🔔An African tale🔔
🍏Yoruba series🍏
Written by: Pinky Preshy Chioma✍️
🎈12🎈
Tears welled down Simi’s face.
“Babe what is it?” Wale asked anxiously.
“Is this your friend’s wife?” Simi asked eagerly.
“Yes! That’s his new wife Toyosi… Do you know her?” Wale asked as Simi burst into tears again.
“I know her Wale! I know her!!” Simi cried
“How? I mean where?” Adewale asked in confusion.
“She… She’s… She’s my only sister!” Simi cried
Wale scoffed in disbelief.
“Sister? I don’t get you baby!” Wale scratched his head.
“Toyosi is my sister…. Toyosi Bankole and Simi Bankole! She’s my blood sister!” Simi weep
“What? It has been sister all along” Wale said in surprise as his jaw dropped in shock.
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Mrs Folashade wailed uncontrollably as she sat beside Toyosi’s sick bed.
“Aah! My daughter! Baby mi…. I can’t believe you are lying on this bed because of that worthless husband of yours” She wailed tapping her feet restlessly on the ground.
“Maami calm down! She’s not yet dead… She’s just unconscious” Omotola said
“Omotola aah! What is remaining naw? Unconscious and death are twins!” Mrs Folashade cried
“She will be fine!” Omotola said
“I hope so oo…. Aah! How will I call my Simi and tell her about this…?” Mrs Folashade wailed
“Maami she will soon regain consciousness” Omotola said
But maami continued crying.
Suddenly, they felt Toyosi’s finger moved.
“Mogbe! I feel something” Omotola jerked up.
“Tola! Maaaa…mi” Toyo’s tiny voice said gasping for air.
Mrs Folashade quickly jumped up, she rushed to Toyosi.
Tears were already streaming down from Toyosi’s cheeks.
She couldn’t even say a word since tears won’t let her.
“Am sorry for disappointing you Maami” She cried.
Mrs Folashade hugged her tightly.
“It’s ok my child! Am sorry for the pains you are going through” Mrs Folashade burst into tears as she pecked her cheek.
“Omotola thank you so much for being there for me” Toyosi cried.
Her face and body was all bruised and swollen.
Her face was almost disfigured.
To be sincere, she looked pathetic.
“Aah! Femi is nothing but a bloody beast! He still didn’t learn his lesson after almost beating you up to death the other day now this!” Omotola lamented
“Omotola shhhh…. joor naw!” Toyosi eyed her.
“Eeh? I don’t get something here! So this is not the first time he’s raising a hand on my daughter?” Mrs Folashade asked.
“No maami! This is not even the fourth time” Omotola added.
“Aah! What? Toyosi what do you have to say about this?” Maami asked.
“Maami he has been beating me up but I decided to keep calm” Toyosi said
“Kiloshele naa? No, why didn’t you tell me about this until it got to the extent of beating you up to unconsciousness?” Mrs Folashade flared.
“Maami it’s the shame… The hurtful words I’ll receive from people most especially Simisola” Toyosi cried.
“No! This is not fair… You can’t let yourself suffer because of what people might say” Omotola shook her head.
“That reminds me maami have you told Simi?” Toyosi cried.
Mrs Folashade shook her head in disagreement.
“I haven’t! Honestly I don’t know how to face her right now” Toyo wailed
“But you guys really need to let her know!” Omotola said
“Tola you will understand this!” Mrs Jonathan said
“Is Simisola not also your daughter maami? Then why are you guys keeping this away from her?” Omotola asked in confusion.
“Because we can’t face her! Not after what conspired between us” Toyosi cut in.
“That’s quite bad!” Omotola said not knowing what else to say.
“More than you can think of” Mrs Folashade said as she picked up her cell phone.
She wanted to dial Simi’s number but she couldn’t.
Not after making her go through hell in the name of getting married.
Not after making her get thoroughly flogged and whipped hard.
“I can’t!” Mrs Folashade cried as she kept her phone on the bed.
“Where’s Femi maami?” Toyosi asked anxiously
“Which Femi? The beast?” Omotola flared up.
“For your information Toyosi I don’t want to hear anything about Femi… Yes! I pushed out of the ward” Mrs Folashade said
Toyosi breathed heavily as tears circulated in her eyes and poured down slowly.
She just know her life has been ruined and messed up by Femi.
She knows she can’t continue with the marriage.
At least not when maami is involved.
“How do we inform Simisola?” Toyosi asked anxiously.
“I don’t know!” Mrs Folashade breathed heavily.
“AM ALREADY HERE!” Simi’s voice echoed as everyone turned around.
They saw Simi standing right in front of them with a very handsome guy.
They gasped….
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#TBC
Aww… 😪
I’ve started feeling for Toyosi shaa 🙄🙄
What goes around comes around… ☺☺
Believe! 💪
