PROLOGUE

And here is a story about four women, their lives are characterized with power, bravery, foolishness and undoubtedly… beauty.

They share a friendship that can be best described as best friends forever; beautiful, intelligent but still kinds foolish though; women with beauty good enough to start a world war.

This isn’t really about their foolish adventure but this is a story of how they got caught up in the war of the celestial…

Here we have them:

MARIA

Happily married to Maxwell, a successful business man, their only problem is the absence of a baby’s cry in their multi million naira mansion

AUDREY

30 years old spinster with a boyfriend in his early 20s known as Chinedu; independently rich and styled

RACHAEL

This dark brown, moderately chubby beauty is dying of low self esteem. Married to a man who is married to her money. I personally feel she is the most beautiful of all four; her eyes and lips are a breath taker but strangely she no longer sees that; we will find out why

YVONNE

And here is my baby, my favourite from all four beauties; she is glorified with beauty but quite the stubborn fellow, kind of fearless and wealthy too. Tied the knot with an obfuscating husband. Beautiful strong woman but emotionally weak

It’s okay to think this is a romantic story; well a little bit of it, is though, but this story… this my story is a supernatural war… hold your horses! I’m not starting up this war immediately, let’s take is slowly from the sweet part.

CHAPTER ONE

Maria had this straight face that would tell you that talking to her wouldn’t yield positivity; Max constantly glanced at her while driving

“Sweetie, what’s wrong?” Max asked after the long silence

“Nothing” that was all her voice box offered as she looked out through the window

“Look we’ve passed the stage of you saying nothing, am your husband not your boyfriend” he replied with a little too loud voice, she slowly turned her head to him

“Ok why am I not pregnant?” she said looking at him; she looked very calm with that question, he looked at her then looked at the road

“What kind of question is that” he asked

“Just answer the god-damn question” she said loudly

“Am I to answer that?” he looked uninterested

“O yes, answer” she said

“Well, the doctor said you’re fine, you’ll have your pregnancy soon” he assured

“The doctor! The doctor!! The doctor!!! Always the doctor” she yelled

“What’s your problem? Why are you yelling? The doctor said you are fine” now he sounded angry

“Yes am fine what about you?” she said; I think those words didn’t land safely in his ears, he parked the car

“What did you say?” Max said looking at her

“You heard me right, are you capable of getting me pregnant?” she ran her mouth freely again

“What? Did you just say that to me?” he pointed to himself and she went silent

“Max for God’s sake it’s 5 years now and we have no child” she sounded calm this time probably because she regretted those words, he stared at her, she looked away from him, she looked again to see him still staring, she looked away then looked at him to see him still staring then she broke the silence

“Honey am sorry about what I said” she tried touching him, he pushed her hand off as he started the car and continued driving, they were both silent until they got home.

The security personnel opened the gate for the car to come into the large compound; in silence they both entered the house and straight to the bedroom, Maria sat on the bed as she took off her shoes and jewelries, Max walked to the wardrobe, took off his clothes and walked into the bathroom

“Honey am so…just forget about it, I don’t feel like talking” Max interrupted her

He walked into the bathroom and locked the door; something he does when angry

Maria smiled as she knew he was angry; she changed her clothes and went down stairs into the kitchen to prepare dinner

She prepared a nice meal of Egusi soup with turkey and goat meat with pounded yam and a pack of fruit juice and set it on the dining table. She sat down in the sitting room as she watched a movie; after 20mins Max came down stairs and sat on the sofa away from his wife

“Baby food is ready” she said

“I’m not hungry” he replied with a straight face

“I’m very sorry na, I didn’t mean what I said”

“Yeah, you never mean what you say” he replied

“Please go and eat your food” she said, now he was angrier

“I said am not hungry, is your ear paining you?” he said loudly

“Ok”

They both sat quietly for 10mins watching TV until she said something

“I prepared egusi soup with turkey and goat meat with pounded yam” she said without looking at him, immediately his eye balls moved to his left as he looked at her

“ What did you say?” he asked pretending not to hear her and she understood him

“It’s on the dining table” she said moving her head in the direction of the dining table. He ignored her and after about 2mins he turned to look at the dining table and saw that she was looking at him he turned his face away, she smiled and stood then walked upstairs. She knew her husband well enough, that pride in a man will not allow him get his butts up in her presence and walk to the dining table.

Max looked back and didn’t see her, he then looked at the table again then he stood up and walked to it and sat down. He knew that if he sat down there too long his wife would come clear the food and he wouldn’t be able to ask for it. As he sat on the table and opened the food it was as she described it, his mouth was full of saliva, he swallowed it forceful and his throat gave out a funny sound, he then thought to himself

After all he wasn’t quarreling with the innocent food, he thought to himself, he looked around to see if she was peeping at him before washing his hands and landed on the food.

Maria then walked down stairs and saw him eating the food happily she busted into laughter but immediately held her mouth as she saw him staring at her with a ball of fufu in his hand

“What’s funny?” he said

“Nothing sorry” she said still holding the laughter, she sat on the couch

“I am only eating this food because I don’t want this food to get spoilt and my money wasted” he said then tried acting been pissed with the food

“There seems to be too pepper in the food” he said with a frowned face

“Sorry dear” she said immediately like she was expecting that word.

Max ate the food quietly while Maria watched TV. After 5mins Max had finished eating, he became happy, he sat down beside his wife

“Am sorry about what I said” Maria said, Max smiled

“It’s ok… a hungry man is an angry man” he said and held her close, she laughed out loud…

Well, for Maria it looked sweet and blissful but it wasn’t same for Yvonne

“Where the fuck are you coming from?” Yvonne yelled at James who acted as if he wasn’t listening- words we use when a relationship has gone seriously soared, even worse when it’s marriage

“Its 12am who the hell comes back at such time. This has become a habit, you coming in so late and you don’t bother giving me an explanation, what do you take me for?” she said angrily

“I told you earlier that work lasts longer these days” he replied walking upstairs as she followed him

“O shut up you big terrible liar” she said and stopped behind him. He turned to look at her with anger and without hesitation he delivered a hot slap across her face, she screamed in pain. James didn’t mind, he walked on into the room leaving her sitting on the stairs and crying with her hand on her face.

After crying for10mins, she stood up and left the house to Maria’s place. James came out of the room and went downstairs looking for her but didn’t find her. He yelled her name but no response, he walked into the kitchen and opened the pot and saw some fried rice in it, he picked up a plate and served himself and didn’t bother calling her again cause that’s why he sort her…