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Secrets revealed

"What?! Enohor's alive and you kept it a secret all these years?!" Sister Kemo yelled, shaking Aunty Enita furiously.

"Actually, your dad is aware" Aunty Enita stuttered, as she looked down at the floor.

I stood there, shocked as a sudden flow of anger rushed through my vains.

"Sister Kemo–"

"Way ahead of you, this calls for a family meeting" She said.

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"Aunty Enita, what did you tell us in the kitchen?" Sister Kemo asked.

"When were we in the kitchen?" She asked,  feigning hurt.

"Don't even try to lie here because I would still say it!" Sister Kemo warned, "What did you tell us in the kitchen?".

"Umm, well. . .Enohor is still alive" She said reluctantly.

"Come again!" My mother voiced immediately.

"My daughter is alive? Ernest abi I told you. Your sister, this your sister!".

"Margaret, your husband is aware as well" Aunty Enita said again.

My mother looked from Aunty Enita to my Dad, who looked quite uncomfortable about the whole thing.

"What do you mean my husband is aware? he took away the dead body himself!" She yelled.

"Margaret, your husband was the one who decided we hide her" Aunty Enita said again.

"Ernest act like a man and tell her to shut up!" My mother said.

My father remained in his position, quietly staring at the floor.

"Ernest you're not saying anything, talk to your sister!" My mother yelled.

My father remained silent once more.

"So it means she's right, you knew and you didn't tell me!!!" My mother shouted, looking furious.

"Ernest why?! How could you team up with this idiot and hide our–MY daughter away from away us, making us think she was dead. Do you know how it feels to for a mother to loose her own child that came out of her womb?" My mother sobbed as she went on her knees.

"Where is she?" She asked, after she stopped crying.

"Who?" Aunty Enita asked in response.

"Don't play dumb with me. Where's Enohor?" My mother yelled.

"She– Your husband decided to keep her at  sister Emu's place" She said.

"Where is that?" She asked.

"She lives in Bayelsa" Aunty Enita answered.

"Kids pack your things. We're traveling to Bayelsa tomorrow morning" My mother announced, "Ernest, I just want to know why you did all this. You owe me an explanation. How is she alive? I didn't hear her heartbeat and why did you keep her away from us?!".

My father took a deep breath before speaking up.
"After that day I announced her death I decided to take her to the hospital anyway. At that time, the doctor said she wasn't dead, the only reason we couldn't hear her heartbeat was because it slowed down. They did an emergency check up on her and admitted her in the hospital for some days until she was okay" he continued "Some police men found Enita guilty of murder and I knew that if I brought back Enohor she would tell them Enita almost killed her, And you, Margaret, you would have made sure Enita got arrested. I didn't want her to go to jail, it would tarnish our name, especially the small family business".