4 sides...

Her Story:

I should go home today. He is my husband after all. If I could turn back the hands of time, I would have had that D&C 3 years ago. I married him because I stupidly got pregnant the first time we had sex after dating for 8 months and my life has been hell. My daughter and my work are the only things I live for. I married the most selfish, deceitful human being on earth. He is generous and spends all his money to buy me gifts and all that and my friends say I should be happy for that. But I am not.

I would feel better if he used the money for the iPhone 6 and MacBook and totally unnecessary mobile sauna to buy a piece of land or shares or bonds or anything that would yield more money in a few years. I can't get over that rundown car he bought for 750k and we spent the next 9 months visiting the mechanic every 3 weeks...why he didn't just sell it off, I would never be able to fathom. He has no future plans and I would hate to have my daughter grow up and not have an inheritance. 

Like that isn't bad enough, sex is horrible. He has a small willie and talks dirty, saying words like "my big cock". Can a man truly be that delusional? I know I can't tell him his small but damn I can't stand another pretentious session of hearing him say its big. Can he not see how numb I am when we have sex? Frankly, I only do it because it is required of me as a wife...but I hate every moment. And after the horrible session, he would expect us to cuddle and talk. Tufiakwa. No way. 

I had to spend more nights out to stay away. The cold war was getting worse...I couldn't stand the touch of him and I had rejected him for so long. I know rejecting him hurt him and I figured not being there would make it easier. I just had to get away so he wouldn't notice how irritating the sight of him was to me.

Anita's dad will drive me home...thank God for friends who have become family.

His Story:

Why does she walk around with that long face? Oh, now she has started sleeping out abi? Let her come home today and explain. Selfish little bitch. What more does she want from me? I give her everything. I pay for everything, buy her expensive gifts even when I have to take loans to pay. I used up my savings and bought her that car and because of her ingratitude and carelessness, she just drove it anyhow and made me spend so much money fixing it all the time. 

I pitied this girl and married her to save her from shame after she got pregnant. Maybe I should have taken my family's advice and just let her have the baby and be single...or better yet, I should have let her abort it and just move on with our lives. 

I have sacrificed so much for this girl and what do I get in return? She leaves my house with my daughter and spends nights out. She won't let me touch her...how will I be begging my own wife for sex? And when we even have sex she just stays there...still as wood. What kind of frigid woman is that?

Oh now she's back. Who's car is that? Who is that man? She had the guts to bring her sugar daddy home? And my daughter is in the car too? Damn this bitch. She will pay for this.

The Neighbour's story

For the past few days I haven't seen her come into the house. Maybe she travelled with the daughter. She should travel more. The noise of their arguments is just too much for this compound. But I pity that small girl though...she is always sad and when he isn't around, I hear her crying.

I wonder what he earns though. Every week he buys her a gift. But I remember the landlord being furious that they didn't pay the rent a few months ago and threatened to evict them. The quarrel that night was horrible. 

But the girl though...when he is not home, so many people come to the house and different cars drop her off...doesn't she have shame or respect? I have never seen anyone visit the poor man, except that his brother that looks like him...but even that one comes around when it is just the girl at home. Mchew. Na wa.

Ah, she is back. They are fighting again. I wonder what man dropped her off again. Let me press my ears to the wall and hear what I can.

The Truth:

Two young people were sexually careless and got pregnant. They got married against their better judgement. She married him even though fundamental things about him were wrong (sex was bad). He married her as a favour (to save her from shame). They argued and raised their voices but never spoke about the real issues. They were two very separate people, living together, bound only by the life they had jointly brought to the world...their daughter.

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On this night, after the loud arguments and sounds of objects being thrown and a heavy scuffle, there was loud thud. And then there was silence. He ran out of the house. She screamed. Then more silence. 

Usually when they fought, you could hear the soft whimper of their daughter. Sometimes you could even hear her screaming in tears. This night, she was completely silent.