PART 25
“I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD”
©Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde
“I’ll rather die than do that to my husband…” Isire said very quietly in tears
Hidoko didn’t like the answer so he pushed Isire against the wall, separating her from Minaya.
“You are going to do exactly what I tell you to do… You will make that video, You will accuse your husband of kidnapping your daughter and that you ran away from him because you know he can kill you… or else I will kill your daughter Minaya, then I guess everything you hold so dear will be lost forever… I must rule this nation, I must win Mamud!”
Hidoko removed his hands from her neck, pushing her to the floor and with fury took Minaya from the room. Minaya cried out for her mother, but Hidoko pulled her out of the room before Isire could reach him…
“ Minaaaaaaaaya” Isire screamed….
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Bereto and his father were seated in the study…
“Where do you think he must be?” Ashkian asked very troubled “He doesn’t seem to me like a person that will run off just like that!”
“Exactly!” Bereto affirmed “ So what do you think will happen now?”
“Well, according to politics of Iskelon who is our model, the Vice President steps in as the Acting President, while investigation is ongoing…”
“So, a whole President is missing and all the security personnel can not find him.! I weep for my nation… I wish I could actually change this country for good!” Bereto said in frustration
“You can! Yes that’s it Son…” Ashkian said suddenly after a brief moment of silence.
“What?”
“Let’s hope Mamud is dead and His Vice becomes President, I can present you to the political elders to become the Vice President…” Ashkian said
“Father, Are you serious? No! If I am ever going into politics, I must deserve it , not it looking like a gift handed over to me!” Bereto said walking out of his father..
Ashkian didn’t see this coming, but this looked promising…
Mamud had better not come out from wherever he is… Bereto had to get to the presidential office….
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Yenewa walked towards the pit, she dropped a basket down into the pit, like she had been doing in the past two days…
“Why are you passing down food to me here like I am a beggar… Please blind girl, get me out of here… I am sorry for what I did to your brother! The whole nation will be worried sick as to my where about!”
“You can say that again, everyone has been asking where the president is and no one could ever guess it’s a very harmless blind girl that has him trapped?”
“What do you want from this?”
“I really don’t know… guess I just want you to know you are not all powerful and sometimes even when we have the strength to do something we can restrain ourselves”
“Ok?”
“You don’t get it, do you?”
“No..!”
“Power is not in strength but in wisdom and wisdom mostly comes in the place of solitude…”
“So?”
“I need you to stay a while in that pit and learn some wisdom about Managing your anger…”
Mamud got furious… he began to hit his legs and hands on the wall of the pit…
“Who are you to teach me about anger management? You are still holding a grudge against me for what I did to your brother years back… Is that not anger?”
“No… I was angry two days ago but I got over it after getting a calm place to think it through. If I was still angry I won’t bring you food and water…”
“Blind girl, please get me out of here…”
“Not until I see you have found your peace… You wanted peace for your troubled heart! The place of Solitude is the best place to get it !”Yenewa said leaving Mamud in the pit for another day…
“If only I had taken my phone along with me 3 days ago… Anger made me forget in the room. Maybe they would have tracked the signal to this pit!” Mamud thought inwardly as he sat back in the hole he had been living, sleeping, eating and defecating for the past few days….
To be continued…
