MY JEWEL… chapter 11
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Written by Rejoice igbinovia Aluyi
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…..I was so confused, my God, Sandra Mr Sammy’s child, my br@in was finding it difficult accepting the whole truth, and to think Sandra and and I eat and drink together and sleeps on the same be-d, yet she couldn’t tell me who she really is,,,
oh my God, how can a child I took as my baby hide such a big truth, I didn’t know what to do, I was lost in thought, trying to know what next,, when Mr Sammy’s voice brou-ght me back to reality…
“Ada, you have been a blessing to me and my child ever since you stepped your foot into this place, you took my child like yours, I have never seen anyone with such beautiful heart, when people say angels walk on Earth, they are actually talking about you,,, you are so amazing, your love for my child is pure and kind, you have such a captivating personality, beauty and br@ins,,,I was rather getting nevious, all these,for me, me ,Ada,,, but then I managed to give a smile, Ada I can’t pay you nor thank you enough for all you have been in my daughter’s life, thank you for being an answered prayer to Sandra’s dream of having a mother, she can never ask for a better mother, you are simple perfect,,,,
Ada! (Mr Sammy knelt down with a ring),plea-se marry me, and take away this loneliness in the life of my daughter and I , plea-se be our wife and mother,,,, my heart was aching and racing at the same time, I was breathing too fast, I never imagined that, neither did I see it coming,, I didn’t know what to say or how to start…
Ada plea-se say something, I love you so much, so does my child, I can un-derstand if you don’t love me yet, I can wait, but I am certain you love Sandra,,,,plea-se Ada, Don’t say no, plea-se accept us,,, Chike who was there added…
“The few weeks I stayed with you in this house, you were very very amazing, plea-se do my brother and little niece this honour by being a p@rt of thier lives,,,,
Aunty Ada, I couldn’t have asked for a better mother, than the one who loves me alre-ady and treats me beyond a child and mother relationsh!p, but taking me as a best friend, plea-se Aunty Ada, I want you to forever be in this house, plea-se Aunty Ada, marry daddy…… “Sandra said
Everything was happening just too fast, I couldn’t construct a meaningful s£ntence or look for a word to speak, but I knew I had to say something, for everyone’s peace of mind ……
“Sir., I started,, Sandra is my God daughter and I love her so much, I can’t imagine my life without this little princess in it,,, she is my young bestie friend, I would ways love and protect her, but I can not be your wife sir, I am very sorry,,
“Mr Sammy was heart broken, he was weak and he sat on the floor,,,
Ada, did I offend you in anyways, or you think am not worthy enough to be your husband, I can change and become who ever you want me to be, plea-se Ada, don’t leave us
I am not leaving you and not especially Sandra, but I can’t be your your wife, I have someone else,,,you may not have noticed , I am angaged..,
Mr Sammy was shocked and didn’t even know I had someone let alone being engaged,,,but I had to help him,,, I had met someone in school,, I met him when you were away and we thought you travelled, now we are engaged…Mr Sammy’ gave a scream and cried in a loud voice,,
Aunty Ada plea-se marry daddy, be my mother, plea-se aunty Ada, plea-se, I love you so much, I want you to always be here,,,
” Sandra, you know I love you too, but I have Uncle Stanley alre-ady and you know it, I can not just quit with him, he’s been nice to us, hasn’t he,,, sandra was in tears by now, and this really broke my heart,,,I held her hand
“whether I am married to your daddy or not, it will never ever change the fact that you are my baby,and will always be,,,,,I hvgged her so ti-ghtly….
I ran inside my room got some clothes and left, the atmosphere was too tensed, I wanted to give father and daughter some time to think things throu-gh and get over the idea of marriage, because I do not see the possibility of that, I couldn’t imagine been married to Mr Sammy,,,,no doubt I love Sandra, but been Mrs Sammy wasn’t one thing I bargained for…..
I went to the house Stanley had rented for me, I was living there, Stan had asked after Sandra because, I had told him when I move in ,i will be with Sandra, but since she wasn’t with me, he had ask, and I told him, she was with her father and in good hands.
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It’s been two weeks without Sandra, I had greatly missed her,,,I knew they would have gotten over certain things, hence I planned to see them soon, at least to know how they were doing.
It was Friday and I was planning to go see them, at least to stay the weekend with them,,,,I was well dressed and about leaving , coming out, I saw someone I didn’t expect to see about giving my door a knock before I opened .
I was speechless..
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MY JEWEL… chapter 12
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…..I was so speechless seeing miss Glo in my place, I wondered what she was doing here and how she was able to find me in the first place,…..
She got my expression and started talking…
“I know you are suprised and wonder how I found your place, Ada, a desperate woman can do anything and go any length,,,,,
oh miss desperate woman, how may I help you?
plea-se Ada, may I come inside?
I didn’t trust that lady and didn’t want to take her into my home,,, no you can’t come in
” plea-se, you can say whatsoever thing you want to say here,,,,but I can’t be standing ,Ada I know you are very mad at me, but plea-se just hear me out, I beg you in the name of God,,,,I could see pains in her eyes, she was really desperate and wanted to be heard,,,,I had pity on her and allowed her in…..
She sat down, with heavy eyes.
“first, Ada, I would like to apologise for the way I treated you, I am really really sorry,,, plea-se forgive me,,,,
that’s okay “I said….
There was this man I so much loved,, she started, he was my world and everything,, my first love actually, I supported him in all areas i could, untill God started to bless him, when he was done with school, with the help of one of my uncle’s, I was able to secure a good job for him,, we were happy, I thought i had a future with him, hence I wasn’t holding back, I was giving him all of me, my time ,my b©dy, my prayers, my as-sistance and what i have …..
We had a maid who was a very young girl, she was 18, I treated her like a big sister would treat a younger one, I bought things for her when ever I c@m£ visiting, I gave her my things, money and everything, I was very nice to her,,, visitors didn’t know she was a maid, she was always well dressed and pres£ntable, doing all these just so she feels a s-en-se of belonging, I was even convincing Bernard that we should s£nd her to school….
After some time, Anita bec@m£ very rude, she disobeys me at will, and does what she likes, but Ben won’t say a word, saying she’s just a child, I was not even concerned about her action, because I thought indeed it’s just youthful exuberance,,,soon I started to hear rumor about my Ben planning for wedding, actually I saw a list of items to be bought, drinks, foods and some plannings,,,I actually thought Ben was planning for our wedding and probably it was a surprise to me, because Ben is one guy that likes surprises, so I just pretended I didn’t see the list,,,,
my friends were telling me to be very careful with Ben and investigate, that he is planning a wedding, I told them I was aware and it’s ours, how stupid was I,,,,,
Not untill one Saturday evening I was home, a friend of mine s£nt me ph0tos from Ben’s traditional wedding, guess with who ? Anita the maid, Ben’s family members were all in attendance, his mom ,sisters, I mean everyone,, I felt my heart was going to bur-st, I almost died of heart attack, I spoke to his mother regularly, I even called her some days back,I didn’t know I was just a fool,, I shouted and took a cab to Ben’s place, getting there I saw the doors locked, but the gate keeper handed a letter to me,,,
Dear Gloria
I know you may be aware about my wedding to Anita by now, am so sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you, you are a nice person, I didn’t mean for this to happen, one thing lead to another i made love to Anita, and she’s carrying my baby so I had to do the right thing and take responsibility of my child,,,we have gone to Dubai for our honeymoon, if you want to talk about it, we shall when I return, but in case you do not come again, I wish you well, and I pray you find a man that will love you.
from Ben.
I fainted at the security post, I woke up at the hospital,,,,I didn’t imagine Ben hurting me like that nor even Anita, but they did, and to think Ben actually said he had to take responsibility for Anita’s child, after he had made me committed an ab-ortion for him twice, saying he wasn’t re-ady yet, the last one almost took my life, my survival was a miracle according to the doctor, and Ben did that to me….
I still felt I nee-ded to see Ben face to face,, after about two months, I was better and also knew they would have been back from their honeymoon, I went to Ben’s place,,, I knocked and Anita opened, seeing me, she gave me a disgusting look,,,her baby bu-mp was alre-ady growing, she was really looking sophisticated and clas-sic, madam of the house indeed.
“Who are you looking for? she asked
I am here to see Ben “I replied
“honey, honey, someone is here to see you, Ben c@m£ out, I could see his sparking wedding ring,, he was shocked to see me,,,
Ben what did I ever do to you, I just want to know where I missed it, some tears drop betrayed me ,and were falling down alre-ady
no no Gloria, you are too nice, you deserve someone better, it’s not you, it was me, plea-se, I am so sorry, plea-se,,,while he still talking ,Anita shouted, that she was feeling pains in her w@!st, Ben quic-kly ran to where she was, giving her some mas-sage, it was all an act,she was giving me her ton-gue in mockery,,,I left in pains…
I went into depression for some time, thank God my family was there to help me pas-s throu-gh that phase of my life.
I closed my heart to love, and concluded men are su¢v-m, untill I met Sammy.. Sammy seems different, after some time, I opened my heart to him…
Getting to his house and seeing you and Sandra,and how much he cared for you two who I as-sumed were maids, it Brou-ght back old memories, I was scared of history repeating itself,,
I am not an evil person, I was only scared of losing another person I love, if I had known Sandra was related to Sammy in anyway, I would have loved her, I also wanted you out of the house, I mean you are a full grown beautiful woman, but I soon noticed you weren’t such a person, you were only interested in your education, Sandra seems to be the one so attached to Sammy’s heart, that was why I was scared and wanted her out,I have nothing against the child, I was only scared because of my previous experience….
Hmmmmmmm, your experience is quit pathetic I must say,,,but you don’t allow your past relationsh!paffect your pres£nt, you leave the past in the past, and build something new, see what you’ve done to yourself now…I said
I know, I have made a very big mistake, I am so ashamed of myself, that’s why I have come to you, to plea-se help me,Iam not an evil person, I only allowed my past experience affected me…plea-se Sandra and Sammy listen to you, help me, by now she was on her kneels and In tears crying profusely…
I had pity on a fellow woman, some men are evil indeed,,
well I am not promising you anything, but I shall see what I can do, I am actually on my way to Mr Sammy’s place, I shall try my best..
Tank you very much, miss Glo said, can I hvg you? she asked, that’s strange, hvg from miss Glo,I thought within myself,,,sure,we had a hvg and I felt a kind of love for her…
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TBC