The Daughter Of A Mistress ?
Episode 5
Suddenly, Williams went on his left knees and he held Cynthia’s hands.
“Cynthia, I love you so much… you are such a darling. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Thia, my Love will you marry me?”
Williams said dramatically, and Cynthia “Yes” at once.
But when she noticed that Williams’s hands were empty, she wondered why he proposed with no engagement ring
“My love, I know you will be wondering why I propose without a ring… I a-ssure you that I want to marry you, Tomorrow I am going to buy a beautiful diamond engagement ring, I swear,” Williams said, and Cynthia smiled.
That same day, Williams invited Cynthia to dinner at a cla-ssic restaurant.
In his own words “let’s celebrate our engagement, my love I am inviting you to dinner”
And Cynthia hu-gged him excitedly.
It was time for their date and they both arrived at the cla-ssic and cozy restaurant separately. After a while, they sat down to a delicious meal after the meal, Williams lied that he forgot his credit card at home and he urged Cynthia to pay the bill and she gave out her Credit Card to the Waitress, to clear their bills.
But that night something happened that changed everything.
“My love, you should go home, I have an important errand to run” Williams suddenly said and Cynthia was shocked.
“It’s 10 pm, it’s difficult to get a cab to my house, please drop me off” Cynthia pleaded but she was shocked when Williams bluntly refused.
“That’s your problem, I have brou-ght you out to celebrate our engagement and if I didn’t you will be alone with your crampy grandpa,” Williams said and Cynthia couldn’t believe her ears.
Cynthia walked away quietly, she was almost at the bus stop when she realized that she forgot to collect her Credit Card from the waitress.
She then walked back to the Restaurant and then she walked into the scene where Williams was on his knees with a diamond ring on his right hand, he was proposing to no other but his girlfriend, Edith.
Cynthia was heartbroken, She couldn’t believe her eyes.
Edith had said “Yes” and some people at the restaurant cheered and congratulated Williams and Edith. While Cynthia stared at them with tears in her eyes.
“I can’t believe that Williams has been using me for my money, I thought he love me, oh I was such a fool, I spent all my money on him,” Cynthia thought as she sighted the same waitress that she gave her Credit Card too, she walked closer and demanded her card and the Waitress dipped her hands into her Apron and gave her the Card.
” I’m sorry,” the waitress said and Cynthia nodded and walked away.
On her way home, Cynthia vowed to make Williams pay. from any of our novels group…
“It’s would have been okay if he had dumped me or rejected me after all my parents did but for taking my hard-earned money, I will never let it sly, I will get all my money even double” Cynthia vowed.
Cynthia regretted all the things she did for Williams, she wished she knew better.
That same day, Cynthia trekked all her way home as it was difficult for her to get a cab at that time, and there at the entrance of her street, she meet a little boy crying.
Cynthia looked around to see if someone was with the boy but it was obvious that he was alone.
She stopped and walked a little closer to the little boy.
“Why are you crying?” And the little boy was quiet, Cynthia brou-ght out her phone from her bag and she turned on her phone’s flashlight to see the boy’s face properly.
And then she saw that boy was looking so healthy and well dressed too.
He was wearing a nice neat outfit and he was a chubby boy.
“Where are your parents? why are you here?” Cynthia asked softly
“My mummy went to heaven and my Daddy refused to take me to heaven, so I left the house to find my mom but I don’t know I can’t find my way to heaven or my house” The chubby boy revealed.
Cynthia didn’t un-derstand much but at least she knew the boy lost his way.
“Is there a place called heaven in Port Harcourt?” Cynthia asked herself
But when she realized what the boy meant, she felt like crying.
“Your mom is dead right?” Cynthia asked and the boy nodded and said “my mom is in heaven now, please can you take me to Heaven” The little boy asked and hu-gged him in tears.
She told him that it was difficult to locate Heaven.
“Only God can take one to heaven, Heaven is not port Harcourt” Cynthia explained and the boy nodded.
Cynthia was confused, it was unsafe to bring a child she knew nothing about home but she wasn’t going to leave him there either.
She wouldn’t be able to forgive herself if anything bad happens to the little boy.
She quickly made a decision, but first, she would get to know the little boy better.
She introduced herself to the little boy and the boy did the same.
“My name is Eric Junior, I am 4 years old, I live in no 9 Eric Moore Street, Old GRA Port Harcourt” The boy revealed as he unconsciously revealed his house address
Cynthia smiled as she made Eric repeat himself over and over again.
She recorded the boy while he repeated himself, so she won’t forget what the boy said
Old GRA was a bit far from where Cynthia lived and it was already midnight.
Aside from being heartbroken she was exhausted and sleepy.
“Grandpa will be worried if I stay longer outside and it’s not safe for me to be out by this time, what if the boy said a wrong address, then it would be nothing,” Cynthia thought
And there she decided to take Little Eric home and the first thing the next day, they will set out for the Old GRA.
Cynthia offered to take the boy home and he accepted without hesitation.
“I was so scared and cold out here” The Little boy revealed as he hu-gged Cynthia.
That day an unusual bond was created between Cynthia and the Chubby boy.
It felt like they knew each other before now as they held hands and headed straight to Cynthia’s Apartment.
The next day, Cynthia prepared a delicious breakfast for everyone and Eric ate to his content.
“You are a good cook” Eric praised Cynthia and she replied in smiles “and you are a good foodie” and they both smiled including grandpa.
The night before, Cynthia had revealed everything to grandpa, even how she met Eric and the old man urged her to take the boy to the address he mentioned, first thing in the morning.
So after Breakfast, the chubby boy Eric and Cynthia departed for Old GRA.
On getting to the address, the little boy smiled.
“Aunty Cynthia, this is my house, how did you know,” Eric asked in smiles.
“Because you told me” Cynthia responded
“I did?” The boy asked as he knocked on the gate.
In no time, the gate Keeper came and opened the gate and he stared at the young lady and the little boy at the gate but one more stare at Eric his face lightened up in smiles. The gatekeeper seemed surprised when he saw Eric.
“Small Oga, where did you go? We look everywhere for you, your father couldn’t sleep last night” The Gate Keeper said in simple English.
The Gatekeeper dragged Eric inside and Cynthia couldn’t help but walk in with them
The Gatekeeper called out for his boss who happened to be Eric’s father.
And the man ran Out of the building, immediately to see why his gatekeeper was screaming.
On seeing his son, the man ran to his son.
The father and son hu-gged each other so ti-ghtly.
Suddenly, The little boy’s father raised his head and sighted Cynthia, and suddenly, he asked “Who are you?”
TBC