Episode 7
Davis could not take his eyes off her when
she finally finished her story, but what kept ringing in his heart was the fact that she was married and she is the daughter of a very powerful as well as a wealthy man in their part of the country. His mind weighed each question he would like to ask her but he just could not voice them out.
âBut you said you love him, right?â
âI liked him that much to know I could live with him, I agreed to marry him, remember?â
âBut did you ask him, as in did you confront him with this accusation?â
âClara is not just a random person; she could not have made that upâ
âI am not saying she made it up, I am just saying does your guy know what his real sin is?â Not wanting to say the husband.
âWhy does he have to know, Clara swore he is the oneâ
âEbe⊠sorry Chinwe, I think you just made a big mistakeâ
âWell, it is my mistake, but if your eyes are actually working well, I would like you to compare the pictures tomorrow, or wait, letâs compare it now. Wait for meâ
He watched as she stood up fast and went back into the café, Davis does not know why he is defending the guy, but he would love to be given the benefit of doubt if he was found in the same situation. He watched quietly as
Henry ran around the field, obviously
enjoying himself and totally unaware of the happenings around him.
When she returned, she showed him a picture of her with two men, probably from a chat history with Clara; she handed the phone to him and went to Henry, pulling the playful boy with her till he was right in front of her.
âLook at him and point to who his father could be in that pictureâ
Davis almost rolled his eyes but did as she
said, and he was almost shocked out of his skin at the facial resemblance. The smile on Henryâs face and that on the man in the picture was 100% alike
âWell, I must admit that they look alike, but we share resemblances with people we are not even related withâ
âVery good, look at the forehead of the man in the picture and tell me what is there that Henry also has?â
The birthmark was so obvious, a dark round patch just above the forehead, almost disappearing into his low cat hair, looking at Henry, one could see the birthmark very boldly as he has a lighter skin than the man in the picture.
âClara and Henry used to live in Lagos and I watched him grow, we have tried everything we possibly heard off to get the mark off his forehead. I personally followed them to a doctor to ask what could be done to get rid of it, you know what he told us? He said it was
probably genetic. When I met Tokunbo, I
remembered asking him if he got the mark on his forehead from an accident and he said he was born with it. His mother testified to it that he had it from birth. I did not really connect the two, why would I, he was in the USA and Henry and Clara here in Nigeria, but
it was not a random accusation, how come the same man Clara pointed to has the same mark as the son she hasâ
Her story sounded credible enough to Davis, so he could not dig up any other defense in the manâs favor.
âBut, why did you not ask him still, I mean I would have loved to be askedâ
âWould he have said the truth?, well he
might, but does that make up for the damages done? Would that wipe away the pains of 4 years?â
âHe could have changed you know?â
âIt does not matter now, a rapist is capable of any other murderous act, believe meâ the way
she said it almost scared him as if she had
been raped before, he almost asked he if she had been raped before, but he kept quiet and focused on the picture in his hand. He looked at it and also at Henry and could not but shakes his head.
They sat down there in silence for sometimes and neither of them knowing what else to say, Chinweâs mind was torn again as if it was healing and fresh wound was inflicted on it again.
Her heart was heavy and she felt it in her
breadth, Davis handed the phone to her and asked calmlyâŠ
âSo what do you want to⊠you cannot hide forever, you canât, not with your father being influential and not with the social media,
sooner or later, someone would identify youâ
âDonât you think I know that, I fear more for Clara and her son, they donât deserve to be hurt again, and especially not by meâ
âThat is rightâ
âI have to just hold on for now, I would
handle it when I get found out, but I need a low-key job to make me get some money and move out of her house and being seen with her as little as possibleâ
âA job is a good idea, but what type of low- key job could you possibly be looking forâ
âI donât know, all I know is I have to start looking for oneâ
âWhat are you guys doing out here, Henry, drop that right nowâ Clara called from the back door of the came and walked towards them.
She pulled her son from the insect he
was holding in his palms and came to where they sat.
âWe are just taking fresh air. Are you through with what you are doing?â
Yea, I was able to download some materials for the topic, but I will have to edit them on my phone.
Rabbi is having a moment with
one of his staff, so I had to leave the room for themâ
âWhat happened?â[/b] Davis asked curiously
âI donât know what the guy did to get him so angry, he was practically spitting fire.
Thank God there is a door separating the staff room from the main cafeâ
âWhich of the⊠the tall fair one I guess?â
âYeah, himâ
âI pray that guy does not push Joseph to the wallâ
âEhya, can we go back to the house now?, that mister has not had a time off play today at allâ
âOk, letâs goâ
She stood up and looked at Davis who it was obvious by the look on his face that he did not want them to go, but he did not say anything,
he simply walked them back to the café,
where Rabbi was making a call, obviously still angry. He helped them gather their stuff and walked with them out of the café.
He motioned to him that he wanted to walk them to the road where they would get a tricycle to their house. They all walked towards the road with Henry taking his hands out of his motherâs so he could walk on his own, which was very amusing to Davis.
He walked back alone to the café when he
saw them seated in a tricycle after bargaining with the driver. His mind was filled with different thoughts and he could not help but go to the web to read about the story of her flee.
He was surprised however when he saw
instead that the news claimed she was
kidnapped which sent a cold sÂŁnsat!on down his spine. As much as he would like to feel protective of her, his common sense still told him it would be dangerous for her to be found near anyone with such news flying around especially.
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