WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 2

I got a hold of myself, stood up and dragged myself out of the room only turning back when Henry enquired to know where i was going to, "i want to check on Tosin" i replied.  "No, come back to bed, he is sleeping and you would wake him" Henry tried to stop me but i didn't look back as i walked into our son's room which is directly opposite ours.

I quietly turned the door knob and locked it, i didn't understand my dream so i decided to sleep here till morning, i didn't understand Henry's attitude of late too especially with the statement he made as i woke up.  I checked on Tosin, our eleven months old baby as he slept peacefully in his crib releasing soft snores, i looked at him and smiled.     I went to the couch in the room and lay down, i was thinking about my dream when i dozed off.....
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I found myself in a strange forest, i didn't know how to find my way out, then i saw some men chanting a strange tone,as i made to run, the caught up with me, took me and tied me up.  One of the men was my father in law, "Baba help me, what is going on here" i tried to call his attention but he looked away. I didn't see the other men's faces so i couldn't tell who they were, after a while a woman dressed in a flowing black dress came out from no where, it was my mother in law..  I wondered what was going on, what were they going to do with me, i tried to scream but couldn't find my voice, i shut my eyes tightly as they lifted me onto a table, a fire was made at one corner while a large pot of watet cooked on it.  I let out a loud cry as i saw one of the men sharpen a cutlass, when he raised it up it shone and i saw his face through the reflection,  it was Uncle Tobias, Henry's uncle.  Before i could utter a word, he cut me into two, they cut the lower part of my body into smaller pieces that were large for Owambe size of meats, my mother in law sat by the fire and was about throwing my parts into the pot when i sprang up to see Tosin crying.

I carried him out of the cot and looked at my phone to see it was 8am already, i made for the door and walked to the sitting room to behold a surprise.  My in laws were there with my husband, my mother in law held the cake that had "Happy Wedding Anniversary babe" written on it, Henry smiled and planted a kiss on my fore head.  Uncle Tobias was there too, he quickly ran into the kitchen and brought out the bread knife and a plate for the cutting of the cake, they gestured me to join Henry and cut the cake while the echoed "hip hip hip, hurry"...  My mother in law began to cut the cake into different shapes, she threw each piece into the plate just as she wanted to throw my body parts into the pot, they all laughed in a weird way or maybe it seemed so to me.....  They have never been good to me, they never liked me, Henry too wasn't the perfect husband even though i practically worshipped him, he still faulted almost all that i did.  My son has been my only solace since three years i have been in this family, my mother in law had tried to put sniper insecticide into my food once and claimed she thought it was the salt bottle as it was dark in the kitchen that day.

I wondered why my wedding anniversary had to be the day they decided to make peace with me, my father in law smiled at me and i reflected on my dream again, suddenly a thought came into my head "what if the actually want to kill me"...... Another thought came into my head again and i remembered the story our neighbour told me surrounding Kemi, Henry's first wife's sudden death, she died on their  wedding anniversary.
My dream began to make sense, they had ill intentions obviously and i will not allow myself be their scape goat, i quickly excused myself, went into the room, wore a jean and a blouse, took Tosin's bib, grabbed my hand bag which housed my Atm cards and money that i needed for a taxi and left through the back door......

Ifunanya Ononiwu (c) 2016