CHAPTER 16

TADE

"Tade, where did you drop your manners? At least invite me in" Jide spurts as he tries to make his way into Tade's apartment. Tade blocks the

entrance firmly with the support of her friends, one disgusting look at him from head to toe, down to his baggage hanging behind him, Tade scoffs

"Invite you in? Does this place look like your family house? You are dead to me! Go back to whatever hole you crawled out from" " Hey! I'm still your husband you know? At least until I dissolve whatever is between us, I still stand as your husband and I have my rights over you" Jide

snarled making Tade furious the more but she is

being held back by her friends, she assures them

that she is calm, and wouldn't do anything stupid

but she needed to give him a response. Her friends let her be while she walked towards Jide "Rights Jide? You forgot about your rights when you walked out of my life five years ago and traveled out with most of my money invested in what I thought was our future. But you left... you left me alone with your family who never liked me, you knew all along what games you were playing, I was a young and naive twenty-three years old girl who got swerved and became a victim of love. You played your game well and you won for a while even though now you have fallen while I have gotten up from the floor you left me. You said your love was enough, I shouldn't worry about what or how your family react to me that you were the one I was getting married to and it is going to be Myself and you alone, no family interference." she cuts and laughs at how stupid she was "I was stupid enough to believe the lies on your tongue, I was loyal, I was faithful to you, I even got married

against my parents wish because they saw you

for who you are, they warned me but I never listened, they said I was too young but I insisted I was ready. LOL! You traveled to start a new life over there, a life without me that you thought and planned well, but look at you now, you think greediness can keep you afloat forever? "Tade moves back a little as she gestures at him "you are still as miserable as I remember, you come back here and talk about right? Don't start what you can't finish Jide, just disappear as you did five years ago" Jide is embarrassed. He wasn't a man to lose, if he was to lose, it wouldn't be to little Tade, he summoned his ego as hE addresses her "you think I wasn't informed how you treated my family too? You disrespect my mother at any interval like the untrained twat that you are! Oh! Do you think I didn't hear about how cheap you give yourself to men in exchange for luxury? Take a look at where you leave!" He looks around and spurted disgustingly "I am certain you sell your body to afford such a place! So you think I will travel down to pick you up after you useless yourself? No! You are nothing but a third-hand cargo!" Jide spat at her and a resounding slap lands on his face. Tade slams the door shut and rest on it, while Jide hits it continuously as he shouts "you slapped me, Tade! I am not done with you, come back here

'cause I am not done!" she sighs deeply as she

holds out her shaky hands. Her friends were

impressed by how she stood up for herself, Susan walks up to her and squeezed her hands "You did well" while Chichi draws Tade's head to lean on her shoulder while she pats her "my hero! I am so proud of you!".