WHO IS MY FATHER E04

Who Is My Father???……Episode 4

Episode 4

A hand startled me. “Where do you think you are going?” I increased my pace instead. I vowed never to look back. A bullet whizzed past my ear.

“Yeee!” My mother cried out in pain, Gun shot! I tugged at the sharp edge of an unfinished building and the cloth broke loose. I ran towards were she laid in the pool of blood. The blood was gushing out from her neck, I cried as I pulled at her cloth, I shook her swiftly, I trampled on the floor as if it was going to crack, I wailed and somersaulted on the floor, I wished I never asked her about my father, I wished I never had anything to do with Tunji, I wished my mother never conceived me. I wished she could just resurrect.

But those wishes was just a mere imagination, the whole event seemed it was rocket-fuelled, she’s gone! Gone for life! My companion! My life!

The man in red shirt pulled me up,I struggled to let go but to no avail. I followed him and growled, what is going to happen to me? I was panting silently as my throat patched.

“Will you leave me!” I stopped and said sharply, he slapped my face hard. I screamed! The pain ran through my veins. It did hurt but I endured, I don’t care if I die as well,I was determined to do anything possible. I cried, hitting him with my wounded hands, he stood still with the look on his face showed he was surprised.

“Feyisara Kuti” the man called pulling me to himself, I looked at his face sharply as he mentioned my name, Feyisara and my surname, Kuti. That’s my mother’s surname.

“How on earth did you how ehn my…” I said incoherently. He removed his black specs. My eyes couldn’t believe who I saw.

“Lan..annn..ree” I stammered An old childhood buddy of mine. I met him at my mother’s feet,we grew up in the same area.

“Of course I’m the one. How did u got involved with Mr. Tunji?” I didn’t say anything, I just fixed my gaze on him.

Finally I said. “What are you doing here?”

“You don’t need that now immediately I saw your face, I felt guilty and full of remorse, I don’t want you slaughtered” he looked around as if he’s

about to fly away “but the other guy won’t allow me do that” he whispered. “Okay! Okay!. So what do I do now?” I quivered. “Take to your heels. By a twist of fate, we would see again” He said patting my back.

A sense of fatality gripped me. I nuzzled my eyes against his chest.

Just as he said, I took to my heels, I ran till I couldn’t run anymore, I reclined on an uncompleted building. My legs felt weak, cold and weary. My tummy rumbled again. This time,I said my last prayer though I was still a bit optimistic. I thought I would die because I was at the mercy of death. What a mess! My life has been a mess for the past two days.

I wished it was all a dream, I wished I didn’t conceptualised the idea of

running away, I wished my mother could just appear and say “Imagine,how could you think I was dead?” I wished, wished and wished in vanity. My thoughts flashed back to my mother,my past and those calls I received.

I thought about how Tunji cared for me, how he promised me heaven on earth.”Do people change easily?” I asked myself, Could it be that the whole saga had received widespread media coverage? Was that why Tunji

abducted me? These unpleasant event reduced me to tears. I fought back my tears but my eyes welled up the more.

“I’m doomed” I said bluntly as I whimpered like a toddler. I cried over spilt milk.

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I awoke from a deep sleep. I touched a bed instead of the floor. I pushed my head up a bit but I couldn’t, I don’t need anyone to tell me how I got here, but who brought me here was what I needed to ask, that place doesn’t seems like an area where people live. It’s more or less like a construction

site.

“She’s awake! You can come in” the nurse said “Feyi!” the feminine voice exclaimed, I managed to open my eyes.

Watch out for Episode 5

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