CHAPTER 125

The market women distributed the foodstuffs till they made sure everybody was satisfied. Ruth was happy as a lark when she saw this yet she had no idea that the market women knew the truth about the war. The market women immediately left carrying empty bowls on their hands but Ruth followed them and stopped them from leaving. 

" You are good women of this town who care about their men and fellow women. I really appreciate what you have done for me today" said Ruth smiling.

" We know the whole truth which has made us to understand that you love Ryan entirely with the whole of your heart and he loves you too. We cannot prevent the destiny of two people by carelessly and negatively explaining to everybody the truth about the war. You must always remember that you have the support of the market women" said Riziki smiling. 

" Thank you Riziki. It's wonderful to know that I have the support of the head of the market women. Cheers to white market" said Ruth who folded her arms together.

Every market women folded their arms too as a sign of respect. Ruth therefore signalled to them to leave. She did not want to waste their time since she knew that trading and selling was their means of livelihood. As soon as they left, Ruth decided to go back to the house but was astonished to see Vivian standing in between the door blocking her way to enter. 

" Are you happy now that you have the support of the market women? I assure you that this will not last long. I will not allow you to win this war and get married to Ryan. People here have always treated me like a goddess  because I have always been influential and with good brains unlike Nelly who has always been known a slow witted" said Vivian laughing annoyingly. 

" Slow witted! You really got the nerves to describe Nelly a lady who has a good hurt as slow witted. I will prove to you that she is not slow witted before even the set time for the beginning of the war. I am going to make her the case manager. I am going to teach her everything she needs to know regarding solving cases at the case box" said Ruth angrily who pushed Vivian out of the house and entered. 

Nelly who had been listening to her conversation with Vivian went towards her and hugged. Ruth hugged her back even though she had no idea of what it was all about. Nelly then looked at Ruth and hugged her as tears welled down her eyes. 

" Nelly! What is the matter?" Asked Ruth who was confused at the moment. 

" Today you have made me shed tears of joy Ruth. You are the only one who has believed in me out of the two decades which I was born. All what Ryan ever did to me was to send me to the modelling traditional contests but he never asked me what I wanted. I have always wanted to be the case manager" said Nelly. 

" Then stop shedding tears of joy. We still have challenges to face in the future. Vivian would not dare to give her position to you that easily but I have my various ways of manipulating her. Consider that position yours" said Ruth as she held Nelly at her cheeks. 

Nelly just looked at her and smiled. She was excited by the fact that she reasoned something out on her own and assisted someone to believe in herself unexpectedly. 

" They need you to continue with the lessons right now Ruth. Go and continue with your purpose my sister-in-law to be" said Nelly who signalled to Ruth to leave. 

Martin on the other hand was busy arranging the weapons for the war at the closer gates. He forcefully asked the sellers of the weapons of Olam town to bring all the weapons to the closer gates at no price. Tere decided to support Martin even though she knew that Ruth would never go back to Martin even if Martin won the war. Yet she did not let the chance to get Martin back slid away from her arms and decided to use every chance that she got to ensure that Martin paved way for him to be more closer to Tere. This time she cooked for Martin his favourite meal and took it to his room. He used to do it before when Martin was angry and she was still married to him. 

" You have to eat my fried meat and potatoes to prove to me that we have formed an alliance. Who cares about the likes and interests of Haggai? All he knows is to brag but he doesn't help with anything in this house" said Tere who wanted to see Martin's reaction towards her point. 

" I am only doing this for the alliance. I really hope that you food tastes sweet like before" said Martin. 

" Yes my former husband. I have cooked this food filled with lots of love. I know that you are going to enjoy it. Let me feed you today" said Tere as she took the spoon and started feeding Martin. 

Martin gladly ate the food which Tere gave him. This made Akeshia who was passing by to be filled with lots of enthusiasm. She went inside the room as she clapped her hands for both Tere and Martin who both looked at her astonished. 

" You both look great. This could happen more and more often if only Haggai is out of the way. Anyway, let me leave the two love birds to enjoy their matrimony" said Akeshia who left. 

" Martin! Why do you seem so much astonished? We still make a lovely couple even though we are not together. That's how our strong bond of marriage is. We still look alike even though we've never shared the same sheet for so many years" Said Tere smiling.

" You still know how to seduce a Tupfer but I do not really want your tricks to work on me. I want to focus on bringing Ruth back to the closer gates. I want her to become my wife once again. Is that too much to dream about?" Asked Martin in a serious tone. 

" No Martin but it is too much to ask when the person in question does not really care about you. You are just wasting your time man. Let me see where your useless illusions will take you" said Tere who gave the spoon to Martin and left. 

Martin immediately took the food and went to the kitchen then threw away the food in the bin. Lady Nana who was busy cleaning the utensils was filled with lots of worries on seeing that. She had never seen Martin threw away food like that before.

" Sir Martin! Do you want me to prepare another kind of food for you?" Said Lady Nana in a pellucid voice.

" Yes Lady Nana. I want my normal routine food. This food is too spicy for me to take at this kind of hot weather. This woman really dares me too much" said Martin who left the kitchen.

He never liked entering the kitchen especially when the servants were busy doing chores over there. He passed by Tere who was now entering the kitchen but did not want to have a conversation with her. Martin assumed her presence and left. Tere entered the kitchen and immediately went towards Lady Nana who was trying to do everything to prevent Tere from seeing the thrown food. 

Tere noticed that Lady Nana was hiding something from her and therefore pushed her away from the bin. Tere looked inside the bin and was astonished to find out that it was the food that she had brought to Martin was thrown away.

" Martin has thrown away my food! I hate him so much for always taking me for granted. What did he say after doing this?" Asked Tere angrily.

" He want his usual food cooked right away. That's all Madam Tere" said Lady Nana in a calm voice. 

" He is a monster dressed in appropriate clothes. I wish he spent the rest of his life at the cell of hell. He is such a pain in the neck. Now I will just have to do everything he says and support him as well because I am afraid of going to jail" said Tere who left ad tears welled down her eyes.

Tere found it hard to understand why she had to cry. She felt as if she jealously loved Martin even after so many years had passed. This was simply because Haggai formed an urge of mistreating her, his rules were hard to follow and he beat Tere up whenever he found out that Tere was close to Martin.

She went into the meeting square and rang the bell initiating a meeting which no one had an idea about. Martin who heard the bell went to the balcony to find out what was happening and was astonished to find out that Tere was the one who rang the bell. Everybody converged there and silently sat on the ground. Tere made them to sit for many hours before she even decided what to say. She was still the heartless Tere that people knew.

MADRIED AT SIXTEEN.