[STORY] THE NIGHT BUS (Episode 04)

Episode 04.

I gave my body the necessary rest it needs knowing I’ll hit the road that night to resume in the office. My wife woke me up when it was past 2 pm to eat, but I held her instead in bed and cuddled her not ready to get up.
“Leave me o, I have laundry to do,” she said and I opened my eyes.
“Laundry? You don’t give it to a dry cleaner?” I asked.

“You think I am handicapped just because am pregnant right? If you want me to be giving the Dry cleaner the laundry, What do you want me to do at home when you stopped me from working?” My wife asked and I sat up.
“You don’t like it? I am doing it for my baby… Our baby and I don’t want to hear any excuse if anything happens to my baby okay” I replied and she smiled and nodded her head.

“I’ve heard you,” she said keeping my hands down and attempted to get up but I held her back.
“Okay let me do the laundry for today. Common love I am working hard there for us so you won’t stress yourself too much, just manage and endure for me until our prince charming arrives okay” I insisted tickling her.

“Oh stop nau!” She shouted laughing hard and my prince began to move.
“See what you’ve done now. You’ve woken this footballer up” my wife said and I watched as my prince kept turning.

“This is so beautiful, is this how he plays?” I asked my wife and she nodded.
“Oh! And I’m missing this. Don’t worry my prince we will soon play together okay” I said and kissed her stomach.

“Let’s go shopping nau? I love seeing baby things you know and I’ve been buying them alone” my wife said.
“Okay, I understand, we’ll go together, what do we have now?” I asked and she stood up and opened the wardrobe for me.

“Wow this is beautiful but too small nau. My prince will be fat” I said taking a cloth and burst out laughing with the way my wife looked at me as she held the wardrobe.
“Okay love let’s go eat and we’ll go together” I said holding her waist.

“You better clean your mouth o, Prince should be fat only when he comes out not in my tummy agn agn,” my wife complained as I took her away while I only smiled.
We got to the dining but my mother was not there,
“Is mama not eating?” I asked.

“She said she does not eat ripe plantains, unfortunately, all the plantains are ripe and when I wanted to make another meal for her she refused” my wife replied.
“She needs to eat na, I don’t know her problem sef. Does she think she is strong with the drugs that were given to her yesterday?” I asked.

“Go talk to her then” my wife replied and I left to her room.
I saw my mother seriously packing her bag as I stood by the door looking at her, then she saw me.
“Ahhh Clement thank God you’re here. Help me ask your wife if my wrapper of yesterday is dry. The wrapper suppose to dry sef, it does not takes time” she said.

“You have never been this agile before when you want to go. This meeting must be very important,” I said and heard a knock on the door outside.
“Clement go ask your wife about my wrapper and leave my meeting alone, I don’t want to arrange this bag two times o, be fast” she said.

“Hmmm I came to call you to eat,” I said.
“Nna I and ripe plantain are not friends at all,” she said.

“But my wife wanted to prepare something else for you and you refused. You didn’t finish the food she made for you in the morning and you don’t want to eat lunch, have you forgotten you were given drugs yesterday? You want to starve yourself and appear in the meeting so they will say Clement did not give you food in the city ba?” I asked.
“Oh, Clement I have heard you. I’ll prepare my eba when I finish with this” she said and I just left the room and saw my wife’s only sister enter.

“Good afternoon uncle” Priscilla greeted as she hugged me.
“Come o, who is making you fat? Does your sister know about him?” I asked and she laughed.

“Ahhhh uncle me that is even on a diet” she replied.
“Diet of fatness ba?” My wife asked her.

“Sister but you know I don’t eat na, rather I am working hard to maintain my body. But uncle you sef looks good o” Priscilla said.
“Tahhh Don’t be whining me. You’re welcome my dear and how is school?” I asked as we got to the dining.

“School is fine with all their stress” she replied.
“Let them stress you so that when you start eating your dollars you’ll know the stress was necessary. You arrived on time, come join us” I said sitting down.

‘Are you inviting her?” My wife asked
“No, I don’t wait for invitations when it comes to ripe plantain and egg sauce,” Priscilla said sitting down.

“Look at somebody on diet o, something I was expecting to hear ” no uncle I’m on diet,” I said and Priscilla burst out laughing.
“Besides did mama agree to eat so I can keep her own?” My wife asked.

“She’s packing, but she will do hers when she’s done” I replied.
“Mama is here?” Priscilla asked and I nodded.

“Oh I even forgot, let me go greet her,” Priscilla said drawing the chair.
“Don’t worry yourself eat your food. She will be out soon” I stopped her and we got settled to eat.

A few minutes later, just when we were done eating, my mother came out.
“Clement what did I send you?” She asked looking at me with her hand on the empty chair there and I rolled my eyes.
“Mama good afternoon” Priscilla greeted.

“Afternoon and welcome,” my mother coldly replied her.
“What did mama ask you to do?” My wife whispered to me.

“Is her wrapper dry? She wanted me to ask you that so she can add it to her bag” I replied.
“Oh mama the wrapper is dry let me get it for you,” my wife said and stood up immediately to go get it, and I don’t know how my wife slipped and almost fell.
I screamed my head off as I rushed and held her as she held the wall firmly with her eyes bulged out in shock,

“Love are you okay?” I asked as I slowly made her sit down.
“Yea I’m fine, I guess there’s water on the tiles” my wife replied trying to catch her breath and she coughed while her sister gave her a glass of water to drink.

“Sorry oh! You should have just told me where the wrapper is” my mother said and I angrily looked at her.
“What kind of wrapper mama what kind of international wrapper is it that can’t rest!” I shouted.

“Sshhhh love you’re shouting,” my wife said.
“Let me shout what is it! You almost fell because of the wrapper, so if she does not carry the wrapper back to the village won’t her traveling bag close?” I asked.

“Clement……. ” mama don’t Clement me abeg. You know where washed clothes are always dried not that you’re a stranger here. Take it and go abeg let me rest” I cut in and angrily entered my room as I heard my wife apologizing to my mother but I didn’t care. The thought of my wife falling heavily was what I could not take, and I won’t spare even my mother.

To Be Continued… . . .

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