Dani was succinct about where she wanted our relationship to go even before we went and got married. She didn't mince any words letting me know what sort of woman she was and what to expect if I intended to stick with her. It's something I never shared with anyone, not even my family or close friends. How would they have looked at me if they realised that I was unapologetically relinquishing my role as the dominant figure in my marriage to my wife? Truly, how would they have felt?
Dani sat me down to let me know that ours won't be any typical marriage. She even gave me an option in case I couldn't handle things and wished to quit before we went any further.
"I'm telling you this because I don't want to hurt your feelings, Gabriel," she said to me months before we got married. "I'm not your average simple-minded type of girl."
This was several days after I had proposed marriage to her. Dani had displayed an unruffled demeanour when I asked for her hand. Four days had passed before she gave me an answer, and it was the day we had this conversation beside a beach, surrounded by a crowd of people enjoying a gorgeous afternoon roaming the waters. Dani wore a sexy bathing suit while I looked boyish in my summer shorts with my shirt open to receive the sun.
"You know what I'm talking about, right?" She fixed me with a pair of gorgeous blue eyes that seemed to gaze into my soul. Her eyes demanded that I be upfront and serious, and that was exactly what I was doing.
"Yes, Dani," I replied in my most convincing voice, "I heard all that you said, and my answer is still yes. I want to be with you, and I want you to be my wife. However else you want our relationship to remain, I'm completely fine with it. As long as you don't leave me for another man, that is."
She smiled, then gestured for the ring that I had presented her days ago. I took it out of its case and slipped it into her finger. We shared a kiss and then went for a swim where we officially consummated our love to belong to each other for as long as we can be.
I'm very familiar with Dani's audacious lifestyle. She wasn't the sort of woman known to bequeath herself to a single man. Dani loves sex. She craves it like a child craves a bar of chocolate or ice cream; in this case, chocolate happens to be her favourite colour. Dani is wholesomely attracted and addicted to black men. As far back as I've known her, back when she was attached to other fellas before we connected, I knew she had an untameable spirit. A former boyfriend of hers was a close pal of mine, and he had described to me the multiple times he caught Dani flirting with black men in his presence. They had argued and quarrelled, and still, Dani remained obstinate to what she wanted. In the end, she and my friend broke up and he relocated to another city. That was when I took his place, and till this day it's been one chaotic ride after another.
Initially, I told myself that I would strive to change her, one way or another. Maybe not stop her entirely from whoring herself about, but probably effect some change to make her control herself to become a sweet loving wife for me.
Boy, was I wrong.
Things changed about a week before our wedding. I returned home from work and found Dani with two black men in the living room. Apparently they were waiting for me.
"Hi, Gabriel, darling," she kissed and hugged me while I sized up the two black gentlemen whom Dani then introduced as Simon and Mark.
"Hi," I shook hands with them before turning to Dani to inquire what was going on.