NOT ME…chapter 13
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…..It was 24 years ago when I met Mrs Bola, she was a nurse in the hospital I had registered for anti natal here in Benin,when I was pregnant with you ,I was asked to go for a scan,I did,and I was expecting a twin,unfortunately, my babies had complications, they weren’t well positioned, I was 7 month’s gone,there wasn’t money home and abroad, things were very very very rough for your father and I,expecting a single baby was difficult, let alone two,I was happy at expecting two babies,but I know deep down, we weren’t financially fit to care for two kids, couple with the fact that my babies needed medical attention, all these needed money,and we didn’t have,then Mrs Bola the nurse told me to give out one of my babies,to a wealthy woman from Lagos who was in need of a baby, she promised to take care of the financial expenses of the medical aspect from that day till I put to birth, she also gave me the sum of #500,000 ,,,she gave me #250,000 before delivering and the balance after delivering… Mother explained…
Jesus,,,,Magdalene!!!,you sold our baby,my child, without my knowledge, how mean and evil can you be,24years and you didn’t even think of telling me the truth,you are evil, ohhh no wonder I was asked not to pay a penny when you gave birth,that a good Samaritan has paid my bills, oh now I know who the so called good Samaritan is,,,,,you are evil,very evil… Father said disappointed….
I looked at my mother,I didn’t know what to tell her,I was speechless for some minutes, when I regained myself, I looked at her with so much disdain, so mother, you know all I have been going through, the pains of humiliation, the beatings, the insults for what I know nothing about, we even with to that so called digital pastor, who requested for #200,000,you accompanied dad to go and borrow the money we gave him, when you know the root of everything,,, so if I hadn’t discovered about her myself,you would have kept quiet and watched me live my life accused every single day….
My daughter believe me,I didn’t think it could be your twin that was doing all those things you were accused of,all those stealing,prostitution and the rest,I couldn’t believe your sister were involved in all those, I mean the couple who took her are very wealthy,so such traits couldn’t possibly be hers,so I thought,,,,I am sorry my child,,,, please I am deeply sorry…..
Dear ple,,,,,,,,you would not call me you evil of a wife,,,I do not know how you will do it,but I need my other daughter back home,I am a Bini man,and my blood can never get lost,,,,, Dad,please calm down, Derrick said,,this isn’t what we need now,, please dad,Charity please put yourself together, we have to find your sister,Mom,how do we reach the wealthy women from Lagos that bought the child,,
I don’t know, Derrick,,,, I know nothing about her, neither do I know where or how to reach her,,mother said,,,,okay mom,what about Mrs Bola the nurse,she could have a glue, let’s look for her,and start from there, please dad,and charity, let’s work as a term, I know you are angry, but anger is not the solution now, let’s look for Nurse Bola,,, so mom let us go to the hospital,,, we all entered the car and were our way to the hospital, all through the ride to the hospital, there was silence in the car,nobody talked. Soon we arrived at the hospital,,,, we went in,and made inquiries about nurse Bola,and we were told she wasn’t working there anymore,,,, she had retired, we asked about her address,and we were told she had relocated to her home town in Ondo,,,,we asked of her address and a nurse gave us…we went home,and decided to leave for ondo the next day as it was already late….
It was morning, and we were set to face ondo,getting to ondo it wasn’t easy locating Mrs Bola,at last we did,,,,she was sitting outside,mother still recognized her, but she didn’t recognized mother,,,, Nurse Bola it is me, Mrs Clement, she introduced herself and they exchanged pleasantries…. We all sat down,and we told her everything that had happened so far and why we came,,,,
I am happy you came,because,, for some time,my heart has been heavy over the issue,and somehow, I hear the cry of the girl with Lady G,in Lagos crying for help in my dreams,asking why I gave her out,the voice has been echoing…nurse Bola said,,,, oh my child, it’s obvious she isn’t living a good life,because all the mistaken identity Charity has been having portray a wayward child, father said,,,,
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Please how do we reach her, how do we reach my child, mother cried,,,,calm down Mrs Clement, I haven’t seen Lady G since that day,we only talked on phone,but for some years her number stopped connecting.. I still have her address in Lagos,,, so we shall go in search of her and your daughter,,,,.thank you very much we all said… Nurse Bola went in,changed her clothes and came out….
Soon we were all in the car ,travelling to Lagos, to see my sister who has been the Misery Girl….
