Tears of a child episode 20 – 21
THE TEARS OF A CHILD 😢
Episode 20.
I stood still allowing tears to pour out from my innocent eyes . At that very moment, I began to think that God didn’t give me eyes to see but to cry . Because I have spent all my life using them to shed tears.
Mr Nonso , discovered the tears rolling down from my eyes, he heaved a very long sigh and said ;
” Young lady , who do you say you are and where did you bring this boy from ? I don’t want any problem in my peaceful home ”
” Daddy , I am no trouble . See you have my ears and my brown eyes, you are my father ” I spoke out in tears .
” Shut that dirty mouth of yours , I dont know you and don’t ever call me daddy . Go and look for your father, I am not your father” he spoke back angrily.
I burst out in tears and hurriedly ran to nurse Jen. ” What have I done wrong in this world?” I asked ” why is everyone rejecting me? It took me fourteen Good years to set my eyes on this man here , if he is not my father , who then is my father nurse Jen tell me. I can’t live anymore ” I cried on her shoulder.
Nurse Jen was speechless same as Mr Nonso who they said is my father .
” You can’t keep on crying , you just have to go back to aunty Amara , beg for her forgiveness for leaving the house without telling her, she might welcome you home ” nurse Jen spoke out with her eyes w-t.
” I can’t go back to aunty Amara , she will kill me . I just want to find my parents that’s the only thing that can make me happy in this world ” I replied her in tears .
” If you don’t want to go back to aunty Amara where else do you want to go to?”
” Take me to the village , I want to spend the rest of my life with the only people that cared for me since I was a baby . Take me to my grandparents ” nurse Jen muted for some minutes and looked me in the eyes .
” Driving all the way to your village is another work ”
” Who are your grandparents ? ” Mr nonso asked . I was about replying him when his wife Mrs Nonso walked in and interrupted our discussion .
“Honey , you are still talking with them, ain’t you going to work ?”
” I am not feeling too well , I might go if am strong enough . And whose bag are you holding ?” He asked .
I turned to look at the beautiful woman standing behind me . “If Mr Nonso is my father, then she must be my mother” I thought to myself looking straight at her.
” A woman asked me to give this bag to you . She just drove off ”
I took a look at the bag it was my bag of clothes . ” How did they get here? ” I thought to myself.
” That’s my clothes” I spoke out . His wife was surprised same with Mr Nonso and nurse Jen . I was also surprised as well . ” Honey, can I talk to you for a minute ” Mrs Nonso called on her husband’s attention and they both went upstairs murmuring.
” A woman brought your clothes here? that could be your aunty Amara ” nurse Jen whispered.
Just then Mr and Mrs Nonso walked down stairs . Mrs Nonso was angry , I saw the anger in her eyes they were burning to the extent her eyes turned red.
” Young woman , I am not here for long story , the very moment I set my eyes on you and your son, I knew something must be wrong. my husband has told me everything, So start talking if you don’t want to see my real color ” Mrs Nonso spoke wrathfully at nurse Jen.
” With due respect madam, I didn’t come here to break your home , and this boy you see beside me here is your son ” Mrs Nonso laughed out ” ha,ha,ha,”
” Honey calm down .” Mr nonso added . ” Boy , I heard you saying you have a grandpa, who is your grandpa? And what’s his name ?”
” Mazi okafor , is what they call him . I don’t know the name of my grandma because people in the village usually call her grandma . Those two mean everything to me . I have their picture in,side that bag Mommy dropped on the table ” I pointed to the bag Mrs Nonso brought in.
” And who is your mom? I am not your mom , I don’t just get all this Nonso” she called on her husband in confusion.
” Get him the bag Let us see the picture ” Mr Nonso ordered his wife. She dropped the bag beside me. I unzipped it and brought out Grandpa’s picture and handed it over to her ( Mrs Nonso )
“Oh, my God Nonso , I can’t believe this , it’s your father’s picture ” Mrs Nonso spoke out in amazement.
Mr Nonso rushed to take a look at the picture , he looked at it and was astonished.
” Are you Ben? ” He asked
” Yes I am Ben” I replied with all the joy in the world .
” This woman here is not your biological mother ” he pointed to his wife Mrs Nonso . ” Your mother is married somewhere here in Lagos to a different man. I am sorry to say this to you , I am not your biological father ”
That very moment , I felt something cut deep in,side my heart, as I bend my head to the ground and allowed tears to pour out from my eyes .
THE TEARS OF A CHILD 😢
Episode 21.
My heart beat , began to beat faster than anything beatable, I was fully in thought and confused before nurse Jen’s phone started ringing.
” Am sorry , I have to go back to work . I am needed badly ” she spoke in a hurry , as she got up to leave.
Mr and Mrs Nonso were speechless. ” I will go with you nurse Jen ” I spoke out loud, as I picked my bag to follow her.
” No, you are safe here with us, beside, Jen is going to work and you can’t follow her, if you do, you will be a burden to her at work. We will take you to your mother tomorrow then she will take you to your father. right honey? ” Mrs Nonso raised her head and looked at her husband.
Mr Nonso glanced at her surprisedly and heaved a deep sigh nodding his head to show the sign of agreement.
Nurse Jen dashed out from the house in a hurry because she was really late for work . I must confess that nurse jen sacrificed a lot just to see me smile . She has done more than I asked for .
If I was to choose a mother after grandma, I would choose nurse Jen . And if I was to choose a father after grandpa , I would choose uncle Mike.
All my life I thought God has forsaken me ,but when I turn around to see the people he has surround me with,, I just smile and praise his name .
I slept in Mr Nonso’s mansion for three weeks as they both go round in search of my mother . In his house, I was treated like a stranger. His children princess and Samuel are more friendly to Aunty Amara’s son (emeka).
I was outside the compound looking how beautiful Mr Nonso’s house was , when I heard him call my name from the sitting room ” Ben” I quickly ran to the sitting room and behold he was playing PES 2 computer game with his two children.
” You know how to play PES 2 don’t you? He asked , stretching the computer pad to me .
” I don’t know how to play , but I will be delighted if only you will teach me ” he smiled. “Samuel my son will teach you , he is very good at it ” that evening, Samuel taught me how to play PES 2 and ever since then till date I am a champion when it come to game.
“Daddy we are going to bed, good night “his children got up and went upstairs. I was left with him in the sitting room.
” Uncle Nonso, I am sorry to bother you, I just want to ask you a question about my parents, hope you don’t mind ” I asked in fear.
He kept quiet for some minutes staring at me . ” You can go ahead and ask anything ” he replied.
“Is my father , how does he look like ? Does he has my ears? Does he has my brown eye? I am asking because when I was three, grandma told me that my father has brown eyes like mine. Is it true ?”
Mr Nonso laughed out loud ” How comes you remembered what grandma told you at three? Anyways , Let’s not talk about your father , instead let’s talk about your mother” he replied.
“Tell me about her then” he smiled and looked at me in the eyes . “Your mother , is a very beautiful woman you have her eyes and she will be happy to see you.
” Uncle Nonso , does my parents stays here in Lagos ? Because if they do, I don’t think I will ever forgive them ” I spoke out sadly .
” You shouldn’t say something like that , you should be happy to see your mother ” he replied.
” Tell me about my father , you said you will tell me after we have finished discussing about my mother ”
” The truth is that , I do not know your father” he spoke as he glanced at his wife ” but am sure your mother will take you to him when you see her . Prepare tomorrow morning am taking you to her ”
“So Finally I am going to meet with my mother ” I thought to myself with so much joy .
The next day, Uncle Nonso drove me to a big restaurant ” this is your mother’s restaurant” he said . ” My mother’s restaurant? Where is she , I want to see her ” I shouted out in joy .
Uncle Nonso and I were standing outside that morning, when a tall fair woman drove in, in a white car, she got down from the car with a baby in her hand and another was also following her behind.
“That is your mother ” uncle Nonso spoke out. She was amazed when she saw uncle Nonso in her restaurant. She approached further to where we were standing .
” What do you really want from me ?” She asked uncle Nonso.
” I am not here for any trouble , am just here to hand over your son to you ” I noticed the shocked on her face.
” My son? ” She asked looking straight at me. ” Oh my God , come here ” she asked of me . ” You have grown so big . You were a year old when I left you with your father ”
My heart cried out for joy the very moment she welcomed and hugged me .I felt mother love for the first time in my fourteen years.
My mother is beautiful , and indeed she has my eyes . Uncle Nonso has gone to make a phone call beside his car.
” But mommy, why did you leave and never came back for me ? I have been in hell ever since I stepped my legs at aunty Amara’s house ” I spoke out sadly with my eyes w-t.
” It wasn’t my fault ” she replied , ” then whose fault is it?
” It was your father’s fault” she replied with tears on her eyes . ” How is it my father’s fault?” I asked.
” A week before our wedding ” she started narrating.
” I found out I was pregnant , but when I told your father about it , he denied it. And our wedding was cancelled. The wedding I had hoped to see come true. I was humiliated , people around called me a pr-stitute, all because of your father. Little did I know that your father was having an affair with another woman. She heaved a deep sigh with tears rolling down her face and continued.
” I had no one to run to , my parents died many years ago , I was the only child they had . Your father was all I had ” she heaved another sigh with tears on her eyes . ” What about Aunty Amara, I was told she is your sister” I asked.
” She isn’t my blood sister, we only came from the same village . As I was saying , I give bath to you at your grandparents house , after I had given bath to you, your father brought an invitation card of him getting married .
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I cried like a baby , I was with your grandparents for a year. I left because your father doesn’t want you nor me around him because he is happy married. I went in search of work in the city leaving you with your grandparents. ” She paused and wiped off her tears .
” But why didn’t you come back for me ?” I asked with tears on my eyes .
” I came back for you , but your father asked his parents which are your grandparents not to let me see you . So i left finally to the City” I bend my head to the ground and allowed tears to pour out from them .
” Who then is my father? Take me to him, I want to see him” I spoke in tears .
“That is your father over there” she pointed at Uncle Nonso.
To be continued.
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