MOTHER!
Episode 15
After two weeks, Johnson and I had arranged to visit my hometown, I felt indifferent about and there is a mixed feelings, I am happy going back to let my mother knows that after she had cursed me that I will never be successful, I want to show her that God is not Human, but sad at the same time because I will be seeing the woman I have hated, I didn’t hate my mom as I hate Uncle Frank, I will be irritated if Uncle Frank tried to collect any money from Johnson on behalf of my father. On our journey, Johnson broke the silence that has been between us since this journey, of course, we can’t go without my beautiful inlaw or let me say my adopted daughter, Jessica. I had made sure she enjoyed her journey, bought her things and when we get to tourism worthwhile place, I will show her. I and Johnson had not talked he then said “Bukunmi, i know you are angry because i proposed this journey but I just have to do what’s best for us, I want you to be of a good conduct when we get to your home, You are a courteous lady, that is why I like you”
“Johnson, I am human not angel, You should expect me to react indifferently, if I forgive my mom I can’t forgive Uncle Frank, he almost destroyed my life if not for you, imagine I had that force labour on the street, I will be de@d along with the baby” I said and he replied “or you may not be dead because it is not your time yet. All these goodness you are getting is because your father never sleeps, and remember that we all offend people, in fact you will offend me in the course of our times as couples are you saying I should not forgive you?
Johnson that is not it, no generational curse will catch up on me, all what my mom did to my father I will never do it you, if i ever think of it, God should take my life, My mother is w1cked” “Above all, let what we are going there to do be successful okay?” and I replied with okay, little tears dropped and there were silence in the car, he parked the car for us to talk and he said “Babe, I am not pestering to love your mother or forget all what she did, I know it is not easy but you will need to forgive her so you can heal.
I looked at him and nodded, we got to our house and I prayed to God to give me the heart to face my mother, when we got down, she was wearing the cloth she had wore after my father’s death, a free black gown and this time with hair cut and she looked sick too, I wondered what had happened, she wouldn’t have believed it was me, but she was also surprised as the big car is approaching her compound, she looked like she wanted to run away but act like someone expecting bad thing to happen to her already..
We got down from the car and my mother could barely recognized me, she could not believe what she is seeing.We moved closer and she opened her eyes wide and rub it to see me.”Bukunmi, is this you?Am I dreaming ? where have you gone?” my mum bursted to tears, I saw regret in her eyes, I felt disgusted at her but also felt pity with how she had looked, Johnson greeted her, I didn’t say anything even when she had told us to enter i still did not say anything, Jessica on the other hand is in the car waiting for us.
Johnson knelt down with a bottle of schnapps and kolanut as a traditional gift to welcome him, tears was only dropping from her eyes and I don’t care. I whisper to Johnson’s ear to give her the bride price so we can leave Johnson call me outside and when we got there he told me to be nice to her at least so she can bless our union, I will just have to obey him.
We got inside, compose myself and for the first time since we got here, I talked to my mother.
“Mama good afternoon, I hope you are doing great, how has been you and Uncle Frank, I hope you were able to enjoy your union since I left and meanwhile why are you putting on this cloth you are made to wore by papa’s families when he died and you still have to cut your hair” she bursted into blown tears and almost knelt down for me, but I knelt first because it is a tab00 in Yorubaland to collect a kneeling from your parents no matter what. “I couldn’t see Uncle Frank traces around where is he?
Mama sighed and then said to me “He is dead!” I grasped in shock. But Johnson had told me he had gone to my village and confirmed I didn’t kill him so how come, my mum saw my shock and she said, “he died 2 months ago”
I got relieved that i am not his killer but want to hear what killed him so I asked my mother, “Mama what killed him”
“he died….
To Be Continued…
