Why? 3|| Shackled to the Heart 44

EPISODE 44

Balance the scale

INT. ST AGNES’S HOSPITAL- MORNING

Imade walks into Sister Elizabeth’s room looking like the shell of herself. She goes straight to the couch opposite the sister’s bed. She puts her head in her hand

SISTER ELIZABETH

Did you talk to him?

She gets no response

SISTER ELIZABETH

Imade! Imade@

She jolts back to reality

IMADE

What?

SISTER ELIZABETH

Did you talk to him? Where is your mind?

IMADE

I am sorry, what were you saying?

SISTER ELIZABETH

Did you talk to him?

IMADE

About what?

SISTER ELIZABETH

About Micheal, what else did we talk about?

IMADE

Oh my God! there is still that

The sister’s expression clouded in utter surprise

SISTER ELIZABETH

You forgot you cheated on your husband

IMADE

There is a lot going now right but now that I think about it, I can’t tell him

SISTER ELIZABETH

Imade, we talked about this

IMADE

I know but I just can’t tell him. I refuse to give him an ammunition to throw me out of the house when he has another woman on a standby to replace me

SISTER ELIZABETH

(Looking confused) Another woman on a standby? What are you talking about?

Imade sighs deeply and relaxes on the arm chair

IMADE

There is this woman, Anita Macaulay. I think Wemimo is cheating on me with her

SISTER ELIZABETH

(Her jaw drops in surprise) What?

IMADE

You should see him with her, Sister

SISTER ELIZABETH

You caught them together

IMADE

No, no, no, I mean you should see the way he talks to her

SISTER ELIZABETH

That is your evidence, the way he talks to her?

IMADE

Is that not enough?

SISTER ELIZABETH

Your husband is a business man, which mean he is going to interacting with a lot of women, the way he talks to them is not enough to accuse him of cheating

IMADE

I know what I saw sister, why are you defending him?

SISTER ELIZABETH

I am not defe…

She starts to cough heavily, Imade stands up and pours her a glass of water from the water flask on the stool next to the bed. The sister drinks from it

IMADE

I am sorry if I riled you up

The sister cleans her mouth with a napkin before she pulls Imade down unto the bed

SISTER ELIZABETH

I am not defending your husband, what you saw does not make him a cheater

IMADE

(Becoming emotionally) Why not? You know it starts from little things like that and those things are called signs. I am telling you what I saw and you are here brushing it off like it is nothing

Imade stands up

SISTER ELIZABETH

Imade, wait

IMADE

(Hysterical) You don’t think he is capable of cheating, is that it? You think he is too perfect to cheat. He is human too in case you forget, blood flows in his vain and he is bound to make mistakes

Imade closes her eyes in frustration after her outburst while Sister Elizabeth studies her

IMADE

I am sorry, I didn’t mean to come at you like that

SISTER ELIZABETH

Why do I have the feeling that you want him to cheat to balance the scale... I mean you did cheat on him first

Imade sits back down

IMADE

You are right, I need him to cheat to stop feeling this gutting, excruciating guilt and so that I can have the assurance that he will never leave me alone but…

SISTER ELIZABETH

But?

IMADE

Each time I think about the possibility that my husband could have cheated on me with another woman, it hurts, a lot. It fucking a lot

SISTER ELIZABETH

Why is that?

IMADE

Because that means he is going to leave me and I can’t bear it

SISTER ELIZABETH

And why is that? Why can’t you bear the thought of Wemimo leaving you?

IMADE

Because we have two kids and we are expecting another two, I can’t do it on my own

Sister huffs out in disappointment

SISTER ELIZABETH

You still have a lot to learn about yourself, Imade… did you tell your husband about how you are feeling?

IMADE

I did

SISTER ELIZABETH

And what did he say?

IMADE

There is nothing between them

SISTER ELIZABETH

Maybe you should believe that

Imade scoffs and then she stands up, walks few steps away from the sister

IMADE

Why are you not on my side today?

SISTER ELIZABETH

I am on the side of your marriage, Imade. When your husband tells you there is nothing, maybe you should believe him

IMADE

Why?

SISTER ELIZABETH

Because he is too in love with you to do that to you

IMADE

I can’t, not when the other woman is his split half

SISTER ELIZABETH

His split half?

IMADE

She is Wemimo 2.0. A self-made billionaire, way richer than I am. Everything she has, she worked hard for it, and no one helped her. A go getter, ambitious, independent, she is exactly the kind of woman Wemimo will be attracted to

SISTER ELIZABETH

And here I thought you are the woman Wemimo is attracted to

IMADE

I am telling you sister, there is something between them

SISTER ELIZABETH

Based on what you saw

IMADE

(Yells) He is attracted to her

SISTER ELIZABETH

Is that based on what you saw too?

IMADE

He told me himself

SISTER ELIZABETH

(Taken aback) What?

IMADE

I asked him point blank and he didn’t deny it

SISTER ELIZABETH

At least he is telling you the truth, that is a good sign right

IMADE

Not when he is lying about when they met. They were together in Harvard school and he told me when he met her two weeks ago

SISTER ELIZABETH

Maybe that was when they met

IMADE

Oh God!

Imade picks up her purse and walks towards the door

SISTER ELIZABETH

Imade, don’t go, wait and talk to me

IMADE

(Raises her voice in frustration) I am talking to you but you are not listening to me

SISTER ELIZABETH

I am listening

IMADE

No, you are not, it is like you think my worries mean nothing

SISTER ELIZABETH

What can Wemimo do to stop your worries?

Silence for a few seconds

IMADE

He should drop the project

SISTER ELIZABETH

What?

IMADE

That is the only way

SISTER ELIZABETH

That project is worth billion of dollars and he has worked hard on it, you told me yourself. Asking him to drop it is selfish

IMADE

I know and that is why I am not going to tell him

SISTER ELIZABETH

There has to be another way, you should talk it out with him

IMADE

I am probably an hypocrite, I did cheat on him first but no amount of talk is going to ease my mind if he keeps seeing that woman

SISTER ELIZABETH

He is not going to leave you

IMADE

He will, especially when he finds out that I cheated on him

SISTER ELIZABETH

Which is why you should tell him now

IMADE

I am not going to do that either

She sits back on the couch

SISTER ELIZABETH

Your cheating apart, not been about to trust your husband will destroy your marriage

IMADE

Not if I make him drop out of the project

SISTER ELIZABETH

I thought you said you won’t ask him that

IMADE

I won’t but I can always make it his idea to drop out

SISTER ELIZABETH

(With a scowl) What are you going to do, Imade?

Imade smirks

Next on Why?

I know you don’t like me but you can’t say that to me

IMADE

I don’t like you?

Yes, you don’t. You show it and you are showing it now. You think Ann is a better match

IMADE

No, I am not thinking, she is the perfect match for him and you are just reaping from where you didn’t sow

DUPE

Sister Imade, please take it easy

No, it is fine. I have overcame far bigger problems than this

IMADE

You think I am the problem, sweetheart, you are highly mistaken. I don’t like you but that does not mean I will stand in my brother’s way of happiness but Ann… now that is a problem you have never encountered. She may be married to another man but she still sees Bankole as her own and when she finds out about your little wedding, she is going to tramp on you

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