"You seem to have forgotten something, my dear husband." She smirked at him. I chuckled lightly, I'm loving this side of my sister a lot! She seems like a tough woman now. " It seems to me that you till now, you still don't know your wife too well. Did you just say that I can't do anything because I'm a coward? I'm not a coward Ibrahim, I was once a coward but only to you because I don't want to ruin my home. But now, it's never going to happen. That's all I'm the past and the new Habiba will show you what she's capable of doing."

" Okay then.... Let see, if your threat can work on me then."

"It's all up to you how you wanted to see it, either in a threatening way or an advised... from your dear wife. Sit down and think about it, what will be the best for you... Is it to bring in another wife or... You take her to wherever you wish to. You had said that you married her already right? And I didn't argue with you about that. It's your wish and I can't stop you but don't you dare... I repeat, don't you dare bring her into this house because that day, you will witness the new Habiba in your life."  I wish she was saying the truth but, all was just a game threat like what her husband had said. But at least, she is coming out of her shelf.

"Now, I can see that it's of no use talking to you. You can not understand me and nor will you ever do." He said to her, disappointedly.

He sounded so disappointed at her. Like seriously! If there should be someone who should be disappointed that, should be my sister. She tried a lot for him and here he is ranting rubbish all in the name that he doesn't love her.  My sister has all the right to be mad at her. Not only her but, I am too. Not only did he cheat on her with another woman by having another child but also had the gut to say it to her face!

Is this how marriage life is? Is this how husbands control their wives?

But, I've never witnessed this with my parents before.

"I'm leaving, I will be back maybe tomorrow morning or the next following day."  He announced.

He is leaving? To where? Should I inform our parents about this already?

But.... Where is he going to?

Obviously, to his second wife's place of course.

Is this man a human at all? Does he have any humanity left in him at all? His wife is carrying his child and he's not even showing any sign of excitement at all. I'm sure he doesn't even want the baby at all. What's wrong with him? When he knew that he would make her happy, why in the world then did he marry her?

He shouldn't have married her, to begin with.

"You are going to leave me all alone in this big house and leave right? To meet your queen is that not what you're planning to do?."

"So....? What if that's what I intended to do? What will you do? Stop me from going?." I saw him asked her.

"You dare not move an inch from where you're standing Ibrahim." I heard my sister threatening him as she immediately moved closer to him and stood at his front blocking him with her small figure.

"What the hell are you doing?." He barks at her.

"Can't you see? I'm doing what ought to be done. You just said it now that you're not coming home for tonight... right? Tell me my dear husband, where exactly are you off to this early morning? That.... You wouldn't be able to make it home tonight? Kindly do please. Aren't you planning on staying at her place? You will leave me here and sleep outside of your own house... Who does that?."

"I have no explanation to make to you. Balkis is my wife and I have the right to stay with her. Not only today, but anytime I feel like."

"I swear to God, you won't dare. I'm not even allowing you to leave this house today, you're going nowhere and that's final. Read my lips- You're going nowhere!." She stated with finality laced in her tone.

"Look here crazy woman, I don't want to fight you or have any more arguments with you so... It will be better if you just move out of my way. Right now!."

"Haven't I told you already? You're going nowhere!."

"I'm going out and you're not stopping me. You can't dare stop me because I'm your husband. You don't dare order me around I can. And as your husband, I can do whatever I wish to do. And I repeat that you- Habiba, will not dare do anything. You will stay back and be the obedient wife that you've always been.... You don't stop me, okay?." "

"I can't stop you or, I did already? Ibrahim, I just told you, you're going nowhere. You can't just abandon me and my baby- your child here all alone in this house without you being here with us. It's unfair so, you're going nowhere." She stubbornly said to him moving out of his way.

"Out of my way," he warned her.

"No, won't! Never! I will never allow you to leave this house. I know what you're trying to do Ibrahim, you want to leave only me in this house and meet her right? You want to spend the next few days with her. No, I won't let you leave this house!  We will both be here looking at each other's faces.  I'm your wife and you're going nowhere." She stubbornly told him again.

"Look Habiba, don't test my patience, please. Kindly move out of my way or we'll both regret what I'm about to do to you.  Please, I don't want to hurt you, you just said it now that you're pregnant. You are carrying my child inside of you and it wouldn't be tight to hurt the child."

"Oh! Really?! A few minutes ago when I told you about the pregnancy, you never showed any sign of excitement at all. You were too busy praising your so-called second wife and now, it amazes me that you cared for my child all of a sudden, dear... husband..." She said while stressing the words Second wife.

"I can't just believe this." He said, shaking his head.   " It's very hard to cope with your tantrums, imagine! Just take a look at how you're behaving... And you called yourself a wife."

" How am I behaving now, husband? Tell me please, Mr. Ibrahim Rabiu, how am I behaving? I'm behaving like a lunatic right? Like someone that doesn't have sense anymore. Is that what you're trying to say?".

"Look here Habiba, that's not what I'm trying to imply here... Or better still, you can place it down anyhow you feel like, it's not like I care after all. All what I'm just trying to say is that; you should try and allow me to breathe the way that I like in this house. This is my house, I built it with my hard-earned money but I can't even enjoy staying inside it.... All because of who? It's all because of your trouble! You keep bringing up different issues day by day. Yesterday, it was my lateness, coming home late in the night and this morning, you're stopping me from going out."

"For goodness sake, why can't you just let peace reign for once in this house?  Try to give peace a chance into your life even if it will be for a day?  Yes, as per your nature, let's agree that you don't want to ever see me happy, it's not like you care after all... It was an arranged marriage set by our parents, I know that already... But at least, try to make yourself happy!  Try to be happy for once. Because if you still insist that I shouldn't take in another wife, then you must be deceiving yourself because I won't.  I've made up my mind already and there's nothing you can do about it."

"Ever since the day I had married you, you've done nothing but to invite trouble for me.  And you know that it's not right, it isn't right at all! This is all cheating, I've tried so many times and made both of us live on our separate terms but you didn't want that to happen. You kept clinging into me like super glue.... For goodness sake! I'm not the only man on the earth, I hope you know that."  

"Yo.... you, how dare you?! How dare you say those harsh words to me?  How dare you uttered such disgusting words from your mouth, Ibrahim. So now, you're blaming me for everything that has happened between us? Do you think that all this marriage of a thing between is was all my fault?."

"Apparently who else?." He asked with his shoulder raised a little.

"You're sick! You must be very sick Ibrahim! Was I the one who set up the marriage between us? Do you think that I also don't have a dream too? If talking about one's dream, this is not the life I had wished to live, you're not the type of husband I was looking for because you lack the qualities. You don't have any quality as a good husband nor father Ibrahim. Don't think that you're perfect because you're not!"