Post Coronavirus Effect #2
As if they were just starting
To date themselves, seeing each
Other’s face and laughing hilariously
After they finished their conversation
She started thinking about him
So the libido of her hubby too has
Been high for sometimes now,
As hers where she is
And he has nowhere to
Turn to, to cool himself off.
I have cheated on my husband
She soliloquizes I lost it, I
Failed to put my “vessels” under
Control, they (my vessels) have controlled
Me today, she started sobbing.
I lost it, I lost it. Hitting the table hard
History of her Marriage
She has been brought up
By parents who could not finish
From high school and when
They gave birth to their children
They have told them that
No hunter pursues two rats
At once and will not lose out,
You cannot pursue two things
At once, they have told
Them and to make it academically
To attain heights that they cannot
Attain they have told them that
They need to be careful with
Opposite sex while interacting with
Them so that they will not
Truncate their progress academically
And since this has become a
Chorus at their house all of
Them hardly relate with opposite
Sex, and those they interact with
When their relationship seem to
Be getting deeper, they would
Severe the relationship because they
Want to break the yoke of failure
The supposed curse-like phenomena
On their family they want to
Break. With this in her heart
She grew until she graduated
From the institution even after
Graduation she hardly mixes with
Opposite sex thus, she could
Not be married early. She has
Even brushed aside marriage but
When people started talking to her
For she has lost her parents when
It was a session for her to graduate
At the institution. Then she started
Trying to be social, to mix
With opposite sex, yet she
Could not find anyone serious
Enough for her among all she
Has been dealing with. Then she was
Introduced to this man who lives
In another state. She likes the man
On seeing him and they
Would not waste time to
Solemnize their relationship. Ten
Years have passed since they become
Husband and wife but they
Are yet to have children before
The outbreak of the pandemic
She has been trying to transfer
Her services to her country
To the state that her husband lives
In as the medical personnel have
Advised that coitus should be continuous
And uninterrupted if they wish for
Something positive to happen soon.
She has however been unable to
Complete with the transfer process
Because she has to switch with
Somebody from the state where
Her husband lives who wishes to
Transfer her or his services to where
She is working. This person must
Equally be in the same status as her
This is what has been causing the
Delay in finalizing the transfer and
She cannot resign from her
Work because jobs are not
Easy to come by in the country.
However, on the interim, she used
To go to where her husband lives
Every month, she will spend
Two weeks at her station and would
Take two weeks off.
The week that she returns to
Her base was when the medical
Personnel confirmed a person who
Has contracted Coronavirus in her
State and by the weekend the
Situation has turned to another thing
And the states have been locked down
She could not travel back to where
Love is before the lockdown
Announcement. People have been thinking
That the lockdown would not be protracted
But they were all mistaken as the
Inability of the researchers, pharmacists,
Yea the world health governing bodies
To find substantive drugs for the
Treatment, neither vaccines for prevention has made
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) to
Continue to suggest in the strongest
Possible terms to all countries globally
That they should “Stay Safe”
By staying where individual persons
Reside and limit traveling as best
As possible. In this position she finds
Herself and of late her libido has been
Disturbing her. She has been checking
Herself from this until this day
That she cannot control herself
Again and lost it to the hands of the
Man who lives in a room of
The three-bedroom flat that
They have jointly contributed money
To rent because of the high cost
Of accommodation in the state she
Lives in. what has happened has
Happened but she vowed that such would
Not repeat itself again, even if the lockdown
Will take the whole year, she
Would maintain herself. But by the
Following month she discovers changes
In her body and when she did the
Pregnancy test she has taken in.
She has for the past years been
Seeking for this and now that
This has happened what will she do?
Because she knows the pregnancy was
Not her husband’s it is outside the wedlock
Would she terminate this? She repeatedly
Thought about this and resolved not
To terminate the pregnancy. When she called
Her hubby to tell him that she
Has taken in, he was happy
For the development. When the lockdown
Was eased, she traveled to her husband
And they celebrated it together. However,
The man recalls when she left him
And has been counting when she will
Put to bed, but he was mistaken
Because she did not put to bed
After the tenth month, then he reasoned
That something is wrong.
And when he presented it to her
She started crying and narrated
The incident to him. He was downcasted
On hearing what happened
Telling her she should have told
Him he is not responsible for the pregnancy
All this while and he would have
Limited his joy. The shock is much
For me to bear and he asks
Her for a separation because seeing
Her would make things worse and
He does not want to do anything stupid.
On this they got separated,
“I cannot terminate the pregnancy
She keeps telling herself
It is better I be separated from him….
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