THE BrideGROOM Episode 21-23

THE BrideGROOM Episode 21

MR AMBROSE: Kate, do you know any middle aged woman who would like to assist you with the kids?

KATE: but I’m doing okay, sir.

MR AMBROSE: we need more than okay. Shasha starts school next week and her school is not Tatiana’s school.

KATE: I just need to wake up earlier than I used to

MR AMBROSE: phewww! Anyways, I am going out not to buy a car for their school runs. The driver will start tomorrow. Use him whenever you need him. He is their driver.
Also, I was wondering if you would be interested to learn how to drive, so that if for any reason the driver didn’t turn up, you can save the day

KATE: I don’t mind, sir.

MR AMBROSE: Kate

KATE: Yes, sir.

MR AMBROSE: have you ever been in love?

KATE: Yes..

MR AMBROSE: have you ever been heart broken?

KATE: Yes…

MR AMBROSE: do you know the agony of being betrayed?

KATE: I do. I also know the agony of being falsely accused

MR AMBROSE: do you know how bad it hurts missing someone but not wanting them?

KATE: no

MR AMBROSE: do you know how much I miss my wife?

KATE: but you can bring her back, sir

MR AMBROSE: since she left this house, I’ve always kept an eye on her. In fact I paid someone to monitor her because I was trying to find out if she is innocent or not. But that person has not seen her in the last two days.
Do you have the slightest idea of where she might be?

KATE: not at all, sir. It may be worth going to her family house to ask

MR AMBROSE: I am scared of her mother. She would kill me if she could.
Kate, between you and me, was there ever a time you had a reason to believe that my wife was cheating on me?

KATE: not at all, sir. Never.

MR AMBROSE: even whilst I was away?

KATE: never. The day she did the pregnancy test, she called me into the bathroom to show me the kit . She even told me what name she would call the baby if it’s a boy

MR AMBROSE: what name did she say she would call him?

KATE: Ambrose

MR AMBROSE: look after the kids. I’ll see you later! (Speeds off)
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DERIC: what exactly is your problem, woman!

CHARLOTTE: I beg of You, Deric…

DERIC: please leave me alone. I need to get some sleep!

CHARLOTTE: but I am your wife!

DERIC: you didn’t think of that when you lied to me that you were going for a training in China. Did you?

CHARLOTTE: but that was where I went!

DERIC: Barbados must be the new China. Your passport says you went to Barbados, dear wife!

CHARLOTTE: because we were later told the venue changed. Deric, why don’t we just forget about all these!
I was wondering if we could try for a baby. I’m not getting any younger

DERIC: who are you having a baby with?

CHARLOTTE: who else am I supposed to have a baby with!!!

DERIC: ?you have a very dangerous disease of the mind. Listen young woman, I do not wish to be disturbed, please. I don’t want your filthy hands on my body again! As you can see, I have no interest whatsoever!

CHARLOTTE: we might as well end this union!!!

DERIC: Yes, Please! This is the most sensible thing you’ve suggested in your life. When are you leaving?

CHARLOTTE: you will be the one to leave! Because her marriage crashed, now you want ours to crash too so that you can marry her. I wish she bleeds to death when having that child!

DERIC: you see what a nasty human being you are! You are wishing a pregnant woman death but you want to try having kids. What we wish others has a way of coming to us, you know.

CHARLOTTE: oh shut up! (Takes her blanket and goes into a
another room)
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CHIOMA: ??wow! How much do you pay for this property?

JUDITH: actually, I bought it.

CHIOMA: wow! Well done girlfriend! You have done well for yourself . Well done!

JUDITH: Chy, this is your house now. I want you to behave the same way you would behave if you were the one who bought this house. I’ll show you where everything is and you don’t have to do any laundry.
Someone comes in every Saturday to do it.
Tomorrow I’ll register you for antenatal in a private hospital just down the road.

CHIOMA: you are more than a friend, Judy. You’ve always been!. Thank you.

JUDITH: you are welcome. Let’s go out for lunch!

THE brideGROOM Episode 22

MADAM NKECHI: What are you doing in my house, Ambrose? Have you come to arrest me too?

MR AMBROSE: mama please, hear me out

MADAM NKECHI: Ambrose, you loved me so much and then hurt me so much! A part of me loves you and the other part hates you.
It’s hard to explain it to you but I will be glad if you stop showing me your face!

MR AMBROSE: Mama, please! It’s not even about me. It’s about the kids. Tatiana took Ill last night and wouldn’t stop asking for her mum. We had a terrible night and that’s the reason I am here this early.
Could I please speak with Chioma, please mama. I need to.

MADAM NKECHI: I don’t know where she is, my dear. Take the kids to the hospital if they are ill. Chioma is not a doctor!

MR AMBROSE: Mama, please help me! I’m going insane. My life is gradually falling apart. My business is hanging on the edge! I admit i acted stupidly by sending her away without confirming. I want us to do a DNA test to end all these and carry on with our lives!

MADAM NKECHI: It’s amazing how people think they can hurt you as much as they want and when they feel like it, they come back, say sorry and bingo! Everything automatically falls back into place!
Life does not work that way! Pain changes people and the change could mean they learn to live happily without you. Sorry is not always enough, my dear.
Chioma is an adult and she has picked herself up and moved on. I don’t know where she is!
And my daughter is not doing any NTA test!
You want to take her to television and expose her to the whole world!

MR AMBROSE: no Mama! DNA test will prove if the child she is carrying is mine or not. Not NTA please Mama! I can’t survive for too long like this. My blood pressure sky rocketed yesterday I had to rush to see my doctor. Please, mama treat me like a son?

MADAM NKECHI: Ambrose, you didn’t treat me like a mother. Did you! You arrested my daughter and she spent a night in cell! A woman who was 7 months pregnant!
Chioma had only two panties while she was here with me. I watched her checked and waited for one undergarment to dry so she could go out!
My daughter was reduced to the lowest point in in life! Oh! Ambrose!
I do not want to curse you! Please leave my house!

MR AMBROSE: Mama, curse me. I have no where else to go. My mother treats me with so much disdain. My father has completely stopped talking to me. My children will hate me when they grow up. Please don’t send me away like this, mama. I’m only asking you to help me find her. I know she will forgive me when she sees me???

MADAM NKECHI: and that is why you treated her that way!!! Because you know she can’t even hurt a fly? bless her, my daughter will never do such a thing to anybody not to talk of you!
But alas, the one we will take a bullet for, is usually the one behind the trigger!
Chioma is no longer in this country.

MR AMBROSE: Mama!?

MADAM NKECHI: Yes, she has gone to London to have her baby. You know her visa is still valid from the last time she travelled.

MR AMBROSE: Mama!?

MADAM NKECHI: Ambrose

MR AMBROSE: can…can I have her London contact. I’ll be in London latest tomorrow evening

MADAM NKECHI: I do not have her contact

MR AMBROSE: Mama???? I’ll see you later!
(Jumps into the car, and start calling his personal assistant ????)
Hello, Seyi…can you hear me?…good! Book me the next available flight to Heathrow airport immediately. Do not negotiate the price….the very next available flight….thank you. I’ll be waiting. Bye!
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CHIOMA: I just couldn’t sleep last night. Thoughts of Ambrose filled my head. I hope he is alright.

JUDITH: he is fine. Relax and allow God to reinstall his brains

CHIOMA: when I was coming back from the hospital yesterday, I saw a nursery just across the road. So I went in there to make enquiries and I was told are looking to employ more staff. And the lady asked me to submit my CV via email. I did and she has invited me for an interview on Monday

JUDITH: you must be kidding, right? You want to start working? What for? I am definitely not letting you work being 8 months pregnant. Chy, if the money I give you is not enough, there’s nothing stopping you from asking for more! Why go searching for a job!

CHIOMA: no babes, it’s just a way to get rid of boredom. It’s gets really lonely and boring in this big house when you leave. Since its across the road and starts at 10am, I don’t think it will be onerous at all

JUDITH: I’m really not happy about it.

CHIOMA: come on now! The pay is good as well! 50 grand!

JUDITH: 50 thousand? You are worth more than that! Come on! You studied abroad! Them dey mad to offer you 50 thousand!

CHIOMA: let me just do it. When I have my baby, I can always look for a job

JUDITH:?


THE BrideGROOM Episode 23


CAROLINE : look who we have here! Mr Ambrose! Come in. Where is your jacket, you are freezing!

MR AMBROSE: (shivering) I forgot to bring one. Can I have a very hot cup of coffee, please!

CAROLINE: sure! But how could you forget your jacket, Mr Ambrose. It is February! The heart of winter!

MR AMBROSE: when you are desperate, you don’t think right.

CAROLINE: what are you desperate for?

MR AMBROSE: my wife, Caroline. I learnt she is in London

CAROLINE: you learnt? What’s going on?

MR AMBROSE: long story. Please where is your husband?

CAROLINE: he went to get some milk down the road. He will be here in no time.

MR AMBROSE: so my wife is not here?

CAROLINE: no. Not at all. Usually when she comes to London, she tells us so I am surprised you said she is in the country . Anyways, sometimes she prefers to stay at Krista’s house because she lives close to Walthamstow market. Chioma likes shopping.

MR AMBROSE: so Krista lives in Walthamstow?

CAROLINE: used to. But she recently moved to Luton.

MR AMBROSE: your husband must take me there right now. I need to go back home with my wife

CAROLINE: how long have you been looking for her? I’m asking because yesterday she posted a picture of her and Judith on instagram. It was a selfie but her face was really swollen….

MR AMBROSE: what??? Who is Judith and where does she live?

CAROLINE: Judith is our class mate. She lives in Abuja. Why was her face swollen??

MR AMBROSE: she is 8 months pregnant! Your husband must take me to Luton first let me confirm.
It might be an old photo.
Chioma’s mum told me she is here in London!!
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CHARLOTTE: You sent for me?

MR ADRIAN: take a seat, Please

CHARLOTTE: I don’t want to sit down

MR ADRIAN: I used to be your perfect gentleman. I used to treat women like queens. Opening doors for them, holding their hands and Oh! I was faithful to a fault!

CHARLOTTE: why do you think I care?

MR ADRIAN: shut up and listen!?
Every woman wanted to go out with me and of course the money was there and I had the looks too!
These bald head you see now used to be as thick as a forest. I was the dream of every woman..

CHARLOTTE: I still don’t understand why you think I give a hoot about your history.
What does it have to do with the fact that you slept with my friend even when we are supposed to be dating!

MR ADRIAN: oh it has everything to do with It! Again, you need to shut the f**k up and listen to me!!
When you see a seemingly bad person, ask yourself what could have made them bad. None of us was born bad.
We were once angels.
That drug addict you see on the street has a story, that girl who snaps at the slightest provocation has a story.
that bully has a story
the woman beater also has a story.

But the world don’t f**king care!
The justice system is just out there to punish!
You judgemental b*tches just want to judge!

CHARLOTTE: I’m not gonna have you call me names, sir!
Cut to the chase and let me carry on with my job!

MR ADRIAN:? I was only 15. I was your definition of a sweet boy. I did everything I was told to do. I didn’t have what other boys my age had but I never complained. I went hungry, not just of food but of love and affection…

CHARLOTTE: hian! Oh! This beating about the bush is getting so boring!??‍️

MR ADRIAN: my mother left my dad when I was 15 and got into a lesbian relationship. The daughter of a b*tch she was cohabiting with, was the devil’s personal assistant.
More than a hundred times she molested me?
She made me do unimaginable things at my age. She was a masochist.
She would torture me while she sexually molested me.
She threatened to kill me if I ever tell my mum or anyone else.
I hated to look at my genitals because they were constantly bruised and sore. Passing water was like passing through the valley of the shadow of death.

CHARLOTTE: awwww! She must be evil

MR ADRIAN: so are You! So is every woman who walks the face of the earth!
Fortunately, my then tutor found out when she saw the marks on my back in the changing room as we got ready for sports in school.
She took me to her office and asked me where I got the bruises from.
I broke down in tears but she assured me of a better life….
I told her everything and right there and then she rang the police and that daughter of Jezebel was arrested. And so was my mother…

CHARLOTTE: hmmmmmn!

MR ADRIAN: ??
That was how I went into care.
Life in foster home is a story you will read or hear at my funeral if you outlive me.
I have already written it all down and my solicitor has it. So I’ll spare you that.
I went ahead to obtain a degree in oil and gas management and a masters degree in managerial studies.
I became very successful and I thought I had finally broken away from pain and would die a happy man but alas! Pain and more pain was waiting for me on the other end of the road?

CHARLOTTE: oh dear!

MR ADRIAN: I don’t need the sympathy. You’ll need it in a minute.
Well, at age 30, I had hundreds of billions to my name. Now, I am not talking about naira. I speak of pounds sterling! So I decided it was time to get married. I was already in love with Shylyn and she gave me the only beautiful, pure and kindhearted woman in the world.
Lyn my daughter is the only woman worthy of love and she is the only reason I didn’t commit suicide in all these.
When she was 5 months old, I discovered that her mother was sleeping with a boy of 14.
She used to pick him up from school, bring him Into my bedroom and have sex with him. And she would pay him afterwards.

Somehow she was investigated for child molestation. A term I grew up hearing a million times over….my wife was sharing my bed with a minor.
I looked after my 5 month old Lyn and I got full custody of her when she was 12 months old. I divorced my wife and decided to be single.
The only things that made me happy then was my daughter, watching pole dancing and bird watching.
I didn’t want to have anything to do with women but they wanted everything to do with me…??

I was sent to Cambodia for six months just as I was sent here. I started seeing a Chinese lady who was my assistant in the company….
We dated for 14 months and I started being unwell more often than usual.
I went to the hospital and the doctor suggested I do a HIV test..

CHARLOTTE:???

MR ADRIAN: the test revealed I had HIV

CHARLOTTE: **slumps*

To be continued

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