EPISODE FIFTY-THREE
“Mafia husband?”I asked again and Uncle John squinted his eyes in disappointment.
“You know she’s drunk?, Don’t believe whatever she said”He persuades and push me to the room with Kayla.
Kayla was crying profusely in my arms, She hurt her badly, Kayla is just a lad for God’s sake.
Aunty Melissa can be a bitch sometimes.
“You don’t have to believe whatever she said, She doesn’t mean it, Okay?”I pecked her cheeks and but withdraw her hand from me slowly.
“I was never a dummy, I heard the teachers joke about my mother most of the times, She is a sl*ut!”She cursed tearfully, I hugged her tightly to my chest and pat her back.
“You don’t have to curse, Don’t worry, Dad will take you away from the school, You will attend another better school, I promise”
“I don’t want to, I’d rather live in shame with the rest of my life because a poor orphan like me doesn’t desever anything, They just used me to collect insurance”She yelled angrily and tried walking away but I held her back, pissed off.
I can’t believe the quiet Kayla is the one acting like an adult, She’s tired and frustrated but not as much as I do.
“Did your Dad treated you like that?, You’re not an orphan, Nah, Your biological mother got pregnant at a very young age and Uncle john knew he’s the father of the baby, She couldn’t take the responsibility after she gave birth, But had to leave everything for my brother, Yes, he took you to the orphanage because he’s always busy, Did you know why she got married with Aunty Melissa?, Because you had a heart disease when you clocked two, He had no choice than to get married to her so he will get some money to treat you, Melissa might act like a bitch now but she sacrificed lots of things for you, Even though, she won’t be part of your life anymore, Stop being stubborn and don’t make things hard for us especially your dad”I explained.
Even though, I was not so sure of the story, I knew that Uncle John is the biological father of Kayla, But I wasn’t sure of Melissa, Mom narrated the story to me a night she was drunk but I don’t want to believe her then.
Now, I realized everything and knew immediately that she was saying the truth.
“I’m sorry”she sobbed and hugged my legs, I carried her carefully in my arms and took her away to her room.
After I apologized to her friend’s, I shared the gifts among them and send them home in the bus.
Their parents called minutes later that they all arrived home safely, after that, I cleared the room and wash all the dishes before going to Uncle John’s room.
I couldn’t find him there, I possumed he will be at the balcony.
Fortunately, I found him there, drinking. I sighed before walking up to him.
“You think Kayla will be happy if she wakes up tomorrow’s morning and found out you were drunk?”
“I don’t care, She’s angry at me already”
“Then don’t make it hard for her”
“What should I do then?, I don’t know anymore”He sobbed and I turned to him.
“You don’t have to best yourself to it, you’re not at fault, Don’t blame yourself for all what happened, You did this for a reason”
I don’t want to tell him that I knew about what happened already, I just had to play along.
“You don’t even ask what happened?”
“I don’t need to know, But I’m sure you did it for a good reason, You’re a reserved man, I knew something was off when you told us you’re getting married to Melissa”
“I did it for Kayla, I don’t want her to know what it feels like not to have a mother, I wanted a good life for her, I didn’t mean to hurt her, I knew everything about the bully seh faced in school but I don’t know hot to fight for her, it’s so hard to see her cry every night, I hope everything ends soon, I will be divorcing Melissa soon, They will either sue me or put me on probation, I will leave Kayla in your care, Take care of her”
“Don’t worry, I will make sure that doesn’t happen, I will look for ways to solve everything You’re not at fault”I assured him, He scoffed lihhtly and turned to me.
“How will you do that?, You don’t know anyone”
“I will try”I pressed my lips together and he chuckled
“Thank you for bringing Kayla back, I will apologize to her properly tomorrow”
“Besides…. you said something about mom earlier, Or maybe it was Melissa that said it”
“I told you she’s drunk, You don’t need to know anything about it”
“Am I not entitled to know?”
“I’m not entitled to tell you too”He replied sharply and I nodded slowly.
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ENEA POV
“Good grief”I heaved out a sigh as I put away with the earpod.
“What are you going to do about it?”
“We are affiliated with one of the judges there right?”
“Yes, should I call him?”
“Yes, Tell him to press a charge against Melissa and let him heap all the blame on her, She deserves nothing but hell”I scoffed in anger and he nodded before walking out of the house.
“On it sir”He yelled after me.
“You don’t have to be so loud”