TEMI 2 Episode 20
Mirabel stood transfixed like someone her leg was tired of carrying.
Sizzling tears teemed out from her eyes. Tears she couldn’t decide who
she doled for, maybe it was for the thought of loosing her heinous of a
father who cherished all his evil deeds to the brim and not for once
rueful and although he never for once deprived them his children his
causative fatherhood, or probably Temi the love of her life, the only
man she could live with without feeling any hitch or whatsoever,also the
father of her unborn child. She knew definitely well that it was either
she loose the two men in her life or both of them at once. Something
she dreaded all night till the aurora. The two of them were worthwhile
to her and she never wanted to loose any of them
“Thought we talked about this yesterday, so why are you now crying”?
Temi’s fragile voice sang out to her as he moved closer to Mirabel. “I
need to save this innocent kids. I can’t leave with the pain of not
rescuing them.. Pls let me go”
Mirabel nodded snivelling and stifling her tears as she struggled to
talk.” Promise me you will come back and be the father of our baby”
“I will surely come back.” Temi answered though not cocksure but to calm
Mirabel’s troubled spirit. Then he stooped his head low to cast a long
loving look at her with eyes mizzled with formed tears. How he wished
this was not happening. He thought he had escaped all the perilous of
the outer world, by lurking in a crude stark village they were. Little
did he know what the mighty topsy-turvy life had on the edge for him. He
gnashed on why life would always haul bitterness to bitter his
sweetness.
Life was such a dystopia.
“Tell mama i’m gone whenever she wakes up” he muttered still caressing
Mirabel’s demulcent temple and cheek. “I will strive to come back for
you, mama and my baby.. But incase i didn’t make it, tell mama to help
me take of you and the baby” he blurted wearing a lacklustre but a brave
face.
“Temi you must come back. You need to come and finish what you started
because i still love you. So you must come back and lets continue the
love m” Mirabel countered in tears.
Temi only responded with a timid grin while he moved away from
Mirabel, cast a stare at Eliza who was still sleeping then pranced
towards the doorway to meet his waiting vehicle that looked dust-covered
out of irregular usage.
“Plss deal gently with my father.” Temi caught Mirabel’s wispy voice trail behind him but feigned askance.
If saving his life plus the life of four innocent kids would be possible
without going gory meant to “deal gently” well he would succumb. But
what he envisaged was flat out different. Because he had augured a
bloody fight of survival of the fittest. And if at the course of
fighting the destiny played out as it was predicted then he wouldn’t
waffle at all to end the life of so called Dr.Banji.
At least he had tried his best to stave off the destiny calls when he
spared his life the other time. He had never wished to answer whatever
the malefic destiny set out for him and even regretted he killed Derick
Olabanji. As far as he was concerned, he tried his possible best to
obviate from killing anybody in the name of destiny. But the pesky Dr.
wouldn’t let him be. So if he had no choice this time around, he would
not falter to shoot him point blank to end the tumult on ground.
Mirabel still stood debile savouring the dust particles Temi’s vehicle
spruced out when he zoomed off. Her teary eyes tailed the bumper of the
vehicle till it disappeared out of sight. She puffed out loud breath and
tried to stroll back inside when another vehicle caught her glimpse.
The vehicle looked familiar and she could conclude on who was steering
at full speed towards their small shack-home.
Her mind tried to peek at reasons why Lance would come visiting at
the queer time of the day. She wondered how he managed to shunt Temi
since it was just the same route that led to the hamlet. “I just hope
all is well” she whispered words of prayer fierily in her inner self.
“Mirabel where is Temi.. “? Lance hastily climbed down from the vehicle
and threw at Mirabel who looked rather puzzled with her eyes searching
the other woman that climbed down from car also. She could decipher a
striking resemblance between the two. All the years of their friendship
in U.S she had never for once met Lance’s biological mother. But the
woman she was staring at now could not be a misapprehension if she
called her his mom.
“Mirabel plss save the stare on my mom and let’s save Temi. We think
he is in danger or some sort.. Is he inside there ? We need to see him”
Lance blurted out again with look of discomfort mounted on his face.
“He is gone” Mirabel shrugged while fighting hard to stifle a cry the 99th time that morning.
“What ? I mean Where did he go?” Mirabel heard the woman speak this time
and was about spluttering all what happened the previous night when
Eliza’s voice chugged out.
“Nuuursee Tracy!!” Eliza yelled out with her feeble body tearing through
Lance and Mirabel to meet the nurse that lied to her that her son die
of hormonal contraction. The woman that didn’t allow her to catch just a
tad look on his son before nobbling him away from her.
“E-e-li zaa ” Nurse Tracy stuttered out while rubbing his eyes from
reverie she thought she snapped into. Eliza was the last person she
thought she would meet after a long run. “E lizza are you the one ?”
“Where is my son ? For 25 years you’ve inflicted me with the pain of the
thought of seeing my son. Now where is he ? Because i know he is not
dead.. Now tell ne where is Temi ?” Eliza had started crying.
“Calm down Eliza, everything we did then was done because we meant to
protect your son. We will discuss that later. But your son he is not
dead okay ? And that’s the reason we came here now. We need him to see
him now and probably save him from an impending death. I mean i was told
this is where he resides ….”
“Wait mum ? Are you saying this Temi’s mum ?” Lance posed a quizzical look on Eliza.
“Yes son”
“Omg!! This is the woman that has been taking care of him right from the time we brought him here” Lance said
“Are you sure ?”
“Who is my son ? Where is him plss ? Who is he ..pls tell me?? Eliza
looked around searchingly. The urge to hold and touch him came gnawing,
she wanted to hug him and feel his embrace. She was dying to know if
truly he had grown tall and handsome like his father.. She just wanted
to see her only son for the first time in her life. And at least seeing
him will allay all her long time pain she had been duned with.
“Where is my son plss..”
Eliza begged again with tears teeming out from her eyes and mucous sploshing out of her nostrils…
To Be Continued…
