My Baby My Girl

Episode 15

“Megan, are you sure you want to do this?”’ The principal asks her

“Yes”
“But kikina loves it here, taking her far away to
the other part of town, in fact outskirts of town
wouldn’t do her good. Is there something wrong, isn’t she doing good in class? Because her grades her good and her teacher says she is a really bright and smart kid, why do you want to
move her away Megan?”

I want to keep her away from her father, I don’t
want him to take her away from me when he
finds out she is his.

“I just want to..to..keep her in a safe
environment Ma’ám, that is all, can you please
sign her transfer forms” Megan asks

The proprietress sighs sadly “Okay, I’ll tell you
what, why don’t you sleep on it this weekend
and by Monday if you feel you still want to pull
kiki out of the school then I’ll sign it and arrange
her transfer myself”

“Thank you” Megan says leaving her office
“You going to leave too?” Divine meets her at
the door

“’No, just kiki’’

“Look Megan I really don’t understand what
happened, why did that man go and report you
and why were you so livid with him? Do you
know him before? I mean I know what he did
was wrong and he kept apologizing but it
seemed as though you really have something
against him, is there?”

Megan pauses, the less anyone knows the better
“I just don’t want strangers assuming the worst just because they caught my child in a sad
moment and they feel as though they know
what’s wrong. Any mother would be upset and I just want to keep my child safe, that is all. See
you Monday divine” Megan says walking away to meet Kiki who is waiting for her, they enter the
car and they go home.

Divine wonders if she should tell her He asked
for her address, she bites her lips. He said he
wanted to apologize.
“See you Monday Megan” she says instead.

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“’I did tell you that it wasn’t your business didn’t
I? if I were her I would slap you myself… twice
for bad behavior. Can you imagine her state?
Poor little monster never knew her daddy and
mummy having issues with fam and maybe she
and her husband-”.

“She said Miss not Mrs”
“Oh so, they never married. Do you think it was
one of those, hit-knock-up situations and just
when they were about to hook up legally, he
died? How did he die?”

“We didn’t get that far into the conversation”
Sean sighs seating next to Zachary rubbing his
jaw, he frowns.

“Do you know any Megan Phillips or have you
heard of anyone of that name?”
Zachary thinks for a second shaking his head
‘‘Nope,why? Who is that… some famous
somebody?”

“No, kiki’s mother”
Zachary frowns “And I should know her why?”
“No stupid! look when she mentioned her name I could swear that name rang a bell but” he rubs
his temple.. “I can’t place it,the name or the face or the incidence but… it just so sounds familiar”

“Look there are a thousand Sean’s in the
country and a few O’’Conners, so maybe you
met a Megan Phillip once upon a time in your
earthly existence”’

“Yeah maybe but the strangest thing is that the
name sort of brought this… I don’t know… anger,

fear, regret… I don’t know. But there is some
lingering- it’s bitter sweet feeling I can’t shake off. it wasn’t just the name Zack, it was the way the name sounded and with her voice, everything sounded like… s–t! I can’t seem to place it”’

“Dude, maybe it was the accident” he says
pointing to Sean’s head, a tiny scar lays there
“Dude, falling down three flight of stairs,really?”’

“You were out cold for two days and you didn’t remember your name or who your parents were for 24 hours”

“And whose fault was that?”
“You could have said no you know? You took
the juiced drinks with two strong pills and you
thought you were superman” Zachary says
shaking his head “Your parents nearly killed
me, I nearly killed me, was super glad you were
okay.”

“’Oh well” Sean says rubbing his temple again

“Still I remember every d–n thing. But I
haven’t seem to place where I heard that name
from”

“Does it matter really?” Zachary wants to know
“Nope but, I messed up, where can I get lovely
lilies and maybe something equally nice for the
kid. Something worthy of a genuine sorry for
almost taking your child away from you and I am
a klutz” Sean asks his friend

“Dude, your apology was a enough”
“I hurt her feelings man, an apology isn’t. Where can I get?“’

“You don’t even know where they stay”’
“’Öh,a little chit and chat with one of the
teachers, she was really friendly, I think she likes
me. Anyways, I got her talking after Miss Megan
imprinted her hands on my face and I got the
address, easy”

“isn’t that against the law, to give addresses to total strangers?”

“I was a good charmer, besides I was honest, I
wanted to do something nice for her because I
offended her and the Teacher sympathized with
me”Sean says… “so are you going to tell me or
not”

“Fine, give me a pen and paper, look,whatever
that woman’s issues is or are, you don’t want to get s—-d in, so drop the flowers and whatever
and leave okay?”

“Fine’’

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The next day,Sean drives to the florist shop and
gets a banquet of white lilies, a box of chocolate
and a barbie doll, then he changes his mind. Kiki
seemed smart, maybe he should get her
something smart.

He goes into an electronic shop “Do you have
tabs for kids, smart kids?”’

“Sure, we have a Samsung tab for kids. It is
educational, can access the internet, it is
restricted so kids don’t venture into sites that
are unhealthy for them, but it has stories, it has
maths, in fact the whole shebang”

“Interesting! Can it call?” Sean was curious
“No, you can’t make calls with it but they can
draw on it, write on it. It has a clean/write slim
board that they can use and …this is just a
perfect gift for your kid I am sure he or she
would love it, boy or girl. How old?” the man
asks packing up the gift
Sean laughs shaking his head “No not my
kid,but she is a smart one. Erm, I think five
years old, no maybe four… I don’t know. Her
name is Kikina”

“wow!! Such a lovely name, well …thank you for
shopping with us, you have a voucher, you can
scratch and win”’

“oh really?” Sean does so … “oh nice a tiara?”

he says “and a bracelet” he smiles

“Well little girls love to be princesses am sure
she would love that, would you want me to
customize her bracelet… princess kikina?” The
man asked

“well!!’’ Sean blowss out air. He had no idea if he would be received warmly much less them
accepting his gifts.. “kikina is fine”

“Okay that would be an extra 5 bucks”’
“Really? This was just a tactics to get more
money out of me right?”

“I don’t know what you are talking about,
besides, imagine the girl’s face with the new
presents. She would be thrilled, really thrilled”’

“I give it you man, you gat skills, let me have it” Sean says

“If you insist” the man says hiding a smile, Sean shakes his head smiling

Another twenty minutes he is parked in front of
their house, it is mid afternoon. He gets out of
the car, walks up to their door and rings the bell.
Bracing himself for the worst.

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“I wonder who that is, are you expecting more
guests?” Megan calls from the kitchen
“No, everyone is here, but I’ll open the door and check” Tonia says getting up and dropping the tray of large pies Megan had given her from the oven.

They were having a day with some of their
friends from the book club she and Megan
signed up with. They meet once every month on
a Saturday and each person gets to host, Megan
was hosting this Saturday while everyone comes
with something.

Megan was baking pastries and cake, Tonia
brought drinks and another brought casseroles,
pasta etc. They were almost twenty in Megan’s
not so big apartment, but they had shifted the
table and adjusted the chairs to accommodate
everyone. They read, they joked, they played
cards and monopoly and they talked about
books.

Tonia wonders who is at the door knowing
everyone is accounted for,she sees Kikina
jumping and clapping when one of the ladies got
her answer, they both high-fived as Kiki squeals
in delight, Tonia is laughing as she turns to open
the door,her jaw drops to the ground.

“Oh my God Sean O’çonner!!!” she chokes
Sean raises up his head when the door opens
expecting to see Megan but he sees someone
else instead and she happens to know who he
is.. Strange! And he doesn’t know her either.
“’I am sorry, do I know you and how do you
know my name?’’ he says puzzled, he looks
around, this was the house and the number that
Teacher Divine gave him, but who was this lady
and how come she knows him, something
wasn’t adding up.. he frowns.. “how did you
know my name?”’

Tonia swallows “’I- I erm”” she stutters
“Uncle!!!!!!!” Kiki squeals jumping from the chair and rushing to the door, she is grinning from ear to ear and she is breathing hard from jumping’’

Did you bring the flowers, is that for
mummy?”she asks dropping her voice as though trying to whisper and pointing to the bag he held Sean smiles when he sees her, he bends to her level, he is nodding

“hmmhum! White lilies, just like you told me and
something else, do you think she would forgive
me for being… bad to her?’’ he asks
Kiki bends her head to the side as though
thinking, folds one hand to her side and then
taps her small jaw with her index finger with
another hand.. “Well if you apologize from the
heart and show her you are really sorry, she will.

Mummy forgives me a lot when I am bad when I
am trully sorry and I tell her I won’t do it again,
I promise too”’ she says.. “oh,what are those?’’

she points to the others in the bag “doesn’t look like just white lilies”

“Well, they are-“’
“’Tonia, Kiki, who is at the door?” Megan calls
coming out of the kitchen with the last tray of
samosa Tonia is still dumbstruck… “It’s ..its
erm..

Kiki’s..erm…” she trails off moving away
from the door so Megan sees,

Megan freezes for a second when she sees who
was there, then anger replaces her shocked
expression, her eyes turning to daggers ready to
throw knives

“’Mummy, he brought you white lilies, he is
really sorry, can he stay? Pleaseeeee!!”’ kiki
begs

“’Hello Megan Phillips” Sean says straightening up.

“GET OUT, NOW!!!!’’’Megan breaths