PICTURE PERFECT
Episode 6
Kate woke up the next morning, feeling happier than ever.
She was contented and Happy to have her husband back.
Kate and Victor sat down to a delicious breakfast that Victor specially prepared and afterwards Victor told Kate to get prepared that they would be going out.
"Where are we going to?"Kate asked curiously
"Don't worry, you will soon find out" Victor said mischievously and he smiled.
Few hours later, Victor and Kate were sighted inside a cab, Kate was still unaware of thier destination, all Victor told the cab driver was "Take us to Yale Estate Phase 1"
And all through the journey, Kate wondered what was happening at Yale Estate Phase 1"
Victor was not willing to give her a hint, Kate was so eager to find out.
Despite the air condition in the cab, she was tensed, nervous, sweaty and nauseous.
"Lord please let this surprise be good, I don't want to be disappointed, please Lord" She thought.
Victor knew that she was feeling uneasy, he smiled each time he looked into her eyes.
He held her hands.
"My love, Don't you trust me?"Victor said lovingly.
Kate was speechless for a while and then her thoughts went to Fred, a man who showered her friend Olivia with so much love and expensive gifts but turned out to be a jerk, a liar and a cheat.
"My Husband, I love you but trust is another thing oh, I love you so much my love" Kate entered and Victor laughed so hard.
"You mean you don't trust me but you love me? Hmmm" Victor said in smiles and Kate nodded "Yes"
Kate and Victor were still debating on love and trust, when the cab driver told them that they had arrived Yale Estate gate.
"Are you dropping off here or you want me to drive in? "The Cab driver asked
"Please drive in And stop at house 52" Victor responded and smiled as he caught Kate staring at him confusingly.
Finally they arrived house 52, a very beautiful duplex, as they got down from the Cab and paid the Cab driver off, Kate wondered what was going on, Victor took her hands and they walked into the beautiful building, the gate was opened as if someone knew that they were coming.
They walked into the stairs and then a lovely balcony and then to the living room, two men were standing beside the Door waiting for them.
The two men immediately greeted Victor and Kate.
Kate stared at them speechlessly
"my love, these gentlemen are estate agents. And this duplex is our new home" Victor said lovingly
Kate was shocked, "Are you kidding me? My love you know that I'm not feeling well, I'm weak and nauseous because of my pregnancy, please stop joking around" Kate said calmly and Victor assured him that he was not joking around.
"Honey, This is our new home, come take a look, it's a duplex
Situated in a calm and beautiful estate with 4 bedrooms,
2 kitchen, 2 dinning room, 1 lounge,
1 cabinet space, 2 bathroom,
Terrace, Airconditioning,Pool,
Cctv camera and it's all yours, I bought this house on your name" Victor said nicely and Kate burst into tears.
The two Estate agents left quietly as Kate cried, Victor was shocked, She wondered why Kate was crying instead of rejoicing, "this is what she had always wanted, a wealthy husband" Victor thought. He held Kate's arms and enquired why she was in tears.
"I have pushed you into committing crimes, how could you afford to buy this house? It's obvious that's it's expensive, what did you do to make much money? Tell me, I won't be angry cause it's my fault, I mounted so much pressure on you, please forgive me" Kate said in tears and Victor smiled and hugged her.
"Yes I became so desperate, I ventured into alot of illegal deals but at the last minute, I changed my mind, I met a friend who taught me Forex trading and in four weeks, I made it big, don't be hard on yourself, I'm your husband and I need to take care of you, actually your constant nagging and pressure pushed me to succeed, I love you so much and I'm never angry at you, you are my wife and only you had the right to trouble me" Victor said as he wiped tears from his wife's eyes and made her feel better.
The couple took a tour around thier new house, Kate hugged him when they were done with thier little tour.
"Thank you, I love it" Kate said excitedly and Victor smiled, for the first time he felt like a real man. Kate's beautiful smile melted his heart.
In few minutes, A beautiful Lady arrived and Victor introduced her to Kate as the interior decorator who would turn thier new house into a beautiful home with her creative designs. The young lady came with an estimate of what she needed and Victor quickly transferred the needed money to her account.
"Please start working immediately, I want to move in with my beautiful wife, hopefully by next week" Victor said at once
Kate stared at Victor the whole time he was conversing with the interior decorator, Victor had really changed, he spoke with confidence and authority, Money indeed is power and it's brings respect.
Few hours later, Kate and Victor were in a car shop, Victor paid for two brand new cars, one for Kate and the other for himself. Kate was speechless and at time happy that Victor was now a wealthy man.
"Lord bless My Husband with a long life, let me deliver safely and enjoy my marriage always, thank you for turning things around, I also pray for my friend, Olivia comfort her and reveal to her the secret, that she should know about her husband, I don't want to tell her that I saw Fred with his other wife, I will be held responsible if anything bad happens to her" Kate said within her.
Kate and Victor were done at the car shop, when Olivia's call came in.
Kate picked up immediately.
"Hello babe" she greeted
"Hello Kate, please come and take me away from here, please I need you" Olivia said in tears
"What happened? Why are you crying? Where are you? " Kate asked at once
"Give me that phone now, you good for nothing" a familiar voice said at the other end of the phone.
And Kate could figure out who it was, her husband Fred and before she could say "Jack", The call ended.
Kate turned pale and Victor wondered what had happened.
"My love, Olivia is in trouble, please let's go to her house" Kate said at once. Victor got so scared at the mention of trouble that he drove off heading to Olivia's house in one of thier new car.
To Be Continued
PICTURE PERFECT
Episode 7
That day was September 7th, a day Olivia and Kate would never forget, September 7th was not just the day Kate became a land lady and a car owner, it was also a day Olivia's marriage with Fred hit the rock.
That day would end up being a day Olivia watched her entire life come crashing down around her. She had discovered the double life of Fred, the man he had married.
It had already been an awful marriage but still she tried all she could to make it work. Olivia was indeed in trouble. Fred, The man she loved was cruel. By the day as Olivia struggled just to make it in her business from sunup until sundown, so she could meet all her husband's financial needs, She was unaware that Fred was also giving out all the money to Justina, his other woman or Wife as the case maybe.
Justina and Fred had been married for two years, Olivia had always been suspicious, she had always had this gut feeling that Fred was not sincere but each time she confronted him with proofs, Fred always had a way of convincing her that all was in her head and all of thier woes were somehow her fault and that she was the one with the problem.
"My love is because we don't have own child yet, that's why you are always insecure, once you are pregnant and begin to bear children, you will see that our little family will grow stronger" Fred would always say. And Olivia always prayed for God to bless her Womb with a child.
Being in a narcissistic abusive relationship or marriage feels like you being sucker-punched, then looking around for the one you love to help you up and discovering he was the one who made you hit the ground in the first place. Victor and Olivia's marriage was a marriage of confusion, surprises, of tricks and gun house mirrors, her marriage was like being in a circus that she didn’t remember buying a ticket to but waking up one day realizing the one she love was the Ringmaster.
Fred was a pathological liar and he was like vampires, he had concealed his true identity in order to better feed his need for money as Olivia was the pot of Money. In the four years of marriage, Fred had hide behind a curtain and furthers his own image through lies, manipulation, coercion, and deceit.
For four years, Fred conditioned Olivia to the point where she believed any trouble in their marriage was her own making and she keep up the façade of nothing being wrong with her marriage online while behind closed doors she was suffering in silence and shame.
But thank God for Olivia's wonderful big brother who caught Fred red handed buying baby items with Justina at a popular shopping mall somewhere in town and he alerted his sister, Olivia was surprised because She had thought Fred was at Abuja tending to his sick mother who was hospitalized.
Olivia's elder brother insisted that he saw Fred and he followed him immediately and then the truth came out, Olivia's big brother pounced on Fred and gave him the beating of his life.
And then Fred returned home to take revenge on his sister Olivia, after Fred revealed the whole truth to Olivia, he gave her the beating of her life and he left with Olivia's credit card, expensive jewelries and plenty cash.
" I have spent four years building a life with the man I loved who had presented himself as my dream come true when we first met. Over time, when the mask started to slip and I felt as though I still needed to put up with him because we love each other, now I know that I made the biggest mistake of my life by getting married to Fred" Olivia thought
In fact, Kate and Victor met Olivia on her bedroom closet floor, crying inconsolably, She had bruises all over her body and face. She didn’t have the strength to get up, Kate and Victor kept staring at her in disbelief that Fred could do all that to her, "He cheated on you and he beat you up when you found out about his double life?, No that's wrong" Victor said Calmly. Kate also admitted that she saw Fred with his other woman and Olivia was shattered, She was too ashamed to also admit that Fred took her money and valuables.
Kate and Victor still took Fred for a wealthy man and they tried all they could to ease Olivia's heartbreak and show her the way forward.
"Call his family members, they need to come in, how could he get married to another woman, got her pregnant and when you found out, instead of apologizing, he had the gut to lay his filthy hands on you" Kate said angrily as Olivia shed tears of defeat, even with the whole situation, she was still hiding the truth, instead she would come clean that Fred was only a nobody, who was only interested in her money.
Few months later, one sunny morning in the month of January, Olivia was sighted in a cab, From the car's window one could see Olivia stretching her head as far as her eye could see inside the cab. She was quiet but lost in thought. She wondered why she was unable to conceive all through the four years she was married to Fred.
"But Fred got his other wife pregnant, I'm I barren as all the years I wasted with Fred" She thought — She was heading to her lawyer's office, Fred would be waiting at the lawyer's office And In fifteen minutes she would be there too, In Fifteen minutes she would no longer be Mrs. Kindly hi ome on+233544142683 to be added to storybaze, storyline, unlimited story room, House of stories to be able to read more of such story. Olivia Fred Wilson, she would be Miss Olivia Davids, or Olivia Onyemaechi(Who knows tomorrow) Davids —Her marriage with Fred would be annulled and she would be unattached and free!
Free for what? From what? “Fred, Fred!” she whispered, and her heart was sick at the sound of his name. She could close her eyes and still see him, dark hair and dark, puzzled eyes and hurt. She screamed and cried
"Fred couldn't even say sorry, he left me broken and empty, not that his
Sorry could wipe out all the pain I feel inside, I never imagined that our marriage could end like this, Could a home end, all the things I had built, the life I had so carefully made—all our neighbors, all our friends? Our online presence Could all of it be wiped out with one word?
Olivia thought.
She was acting quite strange and that bothered the Cab driver who was staring at her through the mirror the whole time.
The cab driver presumed that she was losing her mind or sick in the head.
Olivia had called Kate and asked if she could come and stay with her and her husband after she was done at the lawyer's office and Kate gladly accepted.
"I will be here waiting for you, my friend. Please be strong" Kate had told her with a warm sympathy clearly heard in her voice.
Everything between Olivia and Fred had been finalized, They both wanted to go thier separate ways, Fred had left Olivia with all her life savings and Olivia couldn't prove a thing, The worst was that she was ashamed to admit that she was giving all her money to him.
The voice of the cab driver, brought Olivia back to reality as she heard him call out, “Madam, we have gotten to your destination, would you mind paying me off?” and she started gathering together her things from the Cab, she picked up her hand bag and suit case, she paid the cab driver and he drove off. She looked out to the office of the Lawyer, she was heading to with tears dropping off her eyes.
Olivia's life was now a mess, She couldn't fake it anymore, She had never taken a picture of herself for the past few months, not even a selfie,
She had deactivated her Facebook account and was ready to start her life afresh.
To Be Continued
