Episode 36
Mrs Roselineâs point of view
I was beyond shocked to see her.. I canât remember her name but i remember her face so well.
âRoseline..â She called again and i gasped.
She remembered my name so well..
âMidwife.â I called her.. That was the name they called her then..
Those years agoâŠ.
Remembering those years hurt me and i did my best to forget them, and i did..
But now this woman just suddenly appeared and those memories are back.
Now I feel so scared,
so ashamed of myself.
I dragged her outside⊠to a far away side from the door and windows..Where no one would see or listen us.
I donât want Kelly getting to hear a glimpse of our conversation.. Not even Sugar.. even though they are upstairs.. They may still hear us no matter how we lower our voice.
âOh Roseline.. Youâre scared of your son getting to hear of what you did to just an eight months old child. Your daughter!â She jeered at me.
I shut my eyes..
âIt was out of frustration.. I never meant to abandon her. I never meant to abandon my daughter.â I said with tears gathering in my eyes.
âWhat on earth could make you abandon your daughter and run away? What sort of frustration could have made you bring your sick child in my clinic, then abandon her and run away?â
âMidwife, Im so sorry.. please i beg you to forgive me. My husband was the cause. He made life unbearable for me. He beat me up and left me and my baby without food and money.. Rose fell sick and i didnât have any money on me to treat her⊠I tried using herbs but they werenât working on her and her sickness kept getting worse each day.. Then i was strolling for food one day, when i came accross your little hospital.. I decided to bring her there..to at least be treated..You treated her but the money you requested was so much and i couldnât pay even up to half of it.. So..so i ran away. i escaped late in the night..Leaving my baby behind with the hope of she getting a better mother and a responsible father who would be able to cater and care for herâŠI prayed that someone would pick her up and make the baby her child.. If i had money, i wouldnât have left my child..â I narrated and explained as tears fell unceasingly from my eyes.
âBut you could have told me that you didnât have the bill i charged you. I would have known what to do about it.â She said.
âMidwife, i was so frustrated. I thought you were going to call the police on me or do something worse than that.â I said.
She shook her head sadly.
âPlease what happened to Rose?â I asked her.
Rose was her name.. Just like my name. I gave her a name similiar to mine.
âI donât know.â She said.
I grabbed her arms, âPlease i beg of you..Tell me what happened to my daughter.â I begged as tears flowed down my eyes like a river..
âNo. I canât tell you Roseline..Itâs a promise i made to a woman like you.â She said.
âPlease Midwife. I beg of you. I really regret my action.. I wish i could turn back the hands of the clockâŠI would never ever abandon my child and run away.â I said, still gripping her arms.
âI canât tell you Roseline.. Like i said,itâs a promise i made to a woman.â She said.
I felt so shattered and heartbroken.
My tears were like oceans.
I kept begging her but she stood to her ground of not telling me what happened to my child.
But she did because of a woman she made a promise to.
A woman?
âYou made a promise to a woman?â I asked.
âYes.. I did.â She said.
âWhat promise?â I asked.
I really needed to know⊠To find out what happened to my child.
I regret my actions so much⊠I regret ever abandoning her.
If i knew i would meet Marygold, I wpuld have taken my child along with meâŠ
I would never have left her in a hospital..
âPlease Midwife, talk to me.. I beg of you.â I begged.
âIm Doc.Ann now, not the midwife again.â She said.
I nodded.
âRoseline, I wanna tell you the truth.â She said.
My heart skipped.
âTell me please.â I said.
âI canât disclose about your daughter who you left in my clinic to you.. Im sorry, I canât Roseline. That is the truth.â She said.
My goodness!
âPlease Ann. Donât do this to me. I beg you..â I cried.
She shook her head, âIm sorry, I canât.â She said.
I shook my head..
âOkay, just tell me if sheâs alive or not.â I begged.
âShe was but i have no idea if she is now.â She said.
I shut my eyes⊠as i felt so pained.
âPlease do me a favour.â I said to her.
âWhat favour?â She asked.
âDo not reveal this to anyone.. my son Kelly would hate me so much if you do.. please he musnât know about this..and not anybody must please.â I begged her.
She chuckled, âReally? Your son? How did you come about this son of yours? Sounds like youâve got some stories to tell right? Cos i know you had no son then.â She said.
I looked away..
âHeâs my husbandâs son.. His father got married to me after death took his wife away.. And i became his mother.â She said.
She shrugged, âGreat.. Your son needs my help and im here to run a DNA test on him and a lady who claims to be pregnant for him.â She said.
âYou speak differently now.. What happened?â I asked, ignoring her question.
She musnât run this test.
âTwenty years ago.. I got a visa to America, and there i became a doctor in a well known hospital. Came back two years ago to continue in nigeria.. I established a hospital and now this is me..â She said, and smiled.
I sighed, âThis is great news.â I said.
âIm really happy to see you in this awesome condition.. You look beautiful and really blessed.â She said to me.
I smiled.
Yeah she is right but right now, i canât tell how weak and unfortunate i feel.
First, Kelly proving so stubborn to accept Sugarâs pregnancy..
Now, This woman suddenly appearing to remind me of my past mistake.
âSo can I go in and do my job?â She asked me with a broad smile.
I shook my head negatively.
âPlease donât run this test.â I said to her.
She raised her eyebrows at me, obviously suprised.
âWhy?â She asked.
âOkay..Because.. thereâs no need for that..I have a doctor coming down already to take the test.â I said.
She smiled.
âThereâs nothing wrong if two DNA test done by two different doctors.. So iâll go now and do my job because that is what Kelly called me to do.. And When your own doctor comes.. He do same.â She said and I felt anger boiling in me.
âYou canât run the test Ann!â I said.
âWoman..Donât try to stop me, If you so donât want your past to be showed on every news and headlines you can think of.â She said.
I gasped.
âYou are threatening me with that?â I asked.
âIm only helping you.. and donât try to stop me.â She said.
Kellyâs point of view
Iâve been right here in my room, with Sugar screaming and yelling why i had to call a doctor after she told me mom called a doctor already..
I ignored her..
Im more bothered on where Rose went to.
Iâve searched her room..
Her bathsuite.
The kitchen..
Inside this whole house but i canât find Rose.
âNow if you donât tell me where Rose is, im going to do something really stupid.â
âYou gonna do nothing Kelly!â She snapped.
âYou daring me?â I asked, and gripped her on her weavon with so much force.
She turned red with fright.
âKe..kelly let me go! You are hurtin me!â She screamed.
âTell me!â I said, pulling her weavon.
âAhh! Kelly!â She screamed.,âMom sent her out to the street to buy her something.â She said.
What the f–k!
âTo buy her what? what!â I yelled.
âI donât knowâ She said.
âF–k you. Thatâs a lie. You b—h!â I said, pulling her weavon more harder.
âYou f—–g tell me where you bitches sent her to!â I yelled.
âKelly im not lying..Let me go right now.â She said.
I dropped my grip on her weavon and she staggered backward.
âYou guys are trying to play with me.â I said and stormed out..to get my mom..That woman..
Sheâs pushing me!
I ran down the staircase but then the door opened and the both women walked in, but my mom was behind her.
âKelly, get the lady for the test..â Doc. Ann said.
I looked at my mom to see her expression but i couldnât read her expression.
Her face stood pale.
âOkay. I will.â I said and rushed back upstairs.
âSugar come on, follow me for the DNA test.â I said happily as i walked in and met her dressing her weavon.
She turned to me as she frowned instantly with dark eyes really visible now.. but i donât give a f–k about that.
âIs momâs doctor here?â She asked.
âMy doctor.â I said, grinning.
She flared up, âSeriously Kelly what the hell do you take me for huh?â She yelled.
âA w—e.. So follow me now!â I said.
âWhatever you say! but i ainât letting that old b—h of a doctor touch me.â She said.
I rolled my eyes.
I really donât have time for this argument.. This shits!
I walked to her and gripped her on the arm.
âOuch!..f–k! leave my arm Kelly!â She yelled..
I dragged her out of the room.. down the corridor..
As she went on yelling at me to let her go..
I dragged her down the staircase and to the sitting room and then I sat her down on a couch.
âMom can you imagine what Kelly is doing to me!â She said to my mom.. but my mom just looked away, without uttering anything.
I was beyond suprised.
âDoc. Ann, please go ahead with the test.. She dare not get up from there.â I said as i gave Sugar a dreadful glare.
I saw her go cold.
She just stared at my mom whoâs face was looking away with shock.
*
*
6pm_same_day
I was in my room with Rose who just kept playing games on my laptop.. while i scrolled through my email via my ipad, replying emails and business mails.
She layed on the bed, while i sat just at the edge.
She yelled, âDam you!â
And i laughed.. I know she had lost again..For the twentieth time now.
âYouâve loosed again.â I said.
âYeah.. but iâll keep on playing till i get this!..â She said.
âFine but im kinda hungry.â I said.
I was.
âJust one more.. no two.. and iâll go cook.â She said.
âAlright.â I said..
I wish she could just drop the laptop and go nowâŠ
..Well, about how Rose came back..
She just did minutes after the DNA test and Sugar angrily stormed out of the house, then followed by my mom.
I thanked doctor Ann who explaned that the test result would be out by evening time.
I gave Doc. Ann a check and offered to drive her back to her hospital but she declined, saying she just called her own driver to come over and take her.
But then she didnât take the cheque too.
I thought maybe the amount wasnât that okay to her and i added more.. but she just smiled and told me not to worry about that.
I tried to make her take the cheque but she declined..
Soon, her driver came and she said goodbye and left.
Then few minutes later, when i remembered Rose wasnât in the house.
Rose walked in.
Tired.
I was so glad to see her and i asked her what happened.
She explained that my mom sent her to get her a drink named, âBatardeâ
F–k! my mom told her to get her a drink called batarde? That is just a french word which means B—–d!
âIâve searched the whole streets for it but i couldnât find it.â She had said to me as she slumped into a couch.
I shook my head.
I couldnât tell her the meaning of the word.
It was one of the french abusive words my grand dad do yell at people when he was still alive.
So i just told her itâs fine.
But then i wanted to come to my room and i told her to come with me.. And i told her we could play some games just to cheer up the moment.
We did play.. but then i needed to go to my emails and so i left the game to her to continue.
âŠMy phone rang,
It was Doctor Ann calling.
My heart skipped as i picked up the call.
âHello doctor.â I said immediately.
âKelly.. The Test result is out and it confirmed that the baby isnât yours..â
âWow!!â I jumped up before she could even finish talking.
Rose looked at me, perplexed.
âDoctor!.Im so so so happy to hear this. Oh my goodness.. This is good news!â I said.
âIm gonna send to you the result via your email.â She said.
âThanks doctor.. I canât wait!â I said.
I was extremely happy that Sugar was the b—h i called her.
She was the s–t i called her.. The bitcg tried to get me with a f—–g pregnancy that isnât mine.. but Iâve won..Iâve won!
âKelly, whatâs the matter?â Rose asked.
âIm not the father of that b—h child.â I said, laughing.
âWhoâs a b—h?â She asked.
âSugar ofcos. Who else!â I said, laughing hard.
I was just too happy about this.
Now Sugar is gonna get out of my life for good.. For ever!
âAnd youâre happy?â She asked.
Really?
âIm exraordinarily happy.â I said, laughing.
She shook her head.
The email came in and.. yes! i saw the result.
Our blood didnât match one bit.
I wasnât the father of the goddamn pregnancy.
I jumped with so much happiness.
Then a stupid thought came into me.
I turned to Rose.
âRose Infact, donât worry about the cooking. Im making dinner tonight.â I said.
âWhat?â She laughed.
âIm serious. And please donât come outâŠKeep playing the games till i call you to come to the dinning table. If you come to the kitchen, Im gonna get really annoyed with you.â I said and ran out with her laughing hard.
*
I walked to the kitchen..
Where do i start from?
A jellof rice? How do they prepare that.
Google! yes google can tell me! I can search that.
I got out my phone and then opening my google app, I typed âHow to prepare a delicious jellof rice.â
And it worked!
It showed me lists of how to.
Then with that recipe, I prepared the rice.
Soon I served it on the table..
It tasteâŠit taste okay..
I ran to my room to call on Rose..
âFood is readyyyyy..â I said, grinning.
She looked at me and smiled.
âOkay mr chef.â She said and followed behind me.
*
Okay..We ate the food..
Umm⊠It tasted good..
No f–k! horrible!
And Rose face isnât bright at all..
And she just coughed it out..
I ate the food.. i did, just to tell myself i tried.
âBut it taste good tho.â I said to her as i i managed to eat the godamn riceâŠ
Gosh. it was watery too!
She didnât ate it.. but she did take few spoons before she coughed them out.
I ate all of mine.. Maybe because i was really happy.
But thenâŠ
That night i ended up sleeping in the toilet.
And im sure Rose did too.
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