SILENCE

Elisha woke up without his wife in bed, he figured she was probably in the gym and so decided to wake up.

He went to the bathroom and looked at his mirror, it was full of notes. His wife loved to keep things in order, she loved to be organized and that was something she was passing on to their children. A smile enveloped his face when he thought about their kids, he had never met a woman that was in a rush to have kids like his wife. According to her she wanted them as soon as possible so that she could be on track with her life. True to her word, ten years later she was not even thinking of more children.

Elisha had met Larna when she was twenty two, out of his will he had made a bet to get her to bed with his friends not knowing that she too had made the same bet with her friends. The two got talking and even though it was all fun at first, Larna discovered that she liked Elisha as a person and he possessed every quality she might have needed for her children to possess. Growing up alone with hate for her parents she wanted to have something to call her own, she didn’t like that no matter what happened her parents always had a claim on her as their child so she figured having her own child would mean less ownership on her.

She got pregnant five months after they met and she had told him instantly that she didn’t want his support because she could take care of the child on her own; but Elisha was from a humble background and his single mother couldn’t allow her grandchild to be born out of wedlock. Her mother on the other hand was devastated, she knew Larna had done it on purpose. She pleaded with her child to get rid of the pregnancy but Larna wasn’t having it. So after a month they went to civic center to have their marriage officiated and had later gone for dinner at her new mother in-law’s apartment.

Months later she gave birth to their twins, Sandra and Saidi. The girl was so much of Larna, she had her mother’s beauty but was cold hearted; something that neither of her parents possessed. Saidi on the other hand was the brains, he took after his mother’s working spirit but he had his father’s good looks. The two put together were a ball of fire and they were loved so much by their parents.

They fell madly in love after the babies were born, they couldn’t believe that they had been capable of bringing such beauty into the world. Never once arguing or raising a voice at each other.

Larna opened her own bakery immediately the twins turned two, hired a nanny for them and she had never rested a day since.

She was the kind of wife that any man could ask for, she was a good mother; hard working and very organized. Anyone that knew them, wanted to be them or just a tap a bit of their happiness but Elisha worried about his wife. Larna was too perfect, not that he was complaining but every person has flaws and his wife never showed any of that.

She was the kind of the mother that never raised her voice at the kids, she never got to the point of arguing but was always the understanding wife and it bothered him that her point of break down would be the death of them.

He on the other hand was the sweetest man that earth had nurtured, his only mistake which turned out to be his life’s greatest gain was the bet he had taken.

He was an architecture by profession, working for himself had never been anything he wanted to do but his wife being her own boss had triggered him to venture into setting up his own company. The first few years of his career he had worked for people, at first he thought Larna was just being unreasonable or lazy by not working for someone but he admired how much free time she had on her hands; time she spent with the kids and how she was just her own boss.

So after much thought he too started his company, despite the ladder not being easy; he managed because any successful man has a woman beside him and his wife was just more than a woman. She was the very reason he woke up, she pushed him to greater heights until she was satisfied that he would stand on his own and for that he was more than grateful.

‘Hey you.’ Her sweet voice echoed in his ears as he felt her warm hands wrap around his waist

He turned around and his eyes met with hers.

‘Sorry I am sweaty.’ She said

‘Keeping fit right?’

‘Yes babe, you should join me one day.’ She told him as she played with his chest

‘Are you saying that I am gaining weight?’

‘Please.’ She responded rolling her eyes as she reached for her tooth brush

‘What?’

‘Elisha I would die to have a body like yours, you can eat anything in this world and still wouldn’t put on weight but for me to try that.’ He chuckled afterwards

He couldn’t help but laugh

‘And that is my tooth brush by the way.’ He said just after she had placed it in her mouth

‘Babe really do you have to do that every day?’

‘What exactly?’ telling me only after it’s in my mouth?’

‘I insisted we get different colors but guess who wanted a green tooth brush as well?’ he asked now picking the other tooth brush

‘But how do you know which one is yours?’

‘I don’t.’ he said walking out of the bathroom

She ran after him but he was too quick for her

‘Elisha pray I don’t get you.’ She screamed trying to catch her breath

‘Bring it on sweetheart.’

They had just gone through the back door when Sandra and Saidi looked at each other.

‘Do you want to have something like that when you grow up?’ Sandra’s friend asked who always came to pick up the two

‘Nop.’ The twins responded at the same time

‘The two of you disagree on many things except this.’

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Kwenje’s Girl

Winnie

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