LOVE WITH BITTER TEARS
EPISODE 15
Some weeks later, she sat in front of the mirror in her room, thinking of how to get another lover to satisfy her S-xual nee-ds since no matter how ha-rd she tried, or how ha-rd Richa-rd tried, he just wasn’t getting her there. The whole thing disgusted her especially since he could not give her orals the way Gloria used to. She heard the door open and heard footsteps approaching the corridor which led to Sammy’s room and knew he was back. She went and stood by the door waiting for him to show up.
Opha: “Hey Sammy Come here!” she ordered as soon as she sighted him.
Sammy: “Good afternoon aunty” he said wearily.
Opha: “Nothing good about this afternoon, just come here now” she said, turned and walked back to the be-d while he followed her. “How old did you say you are again?”
Sammy: “I am seven year plus. Hope there is no problem?”
Opha: “Not at all but I want you to do something for me. Come closer…”
Sammy went close to her confused as to what she wanted him to do.
Opha: “re-move your school uniform”
Sammy: “But why?” he asked looking even more confused.
Opha: “I am asking you to re-move it cos I want you to something for me and I don’t want your uniform getting stained or do you want it stained?”
Sammy: “No aunty!” he concurred and re-moved his shi-t except his singlet and shorts.
Opha: “re-move everything okay? Don’t forget you are supposed to be doing everything I ask of you cos of Annie?” she said moving to the edge of the be-d. She un-buckled his belt then re-moved his shorts and bo-xer. She saw his little pe-nisand could not believe it turned her on unlike his father’s. She took hold of it and ca-ressed it but Sammy j£rked out of her reach.
Sammy: “Aunty what are you doing?” he was filled with sudden fright and horror.
Opha: “I am only measuring it for an experiment my new employer asked me to conduct. You know I’ve been searching for a job right? Well I got one alre-ady. Come here so I can do what I ought to do fast” she said with a de-sire-laden voice, reached out and drew him closer again. She re-moved the very skimpy go-wn she had on revea-ling her ripe and ha-rd n!ppl!s to his consternation. He made to turn away but she used her two legs to pin him closer to her from behind and drew his head into her bosom before whispering into his ears “Put your mouth on my br£@st and svçkit the way you used to svçkyour mother’s when you were smaller. We are just doing experiment for my work and don’t forget how I can make all your friends abandon you, even your dad. So behave yourself and do as I say. Tears dr!pp£dfrom his eyes as he did as he was bid. He started su-cking her left br£@st as she held his head ti-ght willing him to pu-ll away.
She m0@n ed so loudly he was confused. She climbe-d fully onto the be-d pu-lling him along with her, opened her leg wi-de to reveal her alre-ady we-t honey-pot and asked him to put his mouth there too. He hesitated and she pu-ll-ed his head down f0rç£fully. “Use your ton-gue” she ordered between clenched teeth. He stuck out his ton-gue, tasted her and struggled to pu-ll away from her hold.
Sammy: “Aunty plea-se, I don’t want to do it anymore. Let me go to my room plea-se!” he said still struggling but she turned him over and climbe-d onto of him. Grinding against his little pe-nisas a wave of plea-sure swept over her. She tilted her head back as she felt herself climbing and climbing then c@m£ crashing down in torrents of spasms. She sat still for some time then climbe-d off him.
Opha: “Oh I loved that experiment!” she said as he j£rked up and jumped off the be-d in a flash. “Hey! This is p@rt of how little secret, if you dare say a word of this to your dad, I will s£nd you to an early grave by telling your dad I was asleep when you sneaked into my room and started tou-ching my b©dy. I will tell him it’s the effect too much movies are having on you. He will surely believe me because he loves me more than he loves you. No one loves you and that’s why even your mum abandoned you. But don’t worry, I will love you very much from now on” she threatened then cajoled as tears drizzled down the poor boy’s face. She had broken him into tiny bits. He picked up his school bag and uniform and scurried out of the room.
Richa-rd got back home that day and noticed his wife was in a very good mood. She even hvgged and k!$$£d him welcome. She hummed a song as she prepared dinner. He could not believe his eyes, he was curious to know what caused her perky countenance, he went to the kitchen and pretended to be picking something from the fridge.
Opha: “I know you are not looking for anything in that fridge. So spill it out” she said smiling brightly revea-ling the two dimples adorning her soft cheeks.
Richa-rd : “How much I missed seeing those two ladies on your cheeks”
Opha: “What ladies?”
Richa-rd : “Your dimples, your smile. So what happened?” he went closer to her and leaned on the zinc.
Opha: “Nothing happened, you mean I can’t be happy except when something happens?”
Richa-rd : “You can be just that you’ve been really cold lately and I really missed you. I am glad to have you back” he said and k!$$£d her mildly on thel-ips.
Opha: “Well I am glad to be back” she said stirring the afang soup she was preparing.
Richa-rd : “Where is Sammy?”
Opha: “He must be in his room, I have not seen him since he c@m£ back from school”
Richa-rd : “Oh really? I will go check on him” he said and walked out of the kitchen down to the corridor adjoining to the rooms. He met Sammy’s door locked. He knocked and knocked but no reply c@m£ from the room. He tried again and this time the door knob turned and h door flung open. “Sammy…What happened to you?” he asked as soon as he entered inside the room and saw how bloodsh0t his son’s eyes were.
Sammy: “Nothing dad, I am fine” he said unable to look his dad in the eye.
Richa-rd : “Then why does it look like you’ve been crying all day?”
Sammy: “I miss my mum daddy. I really really do miss my mum” he said bur-sting into fresh sobs.
Richa-rd : “Your mum is gone son!”
Sammy: “Gone to where? Isn’t it high time she c@m£ back?”
Richa-rd : “She is never coming back again because she is dead. She died that day in our pres£nce but we thought she was asleep”
Sammy: “Well I know she is dead. I know she is never coming back but in order to be able to live, I am telling myself she went on a long journey and would be back someday. I am not daft not to know dad but I just miss my mum…why did she have to die, why?” he struggled to dab off the tears that were cascading down his cheeks unto his che-st, he felt like his heart was on fire. He could not hold back all the emotions raging inside of him, the hatred, hurt and disgust he felt at the moment was more than he could bear.
Richa-rd : “I miss her too son but what can we do? We have to let her go so she can rest in peace”
Sammy: “That is easy for you to say cos you have what you always wanted right? I remember when mum was alive and begging you for forgiveness, you kept doing things to hurt her. You even brou-ght your abomination home. I just hate you dad, plea-se don’t talk to me”
Richa-rd : “How can you talk to me like that? I and your mum had our issues which you wouldn’t un-derstand just yet but I am sorry though. I regret my action even today”
Sammy: “If you really do regret your actions, then why did you marry her?”
Richa-rd was speechless and just stood there looking at his son.
Annie kept growing beautifully well among her three daddies. She called the three of them daddy. She was a blessing to them because with her there was no dull moments in their lives anymore. They bec@m£ better people, even Paul who was a Casanova changed overnight just so he could have more time to spend with her. Every weekend, they would take her out, have fun around the city and get back home early enough to prepare dinner. They st©pped eating out in order for her not to grow up getting used to it. They even bought and re-ad books on how to cope with single parenthood for men. She was their little angel.
That Sunday, they sat around Annie pla-ying with her while she giggled and muttered unintelligibly to them.
Paul: “I cannot un-derstand your language baby. Oya say daddy!” she just looked at him and re-moved her eyes while the other two laughed.
Ralph: “See elaa p@rt one”
d!¢kson: “This girl ehn? She is going to use guys’ eyes to see shege. Imagine how haughty she is becoming?”
Paul: “Well you would have been worst if you were in her shoes. Imagine having three daddies doting on you? Kai when she grows ehn? If any guy messes with her I will kill him. I swear I will maim him first, then later bury him alive”
Ralph: “Take it easy na. Do you know how many girl you messed with?
Paul: “Well that is why I am saying this because I know as e dey go. If anyone messes with my daughter…”
d!¢kson: “Point of correction, our daughter not your…” he said tilting his head to one side and even Annie started laughing.
Ralph: “Oh baby!” he said, scooped her up and threw her to the air while she giggled and jiggled happily. But all of a sudden, her face bec@m£ pale and she went stiff for a minute and then started convulsing violently.
Paul: “Oh my God! What is happening to her?” he said looking bewildered as Ralph tried containing her convulsion.
d!¢kson: “Annie! Baby what’s going on?” he said quivering frightfully.
Ralph: “Someone should get the car re-ady, we are going to the hospital now!” he ordered impatiently as her convulsion intensified.
On their way to the hospital, the convulsion st©pped but she started running a temperature.
Paul: “d!¢kson aren’t we there yet? Her temperature is running wild” he said tou-ching her forehead as she la-id on Ralph’s l@ps.
On getting to Balm of Gilead Hospital, they were directed to a paediatrician who conducted some test on her as they waited at the reception. Some minutes later, a nurse c@m£ to call one of them to the doctor’s office…
Nurse: “plea-se who among you is the father of the girl?” she asked looking from one to another.
They all chorused “I am”.
Nurse: “I meant who among you gave birth to her? The doctor wants to talk to her dad” she said, looking confused.
Richa-rd noticed that Sammy was not improving, months had gone by, and years yet he withdrew further into himself. He st©pped doing the things he loved doing. He st©pped talking to people much including he his father. He had tried several times to talk him out of his bitterness but it had all proved ab-ortive. It broke his heart to see his only son like that. And to crown it all, Opha was yet to take in after five years of marriage. He had covered up for her with his mum when she complained about it to him. He had told her they didn’t want any more children so they did family planning and that was just a lie. She remained as youthful and beautiful as she was the first time she met him.
Meanwhile Opha was radiating with health and happiness. She continued her S-xcapade with Sammy who was too scared to open up to anyone because of her threats. Even when he sle-pt at night, she would sneak into his room and have her way with him. The more energy and youthfulness she got the more drained Sammy bec@m£. His dad bought him different kind of drugs just to make gain little weight but none of it seemed to work. Opha seemed to be the only one enjoying herself in the house. To the other two, going back home every day after school or work was like a nightmare they wanted to wake up from
Paul: “Ralph, you should go with her. There is no time to waste” he nudged him forward and he followed the nurse.
On getting inside the doctor’s office, he saw Annie slee-ping soundly on the only be-d inside the office and heaved a sigh of relief.
Ralph: “Good afternoon doctor”
Doctor: “Good noon to you too, plea-se have your seat” he said looking at him from the rim of his glas-ses.
Ralph: “So what did the test result indicate?”
Doctor: “Nothing serious. It’s just febrile convulsion which happened because of her high fever. Her temperature was 39°C. I will prescribe some drugs for you, make sure you administer them on her till she is stable again” he scribbled something in a jotter and pas-sed it to him.
Ralph: “But hope it’s not epilepsy?”
Doctor: “Not at all. It is a different kind of convulsion and less harmful than epilepsy though it can still give rise to epilepsy if care is not taken. Among the drug I prescribe-d, there is anti-convulsant among them though it might not be necessary she takes it. Just make sure you get all the drugs and administer them on her like I instructed on the paper. Good luck and for the record, your daughter is a very strong and lovely girl”
Ralph: “Thank you doctor” he said, smiling. He stood up, took the doctor’s outstretched hand in a handshake, went over to Annie and scooped her up from the be-d into his arms. Her temperature had gone considerably down but he noticed she was weaker than usual. “Sorry baby!” he whispered into her hears and walked out of the doctor’s office. As soon as his friends saw hi, they both surrounded him asking one question after the other. They t©uçhed Annie gently and were relieved to know she was no longer running temperature as much as she was earlier.
Soon enough, Sammy st©pped going home from school because he knew she would be waiting for him. He dre-aded that moment when she would climb him and do the stuffs she did or the moments she made him do those stuffs he did. He would linger around the school, cook up every possible excuse just to stay longer outside.
On that p@rticular day when he got back from school at past 7pm. He might his dad in the sitting room, angry while his step mum was sitting with him. They were waiting for him.
Richa-rd : “Where are you coming from Mr Man? He queried him as soon as she entered the sitting room.
Sammy: “I am coming from school” he said looking down.
Richa-rd : “You are just coming back from school by this time Sammy? At this age? You are just twelve years for crying out loud and you are alre-ady keeping late nights?”
Sammy: “I had extra as-signment so I decided to do it in school”
Richa-rd : “So you are always having a surprise outing? I have been getting complaints about you since this started but I thought it will st©p with time but you are getting worst by the day. Why are you doing this Sammy? Am I not a good father to you?”
Opha: “Honey take it easy with him plea-se. He is still young, he is just showing signs of puberty; you know adolescence is setting in so this is just normal” She looked at Sam who gave her a look of disgust and she win-ked at him, sticking out her ton-gue se-ductively, he looked away as his dad’s gaze was riveted on him.
Richa-rd : “What nons-en-se adolescence at the age of twelve? He is just being rebellious and nothing more. Why are you trying to kill me? Was I the one who killed your mum?” he regretted that statement as soon as they left his mouth.
Sammy: “Don’t ever talk about my mum again. What do you know? There is nothing you are good at? You are neither good at being a husband nor a father. If you were you wouldn’t have given up so easily on finding Annie. You are a coward da…” before he could finish saying dad, his dad stuck out his hand in a bidding flash of lightening and struck him in the cheek, blood few out from his mouth.
Opha: “Richaarrrd! Why did you do that? How could you strike him like that?” she flared up unexpectedly.
Sammy was dazed for a moment, even the tears refused to flow. That was the first time any of his parents will ever raise their hands at him. He looked at his dad who stood in front of him defiantly and just turned back and walked out on him.
Richa-rd : “Come back here right away you insolent fool. You dare call me a coward? The next time you do that, its belt I’d use on you” he raved and slumped down heavily onto the settee behind him. “I can’t believe this is happening” he lamented sadly.
Opha: “You shouldn’t have done that honey, now you just made issues worst. How do we go about this now?”
Richa-rd : “Weren’t you there when he was heaping abusive words at me? So you expect me to just keep mum?”
Opha: “I am not justifying his actions but you as an adult should know better than hitting a child like that. plea-se go and talk to him” she said pleadingly.
Richa-rd : “No way! Just stay out of this okay?” he warned and walked out on her. She couldn’t think of what to do. “Now i know where Sammy got his stubbornness from. they are both the same”she said to herself.
He walked inside his room grief stricken and emotionally bruised. He sat on the be-d and looked around, saw the picture of Annie hung on the wall and walked over to it.
Sammy:” “Baby sister, hope you are living a good life? Where are you now? I know you must b looking quite beautiful now. Your birthday is tomorrow and also the day mum died. I feel so alone, my life is ruined. I don’t know what to do anymore” the tears flowed freely now. “I am not even really sure if you are alive and it’s all my fault. I was not a good brother, I did not protect you enough. I should have ran after those men fas-ter than I did. Mum must really be mad at me now, I am a useless son. Annie and mum, I miss you two so much” he started looking frantically around. “I don’t think it’s okay for me to keep living right? All I have to do is push something sharp inside my stomach and I will be able to see you two again right? What use is living this kind of life? See what that woman has turned me to?” just then he remembered the compas-s in his bag and went for it. He brou-ght it out, held it ti-ghtly in his hands and closed his eyes.
To be continued…
Will this be the end of Sammy in the story?