Ordeal

"Daddy, I have not met his Parents, and I didn't know I have to before telling you about him" "Adeola, you are in your Final year in the University, and you need to know his Father and Mother, before you can take any decision about the relationship, whether they accept you or not, because if you decide to marry him, it's not just him you are getting married to, but his entire family, before you bring him to me, first meet his family and report back to me" After this discussion with her Dad, she grumbled and left for School. she later made an arrangement with Olamide, her boyfriend, to meet with his entire family at one of his elder brother's naming ceremony. His parents welcomed her with opened arms, and his siblings. she reported back to her Dad, and he blessed their relationship. They got married few months after. Nine months after they gave birth to thier baby girl Olanrewaju. After giving birth to her daughter, she joined her husband in running his business during her service year as a Corp member in Nigeria, the business boomed, they had their two boys a year and three years after, Olawale, and Olasile respectively. After four years of marriage they built their own house in Lagos, and four years after, they moved the family business to it's permanent site in Lagos, not far from their home. But Olamide started misbehaving immediately they moved into the house they built, four years after their marriage, he beds anything with hole under, even two of Adeola's step sisters inclusive. She tried dialoguing with him, he promised he won't do anything to jeopardize her life or that of the children, but he never desist. Until she caught him again with one of the staff working for them, though he beds almost all female staff, but she usually look away, but this particular lady lives on their street and she has started disrespecting Adeola in the office, she sent her out of the business premises, and that was the beginning of the end of their marriage, three years after he sent her out of the house, she refused to bulged, but the following Monday, he sent her out of the business premises and embarrassed her before the whole staff, she left amidst tears, and took the children with me. Adeola's Dad invited his family for reconciliation, but they never showed up till her Dad died two years after. After her Dad's demised, she faced another dilemma, because she is from a polygamous home, her Dad married ten wives serially, with twenty one children, she is child number eight and the first University graduate, she have two full sisters and the others are her half siblings. Out of all the wives, it's only her mum that is late, so when she lost her Dad, no one to rely on as support system again. she had to leave her Dad's house with her children after his death.