My Hot Temper Husband Episode 4 and Episode 5

My Hot Temper Husband
Episode 4-5
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am sorry Kemi, it was the devil that
took over me that day. I know I’ve got
a hot temper but I love you and that’s
what matters now. Give me a chance
to make it up to your family for the
wrong I did to your late father and
your family. I just need a chance to prove my
love to you…”
“Sorry for the death of your brother, of course, if
I knew the boy was in critical condition that day,
I may not have reacted the way I did. I am truly
sorry.”
He was truly remorseful in his words and actions
but mama won’t accept that for the soul of her
only son.
“This anger in me was inherited from my late
grandfather. From history, he was said to be
cruel whenever he was angry. He could do
anything to anyone if he is angry. I remember
my dad too was hot-tempered but he could
control himself many times because he was a
respected elder in the church. I have seen him
breaking glasses and gadgets whenever he was
angry. His anger will only subside after he must
have destroyed something or seen blood.”
“My grandmother told us many stories about our
late grandfather when he was alive. He had a
slave girl he bought from slave trade who
became pregnant under his roof. We learnt he
was so angry that he used a hot knife to
puncture the girl’s stomach in an attempt to
abort the pregnancy. Her intestine gushed out
and she bled until she died.”
“In another occasion, he caught a man sleeping
with his daughter on his farm. He arrested the
man and tired him on a mango tree for 5 days
without food and water. On the fifth day, his
anger was not pacified so he set the man ablaze
while he was hanging on the mango tree. He
died screaming and wallowing in pain.”
“The third incident happened between him and
his last wife. She was pregnant with twins when
they had a misunderstanding with grandpa, the
misunderstanding led to a serious fight between
them, he beat her until she went into coma for
three days. By the time she regained
consciousness, she had lost her twins of seven
months and two weeks.”
“The incidence really pained her so much she
became isolated and depressed. She never
recovered again from this pain. On the day she
was to die, she placed curses on my grandfather
and his descendants.”
episode 5
If you leave me because of my temper,
we will go our separate ways and both
get married to people we don’t love.
No man is totally perfect, not you nor
me. We are all work in progress in the
hand of our maker. Posterity will not
forgive you if you don’t give me a chance to
make it up to your family and correct my wrong.”
Dayo’s words were touching but they failed to
heal my wound. The wound of knowing who
contributed to sending my only brother to his
early grave.
The battle between love and hatred within me
became more tensed. Dayo is now a Christian
and a new creature in Christ.
Even if he killed my brother directly, he still
deserved to be forgiven considering how much
God had forgiven us all.
But how am I going to convince mama that Dayo
is a changed person? What will Dayo do to erase
the pain of her late son in her heart? Will this
relationship ever lead to marriage?
Should I just walk away or stick to the man I
love and damn the consequences? If I die, I die.
I will marry Dayo, I made up my mind. I know I
will surely get this really hard with mama but I
had made up my mind and I will marry Dayo.
I remember how mama used to tell us how poor
my dad was when they met and how many of
her friends discouraged her from marrying such a
wretched man like my dad.
But she believed in him, married him and things
changed for the better after some years. I will
remind mama of this story if she insist I should
not marry Dayo.
“Mama, Dayo did not deny all you said about
him. But he’s now a changed man. He is born
again and filled with the Holy Ghost. He is no
more the man who broke your windscreen. We
have sinned and done more terrible things
against God but he forgave us even when we
never deserved forgiveness.” I preached to
mama. “The only thing that will make me happy
is to marry Dayo. I love him and I will marry
him.”
Mama sighed deeply after my speech. “Kemi, oun
ton be leyin efa oju meje lo”, she spoke a proverb
in Yoruba meaning “What is after six is more
than seven”. Since you have made up your mind
to marry him, I will not object because I want
you to be happy.
But I will advise you to take the time to think
about your decision. I may be here today with
you but I will surely not be with you forever.
Love is a strong force but sometimes to draw a
clear line between love and infatuation is a bit
difficult.”
She gave her permissive consent. Her
countenance was not good even when she
seemed to have given me the go ahead.
“Can Dayo come and see you by weekend?” I
asked mama.
“He is welcome.”
I was very happy with the development. I called
Dayo to break the news to him.
” Mama is happy with you and will be expecting
you by the weekend.”
He was glad to hear that. “What did you do that
changed your mother’s mind towards me?” Dayo
asked me.” You are superwomanan. I can’t wait
for the weekend. I wish tomorrow is the
weekend.” He said in excitement.
To be continued…