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WHEN INTIMACY BECOMES SECONDARY IN MARRIAGE part 2
By Dr. Jalarth Uche Opara
When she left, it was like scales on my eyes dropped off . I was blind but now I could see. I was in the dark but now the radiance of her beauty has dazzled my eyes to see the pearl before me and diamond that glows which I never saw.
The obsession for her was unimaginable and the crave to have her as my wife one thing I pinned like a deer that pinned for a cool running stream.
Her coming helped me to deal with the heart break and aided me to move on without whining for a spilled spoilt milk. Weeks rolled by, each day that breaks and each night that dusks makes me very vulnerable, a stick that can easily be fiddled around little fingers. Two months after her visit I decided to pay her a suprise visit. She wasn’t expecting me, the night before I travelled to Lagos to see her, we spoke till 2am. She giggled all through and was visibly happy. She thought my discovery or rather her revealing things about herself that night would have affected me, unknown to her it was like a fuel that triggered an emotional conflagration in me.
By the time I got to Lagos with first flight she had already gone to work. I called her that I was in her house, expectedly she doubted me. For her I was set to prank her. When I insisted that it wasn’t a prank, she took excuse from her boss and drove back home. You needed to see the excitment. The joy was obvious and the happiness that sparked through her eyes like stars, very radiant.
Her appartment very cozy, decently furnished with everything that could give comfort. My stay was very memorable, an impression still evergreen till today over four decades ago. I was spoiled with all the good things of life. She took a causal leave for few days to ensure I enjoyed every bit of my stay, a memory I hold close to my heart till today.
The night before my leaving, I woke her up, though still drowsy with sleep, took her through our many years of amazing relationship, the sincere affection we shared and deep feelings of zero intimacy that characterized our relationship .
I told her I was ready to get married and have found someone. And as my bestie I feel I should tell her and possibly show her who the person is.She was still and calm expressing no emotion. You are a good person with all the amazing qualities of a good wife but I can’t marry you. I saw you as my sister from day one. That feeling has not changed too. I brought out my phone to show her the picture of who I was getting married to, she couldn’t look at the screen of the phone.
Tears rather started rollinng down her cheeks. Possibly felt betrayed, may be was expecting something from me which was gradually being slipped off her grip. As those tears were rolling down her cheeks she stood, ran into the rest room and locked the door behind her. All plea for her to open the door fell on deaf ears, all I could hear were deep sobbing , and rushing of the tap, probably to wash off her face. Suddenly I heard a loud shrieking sound…
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