Shameless Toyin

Sade was lamenting. "I was on my duty post, yesterday, Thursday afternoon, my boss was at home because he was off-duty. I heard my boss called in whisper, I answered, he placed his cell phone on my ear, what I heard was my madam's sexual moaning. At a point I withdrew my ear and tears profusely trickled down my cheeks.

I asked myself questions which I was unable to answer. "Why did my madam decide to cheat on my boss?" My boss is handsome, tall, kind and loving. So
affectionate and always pampering my madam. He bought a brand new car for her last month and drives the old worn-out car to work everyday. My madam doesn't work but cruise around town from morning till night, at times, she returns late at night giving flimsy excuses to her husband. At times my boss returns home hungry but no food would be prepared for him to eat instead of being angry he would happily boil noodles to eat.

I asked again, "why did she cheat on him, could it be my boss doesn't foot all her bills?" I am there security officer and have spent more than a decade with them, my boss is rich, he cares less about himself but his wife has been priority. He takes her out on a shopping spree almost every weekend. Takes her and their three kids on picnic. He always begs her to make a choice of where she would like to go on vacation. My boss never hurt her. And my madam has claimed to love him too. 

Women are green snakes on a green grass. If I were a woman with all this comfort what will I be looking for outside marriage? What satisfaction is it that another guy can give to her in bed that she can't get from her husband?

I later found out that my boss had earlier given the phone to his kids to listen to their mother's moaning before bringing it to me. 

Shortly I saw their first daughter, standing on the balcony. Not long my boss drove off, supposing to calm his nerves, than my madam drove into the compound.

"Mom, you have killed yourself! Mom you have killed yourself!" It was then that the sin she committed few hours ago, began to hunt her. Guilt ran through her look already. Little did she know that her husband left the house not long ago in anger, she began to ask some probing questions to find what happened. "Where did you keep your cell phone after speaking with dad? Mom where were you at that time? Mom is this the life you want me to emulate from you? Mom I don't mean to insult you, mom you are shameless. What has dad not done for you?"

It was at this point that she realized she left the phone without hanging up after speaking with her husband. She started pawing. The next minute she began to cry, begging her daughter to forgive her. Omo withdrew from her mother instinctively and her mother fell. 

"Omo, has she not returned yet?" her father asked. "Mom returned I believe she realized her adulterous act. I presumed she wouldn't afford to look at your face, dad. She packed her luggage and left the house few minutes before your arrival," Omo cried, her father patted her to stop. 

All this happened before my eyes. I was seeing it like one of the Nigerian movies but I later found out it was nothing but real.
women are not better than men when it comes to cheating in marriage. Question is, why won't men and women ensure this quality, "fidelity" in marriage?"

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