To Find Grace

Episode 40

Jena sat outside the house in the back yard under a small guava tree lost in thoughts, she could not stop thinking about what had happened with Grace and it had been days after. She and Ben had hoped giving Grace Time to think through things would make her realise what was important and that they needed to settle down their past and start living their normal lives.

She sighed as she told her inner self she will not cry anymore, recollecting how the Doctor had insisted she worked hard to keep calm and not stress so much, she decided to take it up to God and wait for him to intervene.
“I have cried and prayed my God and I know you are faithful enough to hear me and vindicate me. Let your will be done upon my life, that of my Grace too” she whispered to herself watching the maid silently hanging the cloths she had been washing on the line.
Her son Isaac walked to her and she could not hear him approaching till the HE cleared his throat and pulled the chair sitting next to his mother.

“Mom, are you okey?” he asked her after she turned her head to look at him sit.
“Yeah, am okey Sonny” she sighed
“Can I ask you something?” Isaac went on after a couple of seconds.
“Anything, what is it Isaac?” Jena`s attention was fully activated
“Why have we not seen Grace up to date? You told us she was our sister and all that happened but am just wondering why she is not here then”

“um, its hard to explain Isaac, I don’t really know what to tell you but, I can assure you of one thing, you my kids are the best thing that has ever happened to me and your father and we love you, with or without Grace we shall live on and be hopeful. Grace is just a little bit lost in her thoughts and am sure when she decides otherwise she will come and be part of this family” she smiled at him but noticed the boy was shaking his head.
“What?” she asked him.
“I hate to tell you this mother, but this Grace has made you so sad, since her name started being mentioned around this house all i see is sadness in your eyes. Why is it that you cannot be happy if she is not here?” Isaac looked at his mother.

“Come here Isaac and listen to me” she held his hand closely.

“Grace, Mapalo and yourself are all my kids and I love you all in the same way, if it were you who stayed away I would be sad too, understand I just want all of you to be together, for us to be a complete family” she tried to explain to the boy.