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"You may leave us" mom said to the house help cleaning her room.. I and temmy sat on her neatly laid bed while she took a chair to sit in our front, i could tell her emotions, her eyes were swollen probably from crying, she plastered a small smile at us, my heart began to race a litter faster, what does mom has to say? is she probably hiding something from me?
"Shade am sorry for your uncle's callous behavior towards you, i simply don't know what's wrong with him, he didn't inform me of his arrival, i know he has a bad temper but he shouldn't have done that to you no matter the circumstances but all the same all am trying to say is to forgive him" she said softly, i nodded an 'ok' reply, she stared at the fluffy rug for a long time, it looked like she has a lot to say but for some reason she couldn't, i simply pitied her, she looks so sad..
"Temmy, your father said you are getting married in three months time" she broke out, i was suprised.. i mean shocked, i looked at Temmy
"What???" Temmy shouted
"Temmy, listen to me" mom said pleading
"No mom, you can't be serious, are you?" she laughed sarcastically, i watched mom's face carefully
"Its a serious matter, because of what happened, your father said he needs to get you married quickly" she said
"No, it can't be, am getting married? just like that? Mom, say something..."
"He is getting you married to his friend's son, he just arrived from Australia, he said the boy is a good choice, i tried to talk to him but he wouldn't listen to me, you know your father better, once he makes up his mind about something, there's no one that can reverse his decision.." she said flatly
"Well that decision will change for good, this is nonsense, how can he make that kind of decision without my knowledge, does he know what i want? does he know how i feel? dad cares only about his business, and money! aside from the money he gives to us, is there any other thing he does for you and i? absolutely nothing mom and you know it, now he wants me to marry someone i don't even know...am very sure its part of his business deal...mom! i can't accept this, i won't agree to this marriage, i have someone i love so much! its absolutely impossible!" she said, and i simply agreed to that, this is not right
"Temmy...?"
"Mom, did you also agreed to this nonsense marriage" Temmy asked, she looked at mom's face with anger
"You know i would never consent to such, your happiness matters to me" she said "but then there's nothing i can say nor do to stop your father, he is a stubborn man, he never listen to anyone not even me" she explained
"Mom! you have to do something to this stupid marriage from taking place" she said and left the room leaving i and mom alone
"Hmmmm" she took a long breathe
"shade you have to talk to your friend, she needs to calm down, your uncle will call her shortly to discuss this same issue with her and....." uncle entered the room, our conversation was cut short by his presence, again i was scared, i had to stand quickly from mom's bed... He dropped a brown paper on the bed, he looked at mom with so much anger, i can't just imagine how uncle live like this, he is so cold, he rarely smile.. i kept looking at his face probably searching for answers to my questions..
"Are you deaf or something?" he shouted, I was startled
"S..orry sir, did you say something?"
"what are you waiting for?" will you get out of this room now!" he ordered, i hurried out, i was about to leave the room when he called me back
"Come here" he said with disgust in his tone
"Yes sir?"
"Is it that you are not ashamed of yourself or what? you are just here to eat my food and nothing else, take a good look at yourself, you are just fat for nothing..." He said, "honey!" mom cut him short by shouting "you don't have to say meanful words at her, its not right!" she said
"Shade, don't worry go to your room" mom said, i left the room quickly before he could see my tears fall off i stood by the door, crying i never wanted to be here just because of my uncle, i don't know what i have done to deserve so much hatred from him, what exactly is my offence? i can't take this anymore, i have to leave this house! i said to myself, then i overheard mom's voice from the room, i was tempted to go in and ask if she's ok...."you don't have to talk to her like that!" She said halfway shouting
"And who are you to order me on what to do?, just take a good look at her! her mere sight irritate me, i wish my brother had listen to me then, i wish he didn't have to bring her home then, he made a terrible mistake and i wil definitely correct that, i will deal with that prostitute of a girl, your daughter never talked back at me, not even for once! see how she has succeeded in manipulating temmy!! just see!! "
"Just calm down o, you are already getting old and you shouldn't be shouting this much!! that girl did not wrong in any way! why so much hate? what has she done to you? you tried to kill that poor girl few days ago alongside with your own daughter if you hate her so much why did you bring her here? this is getting too much o Tayo, and i don't want any problem, its obvious you don't want her here just send her back to her father's house!!"
"Don't you dare say her father's house, my brother would never have raised a prostitute like that! am not suprised a bastard child will always be a bastard! for your information, she is going nowhere, she will remain in this house and there's no one that can change my decision"
"What do you mean by that!!? she's not a bastard, Tayo why are you like this? You hate her so much yet you refuse to send her back to her parents, what exactly is your problem? why did you bring her?? Hmmm, if you have another motive behind all this you better stop it! Let her go! "
"Just stop this nonsense talk about that prostitute, i am not here for that, get your daughter ready, the Adegbuyi's will be here tomorrow, and i want no mistakes"
"What? how can you allow our daughter to marry a stranger, this is totally unacceptable, don't you want your daughter's happiness.........."
My body began to fall me, i felt my legs weaken, 'a bastard child will always be a bastard' my head played that statement again my heart began to beat faster than usual, i rubbed my sweaty palms together and left for the garden...
I tried to process everything i overheard earlier, could this be the true? 'what truth'? i asked myself, could this be actually what i have been thinking? i sat down on the floor, what's really going on? Why does my uncle have to call me a bastard? Am so confused.. What does he mean by he wished his brother had never brought me home? My head began to pound faster..i need answers to my questions!
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