Chapter 1 The Story

Stella, a young woman of twenty five years of age, was woken up from her gentle sleep by a hard voice, accompanied by a heavy hit on her head. She was confused, thinking that it was a dream. But soon, when her eyes were cleared, she realized that the one who had been shouting and hitting her on her head was no other person, but her husband.

''What! She was vexed.

''How long have you been here, and why are you shouting in this manner?''She asked Gideon, her husband.

''How dare you talk to me like this?''Gideon asked, looking at her with fury.

Stella was about to say something, when she realized that a heavy slap had landed on her face. At once, tears began to flow down her cheeks.

''I thought you have changed?. Why are you treating me like this?''Stella asked,watching how tears were flowing down her cheeks like a stream of river.

''Nothing can ever make me change. As long as you are here tormenting my life, I will also do the same to you''Gideon replied, dragging her down from the bed, to enable him to talk and hit her the way he wanted.

Ever since they got married, Gideon has not really been a good husband to her, and a good father to their daughter, Janeth.

He has been using Stella's back as a punching ball, where he would easily release all his anger. On the other hand, Stella has been tolerating him. No matter what he does to her, she will still accommodate such an attitude, just because of the love and sweet memories they once had. She was also still with him because of their little daughter who is not even upto six years old.

''By the way, why were you in my office today?. You probably thought I was cheating on you or what?''Gideon asked her, yelling his voice at her.

''Ofcourse, I was at your office today, to check and see everything for myself''Stella agreed.

''What!''Exclaimed Gideon.

''If you have not been cheating on me, why haven't you been having time for me and your daughter,Janeth?. You think I am a fool or what?''Stella asked, also pulling out her yelling voice.

''You actually did it for real?. Oh!. It has come to this level, whereby you would be monitoring me all around the globe, as if I am a child?''Gideon asked. His face and mood showed how angry he was. He wished he could hurt her fatally, but he still doesn't know how to go about it. Over the few years that he and Stella has been married, regrets have been the order of his days. Nothing that Stella does, that would ever please him. Infact, he doesn't wish to see her around him. Although, he has a vital reason, on why he actually married her and currently, he has actualized his reason. Meanwhile, he doesn't know how to tell her to leave his life, paving the way for a true lover in his life.

''Ever since we got married, you haven't been fulfilling your roles and duties. I have been the one doing everything, just to see that our marriage worked. But you haven't made any input at all. Even to take care of your daughter, you can't''Stella voiced out.

All this while, she has been keeping silent, trying to see whether he would have a change of heart and a refined attitude towards her and their daughter, but all to no avail. She was just forced to do what she did, by going to his office, to spy on his affairs.

''How dare you?. Ever since we got married, you have never contributed anything into my life. You have been a lazy woman, who has been depending on me for virtually everything. What did you want me to do?. You want me to be happy with you, when you don't have anything to put on the table?. Can't you look at other young ladies who are married?.Can't you see how supportive they are to their husbands?.Not you. You keep staying at home idol, wearing luxurious clothes and always wishing to live an extravagant life''Gideon yelled.

''I was surprised to see you at my office, trying to know and monitor all that I do. Don't you know that without me working in that company, and acquiring the position I have today, I won't have money to finance the growth and happiness of this family?''Gideon said,speaking rubbish out of his mouth.

''You are a big fool. You are a disgrace to marriage, and also a disgrace to fatherhood. How can you be so wicked and stupid, by doing what you did today in your office?. A whole married man like you was caught kissing and romancing another lady right in your office. Which means this was what you have been doing all this while right?.So, if I hadn't been in your office today, this is how you would have been telling me lies, by framing all manners of stories of how tired and heavy laden you were at work?. Now that I have caught you, what do you have to say about it?''Stella highlighted, forcefully holding Gideons shirt and drawing it. She was really angry with the kind of position she saw him in today. She wished she did something bad and terrible to the lady she saw him with. But she couldn't because Gideon ordered the company's security to kick her out of the company's vicinity.

''Kpash!''

She heard another round of slapping on her cheek.

''That is what I have for you my dear. A slap. Next time, you won't come to my office unannounced again. The next time you try it, you will be mercilessly dealt with''Gideon said.

Stella placed her hand on her cheek, holding the particular place where she was slapped on. Tears kept flowing down her cheek. She looked up, and was filled with regrets. She couldn't say any further words again.

Gideon on the other hand, looked at his phone, and saw that it was ringing. Someone so precious to him, was on the line.

''Before I return, kindly leave this mansion for me''Gideon said, leaving out to attend to the one who is very precious to him.