EPISODE THREE
A period of joy
changed dramatically to a period of sorrows and pains for me. I returned from
an errand my mum sent me and when I stepped inside the house, I could sense
that something was really wrong. There was Vera, her parent and 3 of her friends
sitting down in our parlour. When I stepped in, I was asked to sit down, my mum
asked if I knew Vera, I replied in the affirmative. I was asked how close we
were, “just friends” I replied. Vera’s dad then asked if I knew that Vera was
pregnant, I said no. But looking at their faces, I knew they did not believe
me. Vera that I had not seen for two weeks was three weeks pregnant and she is
accusing me of being responsible for it. I was very much surprised mostly at my
mum for believing Vera, for I was very close to her more than my dad and I used
to let her in on my secrets. I was questioning Vera for lying on me and my
parent for believing her. My parent and I got into a heated argument in front
of Vera, her friends who were standing as witnesses and her parent who were
threatening to arrest me. I was slapped twice by my dad. With tears in my eyes,
I pleaded with Vera to speak the truth but, she was quiet all through. After
much heated arguments again, Vera and everybody left our house with the dad
promising to bring police to arrest me.
My situation
went from bad to worst. After Vera with her parent left, my dad began to rain
abuses on me, saying I brought disgrace to his name even as he agreed to take
me as his sons and am rewarding him with this kind of situation and disgrace to
his name he said that and went inside. I asked my mum what that meant and she
said I am not Mr Olaniyi’s son. I was shocked and in tears again. She said she
was raped by a man called Alhaji Musa, who was her boss then. She became
pregnant but the man had denied the allegation even when taken to court. My dad
accepted that she kept the child on the ground that the child is only going to
be a boy to stay in his house but if a girl, she would be given to the
orphanage. And so it was a boy, born after three still births all males. But my
dad has not being really happy just for the fact that the first male child from
my mum was not his child. When I was discussing with my mum, my dad went
inside, took all my Certificate and everything that bears his name and
destroyed them by fire. He then ordered me out of his house and their lives
forever forbidding me from ever stepping foot in his house again. My younger
ones pleaded and pleaded even in tears but my dad was adamant, my elder sister
Nike, was not around and so I took few of my clothing’s and left to a world of
my own in confusion, anger and pain. I cried to God, but it was as if he too
was silent. That night, I went to Vera’s house pleading with her to say the
truth and clear my name, but she remained silent, in fact, her father released
their dogs on me leaving me to run for my life.
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