Chapter 99

Chapter 99

Mariam's POV 

I looked at my husband with tears in my eyes, what am I going to do now when I know that it would take a couple of months before I become a widow, how on earth will I be live in this house without him. Perhaps I would kill myself so that we can both continue our marriage in the spirit world because there is no life without a companion by my side but I had to stop crying because I was becoming weak by each passing minute, let me just rest my head and hope that all this is just a nightmare. "Sweetheart, you have been silent for the past one hour. Please hope you are not thinking too much about my condition, life would be okay and it will always move on even when i am not around", he replied while leaning forward to give me a kiss on the lips.

   We kissed for a while and I felt an increase in his heart beat, his body was so hot like someone who took a hot bath, I can't believe this man has been passing through pain all these years and I never found out until this day. Perhaps I'm not a good wife, I should have noticed this by sneaking and monitoring his every move but I trusted him to much and now the trust I have for him is now broken. "Why is your body so hot?, please calm down and rest. we will talk more", I replied while trying to put him to sleep like a little baby 

It wasn't long till he eventually fell asleep and I went downstairs to get a cold drink, for the past three hours, I was busy crying out my eye balls to the extent that I nearly fainted due to the fact that I had no strength left in me. The only thought coming to my mind is to commit suicide, that's the only way to end this but who would look after my son of I and my husband should leave this world. My husband would surely kill himself once he finds me dead because I'm the only person giving him hope at this point in his life, "Ma'am is everything okay. I have been watching you for the past one hour and you have been crying like a little child, I'm getting scared", one of the maids called out to me.

  I was a little bit startled because I never expected her to be there at this time the other workers should be in bed by now, I quickly cleaned my eyes so that she doesn't find out that they are extremely red in colour. "Oh, something went to my eyes and it's just painful, that's all", I lied so that she could walk away without asking any question. "I'm sorry to say this ma'am, but I'm not a five years old child. Something is bothering you and you don't feel like sharing it with me but that's okay", she replied and tried to walk away when I called her back 

"You won't understand, but how would you feel when you love someone and the person keeps something about his health away from you till the dying moment of his life?", I asked with tears flowing through my eyes, she looked confused for a while but she quickly came back to her senses. "I will feel terrible and I may even walk out on him, never to return back", she replied, I'm a hit shocked by her reply because I wasn't expecting that from her at all.

  "What if you are already married to that person?", I asked again to see if she would give a more reasonable reply "If I am married to him, then I would stay with him and show him all the love in the world till he eventually kiss me goodbye forever but I don't pray for such to happen to me because I might just go into coma, it's hard to cope with situation", she replied. I did like the fact that she was pure and honest with her reply, it shows that she has a clean mind

"Alright dear, thank you for caring to check up on me. I'm currently passing through a tough time right now and I can't really share it with anyone until the right time beacons so just take it like that and I don't want to hear anything about this discussion in the mouths of the other workers else I will sack you from your duties", I threatened. She simply walked away like sat down thinking about what to do at this point because I was confused and nothing good is popping into my head and I'm so sleepy right now, perhaps I should rest here, going to that room would make me cry throughout the night and just like that, I shut my eyes...

  I woke up the next morning and when I checked my time, it was already 8AM in the morning but my husband hasn't come to the living room, is he still sleeping?. I walked to the room to check up on him and I saw him sitting on the bed with his bible in his hands. I have never seen my husband read the Bible before in his entire life, he didn't really believe much in Christianity but he followed me to church everyday and participated in most of programs but his case is beyond his power and there is no cure. Maybe he is reading the bible so that he can still achieve external life since he doesn't have much time on earth

"Good morning my dear wife, how was your night?" he asked with a smile in his face with his eyes shinning bright like the sun, his handsome face is something to behold and I simply walked to him and sat beside him "My night was splendid and how was yours my baby?" I asked with so much joy written all over me. "I'm doing great but I observed that you didn't sleep with me yesterday, hope nothing is wrong?", he asked looking a bit worried.

  "I went to take some water from the fridge and I felt like sleeping on the couch, hope you didn't stay up all night waiting for me?", I asked. "Not at all, I only noticed it when I woke up to urinate", he replied. I walked to the bathroom to freshen up for the day when my phone rang and when my husband lifted it up to see who was calling, he was quite scared to pick up 

"How is calling sweetheart?" I called out to him from the bathroom, he didn't say anything and the phone kept ringing until I walked out of the bathroom without my clothes, I was completely naked at this point but I didn't care about it at all because I wanted to see who made him freeze like a stone and behold Andrew was the one calling. I looked at him with surprise and the look on his face portrayed fear, he is obviously scared to reveal the truth to his son because Andrew will surely spark with anger when he finds out that he has been hiding it from him but I need to pick up the call. "Andrew my love, how are you?" I asked immediately after picking the call.

  "I'm doing great, just felt like hearing your voice because I'm seriously missing you and dad right now", he replied. My husband kept staring at me and I could see the urge to make out with me in his eyes but I quickly covered myself with the bedsheets so that he can calm down a bit, "I miss you too, how is everything going over there in Nigeria. I know you are enjoying your stay with my sister, aren't you?", I asked with a smile 

"Yes, she is really fun to hang out although her husband is a pain in the ass but we are all good. Mom I had a terrible night mare yesterday and I don't even know how to start saying it", he replied. My skipped a bit when he mentioned nightmare because Andrew has this gift of seeing things that can happen in the future through his dreams and most times it is always bad, so him having a night mare means that what he saw will definitely come to pass and there is no doubt about that. Even my husband felt quite shocked because I placed the conversation on loudspeaker, "Alright son, just tell me everything that happened step by step without rushing so that I can understand what truly transpired", I replied after calming myself down.

  "Okay, in my dream, I saw dad crying bitterly in a hospital because he was diagnosed with a deadly cancer that had no cure and no drugs on earth could stop it's effect on the human body. He kept crying till you came to console him but few weeks later, we all woke up to see him lying dead on his bed with a note on his hands saying in quote "I love you all". At first you fainted immediately but after so much tears, an autopsy was carried out on him and we all saw that the cancer overpowered him in the middle of the night" he replied

Tears dropped from my eyes after he finished narrating the story, I tried to hold it back but there was nothing I can do because I was actually shaking at this point. My body was freezing and it felt like my soul was leaving my body, I knew that it was going to be a bad dream and his dreams always comes to pass and now he has seen it that his father will die soon

  I looked at my husband and tears filled his eyes, he kept on crying without even moving his body, tears flowed from his eyes to his chest. "Mom are you there?, please talk to me. I don't understand this dream" he asked after waiting for a reply for the past three minutes. I quickly hung up on him because If I should open my mouth to say anything right now, I would start crying out loud and draw attention from the workers just like yesterday

"We just have to tell him the truth, there is no point hiding it because he has already seen the future through his dream. But I would suggest that we invite him over to New York, I want to tell him the Truth face to face.

  I wasn't to hold his hands and say it to him like a man, even if he gets angry with me. I will die fulfilled knowing that I have let out the big cat that I have been keeping in my sack for more than eight years" my husband replied with tears, he held my hands and drew me closer to his chest, I could feel his heart beating very fast. "It's okay, I will call him back and convince him to come over", I replied and wiped away the tears in my eyes 

Andrew was however quick to call back, seems he was surprised to see him hang up on his like that. "What's happening mom, why did you hung up on me like that, you got me scared" he screamed with anger. "Why don't you take a flight tomorrow and come home, we have a lot to discuss my dear son, so many things you need to know" I replied.

  "You don't even need to tell me to come, I have already booked my flight already and I will be in New York next tomorrow. I just called to see if everything was normal so that I can cancel my flight but it seems that things just got worse and I'm coming for an answer" he replied.

I felt relieved when he mentioned he was coming back home, he saved me the stress of trying to explain and convince him but I know things are not going to be the same once he knows the truth and I fear that he may never want to look at his father again