They both lived in Ikot Ekpene local government area, where their parents we’re married to.
After many years of their studies and friendship, they had grown to become married women.
They also got married to best of friends in person of Kante and Philip, who were also from the same local government but because of work they we’re separated from each other to different cities.
Rose didn’t have the best of her marriage and she was jealous of Emily who had a peaceful home with Philip her husband.
Rose and Kante, had everything they had ever wanted, but there was no child and love between them.
This alone made Rose to go extra mile to protect herself in other not to be kicked-out by any other woman.
Her marriage to Kante was as if they were fiend.
Emily built her home in a godly manner and was living happily with her husband and their child.
Rose, happened to meet with Emily after a long while in a shopping mall, where she went shopping.
Giving a glimpse at the mall.
“Is that not Emily my friend,
Could it be a resemblance of someone”? Rose looked further.
Approaching Emily, it was indeed a positive intense of hers! Wow! Wow !! Wow!!!
Is this you? You’re are looking good.
I was over there, looking confused to know who was standing selecting goodies, so I chose to walk close to see if my eyes were deceiving me.
“Yeah”, Is me, and You’re not looking bad either, Emily responded.
Are you living close? “Yes! I am”. Rose answered.
Wow! let me give you a ride to my place or is your husband home already? Emily asked.
No, not now my dear, I’m very busy and I came shopping with my car, is parked over there but you can get my card and we fix a date to meet.
Okay’ that’s perfect. They both hugged each other and retired from the mall.
After few days they called each other and had their time out in a beautiful restaurant before getting to know where they lived (house) respectively.
Their husbands got to know themselves too and both families were very comfortable to be sharing ideas with each other. Nothing would trouble Rose without Emily been aware of it.
Rose with this, was excited because she was going to have a gisting partner who happened to be her childhood friend.
It was on a Monday morning at DALS COMPANY where Philip, Emily’s husband is working.
Rose, saw Philip as he went on a delivery. It was a package from the company, as he was about to leave the entrance, Rose caught Philip hugging his female colleague.
Because of her envy for her friend Emily, she thought of a plan to wreck her home.
She stopped by and began to whisper to herself, Oh, ” is my eyes deceiving me! no, I saw it well”
My friend must hear this, she furiously left and went straight to Emily’s house as her residence was not too far from the company’s office.
Approaching the house, she bang at the door,
Pam!pam!…
Emily, knew her friend must be the one knocking, she went and opened the door for her.
Welcome my friend, they greeted.
What do I hold this surprise visit this early hours of the day? Emily asked.
My dear, you won’t believe what my eyes saw today eh! Rose exaggerated.
What’s it, you too dey like gist Emily smiled at her friend innocently.
My dear ehh-take a look at this, I caught your husband this early morning infront of DALS LTD hugging and kissing another woman! You know as a good friend, I stopped to greet the two of you but I was surprised to see that you were not the one he kissed and hugged.
For her to convince her friend she showed her friend the evidence she snapped on phone as if that was not enough she went ahead to destroy Emily’s mind because she wasn’t happy about her nor the husband.
Emily, ignorantly started crying, but was consoled by Rose her friend.
“Don’t mind them, Men are always like that, don’t accept this oo because if I were to be you, I would have made this house uncomfortable for him today when he returns.
Frightfully. Emily, plugged into a terrible period of confusion and depression, As she began to sound strange to her own self.
“So my husband has been cheating on me all this while, while I remain faithful to him. No, this can’t happen”.
Holding to her precipice at the time. Philip her husband returned home from work expecting a warm welcome from his beloved wife as usual, he boom into a love chatt with her verbally.
“Hey, babe, do you know I almost missed the meeting with the board of directors today, and-ed”. Philip held up because the was no response from his wife, he quickly shift closer to her and asked.
” Babe, is everything okay, while are you looking moody? You didn’t even notice my presence, what’s wrong?
Emily stood up and went inside her room without responding her husband a word.
” Have I done anything wrong, because this is not the woman I left in this house this morning, but she has refused saying a word to me, no, I must find out ” Philip question his self.
He went inside the room to meet with Emily his wife to know if she has offended her that would have caused such upset.
“Babe, I refuse to understand this your action this morning, but what is really going on? He asked softly”.
Emily, spoiled up and allow the day to past without a word to her husband, not knowing that she is using her hands to annihilate her marriage.
A day after. Philip, left for work again and was fully trouble at work place because he filled his home wasn’t in order.
” what could really be issue that she put up such attitude yesterday” pondering all alone.
There in Philip resident, Rose stroll around with Emily, ” My friend, what was the action like? Were you able to make him understand your grievances? Because some of this men need to treated like that.
Rose, my friend ehh, you won’t believe the kind of silent treatment I have given to my husband, infact by the time I’m through with him he will know that he was not supposed to cheat on me, Emily responded.
“Wow, that is my lady-E, exactly what I have been telling you”.
This made Rose very happy because she knew that Emily’s home will no longer be fun filled as it used to.
There at Rose’s house Kante her husband called on her and asked her on the way forward as regards their issue of having a child which was becoming alarming.
“Darling, we’ve been married for so many years yet we don’t have a child, my family are on my neck each day that passes, they call to ask when I will give them grandchildren. I think we should go for adoption”.
Oh!No, Never! I can’t nurture someone else’s child nah, Rose stood up speaking angrily.
“It’s not the matter of shouting, I’ve given you a favourable condition for our situation, I’ll give you time to make up your mind”. Kante left hurriedly for work.
Rose was in total dismay as why her husband would want to adopt a child. she concluded that such thing would not happen as far as she is concerned.
As she was busy facing her own problems, Emily’s husband on the other hand was getting tired of life as the wife he married years back is no longer who he is seeing at the moment.
Philip, Emily’s husband got frustrated of his wife’s attitude towards him, because of this, he started keeping late nights, drinking and attempting womanizing.
Things got out of hand that he refused taking up his responsibilities over his child. Emily the wife noticed some actions she hasn’t seen before, and went meeting her friend Rose for more advice.
A knock on the door! Kpam! Kpam! Kpam!
Rose; “Who is at the door? She walked to the door and saw it was Emily her friend.
“Oh, My friend, is you, welcome dear.
“This one you are sweating like this, I hope there is no problem”.
“My friend all is not well oooo, my husband has turned into a monster overnight, he is no longer peaceful as he used to be ehh”.
Do you know that, my husband now drink and keep late nights? Things haven’t seen before,I’m now seeing it. Emily poured her heart, thinking that Rose was a friend as she is to her.
“Well, I would love to help you my dear friend,but as you can see,this is between you and your husband so I can’t possibly say anything for now except you want me to show you the best way to control a situation like this”. Rose persuasively brain washed Emily.
Another way, you say! what way could this be? Because I only worked according to the advices you have been feeding me with all these days, and you haven’t mentioned such before or, is there anything you’re not telling me. Emily asked innocently.
“Yes, there are so many things you need to know if you must be a woman that no man mess around with, think about these things and let me know when you’ve made-up your mind”. Rose hinted.
In response; “I have nothing to think about, I blame my self on all these, I will fix my home again and you will see it grow again”.
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Emily cried bitterly before departing Rose residence.
Hmmm, what nonsense!! you need help and I gave you one and you rejected it, abeg go and handle your home yourself-foolish woman, after all not as if my own is good, let’s just have it broken because I can’t face the shame of this childlessness alone while you’re there laughing in jollification; Rose spoke solemnly to herself.
She plotted to kill Emily’s child through food poisoning, and she succeeded with it but later faced the consequences as the child’s ghost came hunting.
Emily cried and no one was there again to console her, Rose her best friend had done her wishes by destroying Emily’s home and rendering her useless as she vowed, Emily lost the trust of her husband and the only child she had, she is more like a widow and nothing to sperate her from singles.
Rose plans were fulfilled and her happiness was certain but tend to be limited, because there is no peace for the wicked, months after Emily’s loss.
Rose, was caught shouting and screaming for confession, please! don’t whip me again! I’m sorry,
Emily watched her best friend kneeling before her very presence pleading for forgiveness, Emily was confused seeing her friend shout for confession, she asked.
” What are you confessing for? Talk, because you’re scaring me, and why should you be kneeling, Rose please talk”.
Rose spoke sobbing and still in pains.” I was jealous of your home, its started the day I came seeing you and your husband playing and having fun together, it was too friendly for my liking because I hardly had such moment with my own husband, so when I left your place that day, I was bitterly jealous of you and everything you had, so I decided to lie to you about your husband having an affair with his colleague, because I knew this will be the only way to come into your home and execute my plans.
“Your husband didn’t kiss any strange woman, it was her colleague he hugged, all were lies to get you pissed. I didn’t stop there, I also planned to make you childless, since I knew I wasn’t going to give birth to a child again, as my womb was destroyed during our days in school, so I poisoned your child the day I came visiting you last. That was when I stopped coming to your house until now, your son is after me” please forgive me.
Emily stood still and was surprised at her best friends’ confession, all she could do was to cry, because she never thought for once that her best friend could plot such evil against her.
MORAL LESSON: Don’t be quick to judge on one side of a story, learn to hear from both sides before you draw conclusion.
Written by David Nsien
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