BETRAYED…Chapter 6
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…….Daddy wasn’t coming home again,he was coming to see Gracie and i in school, my child, plea-se forgive me for failing your sister and you as a father,your mother can not change, I do not want to die young,I shall take care of you both as a father will, I shall always visit you at school,you are 13,pls take care of your baby sister, she nee-ds you to be a sister and a mother, my child promise me you will not walk the p@rt of your mother,I nodded affirmatively,,, and again Bella my child, do not tell Grace what you heard,she’s only 10,she isn’t psychologically okay yet to handle the truth,,, okay dad I won’t,,, he went to get Gracie, we were on break,and he had pleaded with the school’s Director,he had also explained our situation to him,hence he allowed us stay with dad during the break time….Father also met with our clas-s teachers,and begged them to keep their eyes on us and inform him incase of necessity, he dropped his no with the teachers too.the 30 minutes we had with dad was amazing as always….
TOMORROW’S STARS EDUCATION CENTER is known for her excellent academic and moral standard, the school always organizes seminars where important dignitaries are invited to speak on some important moral issue…. I was in JSS 3 then, On one of such seminars, two important persons where called upon to educate us on a t©pic MY vir-ginITY,MY PRIDE.the speakers gave fantastic lectures, we were thought the importance of keeping our vir-ginITY as teenage boys and girls and the importance of giving it only to that special one we will make our spouse in future,it is a glorious thing as a boy or a girl to keep yourself until marriage, especially the girls,we emphasis the girls not because the boys shouldn’t keep theirs too,but because that of the girl child is more obvious…
After much lectures from the first speaker, I promised myself I was going to keep this special gift of mine for that special one that will be my spouse in future according to the speaker..
The second speaker c@m£ on and Told us,addressing the boys first,not to allow any grown lady t©uçh their pe-nis,she explained to the girls too,we shouldn’t allow any uncle or man t©uçh our brea-st, or our vir-ginia,those p@rt of your b©dy are your pri-vate p@rts, they shouldn’t been seen by everyone, neither should anyone t©uçh them. should someone t©uçhes those pri-vate p@rts of yours,especially without your cons£nt, such a person is said to be abusing you,or defiling you,which is a crime against you,the government and God, such a person will be severely punished,she had said,,she went further to explain what was likely to happen should we lose our vir-ginITY, when you allow a man t©uçhes your br£@st and vir-ginia, the man will have S-x with you,you are most likely to see some blood stain,and you will feel some pains,it doesn’t end there, you may get pregnant, which of course will make you st©p schooling,bring shame to your family, shatter your dreams,inability toooooooooooo,while she was still talking, my mind flashed to the first night with uncle Clement, I indeed saw some blood stains,and I felt So much pains,,,,oh my God, I had always known what uncle Clement was doing to me was wrong, because he only did it when persons weren’t around, but I didn’t know it was that bad,there was I,promising to keep my vir-ginITY for my husband, not knowing it had been taken by someone least deserving of it,my heart was broken, I cried bitterly within, how can my mother fail me like this, why didn’t she pl@yher role of a mother,I had so many thoughts running throu-gh my head….
Getting home,I met uncle Clement outside,all the anger and pains in my heart c@m£ back,now I un-derstand what this monster had been doing to me,,I asked Grace to go in,I looked at him in anger,what is it Bella,what happened in school, who made you angry,he asked,it will never be will with you uncle Clement for taken my vir-ginity without my cons£nt, and for abusing me repeatedly these past two years,,,,Bella you can’t say this outside, keep quiet,I may have kept quiet all this while, but try me one more time,just try me,,,,and then I left, but I bec@m£ a shadow of myself, the thought of the whole seminar didn’t leave my mind,I was a very cheerful child in School, because, I regard the school as my safe place,but all that changed after the seminal,I hated myself and everyone around me,I won’t go out during breaks ,I ha-rd ly spoke to any one, I had withdrawn into my shell like a snail.. Even out home, i spoke only when very necessary and ate little, I was getting thin, and of course, mother didn’t notice….
One of my teachers, miss Blessed, noticed me,and how withdrawn I had been,she called me for a heart to heart discussion, she wanted to know what was happening to me,and why I had become someone else, but I told her I was fine…Bella,do not see me like teacher Blessed in the clas-s room,,consider me your mother, or a big sister,,, talk to me,,,I looked at her, if I consider you my mother, I would never say a word,teacher Blessed,I am fine ma,,,I had told her,she didn’t believe me,she kept on asking me what the problem was,I certainly could see the love in her eyes,she was concern,I happen to be the best in her subject, Home Economics,so she really liked me…but I just wasn’t re-ady to share.. So she decided to leave me be…
It was like uncle Clement really got the message, he had st©pped disturbing me, in was thankful for that, not until one evening…
I was entering the pas-sage throu-gh the back door,when I heard Grace ,,uncle Clement st©p,st©p plea-se, plea-se st©p,I ti-ptoed and saw uncle Clement tou-ching and squee-zing my sister’s little Brest,uncle Clement, leave my sister alone,Gracie ran to where I was and held me,I gave uncle Clement a wired look, and took my sister inside,,,,when did this start Grace,what has he been doing to you,and why didn’t you tell me,I thought I was your confidant and little mom,I have been there for the both for us,why didn’t you tell me Grace,,,
Bella I honestly wanted to tell you today,,he started tou-ching my br£@st and bu-mbu-m three days ago, he asked me not to tell any b©dy that he will kill me if I did,but de-ep down my heart I wanted to tell you,I haven’t told you since because mom has been around, I wanted to tell you later today, she said in tears,I remembered dad’s words, take care of your little sister,she nee-ds you to be her sister and her mother, I un-derstood what she was going throu-gh, Uncle Clement threatened me too,and I know how convincing the threats can sound..I hvgged my sister,and told her it was okay…I had taken been abused for the past two years from uncle Clement, but one thing I certainly won’t take,is him messing with Gracie, I knew I nee-ded to do something, else he may defile my sister completely…
Haven thought for a while the only person I could confide in was teacher Blessed,getting to school the next day,during breaks, I went to teacher Blessed, and requested to have sometime with her,she obliged,,, Ma,am sorry for not haven told you anything since, despite your love and concern,I am sorry ma,I was going throu-gh a lot,it’s okay dear,you can talk to me now, ma I really nee-d your help,okay dear,go on,,,I told her everything, from the first day uncle Clement started abusing me…
Oh my God,you have gone throu-gh a lot dear, but you would have confided in someone, my mom wasn’t always around,and the few times I tried,uncle Clement told mom a lie, she believed him,and gave me the beatings of my life…oh dear that’s bad,but it mustn’t be your mom,any available adult could fill the gap…so sorry dear,she said.
She quic-kly placed a call throu-gh to home to come to the immediately, since dad’s no wasn’t connecting,,,she c@m£ and was told all I had said,,,,why didn’t you tell me,Bella why didn’t you tell me, mom was shouting at me,mom I tried to tell you bu-tttttt,shut up mom interrupted me,you were enjoying it,you were enjoining the whole thing,madam that’s a mean word to say to your child who just confided in us that she has been abused… With all due respect if this is how you are to her,am afraid, that’s the reason she couldn’t tell you.
What teacher, are you questioning my parenting, oh no ma,not at all,all I am saying we should be thinking of the way forward,what to do, and especially getting that criminal arrested..
Arrested?, no ohhhh,nob©dy is arresting anyb©dy, but ma,your child was violated, tank you teacher, I do not want that shame,police will not get involved,I don’t want people pointing at me saying ne this woman children them r@p£,simply because my stupid daughter was to dump to speak for good two years..
Madam,bu-tt,thank you for your concern teacher, mother again interrupted teacher Blessed, I shall handle the issue from here….
I was crying profusely with Teacher Blessed consoling me….
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TBC