Torns

Episode 30

She sat on the leather chair, wet face, red eyes.
“Hello.”

“Dad it’s Funmike.”

“How are you dear?”

“Am fine. Daddy, Foluke doesn’t want me at her wedding.”

“Oh… well, you know, it’s her wedding. She is allowed to do whatever makes her happy.”
Her jaw dropped in shock. She couldn’t believe that he would support Foluke, “But I am her sister.”

“Yes, you are, but, you know the way people react when they see you with us.”

She closed her eyes. The ache in her heart magnified.

“My family once accused your mother of having extra marital affairs. The DNA test you did vindicated her.”

She opened her eyes and sighed.

“If our in-laws see you, they might get unnecessarily apprehensive.”

She frowned, “How long are you going to keep hiding me from the world?”

He groaned, “I will credit your account today.

Just go on a vacation, okay?”

Her chest tightened in pain. His refusal to acknowledge her before their in-laws and the whole world gnawed at her.
It was worse than her elder sister’s rejection.