MOTHER!
Episode 11
…At the hospital after series of test, the Doctor confirmed to me that I am pregnant, my head became heavy, I don’t even know what else the Doctor had said after the news because My mind has travelled far, what will become of me? abi how will I explain to the world I got pregnant for my Uncle through rape? I curse the day my mother birthed me to this world, I cursed that I ever know her as my mother. Tears were flowing from my eyes.
I hate everything about my life, why can’t I be privilege to enjoy good life and parental love like every other children.
I was lost in thought crying profusely that I don’t know when we got home till his gatekeeper opened the gate for his car to drive in. We got into the house silently and then I went inside pack all my clothes, I want to leave Johnson’s house, abi how can someone be taking care of me like this and I will be expecting to also take care of my pregnancy, I don’t even know what to do about it, He has tried enough for me, I packed all my clothes and set to leave his house to a place I don’t know, when I got to the living room, he was sitting on a couch with a gloomy eyes and before he could say anything, I knelt down and appreciate him for everything he has done, the shelter, free food, free clothes and his care for my health and told him I will like to leave as it is so wrong for me to expect him to harbour a pregnant woman.
Before I could land he interrupted me with “I will accept the baby!” this word rang like a bell to my ear and I could just laugh at this moment, accept a baby he knew nothing about ? He barely even know me for so long and he want to shoulder my child? He then continue “Since I lost my wife,I have been the only one taking care of my daughter, I can tell that she is lonely but I am always trying my best to make sure I am there for her, she grew up lonely and if you have this child, it will be a companion for my daughter, even if you leave are you planning going back to your town? what will you tell people? that your uncle impregnate you? or you plan carrying this precious treasure to sleep on the street? Am I disturbing you? I want you to stay while I accept this child as my own child” as he finished saying I could only stare, I don’t know why he has so much interest to my life, He has been treating me as his younger sister, I was still on my knees and I held his leg, thanking him for everything, praying for him as I was crying, he dragged me up and hugged me so tight, his arms were warm and I cried on his chest. He told me to go to the room, to shower and eat and relax, his daughter came back from school and then came to my room, we have really gotten along and she likes me so much.
I have been living in Johnson’s house and everyday he makes me comfortable like it’s my house, he had gone to my town to check if I had truly committed murder or not, Even though in my heart,I had wished Uncle Frank is dead but I feared knowing I murdered someone, I gave him our house description and when he came back, he said he had used style to ask about him from our neighboring compound and they said he is doing well okay, I felt bad that my rapist is doing fine, I questioned if there is even karma at all. Well God knows the best.
Johnson meant it when he said he accepted this child, he made sure he take me to clinic for antenatal, made sure I did not lack food and medications and would always come to my room to check up on me.
This very day, he was in my room and we have been talking, cracking jokes for me and then he asked me what are my plans after I deliver my child.
I know this question will come up soon but I don’t think it is anytime soon, he then asked me of my age and I told him I will be 19 years old soon, he opened his eyes wide open and said I look and sound more matured for my age. He then asked if I had finished my secondary school, I told him I am a primary school leaving certificate holder, he could not believe that because I speaks so well than just that certificate and I then inform him about my lesson and How I am always reading different books, they develop me and my English speaking, he was so surprised and then asked if I will like to go back to school after my child birth then I said “hmm I will like to go back to school but I don’t have funds to sponsor myself yet, maybe after my delivery I will go out too to hustle so I can provide something for me and my child” he only laughed and said I should put to bed first we will talk about my education by then.
As I made to stand up, I almost fell and he ran to me, held me from falling, our eyes locked each other, he looked at me passionately and I did the same too, just as he was about kissing me, the scene of Uncle Frank raping me flashed to my memory and I ran away from him, I was scared, i was traumatized.
He looks….
To Be Continued
