❤️ Chapter thirty-six

                                    

                                          
Simisola_
                          
"No closing of doors in my house!" Dad yelled to me as I banged my room door close.
                          
   Then I should leave your house for you; I wanted to say. 
                          
I'm tired of everyone and everything.
                          
The only person that used to keep me sane is Mide, unfortunately, we're drifting apart.
                          
  "Young woman, open this door." He continued hitting it until he found out it wasn't locked then he pushed it open.
                          
     "First day of school and you pretend to be sick and come home? What exactly is wrong with you? Are you okay at all? Making me take excuse to attend to you on my first day at work in a new place. What would they see me as?"
                          
    As he yelled, I stared at him. 
                          
"If you were really sick, it would have been worth it! Because you're mad at me, you ditch school? You'd have to accept it sooner or later that Ifeoma would be your new mom and the mother of my child, okay?" He asked. He moved closer to me and he held my shoulders as he yelled. "Okay?"
                          
I burst into tears and turned to my pillow. I wanted to scream but I bit my pillow instead as I sobbed.
                          
Nobody gets me anymore. Dad didn't even ask what's wrong with me, he just comes home and screams at me.
                          
"Don't start with those fake tears. You think it's easy to raise a child for nine years without a wife? Everything I do is for you! Now, I found happiness, you also want me to let her go because if you? Voila, I also love the unborn baby! Not everything revolves around you, okay?"
                          
   As he spoke, every part of my heart stinged. Why does he hate me so much now? What did I do?
                          
I don't have anything against aunty Ifeoma and her baby. Dindu and I are getting along now, atleast we're not like before. All I've ever done is try to please aunty Ifeoma. Since she became pregnant, even when she hadn't accepted that she was, I'd go to her house and cook for her. Since I realized my mum is never coming back a week ago because she's already happily married, I treasured aunty Ifeoma more. Why is he saying all these hurtful things to me?
                          
I've always wanted him to me happy. Why wouldn't I want his happiness?
                          
"When i started taking care of Dindu as my own son, you became jealous. Are you also jealous that a new baby is coming? Or you're angry because the baby isn't coming from Kemi's womb?
I saw her three weeks ago at the conference, she was there with her husband. She's not ever coming back, know this and know peace, Simisola. In fact, she's the reason Ifeoma is pregnant, I should even call to thank her." He said.
                          
    "I was so sad that she had moved on while I haven't for nine years, she even has three kids. Ifeoma noticed that I was sad and she comforted me. She...." Then he trailed off.
                          
We should name the baby 'comfort', what do you think? 
                          
"It's not you, it's Mide." I said in a weak voice, in between sobs.
                          
     "It's Mide?" He asked calmly.
                          
I nodded slowly.
                          
What would he do now? He had already said all he wanted to say! He'd have slapped me in few seconds.
                          
As he left the room, my phone rang. 
                          
Unknown number.
                          
I didn't want to pick up, especially because I was crying but the person kept on calling.
                          
"Hello, Simi." A girl voice said from the other end.
                          
  "Who...who is this?" I said, trying to make my voice as normal as ever.