Chapter <b>196 </b>
MARCUS
I was tired, no, I was exhausted and fed up with that womag. I tolerated everything she has done <b>up </b>until now. I was going to continue to do so until she gave birth but now, she wanted me to divorce my wife! Who the hell did she think she was to make me do that? I had been hurting my wife for months because of her and now she wanted me to divorce her? over my dead body.
Her days of controlling me were over. I dragged her to her room then locked her up in there. “You are going to stay there until you get back to your senses, I <b>am </b>going to be here day and night. Guarding you and giving you food and everything else you will need. If you don’t get back to your senses, then you will stay locked up in there until the day you give birth.<b>” </b>
I shoved the key in my pocket and turned, only to see three <b>shocked </b><b>faces</b><b>. </b>“You can’t do that Marcus; it is illegal, and you know it.” My wife, my poor good–hearted wife. Did she think what that woman has been doing was legal? She threatened to <b>take </b>our baby away, disappear with her if we didn’t y by her rules. Was that legal?
“Olivia,” I chuckled shaking my head, I was not amused, I was angry. Furious. How dare she? “I know you have a good heart, and I know you want what is best for our baby, but I can’t take it anymore. I can’t take hurting you anymore. I <b>can’t </b>take being controlled by that woman anymore. I have the proof of everything she has been doing and I <b>am </b><b>going </b>to meet with mywyer to present him with everything. He <b>will </b>tell me the way forward. Until then, no one opens that door for that witch.”
I stormed off, took my car keys and left the house. When I got outside, I stood by the car and took a deep breath. For the first time in five months, I felt like I could breathe, felt like I had been holding my breath all this time. Or like I was under water unable to breathe freely and now I finally could.
I got into the car and drove off making the call on the way. Steve, are you in your office?”
“<b>Yes</b>, I <b>have </b>a meeting in an hour, but I will be here after.”
“<b>That </b>is more than enough time to discuss what I need to talk to you about.”
“I will be waiting then<b>.</b>”
I cut the call and switched on the radio. I opened the windows and felt the fresh air. Every time, I went out in the past months, it has always been with that woman. She refused for me to take care of my wife telling me that she was the pregnant one not my wife. That she needed to be taken care of and not a barren woman who could give me
a child.
My heart shuttered every time she said those things. That was my wife, and I loved her just the way she was. I married her knowing that she couldn’t carry our baby. It was not because I wanted something from her, it <b>was </b>because I loved her. I didn’t care about her carrying a baby because I knew there were surrogates who could do that
for us.
Who knew that we would get a horrible one, a monster who held us hostage in our own home, held out baby hostage and threatened to run away with her? I hit the steering wheel in anger. It was my fault. I should never have suggested having a baby. I should never have been greedy. I should have been content with the life we had.
But no, I wanted more. I was greedy for more. Look at where that left us. Getting to mywyer’s office. I parked and headed to his office. I was not even properly dress; I was in sweatpants and a t–shirt.
His secretary showed me in. “Man, it has been a while and married life doesn’t suit you, look at you, <b>you </b>lost so much weight, please tell me you are getting a divorce because its clear your wife is not treating <b>you </b>well. No happy man would look like this.” He was soon going to find out why I looked the way I did.
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“Here, listen to these and tell me <b>what </b>to do?” <b>he </b>furrowed his eyebrows, I didn’t have time to waste, I needed the situation resolved and soon. “It must be important for you got to even offer a greeting.” He took the tapes and started listening to them one by one.
His facial expression changing with each one he yed. After listening to thest one he sighed and leaned back on his chair. “Yeah, this is crazy. Things like these only happen in movies man and not in real life. But it seems your home is a battlefield, and I feel sorry for you.‘
“I don’t need your pity, Steve; I need to know what to do.”
“Where is the crazy woman now?”
“I locked her up in her room after asking me to divorce my wife.” He rubbed his bold head. “Well, keep it that way until you hear from me. I will present all this evidence to the judge and hear what he has to say. But I don’t think you will be med for locking her up right now. you are preventing her from disappearing with your baby.”
I sighed, that was a relief. “Marcus, I will find a way to <b>resolve </b>this, you have paid her what was promised and have provided her shelter. Actually, <b>you </b>have done more than what you two agreed on. That is <b>good</b><b>, </b>thew will be on your side about that, I just need to find out what we should do going forward.”
I stood. “I will wait to hear from you then.” He nodded looking bothered. Huh! He was only hearing hear threats he didn’t get to live with her like my wife and I did. Why would he be the one who was bothered. “Steve?”
“Yes, Marcus.”
“Don’t take too long or I will be forced to take drastic measures, and I can promise you now that they will not be legal. If you take your time with this, then you will be defending me for murder.”
+25 <b>BON</b>