Title:GIVE US CHILD, OR GO
(Marriage With A Mandate)
Chapter Five
"Milfred?" She shook her head and kept her decision aside.
She met the king.
"King," she threw him a question, " with the mandate which you agreed to, how are we going to do it?"
"Like?" asked King Shina.
"Like?" she asked him back. "Will I fuck myself? Let me come down that level." she said.
"Youngest Wife, sit down, you are a queen, remember?"
She sat. " A queen? What does that mean?" sarcastically, she asked.
"Don't rush words, be gentle--"
"No no no." she cut him short," To whose detriment?" she asked,
"Okay, the problem?" asked King Shina.
"Princess brought the wife to you the first time and I kept silent. Your family held a meeting and gave two of us a mandate. Or do you think it was just to me?"
"It is not," said King, and he explained his role," I will perform my duty to you and as a king, marry another wife if desired."
" Go ahead, marry as many as you can at your age but don't ever say you are tired."
She walked away, after saying that, and King waved. " My capricious wife. It is the kingdom's decision, not just late king Raphael's family. When a wife is infertile, the king has to marry another wife."
Mama Sara rang the doorbell nonstop.
She ran down, mouth ajar. " Mummy, you made me afraid!" she said, and relaxed, having seen her through the security glass.
" King with another woman!" whispered Mama Sara.
"She passed here?" she asked because he did not go out.
"Barth drove her, fiam!"
"Is this how to marry another wife?" she asked, " Changing women like wrappers?"
"Men," Mama Sara told her," when they want to frustrate their wives, do it!"
"Hehe-hey!" she laughed her regular laugh accompanied by a clap."King!" she said, and stopped short of saying she will get revenge."let's go and see."
She took Mama Sara by the hand,
"Your Highness"
"Shh! I don't want to hear!" she kept on running, both of them.
"Stay here," her voice loud and clear, as she ran up the steps.
Phew!
She cascaded from the flight of stairs as King, angrily pushed her with the swing door.
Seeing her rolling down, he locked the door.
Mama Sara heard her screams, ran, and swung her arm across her shoulder.
They limped and limped, going back.
Dr Isaac bandaged the sprained ankle and gave her painkillers and instructions.
"Now is my turn," said Mama Sara, as she came the next day.
She carried the ankle in her hands, rubbing it with the recommended ointment.
"Your Highness, my view is being patient till when we go and come back, this is wife abuse, it can't continue."
She was waving her head, tightened together.
"Sorry!" said Mama Sara, giving her the last massage.
She nodded and felt relieved when the leg was let free.
" Should I stay to attend to you?" asked Mama Sara.
All the maids attended to her, but she stopped their service. They can serve the King and do other palace works, but no more for her private affairs because of gossip.
It was recently she told Mama Sara why she stopped them from attending to her.
Not that she heard them gossip about her but she felt they do or will do.
"No, mummy, but you can be checking," she told Mama Sara
"Okay, Your Highness," Mama Sara agreed.
The next day, she limped to the King." Thank you Shina the king, wife abuser, that does not say sorry," she sat herself down.
King Shina blanked his face but his nose was twitching as it does when he has a lot to say but lacked the will to say them." Sorry? You saw a car, and ran after it…" he said.
"Swear, there was no woman in it!" she said, accusing him too.
" You know I have to marry another wife, and an only son, you know?"
"Yes, I know," she replied, strongly.
"And I have told you my struggle before I sat on this throne. Let me repeat it. My father had an illegitimate son who dragged this throne with me.
Minus people like Mr Pat, I would have lost. So, if I join my ancestors today, the kingdom will relapse into war again. Therefore, understand why my relations and the chiefs worry."
"And you cannot tell them to be patient?" she asked.
"Patient, patient, till when?" asked King Shina.
"Okay, marry as you can, but follow due process. Respect me, and my matrimonial home!"
"I understand. But, will I take them to the hotel?"
"If you can't, then, bring whom you want to marry to me, and I will approve, then you people can go to blazes but, but my own time, don't joke with it!"
"I know, but for your approval…Queen, no!" King Shina was opposed to that.
"Even, it's a mistake telling you to bring the person for my approval," she said and pointed out why: Sara recommended Haggai, yet, she was scorned. She put a law." Henceforth, no rival here!"
She limped away.
"Mummy, they brought another woman for a king" she told her mum on phone.
"She will not stay, I am working underground here. Just stay," her mum said.
"Just stay, isn't it? she asked.
"Okay, fight, but no divorce, let that sink in your head."
"Mummy you are not caring!"
"Sh. You know your dad is late, your position there is for our benefit. Let it sink into your head too."
"Mummy, what did you tell Milfred?"
"Why asking again? So you people have not started? Start fast and don't miss your days with your husband, okay."
The line went dead.
"Milfred," she said "now we have gone out. Let's see what happens."
Queen Lati, as she was sometimes called, in her insane moment changes her mind as King knows.
Mama Sara rushed in and told her a lady is with the king again.
"Again? Mum said no one will drag the palace with me, should I let him continue attempting to marry as many as without success? Without success because mum said there will be no rival here. No!"
She went up to put on her combat trousers and sneakers.
She barged into the house, looking into every room,opening and closing.
Turning, it was King.
" Queen why do you worry when there is nothing!" asked King.
"Worry me, I worry you, King." She did not mince her words
"It is sorry. What you call abuse was an act of annoyance," said King Shina
"So, it won't happen again?"
"Not again but let's not give room for trial and temptation."
"Myself, I don't want war," said Queen Lati. "Just give me my time starting now." saying that, she held his cheeks and kissed him.
"Hope am cooing into your ear how I love you?"
"Am surprised at your pranks to push me out?"
"How?"
"You don't want a divorce. You want me to run away on my own."
King Shina laughed. "Such a negative thought. If you can just stop attacking my visitor since you know I am to marry and as King, can't take her to the hotel, there will be peace."
"Okay, dearest husband, please give me the key to this room." Queen Lati demanded.
She had touched the handle before but was not satisfied.
"The key is not there?" asked King,
and both of them began to go up together.
"King, there is no need, I'll go alone for the second time,"
It was a relief to the king. Going up and down the steps was tiresome for his health
Reaching the door, she tapped and announced," Whoever, that's here, I'm the Queen, no rival!"
She announced it in a jiffy but so clearly that whoever that was inside heard it.
"Am coming," she told King downstairs but never came back.
What damage has she caused?
Will she later come back?
Of course, she said she can't run away from her husband like some women do and give King the space to carry women as he wants
So what will happen?
Let's go there.