"Perfect words." Mr Wellspring nodded and took the card.
He walked to the cashier, paid, took a plastic bag and kept what he purchased inside it. He looked ahead of him and saw the receptionist staring at him. When she realized he caught her staring at him, she suddenly became busy with her nails."Have a good day." He greeted and walked past her but got no reply. She simply ignored him."Hmmm. Ladies will always be ladies. Ladies will never change." He chuckled and left the left the supermarket. Walked to his car, opened it, drop the plastic bag that contained what he bought and drove to the hospital.He parked his car properly at the hospital's parking space, halted his engine and alighted from his car. He looked around the premises and signed before entering the hospital. He dressed going to the hospital for so many reasons and on many occasions, when he got sick, they had to call a private nurse to treat him at home.Immediately he entered the hospital,He was so shocked at the sight. So this is how labour feels like. Oh God, how difficult it is to bring another human into the world. Indeed mother's are heroes, they deserve to be respected, they deserved to be worshipped going through this excruciating pain and not stopping at one child or two children? Wow it's so amazing. He said lost in his own thoughts. Mother's are amazing, Mrs wellspring is also amazing, he imagined the pain of carrying a child for nine months, giving birth is more painful, when the new born baby begins to suck, the pains, the sleepless nights, the sacrifice, mother's are heroes. Not only mothers, mothers, nurses, doctors and other medical practitioners are superheroes too, he concluded. He watched how the woman in labour was dramatizing, when she couldn't take the pain anymore, she smashed the phone she was holding. He watched as she walked into the delivery room in agony, work the way she was behaving, he guessed she was a first time mom. A minute she was c
"Sorry for the interruption Mr Wellspring." Helen apologized."It's fine." He responded."So Mr Wellspring, I have to be on my way, all I want to say is your wife is really lucky to have a responsible man like you who never left her side for once, not every woman is blessed with a responsible husband, am in the shoes. Just relax your mind, I know you are worried about her but she will be fine." Helen touched Mr Wellspring's shoulder in a friendly way and turned to leave.""Thanks so much ma'am. I really appreciate. Seriously am motivated by your story.""You are welcome, anytime you know, you can always reach me. Here is my phone number...." She stopped and they exchanged contacts."Mom!" Helen's children chorused and ran to hug her."Seriously mom, I missed you." The youngest child said and started crying."Shh!" She hushed her, "My darling, remember we are in the hospital, keep your voice low." She said quietly."Let's go mom, I can't wait
Helen looked at her daughter and shook her head, she knew arguing with her is baseless. Helen wasn't a talkative but she knew she couldn't hide the shame, she couldn't die in silence so she had to voice out. Who knows if there was someone that could help her hearing what they pass through or she thought if she tell what she faced to some singles, they will think twice before jumping into a relationship or marriage. Helen's daughter remembered vividly that her mom almost slapped her one night because she spilled what happened in their family to an outsider, the event replayed in her memory, but here her mom was, exposing everything to an outsider. She frowned, it really made her angry."It's alright dear, Mr Wellspring isn't an outsider anymore, he is my friend, he always check on me each time he comes to see his wife, he buys good stuffs for me and paid most of the bill. So you see, he is a nice man and responsible husband too." She explained to her daughter who was fuming in ang
Helen looked at Mr Wellspring with an air of finality, "Fine but am done. Am fucking done I swear and I can swear with my life.""Done? Like you are done, with what? In what aspect? I don't seem to get you." Mr Wellspring looked puzzled."I mean am done, am so done with my fucked up, failed marriage, am so done with anything called marriage, am not interested, it's all fucked up, it's like being kept in a prison though you are suffering, you keep smiling, suffering and smiling is what it is called. Am suffering and am smiling always, I have been suffering and smiling a long time in my marriage I just can't keep it silent in my marriage for so long, I don't want to die in silence that is why am speaking up. Am married to a good for nothing sperm donor, my husband is a sperm donor, all he does is to get me pregnant, he is never responsible, he is just so useless, useless is an understatement. I have decided that am walking away from my marriage and everything related
CHAPTER 30Helen's daughter was mad at Helen, she hates it when her mom use bad names on her dad, "Dad is not an animal, he is just going through tough times and instead of you to be there for him, instead of you to be a wife material, instead of you to stand by him, you...""Will you shut your stinking mouth! Helen shunned her daughter, "Your dad is an animal, he is even worst than that because even animals have compassion but your father doesn't. He left me at home when I slumped to the floor after we had a heated argument. He couldn't even take me to the hospital. You know that and you are still saying trash at my face? This child, do not make me lose my temper. If not for the babysitting job I took that evening do you think I will still be alive, listening to the trash you are saying? If not for our neighbour that dropped the kids I will be babysitting that day do you know what would have happened to me? She knocked severally but didn't get a response and the door wa
"Yes I slapped you, next time when you want to talk, you talk like a responsible young girl not like a vagabond, I didn't train any of you to be touts, I trained you to be a responsible girl." Helen fired at her daughter"Mum! You slapped me?" She cried in pain."Yes she did and I feel like slapping you harder. Mom didn't slap you well because If mom slapped you well, you won't be able to open that big mouth of yours to as mom if she slapped you." Her younger sister snapped."Will you stay out of this? You silly trouble maker." She tried to hold the tears back not letting her younger sister see how pained she was."No I won't big sis, I think you should learn how to talk to your mother well and I also think you deserve this, with this, you will definitely know how to talk to your mom next time. I don't know why you are defending dad, is it that you are not aware of his silly behaviour? are you not living under the same roof with us? I feel mom is right for making that de
Mr Wellspring watched as Helen walked to meet her family and friends, he watched how relived they felt when they saw Helen. She was the reason they were still in the hospital. They hugged Helen and all of them held their hands together, discussing about something. One of Helen's friend teased Helen, making her look at Mr Wellspring, she waved at him and smiled. He reciprocated and they all left happily.Mr Wellspring decided to meet his wife. He walked up to her and saw she was still sleeping, he placed a kiss gently on her forehead not wanting to wake her. Mrs Wellspring moved and opened her eyes gently. "Hubby." Her voice cracked a little."I thought you were sleeping. How did you know I was here." He was startled."How won't I know you are here?" She questioned, hitting him playfully. "How won't I know my joy giver is here. How won't I know the way my husband scents. I felt your presence and I perceived your scent, are you fine now?""So smart of you." He kissed
Mr Wellspring stood, transfixed at a spot, searching frantically for anyone with perfume."Listen to me woman, you don't disrespect me because I came to your hospital. I am a married woman with grown up children..." A woman ranted on and on, arguing with a staff of the hospital. Mr Wellspring sighed, he was grateful he saw her, he knew women would carry perfume or body spray in their hand bags. He went to the woman to ask for a deodorant, she looked at him and smirked, he pressed further, she turned him down, in frustration, Mr Wellspring became so emotional, with a very shaky voice he begged the woman for a deodorant, something that would smell nice, different from the smell of the hospital that made him feel nauseous, he told her if she didn't give him a perfume or a spray, he would mess himself up any moment from now. After several pleas, the woman pitied Mr Wellspring, dipped her hand into her handbag, brought out a perfume that was almost exhausted and stretched