Wife uses jealousy to lure hubby back home

By Peter Kamuri

When Nicholas received a phone call two weeks ago informing him that his wife was having an affair with another man, he cursed the day he accepted the promotion that took him away from his family.

Nicholas had been posted as regional head of his company in Embu and had to leave his family behind in Nakuru.

But once at his new workstation he seemed to forget about his family. Word had it that he was having an affair with a woman in Embu.

When he heard the news about his wife’s alleged affair, he was shocked. He could not believe that his wife of 15 years could do such a thing to him.

Anger and frustration

Nicholas had received a phone call from a neighbour who also happens to be a close family friend and he did not have trouble believing what she was saying. He was informed that since he left for Embu, his wife had been seeing a local businessman.

The neighbour informed Nicholas that the man had a date with his wife that Saturday and if he wanted to prove for himself what was happening, he should come at the weekend.

Seething with anger and frustration, he took an early vehicle from Embu to Nairobi where he connected to Nakuru town.

When Nicholas arrived in Nakuru, he informed the neighbour that he was in town but decided to go to his home first. At home, he found his children who did not know the whereabouts of their mother. He decided to call her to ask her where she was.

Nicholas’ wife said she was at home and when he tried to push her to state exactly where, she became evasive and then switched off the phone.

This action confirmed Nicholas’ fears. Exasperated, Nicholas called his neighbour for further briefing.

"I am sorry but your wife is the talk of the village. People can only sympathise with you," the woman said.

The woman offered to take Nicholas to the hotel room where his wife was with the said businessman.

Nicholas vowed to kill the man if he came face to face with him. To this end, he armed himself with a knife, which he hid in his jacket.

When they reached the hotel Nicholas stealthily walked towards the room he had been told his wife was holed in with the businessman.

When he forced the door open he was greeted with a sight that made him stop dead in his tracks and look around in amazement.

Unknown to Nicholas, his wife had organised a surprise birthday party for him and needed a ruse to bring him back home after a year’s absence. She asked her neighbour to call him and dupe him that she was having an affair with another man.

Birthday song

The room was full of people he knew — family members and friends. His wife sat in the middle elegantly dressed. A huge birthday cake sat on the table.

For a brief moment, they simply stared at Nicholas in silence. Then they all burst into a birthday song. This is when it dawned on Nicholas that it was his birthday, which he had not celebrated for more than a decade.

Nicholas was speechless. He forced a smile and then shook his head aggressively as if to clear his thoughts. After a while, he found it difficult to hold back tears back. Nicholas was told it was his wife who had organised the party for him.

The knife he had carried to attack the man supposedly having an affair with his wife came in handy when the time came for cutting of the cake.