As soon as we dropped Kamsi off at school, I turned to Neche.
"I want to give you a treat."
She wanted to say something. I noticed she wanted to turn my request down. Her gesture betrayed her outrightly. So I spoke up before she picked the right words.
"Please, do not turn it down."
She looked at me, blinked her eyes about twice, and then gradually pulled her sight away from my direction. She muttered as she took a deep breath; "Lets go home.."
The words hit me. She refused. She turned it down despite my plea.
"...to change."
I raised a brow in total surprise, and smiled in satisfaction with the right side of my mouth
"Thank you." I didn't even know when the words dropped from my mouth, though obviously because I was happy.
When we got home, I hurried to open the door to Neche's side of the car. But disappointingly, she did before i got to the door. I helped her close the door pretending that what she just did didn't get to me. As soon as I closed the door, i hurried to open the entrance door before she did again.
"Thank you." She entered with obvious gesture that she didn't need my help.
"I'm tired!" I had no other option than to voice out my frustration. "I'm tired of this cold war!"
Neche turned and looked over her shoulder at my direction with her right foot on the first layer of the staircase. She gave me a mockery smile which told me that I've not seen anything yet.
"Oh! really?" She turned and faced me properly.
Her eyes were fixed on me that I felt entrapped.
"Why are you doing this? Why do you want to break us up?" Cloud of tears was gathering in my eyes.
"Since when did you become a preacher, or let's say a Judge?" She countered.
"I know I messed, and I've apologized countless number of time. Why are you being this hard?'
"Oh! It's about me now right? So I'm now the villain? No..."
"Now, you want to blackmail me emotionally. You know it's not right." I defended.
The argument was hitting up rapidly like this is what we had been waiting for. I wanted it no doubt, i wanted her to spit out all what she had been nursing for long. Our hearts were going farther away from each other, our voices were raised, and tempo was really high when she yelled with every strength she had.
"I'm no longer interested in this marriage!"
That was the peak of it all. My heart leaped into my stomach. i couldn't move or say a word anymore. The only thing that differentiated me from a statue was my pumping heart.
"I'm tired! Just go and leave me alone!" She couldn't hold the tears back from trickling.
I watched her as she ran up the stairs obviously crying. The next thing I heard was the loud bang when she jammed the door close. I collapsed into one of the sofas right there in the sitting room. Something inside of me told me that I've made a progression, at least she had finally spoken out what was lurking up in her heart, but how it ended wasn't a sweet one at all.
As I laid on the sofa almost trying not to breathe, all that was in my head to do was how to make my family even better than how it used to be. What step am I to take next became a mountain to climb. I thought of preparing and taking her breakfast to her in bed, then I remembered I was to give her a treat.
I gently and quietly slid the entrance door of our bedroom open. I walked in quietly. She folded herself in a corner between our large bed and the wall close to the bed in the room.
"I'm so sorry for everything baby, I'm to be blamed for everything no doubt." I was close to her as i apologized.
I placed my hands on her hands which were on her folded knees. It was lovely that she remained calm. It encouraged me to grab her hands to lift her up. To my surprise yet again, she reciprocated, and we hugged. We hugged like we'd not seen each other for years; truly we'd not. We'd be existing but had not lived for each other for several months.
"I love you baby. I really do." I assured her with a kiss on her neck and right earlobe.
I became very careful not to make a wrong move again. If it meant hugging was all she wanted as the treat, it was perfectly okay by me.
"I'm hungry." She cooed.
My heart nearly jumped out of its socket when I heard that. That was the first request from her in a very long time. I knew she just said it, but I shouldn't need a soothsayer to tell me that she wanted me to prepare it for her.
"What will you like to eat?"
"Anything."
"Okay, you mind me carrying you down the stairs?"
She gave a weak smile and just nodded her head to the right and to the left.
I gently pulled her a little away from my body with my hands on her arms. She couldn't look at me as my eyes were fixed on hers. Her eyes rested on my lips, so I guessed she wanted a kiss. I pushed for it and she reciprocated...
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