Sins Of My Past

Episode 20

We got to Benin safely and went straight to my parent house, I entered my street, the street I grow up everything has changed the street was now more quite, we got to our gate,the cap man stopped,I paided him and we enlightened from the car,we took our luggages from the car,she compliment my street I smile if only she knows how I lived my life here,I knocked at the gate a little boy of about nine opened “good evening sir are you looking for someone” he asked me,I told him who I was looking for he open the gate at once,and also help us with the luggages,I really miss my home I took Mimi hands and we both walk to the sitting room no one needs to show me the way to the sitting room this was my home we got inside the sitting room the boy ran inside immediately we entered maybe he wants to go and call someone just as I thought my mum came out with the boy immediately my mum saw me she ran and embraced me I know she was happy to see me whose mother will not be after so long, we exchange pleastins.

My mum accepted Mimi and was also happy that I have accepted to get married after a lot of singing that came from her about me getting married she has never for once get tried of that,my father later came he was not around when I came ,did I tell you about my family well my sister Judith was now married to a business man and now has four children, also my sister Oduwa is till married with two kids,my younger brother is in American working as a doctor not yet married but soon to get married, as for my dad and mum they are no longer working it was now the children turn to take care of them,God has really blessed us all thanks to my parents.

I told my father of my intention I have for Mimi he was pleased with me and we book the day we will visit her parent,mimi left the next day because she has to go inform her parent then call me to tell me if the day we agreed was okey for them,she later called to inform me that her family was ready to received us,I was happy now because I know anytime from now Mimi will be my wife.

The Dday came my father has already invisited some of my uncles I call her to tell her we were coming she was happy, I,my father and my uncles set out to my beloved mimi house, as we approach the street that was given to me it was familiar but I put it out of my mind but when I got to the gate that was when all my fears arose.