Without A Fight
Several years ago, when he was about ten years old.
His late father was determined to marry a second wife on his paltry teacher's salary.
This is not due to any fault of his mum.
His late father was a skirt chaser by orientation, and so were his brothers.
The second wife thing, however, was unique because his late father really couldn't afford to have a second wife.
He had five children already and had to augment his paltry salary with a second income from using his car as a taxi after school hours.
His lack of discipline led him to a lady whose mother was selling food at a local bukateria a few kilometers from his rented apartment.
He began to date the lady, and he somehow was able to furnish her apartment with a Television set, a standing fan, beddings and a mattress, a camping gas, a radio, and a blender.
In his own rented three-bedroom flat, only two rooms had a proper bed
The third room, where his sons sleep, had mats.
Some people had seen this so-called second wife in his father's car before.
His father sometimes even brought this lady to their flat when their mother was not at home.
Their mother never met her.
However, his father had rented a room for this lady and furnished it to her taste.
One Sunday morning, they were all supposed to be going to church.
His mother left for church early because she was in the choir.
His father said he would drive down with the children later.
Suddenly, his father stepped out of the house without his car.
He said he was going to see a friend.
The children waited for him to arrive.
They waited for almost two hours, until some of them went off to sleep.
His sons stood at the balcony of their flat with their eyes affixed to the main road in anticipation of the arrival of their father.
At about 10:30 AM, they heard a strange noise.
It was boys, hundreds of young people who were obviously following a circus show.
His father had gone to see his "second wife" when he dashed out of the house.
When he got to the apartment he rented for her, he met her having sex with her lover.
He went down the road to a place where some labourers from the North congregate in order to get hired.
He offered them some money to help him move his properties from one house to another.
They agreed.
He led them back to his "second wife's apartment", broke down the door, and exposed her and her lover.
He then instructed the labourers to dismantle the beddings, the cabinet, unplug the fan, the TV, the Radio, the Blender, the chair, and the table.
They dismantled everything and marched after him as he carried all his properties to his three-bedroom flat about two kilometers away.
His children saw him, leading all the "abokis" who were carrying furniture and electronics down to his house, and wondered what had happened.
When they got to his compound, they dropped everything, got paid, and left.
Their father then told the children to come down and move the properties into their flat.
Suddenly, the boys have bedding and a good mattress in their room.
Their kitchen got a blender.
Their black and white television set gave way to the coloured TV set.
They even got a video cassette player, and the new radio set's cassette player was working.
The kitchen got a new blender, and the sitting room got an additional two-seater with a table.
They didn't go to church again that day.
By the time their mother returned home from church service that afternoon, she met a house richer in properties and her husband, who usually would be with this "second wife" on Sundays, in the kitchen cooking a delicacy for the family.
What explanation did he give her about the sudden appearance of properties?
Did he bother to explain?
None of the children could tell, but that Sunday was forever etched in their memories.
The Sunday God gave their mother victory without a fight!
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