Ruth Vicissitudes - Episode 13

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Dolapo never kept his promise of not keeping secrets away from his wife, he kept hiding things about his past. One day, he took a break from the office to come home early, almost at the same time Ruth went to the mall to do some shopping. He ransacked one of his secret closet he had under lock and key, took a container filled with some whitish powder and sat sniffing the one he poured on the table, every bit of it. He took more and more from the container till it was empty, sniffing every bit of it again . He was in dire need of satisfying his itching body, being in another world full of magic and imagining the beauty of it in his mind. Since the arrival of George and Lambert, Dolapo had been sniffing cocaine consistently. He heard a car zoom into his compound and guessed he must be his wife, he cleared the table, cleaning it in the process while his wife opened her bag to bring out her spare key to the house, Dolapo replaced the container in the closet under lock and key and proceeded downstairs. Ruth was astonished to see him back at that hour of the day, been that he never returned home from work before 8 pm.
“Honey, you are back too soon”
“Yes, I decided to take a break from work to avoid breaking down and also, to spend time with my loving wife. Let me help you with those”, he took the bags to the kitchen

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. Ruth blushed at his statement, she was happy she could have Dolapo to herself and work wouldn’t come in between them..
“Are you okay? Your eyes are reddish and whats that powder beneath the base of your nose?” she inquired. Dolapo checked to see what she was implying with the back of his hand, some residue of the whitish powder were displayed on his skin.
“Its salt honey, I made a fast meal because I was hungry and decided to wait upon your arrival”
“Oh, what did you make? Am famished and tired”
“Ehem darling, I said it was a quick meal, I only did it for one and not two. It’s finished”
“Oh, don’t worry, I will prepare a meal now. It won’t take much time. I can still see you are famished” Dolapo headed for the bathroom to have a fresh bath, he was so relieved and renewed after taking the drug.
At night, on the bed sometimes Dolapo couldn’t sleep, he rolled on the bed uncontrollably like he was being chased by a demon in his sleep. Ruth was awaken by his tumbling, she couldn’t remember how many times he had done that, his hands were moving all over his body like he was bitten by an insect.
“What is the problem darling? Are you having nightmares?”
“Yes, sort of. I can’t sleep, its playing all over my head, I need to go to the sitting room and take a rest for a while before I attend to some paper work” he opined and took the stairs down. His body was reacting heavily to the drugs and he needed to take it again to calm him down and control the itching. He waited for sometime before he proceeded back upstairs stealthily, he guessed Ruth must have slept. While she was, he quietly opened the same closet and took another container filled to the brim with him downstairs. After a few minutes of sniffing, he walked back, replaced the container and slept like a baby, the itching had stopped.
Dolapo overslept and went past the 7 o`clock hour when he usually wakes up, the alarm that usually woke him up rang but he didn’t notice and when he finally awoke, the time was past 8. He proceeded to take a bath hurriedly, all through, Ruth wasn’t on the bed, he thought where she had gone and wondered why she didn’t wake him up when the alarm went off. He took the stairs down and went to the dining, Ruth was eating comfortably on the table and didn’t respond to his greeting. She was upset about something , it was all over her face.
“What’s the problem? Why didn’t you wake me up when the alarm went off”
“What is this container?” she took a container from beside her and showed it to him. It was container that had his cocaine.
“How did you get that huh?” he asked flabbergasted.
“Is that a question Dolapo? Is this what you have been doing now? Taking cocaine secretly and lying about it, all in the name of nightmares”
“Give me that, it’s none of your business”
“No, I won’t. I have had enough of your lies, you are a drug addict and you didn’t tell me”
“I said give me that” he commanded in a high tone that scared Ruth to her bones. She had never seen Dolapo get vicious, Ruth refuted and he got furious, running after her till she was caught. She was beaten blue black, her chin was swollen in crimson red. While she wept, Dolapo snatched the container and took it with him to work. It was the first time he was laying his hands on her for the four months they had been in union. Ruth decided to inform her parents about who their son in-law was, he wasn’t a saint as they thought he was but then, she discarded the thoughts, she wasn’t a child to beckon on her parents when things go bad, her parents had other problems till deal with. She will fight for her husband welfare, her man she was beginning to love beyond anything. All through that day, the swellings never subsided, she found it stark difficult to do anything or move and she lay on the leather upholstery till night even without Dolapo coming back home. She felt she shouldn’t have attacked him like that after discovering about the container that he had in his closet. She thought Dolapo might have been going through some inexplicable difficulties at work coupled with the long hours and decided to translate the effects on her. there was no guarantee he wasn’t going to hit her over and over again, more brutal than the first.
 Dolapo came home the next morning and apologized to Ruth, explaining that it was work that had turned him like that. He explained further that he took drugs to keep him active at work and nothing further, discarding the thoughts that he was a drug addict. He hated himself for what he did to her and that accounted for his not coming back the previous day as he does. Ruth forgave him and promised to help him by every means possible to help him withdraw from it as he vowed to stop taking it. She was determined to save her marriage, make her man become a better husband and be happy like earlier times. She loved Dolapo as much as any wife would do.
She went for a session or two with a marriage counselor, then a therapist who both advised her to tell Dolapo to go for some withdrawal control methods or possibly go to a rehab home. She took the advice and came home to tell her husband who at first, was happy then, he reacted vehemently, beating her into a pulp like she had predicted it will, questioning why she would go to a therapist;
“Am I sick huh? Answer me? He questioned her why he continually did what he was doing. Ruth repeatedly replied in the affirmative, then he stopped, sniffed some from the container that he had brought down hurriedly. Ruth knew he was getting worst and needed to do something, the drug was completely controlling him and wasn’t the Dolapo she knew. She concluded she had to tell someone about her predicaments, she couldn’t die in silence anymore. The best person she could tell and seek some advice was Maureen, yet she was ashamed of it. How could she tell the same person about the man she had boasted about as good turn into a villain over night?
She got up in the next morning and dressed up, almost twenty minutes before Dolapo woke up. Surprisingly, before the alarm rang, he was awoken by the noise and footsteps she made. He questioned her about her destination and she answered that she was going to see her parents’;
“Please, am sorry for what I have done to you. I allowed my emotions to control me. I promise to go for a therapy if that will make you happy”
“No, I can’t die in silence anymore about you, your drug addiction. I need a break from these while you sort out yourself and with your parents”
“No please, I don’t want my parents to know about these. I promise you from today that I will be a changed man. I will take a day off today to start my session with the therapy” he said. Ruth was more than pleased and opted to cancel her trip as long as Dolapo keeps to his promise. Once again, she kept quiet. Her mum had called her already that morning and asked how her marriage was and as usual, she lied about it going on well.

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  • belladiva54@gmail.com picture
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    She couldn't v lied but dolapo really need help.kudos bt update early&ur readers will come around.tnx
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    Reginald Obette
    Noted Belladiva
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    Pamela cube
    Silly woman she has a nerve of asking about her wellbeing......after getting her married to that maniac
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