Even The Rich Also Cry episode 2

Even The Rich Also Cry
Episode 2
Egbe stared at her son with all the wonder and joy, only a mother can feel. The baby was her first child after waiting for so long. After facing criticisms from neighbours, her in-laws, and even from church members, she had finally done it. After bearing the pain of stories of her husband’s hungry hands and eyes, from supposed friends who seemed to enjoy telling her, she had shamed them; her God had heard her cry and come to her aid. She smiled at the baby and turned as the door to their one room apartment opened and one of her husband’s colleague, officer Bimbo, entered their home. The woman sat down and carried the baby, playing with the giggling child
Officer Bimbo: “he dey always dey laugh o like him papa. Fine boy.” She said, laughing with the child.
Egbe: “yes o. and he dey eat well well. God, I never see.” She replied, smiling.
Officer Bimbo handed the baby back to her. She carried the child and called her younger sister, Benita, who had come to help out with chores as she nursed the baby. The girl came in and carried the baby out.
Officer Bimbo: “I just come from the hospital. Na wa o!” she said.
Egbe sighed. Her husband’s accident had been a cause for fear but she was grateful to God that he survived it despite the death of the boy and old man. She wondered what would happen now that he had lost his job but she believed God will take care of everything.
Egbe: “wetin I go talk? I thank God say he survive the accident o. Na the work of the devil, I know but the God wey i dey serve no dey asleep.” She replied.
Officer Bimbo: “hmmm…I hear say the boy wey die, him father na one big man in Abuja o. I no believe o until he come today.” She stopped as Egbe gasped and looked at her with surprise. “ha, you no know? Na big business man and a retired major in the army for that matter. hmm…if you see soldiers for everywhere.” She continued.
Egbe got up and quickly adjusted her wrapper, tying it properly. Officer Bimbo watched her curiously.
Officer Bimbo: “where you dey go?” she asked.
Egbe: “So you know say them wan kill my husband na you come here dey follow me dey put story like say nothing dey happen. Na wa for you o.” she replied angrily as she walked out of the house.
She beckoned to Benita and told her to stay in,side with the baby, while she rushed to the hospital. Benita tried to restrain her as it was not right for her, a new mother, to be moving about so early but she was no longer listening to her. Her mind was already at her husband’s bedside.
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Major Festus stared at the man that had killed his son and he felt helpless rage. He would have loved to take a pistol and just kill the man there and then but he was not that kind of man. He knew though, that the man thought he had come for his life. He smiled sadly; “I won’t let you go that easy Mr. man. I am going to make you wish I had put the gun on your head and fired by the time I am done.” He thought to himself.
Sergeant Osunbor: “please sir, whatever you feel is right to do please do but don’t kill me. I swear that I did not intend for that day to end like that. Please don’t kill me sir, I beg you. I just became a father after six years of waiting, please. My wife and my son, they need me.” He pleaded.
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Major Festus: “so I should let you enjoy the pleasure of holding your baby in your arms while my arms are empty, while I watch my wife weep every day and every night? Do you know what it took for us to get that boy? Do you know the costs both financial and psychological that went into making it possible for me to have a son? Do you?” he asked, his voice shaking with emotion. He turned his eyes away and breathed through his mouth to calm himself. He turned after some minutes, his face frozen in a blank mask. “my wife has a medical condition that made it impossible for her to keep a pregnancy to full term. We have had several miscarriages over the years. Not one, not two, not three, not even five! Do you know what that does to a woman? We had to go overseas, where she un