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They had a house help once 
The lady was very good with their 
children and acted more like a 
younger sister to his wife 
One day he returned from work 
unexpectedly and found the house 
help in his sitting room sleeping with 
the boy repairing phones on the street 
He just smiled and picked what he 
came home to pick 
He rushed straight to the airport and 
traveled to Abuja for the emergency
meeting he had
He called his wife to explain that he
had traveled and why but he didn't 
say a word about what he saw to 
his wife on the phone 
He knows his wife 
His wife will sack the lady without 
batting an eye 
His wife wouldn't consider the fact 
that he was out of Lagos and she 
wouldn't be able to cope alone 
with the children and her work 
without any help 
He felt they could address it when 
he returned home from Abuja 
He had contacted the agent that 
brought the house help and was 
told a replacement would be available 
within two weeks 
He felt it was wise to keep things as 
they were until they can get a 
replacement 
His business in Abuja was concluded 
in four days 
He got home on Friday morning 
He met the house help at home 
Immediately he saw the house help, 
he realized he had underestimated her 
Her body language said "I a ready 
for you" 
When his wife got home that night, 
his wife didn't waste any time accusing 
him of trying to sleep with the house girl 
The house help told his wife exactly 
what happened but she switched the 
roles played by the two men in the story 
according to the house help, he
came back home and grabbed her 
She struggled with him but he overpowered 
her 
He tore her clothes and had penetrated her 
when the guy repairing phones down the 
street came to the house to drop off her 
phone which was undergoing repairs and 
caught them in the act 
The house girl told his wife she will produce 
the guy repairing phones as her witness
if need be 
His wife believed the house girl 
The timing of his return home, the timeline 
between that time and his flight 
synchronized 
His wife cried and screamed and called 
him all sorts of names 
He didn't say anything! 
His wife called his younger brother to 
report the issue 
His wife called his mother too 
He didn't say a word to either of them 
He just told them to trust him because 
the truth will eventually surface 
He didn't say a word 
Not to his wife or the house girl 
He just kept mum
After two weeks his wife became 
uncomfortable with his silence 
She called his mother again claiming 
he was turning the table by waging 
psychological warfare on her 
He packed his bags and left home 
He went to lodge in a hotel and told 
his wife he wouldn't mind a divorce 
at that point
(He felt she crossed the line by calling
his mother and inviting a third party
into their marriage)
It was not what his wife had in mind 
His wife started sending WhatsApp 
messages "Other people have issues 
in their marriages and they manage it" 
"Why can't you just admit what you 
did and give us a room to heal as 
a family" 
"Your ego is the only thing breaking
this marriage right now. If I was in your
shoes, I would have admitted and 
apologized to you! I am not asking for
too much. Decency demands that you
do the right thing"
He called his lawyer to arrange for the 
divorce papers 
His wife took the letter 
to her family members in tears 
Their marriage was 8 years old 
Things had been tough for the first 
five years but they had started doing 
better until he did what he did 
She felt he deliberately wanted to 
take advantage of the issue with the 
house help to dump her and walk away 
The two families called a meeting 
He was invited and so was his wife 
Their church pastor was invited too 
His wife told the gathering everything 
she knew 
The house help was also given the 
room to speak 
The house help did not think twice 
about her story, she lied
She repeated the same lie right to 
his face 
When it was his turn to speak 
He said he had only one question, 
why did his wife keep the house help 
around if she didn't want a divorce? 
His wife said the house help was 
good with the children and faithful 
to her, she didn't want to reward
the girl with a sack because that 
would be unfair. 
It is what men with male privilege 
like to do 
Take advantage of girl knowing she 
will have no room for maneuver 
If she agrees to sleep with the man, 
she will keep her job and the man 
will continue to take advantage of 
her but if she says no, the man will 
make the house uncomfortable for 
her and she will lose her job 
She said she was determined not to 
reward the house help with a sack 
Faithfulness and truth must be 
encouraged, not punished 
Her husband said "You kept a lady 
who your husband find sexually
attractive under the same roof with 
him because you are sure your 
husband wouldn't try to sleep with 
her again or because you are sure 
she will never allow your husband to 
sleep with her? 
She said she didn't think of the event 
repeating itself, she just wanted to 
be fair to the girl 
Then her husband said "You also kept 
her around for a day like this, when 
you can make her witness against me 
and drag me through the mud of 
shame before my family and your family.
She is your witness, your evidence that 
i am an unfaithful man who needed to 
be shamed. Isn't that right?"
To this His wife said "If you had admitted 
what you did and asked for forgiveness, 
all this wouldn't happen. But you kept 
quiet and started acting like a victim 
You were using boldface and pretending 
all my words were weightless and 
fabricated 
I am not a fool
Stop acting as if I am foolish 
I know what I am doing 
You brought this on yourself 
You hurt me and now you're trying 
to act coy 
Her husband did not respond 
He walked over to the television and 
switched it on, he told everybody 
to watch 
He inserted the flash drive which 
had been with him since the day 
his wife accused him of infidelity 
The camera was placed in the house 
to monitor how the house help treats 
the children when they were not 
at home 
It never occurred to her to check 
the incident especially because the 
house help claimed what happened 
between them happened in the room 
The camera only covered the sitting room 
The video was there for all to see 
His wife saw everything that happened 
with her two eyes 
The family members saw, the church 
leaders also saw it 
The husband said he still wanted a 
divorce because his wife started
building a case against him immediately 
the house help told her the lie 
His wife didn't even give him the benefit 
of the doubt despite the fact that he 
had never ever given her a reason to 
doubt his faithfulness in the marriage 
At that point, everybody begged him 
His wife fell on her knees and cried 
She admitted that she had overreacted 
and messed up big time 
He did played hard to get for about 
an hour 
Eventually, he hugged his wife 
Family members and church leaders left 
His wife sent the house girl packing that 
same evening with curses and insults 
The agent brought another house help 
for them that same day 
His wife had one misgiving though, 
it was the fact that he held on to the 
video until she had made a fool of herself 
She felt he deliberately wanted her to 
fall flat on her face 
Why wait until everything would 
blow up in her face when he had 
such a compelling evidence? 
Six months later, his wife told him 
she wanted to take the former house 
help back 
She said the new one was not very 
good with the children and the 
former one had begged for her forgiveness 
He argued against it 
She brought her back 
A month later, he divorced her

PS: I asked her why he did that 
He said he felt his wife brought the 
girl back to prove a point and he 
didn't feel comfortable in the house 
anymore 
Family members tried in vain to 
intervene 
He said the fact that his wife was 
willing to make him live in the same 
house with a girl that accused him 
of rape was a No! 
The insensitivity of his wife was a No 
and the fact that his wife made him 
feel unsafe and probably was trying 
to entrap him with the house help 
to prove a point was a No 
They called it irreconcilable difference

GSW"S note: The story above is a true
story
It happened in Ajah area of Lagos
state
The lady that brought the husband
to me was a Christian sister whom he
was asking out at the time
He wanted to marry her and she was
concerned his "divorce" might
have a comma or two which had
to be critically looked at
He told me the story frankly
I saw reason with him
Of course, if I knew him before he 
got divorced i would have counseled
against it
Job also married a foolish woman
He wouldn't be the first 
Walking away ought to be the last
option!
He is well into his second marriage
now and the marriage had produced
a baby girl