[STORY] Road to Nowhere (Episode 08)

Road to Nowhere By Success Adegbite

Episode 08.

Dammy’s heart skipped a beat as she sighted the woman. Mr Ololade moved quickly and noiselessly to the woman and snatched the rope from the woman’s hands.

The woman looked back and saw Dammy and Mr Ololade. She sat down on the floor and started crying.

Mr Ololade moved closer to her trying to calm her down.

Dammy was afraid to move closer, she wanted to be sure that the woman was not insane.

“Calm down ma. Stop crying. No matter the circumstances around you, committing suicide is not the next thing. The world still needs you. There’s more you can still offer to the world”, Mr Ololade said.

“No, there’s nothing I can offer. I’m finished” The woman said in tears.

Mr Ololade took the lady away from the tree side and they stood together in front of the house.

“Is this your house?”, Mr Ololade asked.

“Yes” The woman replied.

“Then , why do you want to kill yourself in front of your house”, Mr Ololade asked curiously.

“I want my husband to see my corpse immediately he comes back from work. He is the reason why my life is like this. My name is Sade and I married eight years ago. Some months, before we got married, I got pregnant for him. I insisted on keeping the baby, but, he told me that it would affect the large wedding we had prepared ahead. He told me then that his pastor would not allow us do the wedding in his church if he found out that I was pregnant. He begged me to abort the pregnancy. After much persuasion, I agreed.

After we got married, I didn’t get pregnant. The first year passed, the second year, the third year. We went for series of test and they told me that my womb has a hole and I can’t carry a baby in it. We kept looking up to God for a miracle.

My husband’s family have been tormenting my life ever since my first year with my husband. His mother is worse. Well, I kept looking up to God, but, recently, my husband started changing towards me. He told me that he was fed up and might get married to another woman soon.

What broke the straw of the camel was that few days ago, I noticed that I missed my period. I was so excited that I rushed to the pharmacy today to buy a pregnancy test kit. I did the test some minutes ago and found out that it was negative. As a matter of fact, this is it”, The woman narrated and handed the little kit for the test to Mr Ololade. Mr Ololade in turn handed it to Dammy.

Dammy looked at it and looked totally expressionless.

“I’m totally fed up of life. I want to end it. My husband’s family might send me packing soon.”, Sade said in tears.

Mr Ololade patted her and said, “Sade, that’s not enough reason to kill yourself. You don’t own your life, so, you don’t have the right to take it. If you kill yourself, your husband would move on with his life. Continue trusting God, you might have your own child one day”.

“When? When?”, Sade said and broke into another round of uncontrollable tears.

“Ma’am, I’ll suggest that you adopt a child from the orphanage and raise the child as your own”, Dammy suggested.

Sade reasoned with Dammy’s suggestion, but, after a while, she said, “What about my husband?”

“Continue praying for him and love him with all your heart no matter what he does. Your love for him should be able to melt his heart”, Mr Ololade said.

“Thank you very much for this evening. You saved my life. I really appreciate”, Sade said wiping away her tears.

“You are welcome ma. We’d have loved to stay a little bit longer, but, it’s getting late already. We would try to check up on you another day. I’d love you to go inside your house and take some rest now”, Mr Ololade said.

“Okay, I would do that. Thank you very much once again. I would be looking forward to your visit”, Sade said and waved at them before she entered her house.

Dammy was already tired with everything that happened that day. “Dad, men are really wicked. How could her husband do that to her”, Dammy said as they walked home.

“You mean that I’m also wicked” Mr Ololade said.

“Of course not, dad. You are not wicked at all. Daddy, today was really full of adventures”

“Yes dear. Let’s hurry home before your mom starts getting worried”, Mr Ololade said as he held Dammy’s hand and they walked hurriedly home.

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“I thought you guys left the house for me because of what I did. What made you come back?”, Mrs Ololade said angrily.

To be continued……

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