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Episode 65

Work began in earnest on my books, the poem collections
and the story of my life. I had many editors. I felt on top of
the world. Seeing my mother was a great source of
inspiration to me. She had added weight since leaving the
prison.

Moses and I made much effort to make sure the sign
language and the Braille writing style got into the school
curriculum of the normal people. It was all joy for us. My
books were launched and sold all over the nation. I
became a celebrity, but a shy one. Journalists all wanted
to speak with me—they would have to learn the sign
language first, or else they should forget it all. Now people
began to see reasons why they should learn the sign
language—James my uncle was a living example. He had
eventually gotten married to Mrs. Omotayo. When I asked
my aunty the reason why my uncle had to remarry, she
enlightened me so well.
“Rose, indeed it is supposed to be till death do us part, but
in a situation whereby the other partner is discovered to
have fornicated, then divorce and remarry is allowed. She
took me through the scripture and I read it myself; it was
shocking to me.

Within two years of their marriage, they gave birth to a
baby boy. My aunty, Rachael also gave birth to a baby
girl. It was all joy.
In the prison, Toyosi took ill. Her stomach hurt her so
much that she had to be rushed to the hospital. Her womb
was discovered to have been damaged due to the abortion
she had in the past. For the first time, I felt pity for her
because no matter how long she lived, she would not be
able to have a child.

I had left Secondary school and I had proceeded with the
tertiary institution. The college was also a private one
owned by the same person who had the secondary school
I attended.
I was only a young graduate, just twenty-three years
when Moses proposed to me. It was a great shocker.

“You want to marry a disabled?” I said in amazement.
“A disabled? Never!” Moses said. “How will I marry a
disabled? Rose, it is you I want to marry, Rose the
celebrity, Rose the Able sign language maestro, Rose the
Medical Practitioner. Can you let me into your life?”

I wept as I remembered my father’s bad-mouthed talks
back then. Did he not say that I can never have a good
husband, if at all I would have any?

It was like a dream when everything began to set. I would
now walk down the aisle with Immaculate Moses. His
father didn’t object to our marriage at all because he
loved me dearly. I thought Biodun would get angry
whenever he heard of our wedding proposal, but
shockingly he was the happiest person on earth that day.

Now I knew youthful lust shouldn’t have anything to do
with the future—Biodun had just exemplified that. I prayed
he had his own partner soon.
Moses was twenty-nine, but already a very established
lawyer. He was ever grateful to me for providing the
platform through which he met the justice, Mr. Joe. If it
hadn’t been for our court case, he wouldn’t have come
across the man who made him have an easy ride through
his profession.

My father would have to bless the wedding, no matter
what, so we went to the prison to receive his blessing. I
knew he would detest the idea, being the same man who
said that I would never get married in life. I thought he
would shout at us, having stayed over four years in the
prison, but to my amazement, the man was sorry for what
he did:
“Nobody is useless; nobody is disabled; everything is
about mentality,” John wrote to me. “If I come out of here
alive, I will let the whole world know that everybody is
able!”


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