Chapter 3 Someone to trust

On the way, Elena had made up her mind to accept whatever condition Andrea would set before her. She needed to move on with her life. But one thing is certain, divorce is at the door.

She arrived home and stepped into the house. Andrea seemed to be waiting for her as she saw him pacing back and forth. His hands in his pants pocket and he immediately paused and glared at Elena as she stepped in.

“You have reduced yourself to a public whore. Now I believe what Rukky has always said, you're not as filia as you made everyone believe.

Where were you the entire night that you dragged your barren body back home at almost noon? You were certainly not with your dad nor do you have any friend you went to…” Andrea was saying in fury when Elena interrupted him.

“What are you insinuating?” She demanded, pretending not to understand where he was driving his words to.

“Have you found yourself a lover? Did you spend the night with another man?” He bellowed, taking long strides towards her.

Elena felt like puking blood. He suspects her of infidelity. She ignored him and wanted to walk past him when she sighted Rukky descending the stairs from their bedroom, dressed in her dress.

Elena was dazed. She left the house and Rukky took over the night in her home and dressed in her own clothes, looking happy and having no feeling of remorse.

As if that wasn't enough, her mother in-law walked over from the kitchen with a woman, having an apron on. It's obvious they have hired a new cook.

“What's going on here?” Elena asked. She just doesn't get it. Why wouldn't Andrea's mother return to her house? Why is she stuck with her son and his pregnant mistress?

Doesn't Andrea's unfaithful act irritate her? How could she feel alright with all that was happening to her, why can't she call her son to order.

“Like always, you're gullible again, Elena. What does it seem to you? I am here now and Andrea's mom is here to take care of me through this first stage of pregnancy.

You won't understand how the feeling was because your womb has been cursed not to bear a seed. But believe me, this first trimester is not always very easy” Rukky chimed, smiling beautifully and walking closer to her.

“This is my home and I am the woman here not…” Elena was saying when Andrea interrupted her “No more, Elena Scott.

Your position has been relinquished by me. Rukky is now the madam of this house because she is pregnant with the next generation of the Sander's family” he announced.

“What?” Elena exclaimed.

Andrea pulled out a paper and threw it at her “Sign the divorce papers and get your fucking barren body out of my life forever. You are not fruitful and I can't keep living with an empty barrel” Andrea declared.

Elena watched as the paper fell off from her body to the floor without attempting to pick it up. Her eyes welled up with tears as she glared at her husband of three years.

“Are you really going to get divorced with me simply because I couldn't get pregnant or because you prefer Rukky to me?” Elena asked as her voice choked.

She was holding back from sobbing loud. She sniffled, her body shivers, her heart shatters.

“Both. I love her now because she's carrying my child. What you couldn't give me in three years, Rukky gave me within six months. Look at me, I am going to be a father” Andrea boasted.

Elena nodded calmly. Six months of cheating on her with her friend. Hmmm it seemed she was too careless not to understand back then.

Rukky told her around that period that she's seeing someone but he was married. She frowned at it and told her not to make the man unfaithful to his wife.

So it was Andrea she was telling her about back then. She must indeed be gullible not to have observed the familiarity between them both.

“And if you love Andrea like you've always rattled, you'll for once give up everything to see him happy and of course, this baby is the happiest thing in his life, right now” Rukky Squealed. Placing her hand on her flat belly and caressing it.

“I'm sorry but this is the best decision that Andrea has to take now. He is expecting a baby with Rukky and the child cannot be born outside wedlock.

And since you are barren, it's only wise that you step aside and let Rukky take your position. And to be filia enough, Andrea is respecting you by offering you a divorce on the ground of mutual understanding” Alice Sander defended her son.

Elena seemed to be getting surprises upon surprises. Andrea's mother supported her son to do this to her? She really can support this divorce taking place?

“Mother, I can't believe that you think Andrea did the right thing when he cheated, and to bring his mistress into our matrimonial home, you supported him.

But you being a part of this decision that my husband is taking is something I would never expect from you, mother. I am not barren, I would never accept that fate. There has only been a delay, but it doesn't mean I can't be a mother.

I loved you like my mother. I treated you like a goddess and practically kissed your feet. How can you support this happening, how can you not understand this daughter of yours?

I tried to get pregnant. I went to various hospitals and took all medications appropriately. Why wouldn't you be patient with me, why do you treat me like this?” Elena demanded and bursted into loud sobs.

She couldn't hold it back. If it was someone else, she would not have been so hurt. But it's from the closest people to her. This is pure cruelty without a mixture of sympathy.

“I know that you are an ideal daughter in-law but I can't let my bloodline go into extinction simply because I love you. I need grandchildren and you couldn't give me one, even just one.

So tell me, why shouldn't I support my son having an offspring by another woman? It is not my fault also that you are barren.

No matter how much I love you, having grandchildren supersedes that feeling of love. So get divorced already and let me have my daughter in-law as soon as possible” Alice declared and turned her eyes away.

Elena is everything a daughter in law can be. But if she's been jinxed to be barren and fruitless, what is the use of being a great daughter in-law?

Even if Andrea marries a she- devil and she gives her grandchildren, she will be satisfied with it. A home without a child will soon go into forgetfulness.

“And three years is too much Mother?” Elena asked Alice before turning to glance at her husband. Andrea avoided her gaze, still having his hands in his pants pocket.

“Three years Andrea. Just within three years you have lose fate in being a father by me. Just three years, you have tagged me a barren woman. Why don't you wait a little longer?

Why can't we adopt a child while we keep trying. Why would you break our happy home just because you haven't gotten a child within three years of marriage? Why are you doing this, Andrea?” Elena demanded.

“Why should I go for adoption when I can be a biological father to my own child? Can you hear yourself talk? Adoption, simply because my wife is infertile and barren?

You are the barren one not me. Why should I be thinking of adoption when I have numerous women who can carry my seed in their belly?” Andrea snapped at her.

He avoided her other question and only talked about one, Elena thought. Men are so unreliable. They are fake!

“Do you think we will ever be friends again, Rukky?” Elena asked, amidst sobs. The piercing of a friend with a dagger, the betrayal of her husband, she cannot say, which of it is more hurtful.