26
THE PRESIDENT DAUGHTER
SEASON…. 2….EPISODE… 26
Lola and Cynthia arrived when we were
about to leave the hospital, they left for
school from there while we went to
Mirabel’s lodge. I managed to eat some
plantains so I could take my drugs. I took
my drugs; sle-pt for over three hours then I
woke up feeling much better. I even had a
video chat with Ike (Mirabel’s cousin). We
talked on many things; actually he did most
of the talking while I followed up. He was
quite a jester, He even said that “If your
Parents won’t approve of you both, just
elope and come to the states” He said it
jokingly though and it made s-en-se but I
thought about it again that it’s not right.
Marriage without parental blessing is not
right. I also thought about my sister Nancy,
so I decided to be ma-king her happy and to
make her feel comfortable with me as her
big bro. I wanted her to look up to me, to
always listen to me with clear
un-derstanding and trust me completely. So,
instead of imposing power on her that she
won’t have a b©yfri£nd, I switched to
advising her, ma-king her see reasons why I
don’t want her to have a b©yfri£ndand I
also coached her on relationsh!pissues. I
started showing her love and care as well
as showering her with gifts. I made sure I
get something for her whenever I returned
to the house most especially ice cream and
other snacks. I knew why I had to change
my attitude towards her, because,,,, she
might rebel against me in the near future
when her eyes open fully,,, and she might
also start d@t!ngsecretly. Since I started
doing all what I mentioned, she as well
changed. My sister and i bec@m£ friends.
She started opening up to me, she
mentioned to me all the useless boys that
has wooed her and the pending ones. I was
surprised to know that some of my useless
friends were among. Being close to my
sister is what i should’ve been doing
instead of forming s£nior. All thanks to
Mirabel that brou-ght such a wonderful
idea,,, or were you thinking it was my idea?
Nah…
My sister can talk from morning till night,
she always have gist for me, she never run
out of gist,,, it’s no surprise she inherited it
from our Mother.
I waited for Mirabel’s mother for many days
but she didn’t show up. I remained indoors
after my daily lectures awaiting her
surprised visit. I asked Mirabel why it is
taking her mother so long; she said her
mother has been busy from one meeting or
conference to another.
Ike (Mirabel’s cousin) and I retained good
communication with each other, he did most
of the calling though. We bec@m£ friends.
He taught me so many things on computer
and technology, how to hack on devices,
how to spy on someone, he s£nt me a
lecturing video by him on how to design a
website and ti-ps on creating traffics and
many more.
Momma returned home after two months
and two weeks,,, Nancy also had to return
home two days after, I went with her to
spend the weekend at home.
On Sunday after service, I approached
Dorothy’s Mother to know why she didn’t
come to Church. She said, Dorothy travelled
to one of her Paternal Aunt at Asaba, Delta
State. She also said that, they’ll all be
relocating to Port-Harcourt in two weeks’
time. I asked for Dorothy’s phone number
but she told me that she lost her phone and
hasn’t gotten another one yet and that they
only get to communicate throu-gh her Aunt.
As time pas-sed by without reaching Dorothy,
I unintentional forgot about her.
The second semester exams was fast
approaching, I didn’t allow anything to
hinder my study. Although I still watched
movies, chats, pl@yvideo games and all my
normal activities was still in place but with
timing as there’s time for everything,,, I set
time to do whatever I wanted. All this while,
Mirabel’s mother still didn’t show up.
After some uneventful months, I c@m£ back
for my second year (200L) while Nancy
joined me weeks later as she got
admitted,,, she studied Mas-s
communication.
One peaceful evening when I was chilling
with my girlfriend Mirabel before she
suddenly ruined the mood with no-good
news.
Mirabel: Baby…?
Me: Yes dear
Mirabel: Remember when we talked about
our past relationsh!ps?
Me: Yea,,, sure
Mirabel: You remember the one I told you
that we didn’t get to break up, that was
f0rç£d to school abroad and eventually got
jailed?
Me: Yea, what about him?
Mirabel: The thing is uhmm… uhmmm…
Me: What is it dear?
Mirabel: He is back. He c@m£ in last week
and has been troubling me to go see him; I
dunno how he got my contact
Me: You can make it clear to him now that
you’ve moved on,,, nothing much there
Mirabel: There’s nothing I didn’t tell him,
he told me to cut whatever tie I gat with you
that he’s back for me
Me: Forget about him, he can’t do nothing
Mirabel: He is a crazy guy, he just c@m£ out
of jail, and we dunno what he’s capable of
Me: Are you afraid of him?
Mirabel: Of course I am, he is crazy
Me: Have you forgotten who you are?
Mirabel: What should I do?
Me: You get him locked up if he tries
anything stupid
Mirabel: Okay
Me: What’s his name again?
Mirabel: Marcus
Me: Don’t take him serious dear,,, he can’t
do nothing, I’m here for you
Mirabel: What if he gets to know that you’re
my b©yfri£ndand he comes for you?
Me: I can take care of myself dear, besides
I’m not worried at all
**Phone rings**
Mirabel: He is the one calling
Me: Give me the phone
**I answered it**
Me: Hello…
Marcus: Who dah f–k is this?!
Me: Dah f–k is Mirabel’s b©yfri£ndand who
are you?
Marcus: Give the fv¢king phone to Mirabel
mahn, I ain’t got no business with yo’ a-s
**Chai! This guy messing up with 2Pac’s
number 1 fan,,, A self-gangster**
Me: Ok listen up motherfv¢ker! She told me
about you and everything you both had
before you left her
Marcus: I didn’t leave her!
Me: Well… she moved on, I advise you do
the same
Marcus: And I advise you to give her a-s up
mahn, I didn’t go throu-gh all what I went
throu-gh just to come back and get nothing
for it
Me: What are you talking about?
Marcus: I ain’t explaining sh!t to you, just
give the phone to Mirabel and go blank
Me: She’s not gonna speak with you ever
again,,, I’m in charge, got that?
Marcus: I ain’t got no beef with you hommy,
Mirabel is mine. Let her go like nothing
ever happened between you two, only then
this town will be cool for you and I…. I love
Mirabel like crazy and I ain’t gon’ let you or
anyone else hold me back from getting her
back, she’s mine!
Me: You’re just ranting dude, it’s long been
over between you two ever since you left
Marcus: I didn’t just leave motherfv¢ker!
Me: Yes you did; she lost you and found me
Marcus: F–k you!
**Hangs up**
Mirabel: What’s all that about?
Me: Just forget about him dear, everything
will remain as it is,,, he can’t nothing
Mirabel: I hope so but I don’t like how you
talked to him
Me: I’m not a weakling dear; I’ve never
been and can’t even pretend to be. I have to
be strong for us; I will always fight for us.
Nob©dy will ever come between us except
the inevitable. I haven’t told you this before
but I want to spend the rest of my existence
on this earth with you and not even that ex-
con can make me bow down.
Mirabel: Whoa… I dunno what to say
Me: Just don’t worry about anything, we
shall overcome anything that tries to come
between us, let’s just see them as trials…
Mirabel: Ok my love **Smiles** my life is
getting more interesting and I’m getting
stronger all because of you,,, I love your
courage
Me: I love your submission
Mirabel: Hhmmmm…. we’ll make a
wonderful couple
Me: Couple? More like a beautiful home
We laughed out
I got back to the house and couldn’t st©p
thinking about this Marcus of a guy. I think
he’s going to be a problem.
I got into the house as unknown hvge guy
wearing black suit and blank shade opened
the gate for me and saw a big SUV car
parked inside. All my guts went off, I
started sweating and breathing ha-rd . I
instantly locked car so he won’t come and
drag me out. The only thing that c@m£ into
my mind was that, they were robbers.
*What am I going to do? And my Sister is
inside the house, what if they do anything
to her? I dunno how I’d take it if they
should r@p£ or kill her.
The guy c@m£ knocking on the car; I didn’t
know what to do and the guy kept knocking.
Out of fear, I quic-kly gr@bb£d my phone to
call Mirabel for help. I dialed her number
and it started ringing before I turned to look
at the entrance and saw a woman walking
out. She resembles the woman I see on TV
somehow; I looked closer to be sure before
I saw Nancy flaunting her white teeth. Then
I heaved a sigh of relief that we’re save and
I thanked God immediately. When the
woman re-moved her shade, I saw that she’s
the perfect description of the woman I
always see in TV and the portrait in
Mirabel’s lodge,,,,, Mirabel’s mother the
First Lady is finally here! I thought
surprisingly inside my mind.
TO BE CONTINUED……