Episode 5
It was a thirty minutes journey between Reavon Health to the police station. When she entered, she saw the counter at the side if the medium sized room
âGood morning, sirâ,Fiona started
âYes Morningâ,the officer stopped what he was doing and looked up
âIâd like to get a police reportâ,immediately she noticed his countenance changed
âPolice report for wetin?â
âMy father has been shot and the hospital asks for a police reportâ
âYou sure say your father no be thief?â
âNo!!â
âOkay,so where how dem carry shoot am?â
âI donât knowâ
âThe thing be say I no fit just give you police report like that, I get to see the person. Wetin you go do be say,you go carry your father come make I see amâ
âBut heâs dyingâ
âI sat make you carry am come make I see amâ
âPlease, I canât. Just help him. Pleaseâ
âListen to me. I didnât say I wonât give you the report. I say I get to see am firstâ
âOkay,I can take you to the hospitalâ
âYou dey mad?,you want make an officer of the law follow you. Oya commot from here before I put you inside cell. Go!!â
âPleaseâŠ.â
âYou wan sleep for cell?â
She shook her head
âOya dey go. If you want your father to live,then carry am come hereâ
She stood for sometime,still confused on what to do,she hailed a cab
âReavonâ,she said
âThat government hospital?â
âYesâ
She got in
She paid the cab driver and walked into the reception and walked up to where Tiara and her dad sat
âTia,thereâs a problemâ
âHmmmâ
âThe police wonât give me the report unless they see dad. They said we should bring him to the stationâ
âHeâs not gonna last for that journeyâ
âWhat do we do now?â
âIâm going to the police station myselfâ,Tiara said already getting up
âTâŠiaâŠâŠâ,Mr d!ckson spoke and they both turned
âTâŠ.ake meâŠ.hoâŠmeâ
Fiona walked and knelt before her dad âDad you need medical attentionâ
âJâŠust tâŠake me homeâ,he said with finality.
âLetâs goâ,Tiara said âLetâs go homeâ
The Michaels got to their small two bedroom apartment. Each of the two girls holding their dad by the side,entered the parlour and into his bedroom and la!d him on the bed.
âMmmmâ,d!ckson broke the awkward silence âThere isâŠ.no do..ubt thâŠ.thatâŠIâm goo⊠ing to die today but befâŠore I go,I want the twoâŠ.â,he coughed ââŠ.two ofâŠyooâŠu to promise me one thiâŠone thingâ
Fiona said âHush dad,do not try to talk. Save your strengthâ
âIâm dying, Fiona⊠and Iâll notâŠ. be hushed. In twentyâŠâ,he spat blood and lay gasping for breath before he could continue âIâll beâŠdyingâ
âWhat do you want of us?â,Tiara asked
âRevenge and youâ,he said pointing to the both of them âyouâŠwillâŠcaâŠ.carry out the revengeâ
Fiona said âDad,just save your strengthâ
âPromise meâ,he said ignoring Fiona
âPromiseâ,Tiaraâs cold voice said and d!cksonâs eyes averted to Fiona wanting to hear her answer. Seconds ticked by,still no answer from Fiona and he still looked at her,holding her gaze
âThis is the lastâŠthingâ,he coughed âI waâŠwant,Fi and if youâŠ.you canât⊠give it toâŠto me,thenâŠthen you are not myâŠmy daughterâ
âI promiseâ,she finally said
âThereâsâŠa wooden boxâŠin that wardâŠâ,he coughed out blood again ââŠin that..wardrobe,youâll findâŠall theâŠanswers you need. Thereâs⊠a fixedâŠfixed deposit I opened beforeâŠI dissolved the..the partnership, it isâŠdue in three monthsâŠtime and worth billions.. youâll never be poor againâŠand you..youâll also need it..for the revengeâ,he turned to Fiona âGo andâŠget me someâŠsome waterâ,she nodded.
She knew there was no water,so she had to walk down to the road to get a bag of pure water.
Tiara asked her dad as soon as Fiona had left the room
âWho did this to you?â
âElliottâ,d!ckson said
âYou mean the owner of the paper company?, Tiara asked confused
âYes,the same Elliottâ
âBut why?â
âHe was toldâŠ.toâŠdo soâ
âBy?â
âYouâll find⊠out thatâŠsoon enoughâ,he continued âI was trained⊠to..kn⊠ow that suicide is aâŠsinâ,he looked up at Tiara
âYouâŠyouâre going toâŠ.end my miseryâ
âWhat?,I cannot do thatâ
âOh yesâŠyes you can. IâŠI have sufferedâŠin life and IâŠwill not suffer in death. JustâŠdoâŠit!â,but she didnât bugle.
âDo it!!âŠ.Do it!!âŠDo it now!!â
âI love you,dad and I will see to the revengeâ,she said as tears began streaming down her eyes
âI loveâŠyou too,Tiaâ,and he added with a little laughter âAnd after you must have received the money from the fixed deposit,have a drink in my nameâ,and his expression changed to a more serious one âNow do it!!â,he said in between clenched teeth
Tiara reached for a pillow and placed it on her fatherâs face,she added more strength and her dadâs arm held unto hers,she added more strength to it as more tears came until she felt her fatherâs grip loosened and she felt his body become still,she removed the pillow and replaced it where she saw it and closed her dadâs eye,just then Fiona walked in with the water in the glass cup and the water spilled forming a carpet around her âDad?â,she shaked him âDad!!!â,she wailed and began crying. Tiara walked to the window,not wanting Fiona to see her.
Tiara brushed at the tear,caught it on her fingertip. She studied it as if it were some exotic specimen just discovered
It was exactly three days after the burial of their father,both sisters sat at the sitting room each thinking of the dad in different aspects
Tiara was thinking about the fact that she killed their father with a pillow and Fiona knew nothing about it and would never forgive her if she ever found out
Fiona thought how she didnât get the chance to bid her dad goodbye neither did she do that with her mother, maybe if she had come some sounds earlier in the case of her mum and maybe if she had refused to go get the water for her dad and he had asked her for revenge?
She was startled when Tiara placed the wooden box in front of her,curiosity got the best of her and she opened it before Tiara got the chance to sit down. She opened it and brought out old newspaper chippings and also brought out a diary
âWho would have taught dad had a diaryâ,Fiona said,more of a statement than a question
âHmmmâ
âThis isâŠâ,Fiona said pointing at the photographs in the newspaper âŠ.âDaniel Okolie,Robert Obiaku and Paul..what!?â,she stood âPaul Green?,Joshuaâs father?⊠My God!â
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