Biola was tired of her husband’s attitude, and she was tired of pretending everything was fine in their marriage. She decided to suggest marriage counselling to him.

“Marriage counselling? What is wrong with us?” Deji asked, seeming truly shocked.

“I’m not happy, and I want us to sort out our issues,” Biola said.

“What issues?” Deji countered. “I don’t have time for this. If you want counselling, go on your own.”

Biola sulked and pouted for days until she eventually decided that she would go on her own.

Her first appointment with Dr. Folake went well. She asked all the important questions about Deji and why Biola was not satisfied with him.

“Does he beat you?”

“No”

“Is he unfaithful to you?”

“No.”

“Does he come home late?”

“Yes! You’ve got that right. My husband comes home late all the time. He works too hard, and he doesn’t listen to me….”

By the time Biola finished explaining, and her allocated hour was up, Dr. Folake agreed that she would need to speak to Deji herself.

“Tell him to come and see me next week.”

“Yes, I’ll make sure he comes whether he wants to or not,” Biola said. She thanked Dr. Folake and skipped home happily.

For the rest of the week, she nagged Deji every chance she got until he gave in.

“Fine!” he said, finally. “I’ll go to one appointment with your therapist. But you can be sure that I won’t do it again.”

But to Biola’s surprise and delight, not only did Deji go for the counselling session the next day, he started going regularly every week. Within a few months, she began to notice changes in him. He smiled more. He was less stressed out and more relaxed, he took up exercise and he even started coming home earlier and cooking dinner for her.

One Saturday morning, he went out for his morning run and stopped by the florist on his way back home. Biola was excited when she saw him arriving with the huge bouquet of flowers.

“What’s that for?” she asked.

Deji looked at her and smiled.

“The flowers are for Dr. Folake. She and I are going to Paris together this evening. I’m leaving you.”

 

 

 

For the very first time, we give a KQx  Warm Welcome to  Tolu Popoola. Tolu Popoola is a writer, blogger and a passionate lover of books and literature. Tolulope grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to the United Kingdom in 2000. After venturing into a career in Accounting and Finance for a few years, she started blogging under the pseudonym ‘Favoured Girl’ in 2006 and rediscovered her love for writing. A few writing classes and an online fiction series soon followed and in 2008, Tolulope quit her Accounting career to become a full-time writer. She now writes short stories, flash fiction, and articles for many print and online magazines.