Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 12
The Breadwinner
Episode Twelve📖 [The End]
It is now three days since Miriam was arrested by the police and John had refused to go to the police station to bail her. The police had also refused to grant her bail because the landlord said his outstanding rent must be paid before peace would reign. He insists on John coming to the police station for possible detention. John had refused to act despite repeated pleas from relatives who advised him to go to the station and bail his wife and also pay the house rent.
"You have to go and bail her. After all, she is the mother of your children, and there's no way you can deny that.
Besides, you and your children also lived in the apartment in question. So technically, you are the one who should pay the house rent." Nneka said to John one night when they had tucked the children to bed and were about to sleep.
"You need to hear what people are saying about you. They are saying you chased away your wife and married another woman. Some are saying I'm the one who snatched you from your wife. I want you to go and bail her out, please, and also pay the rent. People are giving me a bad name because of it. Please honey do me the favour and bail her. This will make me happy." Nneka pleaded with John while lying on his chest.
"These people you said they are gossiping about you, none of them gossiped when I lost my job, and my wife turned me into a house boy. None of them gossipped when I was idle, jobless with no money in my pocket. None of them gossiped when my wife used to beat me up. Nobody gossiped when my wife brought another man into our matrimonial bed. Why have they suddenly started to gossip after I got my job back? Why have they remembered to gossip now that I have money in my pocket? I'm not going to that police station. Let them come to my house and arrest me." John said to Nneka.
"Alright, if you are going to the police station, at least, send the house rent to the landlord. I'm sure if you do that, he will tell.
The End
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