Episode 40

Mom

I love my kids but there’s nothing like blood. I know what I passed through when Ella was still in my womb, even she fainted two times the day she was born. I really love my daughter and doesn’t want her to make mistakes that will cost her a lot. When she confessed of being in love with Mike, I was secretly happy to be sincere. I raised Mike myself and knows the kind of child he is, I know what he’s capable of doing and what he would never do. I knew he would never hurt his sister but I don’t know about his woman, I’ve never seen him with a girlfriend to know how loving he could be. I wanted to make sure that I could trust him with Ella as his woman and not sister, I wanted to be sure that he would still love her like a man. All this while, they’ve been siblings not lovers, I wanted to be sure of what they felt for each other, I wanted to be sure that they’re not mistaking the closeness they had since they were kids for LOVE. Also, I was scared, scared that Mike might go in search of his biological mother and leave me, scared that he just wants to deceive Ella after realizing that she is not his biological sister… After all, men will always be men!

Their father told me to let them be, if I use an iron fist on them, then they would do the unthinkable. I know what he said is true, what they need at this moment is our emotional support and guidance. But I thought, maybe I should test them that way I would know better.

I first placed a CCTV camera in Ella’s room when Mike was gone to watch her reactions. She cried most nights, I thought maybe she’s just missing her brother, it can’t be love. And when Mike returned and told Ella to stop undressing in front of him, I thought he was just being an elder brother, it can’t be love. Amama said let those children be for I know true love when I see one but I replied “gimme time and I will prove to you that it’s not love”. I was never going to kill Emeka, not for any reason. What the waiter added in Emeka’s food was sleeping pills not poison but that shook Mike up to renounce Ella. I wasn’t disappointed, Mike has a good heart and I want that quality in any man that wants to be with Ella.

“Torturing you on my part was to know if you can endure anything for her, anything at all that would affect your human body, Be it hunger, starvation. I know this is not marriage but it’ll someday lead to marriage. You can’t use and dump my daughter for me. She said to have dated other guys before, but that’s none of my business. I had no idea about them, but the one that made my daughter to dare challenge me has to prove to me that he loves her too.. Just as much!

Am sorry for abducting your friend but that too did help me to get what I needed. Keeping you under watch and ordering you not to go anywhere is because I want to know if you still listen to my voice. I just wanted to know if you still respect me as your mom or you’ve grown wings….

Ella : That reminds me, where did you get boys?

Mom: They were my juniors in the military