My Mother episode 17

MOTHER!

Episode 17

“Mother, you hated us because of someone who doesn’t worth it, throw your family away because of a man. A devil you had known they say is better than an angel you are just meeting. Mama have you even sat down to think of why Uncle Frank was never married during those periods you were married to my father?, if he is the best man in the world, he is meant to also been married before you married him later, No woman can condole Uncle Frank’s violence, he has always been exhibiting it but you overlooked it because you love him. Mama I went through hell in your hands and of course my father too did, Mama, papa had stroke because of you and still died through you. You show no empathy. If Uncle Frank ever told you I could kill you and you believed then Mama you are really more evil! that means you can think of killing me too, I may hate you but never will it cross my mind to kill my mother.
Uncle Frank raped me, I stabbed him the night I left the house out of frustration, If not for this man here, I will be dead. If not for him, Probably things will go worst for me, Mama I will earn Bsc certificate soon to your knowledge it is a degree you earn in University, I now own my own clothing line store and a big fashion designer in the city. Mama thank you for pushing me to my success, you had thought you did me evil but every evil is a blessing to me. Papa’s spirit never sleeps instead watches over me. I will be getting married soon mama and my man here is ready to pay my bride price. To think of it, I have forgiven you, to err is to human to forgive is divine. I am not God and I can see he is fighting my battle” I said to her and then Johnson went on his kneels to give her the bride price, She collected it and prayed for me with tears dripping from her eyes, I was also crying bitterly thinking of my experiences, my mother fell on the ground,held my leg for apology, I told her I have forgiven her and that is the truth but it is not easy to forget. Aunty Veronica, my mum’s cousin had come back from her travelling and has been taking care of my mother but I can tell she doesn’t know anything about what had happened and my mother was pretending to her too, I don’t care though, mine is that my bride price is paid
we finished in the evening and we set to leave for Ibadan.

The next day, he informed me that we should do our court marriage sooner and within two months we got married in the court. We had a church wedding too, though Johnson insisted on me calling my mother to our wedding but I completely disagreed on this one, I have done what he wanted which is forgiving and bride price, he has to do my wish too, when I told him I won’t go on with our wedding plan sooner if he insisted he then did my wish and I got married without my mother or is it necessary she was there?

After more than 5 Years I had set my eyes on my mother or heard from her not until Aunty Veronica called or maybe when other people in the village do call me to inform me about Mama
I am now a married graduate in one of the best school in Ibadan, and also a CEO of one of the biggest fashion house too, controlling numerous staffs and stylists, God is indeed good to me and everyday I celebrate my father in my heart because he is indeed a blessing to me.

I will forever love Johnson, because without him,my life is nothing, I pray we grow older together.
Jessica had become the best inlaw but I call her sister and daughter, I pray the Lord will see her through in everything all her life.
I have learnt to love my family so dearly, I learnt from my mother, Any child I will be having I will love them because they are my treasures. Love is a beautiful thing.

Now as I have explained all what had happened do you think I am overreacting or I have taken the best decision?

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Story by Olaiya Arikeade
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