The Trail of a Promiscuous Spouse

By Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu

In fact Samantha was convinced that her husband Tito, as she preferred calling him was having an affair with the pretty housemaid Wanting to set a trap for her husband, Samantha did not inform Tito when he returned home from work that evening that the maid was away for the weekend. As soon as Tito closed the bathroom door, Samantha promptly dashed along the corridor, out at the back, went round the house, on to the verandah and into the maids bedroom. She just had the time to switch the lights off when the door quietly opened and closed again. Momentarily he had taken off all her under wears and got on top of her..

When he had finished and still panting, Samantha said You didnt expect to find me in this bed, did you? and switched on the light.

No indeed, Madam, I didnt, said in a very low voice the young man who lodged next door.

That was the condemned night when the illicit affair between Samantha and Toby had begun many years ago and it had continued unabated since then and remained under the lid undiscovered until that fateful day when Marjorie was taken to hospital ill, in the middle of the night.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781467885010

Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu

Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu, the author of: The Intricate Mediators of the Land Reform in Zimbabwe, The Audacity of Breaking Free, Thou shall not be caught, The Farm on Their Land, The trail of a promiscuous spouse and Evil on the prowl: was born in the then Southern Rhodesia, and the present day Republic of Zimbabwe. He went to a number of primary schools in rural Rhodesia before enrolling for secondary education which he eventually completed in independent Zimbabwe. He later obtained college degrees in Agronomic Engineering, Agronomy, and Environment Management. In between college he lectured at the Harare Polytechnic, before joining the Department of Natural Resources. During his tenure in the Department of Natural Resources he participated in the negotiation process of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on behalf of the government of Zimbabwe. He later joined the UNCCD Secretariat. While with the United Nations, he practiced sustainable environmental management and rural development with a close linkage to poverty alleviation. Given his exposure to the work of the UNCCD, he worked with diverse stakeholder groupings, facilitating conferences of multilateral negotiations between country Parties, institutions and organizations. In the later years, his work with the UNCCD, also involved policy advocacy and partnership building between countries and development partners (donors). During his young and more adventurous years, Emmanuel participated in the Second Chimurenga that brought about the independence of Zimbabwe. It was his experiences in that war that inspired his book, The Audacity of Breaking Free.

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First published by AuthorHouse 02/02/2012

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About the Author

The trail of a

promiscuous spouse

To my late parents

Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu has done it again in his new novel, "The trail of a promiscuous spouse", this time around, becoming even more adept at keeping the reader turning the pages. The novel is a subtle cat-and-mouse game of attention grabbing casual sex escapades, spouses’ infidelity and prison terms for innocent individuals. No-one portrays the game better than Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu and this latest novel is surely guaranteed to intrigue his readers and as always, keeping them guessing to the end. Rory Cameron, Brisbane Australia

About the Author

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Emmanuel Chinyamakobvu was born in the then Southern Rhodesia, and the present day Republic of Zimbabwe. He went to a number of primary schools in rural Rhodesia before enrolling for secondary education which he eventually completed in independent Zimbabwe. He later obtained college degrees in Agronomic Engineering, Agronomy, and Environment Management. In between college he lectured at the Harare Polytechnic, before joining the Department of Natural Resources. During his tenure in the Department of Natural Resources he participated in the negotiation process of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on behalf of the government of Zimbabwe. He later joined the UNCCD Secretariat. While with the United Nations, he practiced sustainable environmental management and rural development with a close linkage to poverty alleviation. Given his exposure to the work of the UNCCD, he worked with diverse stakeholder groupings, facilitating conferences of multilateral negotiations between country Parties, institutions and organizations. In the later years, his work with the UNCCD, also involved policy advocacy and partnership building between countries and development partners (donors). During his young and more adventurous years, Emmanuel participated in the Second Chimurenga that brought about the independence of Zimbabwe. It was his experiences in that war that inspired his book, The Audacity of Breaking Free. He is also the author of: The Intricate Mediators of the Land Reform in Zimbabwe, Thou shall not be caught, and The Farm on Their Land.

The trail of a

promiscuous spouse

Titus and his newly wedded young wife Samantha were not on good terms. In fact Samantha was convinced that Tito, as she preferred calling him was having an affair with the pretty housemaid. Samantha had hired Anita to assist with the house chores. Her nursing job at the local hospital was taking all out of her and she felt she needed the help of Anita to give herself more time with her husband as and whenever she was home.

Actually Samantha had prepared herself to start bringing children into her new family. Therefore to her, Anita would live with her and her husband and help her look after the kids while she would be gone to work. However, since the coming of Anita into the household, Samantha thought she sensed there was some unwelcome friendship developing between her employee, Anita and her husband Tito.

Not knowing what to do, Samantha decided to give her maid a chance for the benefit of the doubt. Samantha resolved to treat Anita as her sister and therefore she was not going to allow Anita to be an object of abuse while she was under her employment. Thus she was going to make Anita realize that Tito was the head of the family and should be valued as such. On the Friday morning of that week Samantha summoned Anita after breakfast for a frank woman-to-woman talk.

Anita, I am very pleased with your work, started Samantha, "but I don’t think I am happy with you developing a close friendship with my husband. You are here to help with the housework, in particular the kitchen. Anything to do with my husband and my bedroom has completely nothing to do with you. I look after my husband myself and therefore I do not expect you to do anything in that regard.

It would help if you can understand that in this house there is only one person who is his wife to whom he has made a commitment to stay with, and that person is me, continued Samantha. Therefore you are not here to be a second wife to my husband. I expect you to respect my husband as the head of the family and nothing else. Should I suspect that you are having anything to do with my bedroom and my husband you might as well pack your belongings and leave before I skin you alive. Do I make myself clear?

Yes Madam. Responded the shell shocked Anita.

Do you have a boyfriend? asked Samantha.

No Madam, I don’t, replied Anita not knowing what to expect next.

Take this weekend off and come back on Monday next week. I am not working this weekend so we will not need you about the house. You are free to pack your things and go for the weekend right now. See you on Monday, ordered Samantha. Anita took a few of her belongings she needed for the weekend and left.

Wanting to set a trap for her husband, Samantha did not inform Tito when he returned home from work that evening that Anita was away for the weekend. Incidentally, that night when they went to bed, Tito had a running stomach. Getting out of bed, he excused himself saying Excuse me Samantha it must be something that I ate either today or yesterday. My stomach is at it again. It looks like I will have to sleep in the toilet today, and he disappeared towards the guests bathroom.

As soon as Tito closed the bathroom door, Samantha promptly dashed along the corridor, out at the back, went round the house, on to the verandah and into Anita’s bedroom. She just had the time to switch the lights off when the door quietly opened and closed again. The intruder locked the door behind him and wasted no time. He seemed to know his way in the darkness and he did not say a word. He quickly took off his clothes, joined Samantha under the blankets on the bed and started feeling around her waist and fondling her breasts. Samantha responded, caressing and kissing him passionately.

Momentarily he had taken off all her underwear and got on top of her. His hard and oozing one eyed monstrous and boneless joystick quickly went to work. It repeatedly and tirelessly pounded her well lubricated and slippery jar of honey with increased vigor each time it came down. Not to be out done, in response Samantha moved her waist energetically as if it was not part of her, swinging it back and forth like a pendulum, sending him even closer to the ceiling with each subsequent upward swing. Samantha was enjoying every split second of the exploit sharing her forbidden fruit of nature. It was as ravaging an encounter as it was a steaming exploit.

When he had finished and still panting, Samantha said You didn’t expect to find me in this bed, did you? and switched on the light.

No indeed, Madam, I didn’t, said in a very low voice the young man who lodged next door to the dumbfounded Samantha. I expected Anita and not you, Madam, he whispered. Rather confused and scared he jumped out of bed and quickly dressed up. When he had finished putting on his clothes, bringing his hands together as one pleading for clemency, he added I am very sorry Madam for what has happened. Please do not report me to your husband. It was never my intention.

Samantha did not say a word. She was too shocked on realizing the blunder she had made. The intruder, seeing that he was not getting any word from her, ventured with a mischievous smile on his face, Madam, your husband is a very lucky man, he said. You were very good Madam and I hope you were not disappointed with me either. Noticing the shock in her eyes he added, Don’t worry Madam your secret is safe with me, he said zipping his mouth. But in the event that your husband finds out, as he is bound to do one day, my arms will be wide open for you. One more thing, of course at any time you can have my shoulders to cry on and if anything, I am just next door. He blew a kiss in her direction, switched off the light and left as quietly as he had come, closing the door behind him.

Toby knew there was no way, Samantha would report him to her husband and if anything, he could take advantage of her if he wished. Samantha could not believe that she had just cheated on both Tito and Anita. She realized she had fallen headlong into her own trap and committed the mother of all sins for the first time in her life. She shuddered to think that it was far too late for her to extricate herself from that deception. That was the condemned night when the illicit affair between Samantha and Toby had begun many years ago. The ill-fated affair had continued unabated since then and remained under the lid undiscovered until that fateful day when Marjorie was taken to hospital ill, in the middle of the night.

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Samantha’s guilt conscience tormented her all night and the day after. She could not bring herself to accept what she had done. She felt guilty that all along she had falsely suspected and privately accused her husband of having an affair with Anita. She blamed herself for bringing unhappiness in her bed with her husband because all week she was in a bad mood and had incessantly refused to share her jar of honey with her husband. Tito not wanting to force himself on his wife had left her alone and kept his mouth shut in protest. The fact that she had refused her husband on false suspicion and inadvertently went on to share and to enjoy the forbidden fruit with her maid’s boyfriend was more than she could bear. She could not believe that in her folly, she had stooped so low to cheat on both her husband and her maid.

More confused and not knowing what to do, Samantha found herself in Anita’s bedroom cleaning and tidying it to remove traces of anything that would betray her for having used it as her love nest with Toby. The incident of the previous night kept replaying itself in her mind as she went about the cleaning. She remembered vividly how Toby had quietly entered the room and how she had allowed him to caress her. She could still feel the electrifying touches of his hands as he expertly moved them all over her hungry body. It tormented her even more to realize that she had enjoyed every moment of it while her husband lay ill in bed waiting for her.

Samantha feared to contemplate what Anita would feel and think of her should she find out that her own boss had cheated on her with her boyfriend. She failed to convince herself that it was an unanticipated incident that went terribly wrong and she was not a woman of loose morals after all. Suddenly her heart started beating faster when she realized that Toby had not used protection. What if he was HIV positive or that he carried some sexually transmitted diseases and not to mention that she could get pregnant? That thought left Samantha in more anguish than she had been all morning.

She was about to leave Anita’s bedroom when she suddenly decided to look through Anita’s belongings. She did not know what she was looking for and why she had thought it necessary to do so. To her relief she found what she must have been unconsciously looking for and for the first time that day, she put a smile on her face. Samantha made herself believe that if Anita had them in her bedroom then she was aware of the need to protect herself and Toby. She convinced herself that she could put her mind at rest at least for now until such a time when she would be able to confront her secret partner in cheating on his health status. She was happy that one of her problems was settled, however temporarily.

During the rest of the weekend Samantha agonized on what she would do with Anita. She did not know whether she should keep her or fire her. As she agonized she found valid reasons why she was bound to either keep or dismiss Anita. On one hand she could not help blaming herself. She felt that Anita was a victim of her own unfounded suspicions of her husband. Samantha felt remorse as she recognized that it was herself who had cheated on Anita and dismissing her was injustice at its worst.

On the other hand Samantha felt that keeping Anita was tantamount to condoning her and Toby using her home as a love nest. At the thought of it Samantha could not help remembering and yearning for Toby’s caresses that had electrified her hungry body that condemned night. The incident started replying itself in her mind as lucidly as it had happened the night before. The more she remembered the more she felt she could no longer live with Anita under one roof knowing in her heart of hearts that she had cheated on her with Toby. She feared that sooner or later Anita would find out and possibly inform Tito about it. That she could not brook and therefore Anita had to be fired before her marriage was wrecked.

By the time Anita reported for duty on Monday morning, Samantha had made up her mind and her decision was final. She called Anita for one last talk. Anita, I need a good explanation why you keep condoms in your bedroom? started Samantha with a question that hit the unsuspecting Anita. I went into your bedroom and found a heap of condoms stuffed in your bag. Can you tell me where you got them and what you keep them for?

Anita was taken by surprise and did not know what to say. For a moment she kept quiet not knowing what implications the answer she was going to give would have. On her part, Samantha could not look Anita in the eyes not even for a moment. She kept her eyes fixed on her hands she was rubbing together as if to cleanse them of some invisible and unpardonable felony that should not have seen the light of day and yet it was refusing to go.

I asked you a question. What have you to say for yourself? asked Samantha.

I do not use them Madam, replied Anita. They are not mine. I only keep them for my friend who asked me to hide them for her.

I don’t think you are telling the truth. One thing I hate is being lied to. The other day I asked you if you had a boyfriend and you lied to me. For your information, I got to know that you have a boyfriend who lives next door, said Samantha.

Again, Samantha’s heart started beating faster at the revelations that she had discovered Anita had a boyfriend. She had not wanted to tell Anita anything to do with Toby and yet she had let loose the cat. At the thought of Toby, Samantha once again started longing for the electrifying caresses of his hands as she remembered how he had slowly and deliberately navigated through the sexually arousing sensitive sports of her body. She was however glad that Anita would not have the temerity of asking her how she happened to find out.

I don’t know what to believe of you anymore, continued Samantha. I am certain you keep those condoms for your own use with your boyfriend, said Samantha raising her voice betraying some hidden anger in it.

Anita was surprised to realize that her boss was becoming agitated. She did not understand why the discovery of her boyfriend and condoms was suddenly an issue. Sensing danger and wanting to protect her job, Anita sought to clarify the situation of her boyfriend. I am sorry Madam, but I did not mean to cause any harm by lying about my boyfriend Toby. I have only known him for a very short time. I meant to inform you about him when I was certain that he was the right man for me. But now that you know, I suppose I just have to be honest with you and confirm your findings.

Surprisingly, Samantha could not bear hearing Anita claiming Toby to be her boyfriend. She was increasingly aware of what she had feared the most, the fact that Anita had become more of an unwanted rival than her employee. Confused and filled with some aggression instinct of a rival Samantha unexpectedly shouted at Anita. That being the case, I do not see how I can keep you here when you are capable of lying to me on things that I know. I cannot afford to let you and your boyfriend use my house as a brothel. You are fired! yelled the threatened lioness. Go and pack your things now. I will prepare your full wages for the month and collect it on your way out. You can go!

Anita stood up in a huff and went to her bedroom to collect all her belongings. She realized there was nothing she could do or say to save her employment. She was convinced that her boss was no longer in a position to reconsider whatever plea she may have had to save her job. A few minutes later she was back with her bags and ready to leave.

Shortly afterwards Samantha reappeared from her bedroom with cash in her hands. Still standing, she counted the money and asked Anita to take it.