The Guardian (Nigeria)

Is This Law Of Karma?

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WHEN I was 10 years old, my parents divorced and both remarried. I lived with my mother and stepfather. When I was 19, my mother and step father relocated to another city. So, I moved in with them. But, my father’s new wife was a much younger and very attractive woman. The atmosphere was more relaxed than in my step father’s home. My step mother is about 15 years older than me. I developed an attraction and started an affair. We were intimate about twice a month when my father travelled for work. From day one, we agreed that we would never tell my father. I continued to see her during my college years and even after, when I came home for visits. My attraction waned because of distance, guilt, and because I noticed that she was a toxic person and not father treating my father with respect. I broke that relationsh­ip off two years ago.

Last month, my father found out that she had cheated with another man. They are in the middle of a vicious divorce. Last week, she called me and asked why I stayed aloof. She told me that if I didn’t convince my father to concede on a financial matter, she would spill the beans about our affair. I feel like Karma is giving me what I deserve. But, I am scared. What is better: Is it to reason with this woman, even though she is irrational, to do her bidding to save my father a greater pain? Should I tell my father everything, knowing that things would never be the same between us, and the rest of my family? I just want to do the best for him at this point, and I am confused.

Re: Is This Law Of Karma?

NOT only has this woman had an affair with her stepson and being unfaithful to her husband, she is also an extortioni­st. Now that she has threatened you, it will be hard to ever feel comfortabl­e with your father, knowing she’s always fingering the pin on this grenade. None of your choices is good. But surely, you want to be the first to let your father know you weren’t spending all your free time your senior year of high school in woodworkin­g class. I don’t know what your father’s mental state or temperamen­t is, so it might be best to deliver this news in a corner booth in a restaurant. That way, he’s sitting down and you’ll have some privacy, But if he snaps and starts strangling you, may be someone can intervene. Tell your father you have been living with a sickening, shameful secret that has been a blot on your life. Give as brief an account as possible and emphasise that you were a minor when she seduced you. It would help if you were also a virgin. As horrifying as this revelation will be for your father, surely his lawyer will do a little happy dance when he or she hears not only this news, but that step mom has been offering to exchange her silence for money. As for your relationsh­ip with your father, you’re right. It will never be the same. But, at least, now it won’t be based on deception.

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