She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 68

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She Dies - Season 1 - Episode 68

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The senator turned off the television and
walked joyfully to the wine rack. He picked a
bottle of champagne with a glass and
hastened to the rail. As he strode up the
stairs, a flush of enthusiasm raced through
him that he ran up the remaining steps. He
entered the room, placed the wine on a stool
and bent the bottle as he filled the glass. He
took a sip, smiled and took his phone. He
found Tanzanki on the call log and dialed him.

When he picked, he said, “Congratulations my dear, I’ve finally heard what I want.” He took another sip and smiled, “Thanks for the success. Why not come over, it’s time for the plan B.” He smiled, hung up and dialed Thelda. When she picked up, he said, “I feel h---y. I think I can now hear why you killed my daughter. Come over to my apartment in thirty minutes. Don’t keep me waiting. Put on that pink blouse that makes me crazy.” He hung up, excited.
Thelda sat on the bed, tapping her feet on the
floor in vexation. A cup of lapsang souchong
was in front of her. She took a sip of the tea
and grimaced as the liquid went down her
throat. Her mind was on what the broadcaster
said on the network news. The broadcaster
had announced that Reagan and Lucia were
found dead at N0 7 Steve Avenue and
investigation had already commenced to
ascertain the cause of the death of the wanted
criminals. Their death wasn’t her problem, her headache was that Anabel had turned against her and was still out there probably planning with Stella to expose her. She thought of the implication if they did that and took the cup in her palms. She looked into it, raised it to her lips and took another sip. She returned the glass to the stool and shook her head in despondency. Her thoughts suddenly diverted to the senator and she remembered he had just asked her to meet him in thirty minutes.

She had received his call when she was
listening to the network news. Not minding
her sad mood, she began to miss the senator
and hungered to be with him. They hadn’t
been together since her husband was taken
out. In as much as she longed for him, she
regretted why she allowed him into her life in
the first place. Whatever she was presently
passing through was caused by the senator. It
was for the senator that she killed her
husband and it was also for him that she had
turned against her only daughter. Even at her
regrets, she still knew there was nothing she
could do to change the situation; the senator
now lived in her and was now a second part of
her.

The senator’s joys were now her joys and his pains were her pains. She allowed her
back and it slowly dropped to the bed. She
stretched to the pillow, collected it and placed
her head on it. She closed her eyes and the
memory of that day it finally dawned on her
that the senator now lived in her was brought
back.

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After their first day in bed, Thelda spent seven
days in fasting and prayer, begging earnestly
for God’s forgiveness. Though she was a
Roman Catholic, she could not bring herself to
go for a confession. She was afraid the priest
would be tempted to make mockery of her for
allowing such mistake that could cost her
salvation to take place. On the last day of her
fasting, she had become so thin that her
husband was forced to intervene.

“If you continue starving yourself like this,
you’ll end up losing your life.” Williams who was carrying her on his laps looked in her
eyes with concern and stroked her hair
affectionately.

Thelda said, “I’m tired of our childlessness.”

Tears filled her eyes. “I’ll continue fasting and praying until God blesses me with the fruit of the womb. Does the scripture not affirm that with fasting and prayer, we move God?” She paused as Williams ran his palms over her face and got rid of her tears. She continued, “I want to have your baby.” Her voice was such touching that Williams found tears flowing down his cheeks. Thelda swept her palm through his cheek, “I love you my darling and will not leave God until he rewards us with a child.”

Williams hugged her and whispered in her
ears, “God will surely answer us soon.” He
gently disengaged his arms and raised his
eyes to her blue eyes, “But you’ve to start
eating. You’ve emaciated and I don’t want you to break down at this critical period of my
campaigning. I want to see the both of us at
the government house in good health when
the result will be announced.” He rested his
palms on her cheeks and smiled, “Can you
now follow me to the dining, my darling?”

Thelda smiled, rose slowly and they moved to
the dining room. When they finished eating,
Williams leaned forward and kissed her. He
stood, stretched his hand, took hers and
helped her to her feet. She asked her to close
her eyes and when she did, he slapped her
butt0ckz playfully. Thelda stayed for a while,
opened her eyes, looked around and didn’t
find her husband in the dining room. She
looked at the sitting room, then, looked up
and saw him running up the stairs. She
chortled and ran after him and when she
finally caught up with him in the bedroom, he
was already Unclad. She started laughing as
she slipped off her gown, then, turned off the
light and they went to bed. At 7 0’clock the
next morning, her husband had left for a
campaign in one of the outskirts of the state.

Thelda came out from the bathroom and
moved to her make-up kit. She was still
applying her lipstick when her cell phone rang.
She took it and looked at the screen, it was
the senator. She hissed and threw the phone
into her handbag. She wasn’t going to give
the devil another chance. She fastened her
earrings, collected her handbag and her phone started ringing again. She ignored it and descended the stairs. When she got to the
sitting room, the phone rang again and she
took it out. I had better warned him never to
pester my life again. She thought. She angrily
punched a button and the senator said,
“How’re you my lady?”

Thelda frowned, “I’m not your lady. Whatever happened between us last week was only a mistake. I don’t want you to disturb me again.

You almost ruined my life and my marriage.
Please don’t call me again.” She hung up.
When she was driving to her office, the senator kept calling her but she refused to pick up. In her office, he called dozens of times but she didn’t answer. When she was driving home, a text message came into her phone. She reached home and opened the message. It read: I’m sorry for what happened last time. I promise it won’t repeat again. Would you mind giving me an opportunity to show how sorry I’m? It matters a lot to me. I’m waiting.

Thelda went through the message over and
over again, contemplating on the decision to
make. She concluded she was not going to
give in to the senator’s demand but when shethought of her husband’s political ambition, she changed her mind. She feared the senator would pull out from supporting her husband once she declined the offer.
When she realized she had no other choice, she grudgingly called him. He picked up immediately and said,

“Thank you my lady for calling back.”

Thelda said angrily, “Call me that again and
I’ll hang up.”