HUNTED

HUNTED CHAPTER 3

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HUNTED

An Mma Moses mindset

3

What I couldn't figure out from my husband's expression was how long he was there and how much he heard. He seemed calm and angry. This may mean that he didn't hear much. I tried to relax.

He walked to the shelve and leaned on it. His eyes moving like the minute hand of a clock. Shifting gaze occasionally. I became perplexed. Silence fell on us, my ear itched for what my husband had to say, yet my whole being quaked at the possibility of what it might be.

"so you've been with my brother........ And his friend Mr. Uche. That ritualists?" my husband said calmly.

I opened my mouth to talk, but I couldn't construct a sentence. Infact, I had gone dumb all of a sudden.

"it was in the past. Please... Ehnmm... Let's let it remain in the past" Mr. Francis said

"in the past, yet we are here. Hmmm. Enem. God, did you not ever think about the future when you laid yourself bare for every d**k and Harry to feast on?"

I fell on my knees and wept. I begged and promised my husband that I was a changed woman. A virtuous woman, a woman of valor.

"Basey, I believe her, she's changed. Please don't let the devil minister things to you that will break your home apart. I swear I didn't come here for this. It was a coincidence. Please be open minded while taking decisions concerning your home" Mr. Francis said and left.

Minutes later my husband entered the bathroom to take a shower. He was there for more than 2hours and when he came out he headed to the bar and gulped down few shots of whiskey in a hurry and drove out.

Mr. Francis told me to give him time and allow him clear his head because it's not easy to wrap ones head around the fact that your brother has slept with your wife.

I prayed earnestly to God to help me out of this one and he did.

By evening my husband drove in. Looking more relaxed. I served food and he ate but when it was bed time, he went with Mr. Francis to the guest room and spent the night there.

In the morning, he ate breakfast too and left for work without saying a word to me. Ahhh... I can't continue like this ooo. I made to speak with him but Mr. Francis signaled me to let him be.

That evening Mr. Francis left and when my husband joined me on bed that night. I apologized again.

"I don't think I have the right to stay mad at you, because, I do not know you when this happened. You confessed to me that you lived a wayward life in the past but I never knew you were that cheap. Well, I too did alot of things like that in the past. What if one of those girls I slept with turned out to be your sister? Hmmmmmmm. I'm never gonna break our marriage over this. But I felt ashamed, like what I'm supposed to brag with has been feast on by whom I'm supposed to brag to about it. It's kinda painful. But I know you're a faithful wife now. That mistake is in the past and there it will remain. I love you dear wife"

I couldn't believe my ears. Kaiii Basey is a one in a million kind of man. His understanding is top notch. We hugged, kissed and made sweet love. But I've learnt my lessons. If I am to come back to this life again, I would never be promiscuous. I thought I was smart, but now I know how foolish and cheap I was. I am so ashamed of myself.

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BASEY'S POV

I was a hit guy in school too. The way I used and changed women like clothes earned me the name 'Basey Bra' but you know how these things are with women. It's so sad that of all the men my wife could have slept with it has to be my brother and his friend Uche whom I have a strong opinion about his wealth.

I had suspected something with the way my wife behaved around bro Francis and when my brother canceled our plans for that morning, I knew something was up. Hence my coming back home. But, What I was thinking was way far from what was happening.

I love my wife, she has been nothing but good to me and nothing will make me leave her. I just have to find a way to take this off my mind and we will be fine again.

I worked with a construction company and I managed a very important arm of the company. The administrative arm used me to execute certain projects that seemed tough and shady. Any time I successfully execute such contracts, I get paid in hard currencies and I take an oath of secrecy.

Such oaths includes that I bear every consequence if something goes wrong with such illegal or badly executed projects. Even if I have to go in for it, I must not mention names.

These projects are being executed with substandard materials. The government, NGO or any entity involved pay huge amount of money for the project either road, house, towers, bridges or whatever kind of buildable project and we share the money amongst ourselves, most times with me taken the lion share and then we manage materials or use substandard ones for the project.

So far, nothing has gone wrong and I am not even scared of what may happen because I have contact. One of my boss that I was close to was a top government official and he has assured me he has my back. With that man behind me, I am covered and shielded.

So far, everything has been in place and there has not been any cause for alarm.

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I have lost contact with Rita because she left to PH permanently with her husband after their wedding. I have missed her and I wonder if she has kids and is still keeping the faith. Well, I pray we run into each other one day.

I and my husband continued doing well, there was no longer bad blood between I and Mr. Francis. But my husband doesn't seem to loosen up whenever he was around and I don't know what he did or told Mr. Francis and he stopped coming to our house whenever he came back to Nigeria.

It's been 17 beautiful years with Basey, Ima mi.... And God has been faithful.

Recently, their company threw a get together party and all calibers of men from different walks of life were in attendant. I dressed to kill as the party was majorly for the high and mighty. We got there and was received well. When we were called to the high table I walked with so much poise and elegance to the highly decorated table only to sight someone. My ex boyfriend. I dated him for many years and left him broken and maybe damaged. So, I ran from him. I avoided him so perfectly well and never thought our paths will ever cross again in life. But you see this life? It never stops throwing surprises at you. He looks so wealthy now and I'm sure he's doing so well to be seated on that table.

I stylishly asked my husband about him and he said he worked in same company but Abuja branch. If he was to work in same branch with my husband, he would be Basey's boss. I thanked God he wasn't even living in Uyo. Beside him was this very beautiful little girl of not more than 28. Wow, he's wife is so young. This might be his 3rd wife or did he wait all these years for me? Sigh.

I thought he recognized me when he walked towards me. My heart skipped a bit, but I already know my hsuabdns won't take it too personal. But if he wanted to talk, I would bail because he isn't someone I would wish to talk with. But how on earth will he recognize me. It's been over 20years now. So he won't be able to recognize me at all. Thankfully, he wasn't coming towards me and clearly he doesn't recognize me. I exhaled.

2 weeks after that party. I received a call from Rita. I was so glad to hear from Rita. She said she was in Uyo and would love to pay us a visit. I quickly went to pick her up. Unlike me, Rita haven't changed much. She's still slender and beautiful. After 16years of not seeing each other we were over the moon with joy. Rita has 3 children 2 boys and a girl. I envied Rita greatly. I wondered why I entered menopause at such a young age. But, I'm greatly blessed too. Look at I and my husband, still in love and doing well.

Rita didn't look so okay. She told me that things have been a little edgy for them. The husband lost several contracts that left him heartbroken, his many investment sunk like a bag of cement thrown into an ocean and he became lazy and hopeless, even started to drink and misbehave and all effort to talk him up to his feet has proved abortive. She wailed bitterly and told me how greatly God has blessed me.

In my mind. If they told anyone that God will bless me more than Rita they wouldn't believe. But, like they say, God works in mysterious ways. I consoled her and told her about what happened between I and Mr. Francis, she was shocked and happy that my husband is a perfect gentleman.

She said they were coming to settle so as to look for what to do in Uyo since they failed in Porthacourt. I bought the idea and offered to imply her in one of my shops and she was so very happy.

With my husband doing so well in business, our child Ini healthy and through with her secondary education and no such issue like that of I and Mr. Francis has happened again. I gave thanks to God and relaxed that I would be happy for the rest of my life with my husband and daughter by my side. But, I was wrong. That was just the beginning of my problems.

One day, Basey came home almost in tears. I enquired what happened and he told me one of the twin 5 storie buildings they construction collapsed and killed morethan 26 people and since 2 hours that it happened, he has recieves death threats in texts and calls.

He called his bosses and they threatened to kill him if he made a mistake of calling them out. As we were speaking, his phone rang, it was the police...

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