My head turned as I saw what my eyes could not comprehend. Luther had held my wife in his arms and Peace lied comfortably. I opened my eyes and closed them. I thought I was under a trance.
Grandma got in alongside aunt anita, I could hear the intensified sobbing from grace as we entered.
Luther's shirt was opened, I sighted my wife's dress at one end of the bed, I gazed at her chest that met his chest gracefully. .. Her hair had been ruffled and I could see sweat droplets all over her body.
What had they been doing?
I asked myself, my head still in denial. I could not believe that a building or relationship you had built with a person could be crumbled and crushed at once. In one day.
I stood still as I began to analyze where I had gone wrong. Was I not good enough for her? had I not given her everything she needed? She told me to pray and I did, she told me to stop drinking and I gave it up, was I a fool all this while? Trying to serve a person who did not care about the sanctity of our matrimonial bed. why would she cheat on me? I would give my friends therapy on what to do if they had been asked to deal with an adulterous woman.
Yes, yes I had remembered. I could imagine applying all the advice I had told my friends into my own marriage, it was unbearable . My heart, I was heart squashed and shattered by the one who I loved and cared about the most. Arrows from all dimensions cushioned my misery properly. Today , I had become the poorest man, my everything in a bed with another man.
I swallowed the spit in my mouth and I looked to and fro and I attempted to leave the bedroom.
Grandma gently pushed me, back. " Hear her out first" she said very calm and understanding tone. Hear her out…..my ears at this moment were bleeding.
Aunt Anita went to gently tap the two indulgers, I wanted to believe that there was going to be a reasonable explanation.
Maybe , they were discussing and they hit their heads together and all of a sudden, their clothes flew off
No no that is not a good enough reason…. . I wanted to hear logic, I wanted to hear the truth from her that I can comprehend.
The two both woke up and they cuddled more.
Thye were not aware that they both had been caught. I could see how Largesse my wife was with her body, with each waking up movement, she clinged to him the more and luther had seemed to pull her closer. I wanted to break this guy's face.
The two both woke up as if they had not been aware of where they had been and looked at one another with intense bewilderment. They both deattached and rubbed the centre of their heads.
Peace separated from him immediately and then stared at the whole room, she noticed Grandma, aunt Anita and then she saw me.
She got up from the bed immediately and stood by the side.
" Thane…Thane dear, I don't know how any of this happened, I was on the bed and before I knew it, I was on the"
" Pa!" Aunt Anita's hand slammed against, Peace's face. I did not even know when she rushed in front of her. She started crying, I wanted to go on impulse and tell her that I did not love see her crying but for some reason well known to me.
I was being indifferent.
My heart ached to see her being slapped that way. I wanted to step forward and defend her but I don't want to keep on being the fool.
" How dare you? Peace, how could you adulterate right under our very nose and even worse on your wedding anniversary" Peace went feral in sobs.
" Why are you so shameless, you were an example I used to talk to our neighbors about. But, but see what you have done and you…I saw you as an upright man how could you have lustful intentions towards a married woman. I thought you said Peace was your friend." I saw Luther buttoning his shirt shamelessly and getting out of the bed slowly, still holding his head and tremulously trying to still stabilize himself. I could tell that he had a rock hard moment with my wife.
" Aunt, aunt y-y-ou have to believe me, I did not do what you all think I did, I am innocent."
" oh you are? No wonder you did not have any children for five years"
" Aunt, what…what are y-yo you saying?"
" Only the heavens knows how much you had aborted pregnancies before you married my nephew, if you can do this while with him, what would you have been doing before you met him"
" You worthless whore" peace got slapped again and I got hit with a bullet in my chest I could still see the red mark from the one she had gotten earlier I wanted to protect her but I was also very vulnerable. I tried not to cry, I wanted her to know that I was strong and I would show no sign of weakness.
My steps went backwards and I wanted to rest. I was angry when I saw that Luther stood up to stop aunt Anita from condoning Peace.
I went up to him speedily and punched him in the face with all my emotions that were bubbling from within. I punched him continuously and endlessly till I felt peace's touch on me and her teary up voice told me to stop hitting him.
I got up and I grabbed Peace by the arm " you cannot do this too me Peace, you know you can't" I grew cognizant of the fact that I had been hurting her and I let her go.
Grandma that had been awfully quiet for a long time spoke " Hello, Luther, can you leave the house. Your presence will only make things worse"
I saw the way he got up wearily, he snuffed out the blood from his nose and walked in haggardly way. Then he pointed his fingers to me in my face.
" Don't do anything to hurt Peace" rage filled me and I wanted to react but he turned back and left slowly.
" All right, Anita, let us go. This is their family matter not yours" Aunt Anita spat at where Peace was and left in an insurgent way. Grandma closed the door behind us.
Peace
I hugged Thane instantly " Thane, you have to believe me, the last thing I rememeber doing was taking a drink giving to me by Grandma and then I fell asleep because my head was aching.
" Peace, no one is here. You can tell me the truth" He said really calmly, the smae tone he would use to persuade me into telling me my secret for our morning pancakes.
" But this is the truth, Thane" I know that he would hear me out, he loves me unconditionally. He told me this before, I had argued with him and told him that if I did certain things, he would not love me the same way. I knew he would understand. I was waiting to hear the explanation, why he had allowed Aunt to harass me like that in his presence. He would not believe that I committed adultery, right?
He released my palms from the embrace that I used to get support from. I was really still feeling very tired in my legs, but I had to let him now that It had all been a misunderstanding. I could not watch misunderstanding ruin my utopia.