace
which was looming ahead for
her. That afternoon, she took
lunch to him in his office since
he had decided to go on
hunger strike. She took it upon
herself to take lunch to him
every day which he hærdly
even touched.
Richærd: “Oh you are here? I
told you to stop doing this, I
don’t think its even helping
issues at all” he said matter of
fact.
Opha: “But I want to keep
doing it anyway and I doubt
you can stop me. At least until I
am rest assured that you are
taking proper care of yourself.
How is Annie and Sammy?
Hope the nanny is taking good
care of them?” she asked as
she unpacked the lunch box,
serving him coconut rice with
enough plantain and fried
chicken. He just looked at the
food and shook his head.
“What is it now?” her patience
was already on the low level.
Richærd: “I am not hungry” he
looked away from her.
Opha: ‘For how long do you
want to keep this up? Tell me.
Haven’t you punished yourself
enough? Its been three months
for Christ sake” she snapped at
him.
Richærd: “She died because I
neglected her. my wife, the
mother of my children died
because I could not see how
much she was suffering,
because of my callousness.
What will I tell my kids when
they ask of her later on? I
am really a terrible man”
Ophelia could see he was
trying so hærd not to cry. She
felt anger towards the dead for
making the living suffer so
much.
Opha: “Look here…”she moved
closer, facing him “Your wife’s
death was not your fault. She
died because it was her time to
die. What exactly would you
have done if she had
eventually succeeded in telling
you? Are
you God? Can you give and
take life? Answer me can you?”
He looked at her and shook his
head slowly.
Richærd: “but at least I would
have shown her all the love I
have. I wouldn’t have allowed
her to go through it all alone. I
even denied her pregnancy.
Imagine how heartless I was?
She must have cried so much.
She must have longed for me
all those cold nights and now
she is rotting in the lonely
grave” the tears started
flowing freely.
Opha: “It’s okay? It’s going to
be fine. I am here for you. I
have even resigned at my place
of work so I can fully dedicate
my time to taking care of you,
Sammy and Annie. I don’t trust
all those nannies so I will be
going to your house as soon as
I leave this place?”
Richærd: “You really resigned?
Hmmmm! Are you sure that is
a good move? You will not
regret it later?”
Opha: “My regretting it or not
depends on you. Now start
eating while I watch you, your
lunch break will soon be over
and you will have to resume
work” she watched with
satisfaction as he devoured the
food with fervour. She smiled
at how vulnerable he was at
that moment like a bulldog
who had strayed from home
and
was lost from home.
##########
Opha and her dad, Prof.
Harrison were in their sitting
room engaged in a heated
argument
Prof. Harry: “I said no! You
cannot marry a widower. That
will sincerely be over my dead
body. What kind of disgrace
are you trying to put me
through? Are you crazy?”
Opha: “I am crazy and that is
why I am even thinking of
getting married at all. Had I
been in my right senses, I
would not have been having
this talk with you sir!” she shot
back at him with vigour
matching his.
Prof. Harry: “Woman what
have you been feeding this
daughter of yours while I am
away? Haven’t you been
teaching her anything at all?
What is wrong with the two of
you?” he said facing his wife
with eyes spitting fire and
brimstone.
Maggy: “Opha calm down!
Don’t make me into a bad
mother and just listen to us.
How can you decide it’s a
widower with two young
children you want to marry
despite your level of
education? You have so many
suitors, just pick one of them
ehn?”
Opha: “No! he is my choice and
if you refuse to
accept my choice, then be
ready to lose me” she said and
stormed out of the house.
Maggy went to her husband
and knelt down in front of him.
Prof. Harry: “What’s this?
Please stand up already”
Maggy: “Please allow her to
marry whoever she wants, I
beg you. Don’t forget it’s her
life and she has the right of
choice. We can only guide her
but if she refuses to listen to
us, let’s let her be. I don’t want
to lose my only child”
Prof. Harry: “So you are asking
me to allow her marry a man
whose wife died? Do you know
what killed her?”
Maggy: “Well I know that she
wil be fine. Don’t forget she has
never talked about any man
before. This one is the first,
there must be something that
made her go for this one. So
let’s give them a chance”
He thought for a while…
Prof. Harry: “Okay then but I
wouldn’t want to hear it if
things start going wrong. You
two will bear it all alone” he
said and walked out on her
while she was still on her
knees.
###########
She took lunch to him in the
office as usual and begged him
to walk with her briefly. As
they sat on the fence around
the fountain in front of the
office, she thought of how to
ask him over and over again.
Richærd; “Is there something
you want to tell me dear?”
Opha: “Yeah there is and please
you must not panic. I gave this
a lot of thought before making
this decision and I think it’s the
right thing to do”
Richærd: “What is it dear? Don’t
worry I will not panic, just
bring it on already”
She brought out a small box
tied with a light blue  ribbon,
she opened it and two
sparkling diamond rings k-ssed
the sunlight. She knelt down in
front of him.
Opha: “Will you marry me
Richie?”
To be continued….
How should Richie answer this
powerful QUESTION??