Ten years. That is how long she waited.
When her best friend finally returned to Nigeria, she was not going to let distance stop her. Different cities? She did not care. She told her husband she wanted to go. He said no.
She went anyway.
When she got there, she called him. He said nothing. Just silence. She thought maybe he was angry but would get over it.
Then nighttime came. Her phone lit up. A message.
“Go and pack your things from my house to your parents’ house.”
Not a fight. Not a scream. Just a text that ended everything.
Now she is confused. Is a reunion with a childhood friend worth throwing away a marriage? She does not think so. She says wives are not slaves. They do not need permission to breathe.
But online, people are fighting.
Some say she was wrong to disobey her husband. Marriage is a partnership, not a solo trip. Others say he was wrong to pull the plug over something so small.
A few are asking: what kind of marriage breaks over a visit?
No one knows the full story. But the text message is real. And the pain in her voice is real too.
