HAPPY READING
This man, in the
face of this life was not fulfilled. This was because he was just a column
writer in a local newspaper, and through that, he earned not more than
#25,000 in a month.
Consequently, he could only afford a small public school for his children, much to the chagrin of his dear wife.
Slowly but surely,
this woman gradually lost all the respect that he had for her husband.
Especially due to the fact that she was earning a bit higher than her
dear husband due to promotions.
Damn… She was young
and beautiful, and this made men to flock around her always trying to
get a taste of God’s beautiful creature but she had remained faithful
for the love of her husband. But as things stands now, she was moving to
the brink of compromise.
She was to see the
full dividend of her compromise when a certain chief gave her the sum of
#450,000 just for her Christmas shopping. So this is what I have been
missing all these while she reasoned. This made her to loosen herself to
every big man in town whom she believes would foot better bills for
her. Through out the ember months, her class changed even as she
unilaterally changed her children’s school to one of the best in the
state.
Mr Jacobs her
husband, who was into column writing has proved himself to be an enemy
to the state government in power. So many times, the governor had sent
thugs to man-handle him and even leave him in bruises. His criticism of
the brutal governor has not gone down well with his wife either, who had
in the past begged her husband to stop the column-writing in order to
save his life for the sake of her and the children. Yet, Mr Jacobs held
out. The governor had tried in every possible way to stop this man but
he seemed not to be afraid of death. He even went as far as rejecting
bribes from the government house. His wife almost went mad when she
heard that her husband rejected a #500,000 bribe from the governor when
they were struggling to eat.
Consequently, her disgust for Mr Jacobs grew.
Mr Jacobs had now
started hearing “kepu kepu” about his wife’s escapades in town with high
chief and this further led to his frustration but yet, he kept on
writing his column.
The gossips about
his wife got so much that he had to confront her about it only to be
washed with insults by his wife about how “useless” and “irresponsible”
he is.
Florence, his wife
was a personified venom on that day as she further claimed that Mr
Jacobs has not been man enough for her and his children. And since he
could not shoulder his responsibilities, other men had to do it for him.
On hearing this, Mr Jacobs who had not beaten his wife ever before, released a hot, dirty slap on Florence’s cheek
Poooooow !!!
That slap… That
brutal slap… That ruthless slap, made his wife to tell him that she
regrets the day she married him. It was indeed the last straw that broke
the camel’s back as regards their marital well-being. Florence could
not tolerate that assault, not after catering for the family with her
hard earned cash when her husband was not able to.
That Christmas, Mr
Jacobs had not planned to move his family home for Christmas because of
his cash strapped pocket. But his enraged wife had another plan,
especially when she has the big men blowing her pocket.
Just on the morning
of 24th Dec, she moved her children to her own home town to spend the
Christmas there. Mr Jacobs was to come back from the office after
writing an image tarnishing piece against the governor’s wife who had
turned her office into a spending castle, only to meet a note on the
table from his wife about their whereabouts. All these because i don’t
have money, he murmured to himself in anguish . . . . . . . . . And
cried profusely like a baby.
Oh poor Jacobs !!
He stayed all alone through out the season, little did he know what was coming.
In the governor’s
new year broadcast on the 1st of January, His Excellency shocked the
state. Mr Jacobs Anasor is hereby appointed as the new Director General
of the State Broadcasting service. His party advisers had advised him to
appoint the ruthless writer as a way to seduce him to their side. This
was coming after the former board was dissolved 2 weeks ago. The
governor feared that Mr Jacobs would reject the offer if he was informed
before hand about it, hence he chose to broadcast it first.
Mrs Florence was
not aware of this broadcast. But its reality dawned on her when her
colleagues, friends and neighbours started raining calls to her phone
like never before, congratulating her. This was a shocker. She just
could not believe it. Infact, she was confused. Where does she go from
here ?
Mr Jacobs was to
have a government delegation sent to his house to urge him to accept the
appointment which entailed him starting work the next day, which is 2nd
of January.
