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Wrong Womb - Episode 19


 

When I got to the house, Nelson was feeding my father in the sitting room.

Immediately my father saw me, he rushed to hold my hand. "Victory, come and see your old friend, Nelson! You won't believe that this man has been taking care of me! He even filled our fridge!".

"But I sent money to Endurance to fill our fridge just three days ago".

"Look here Victory, I already called your mother and told her about the turn of things and she likes Nelson too since we have known him for quite a while".

"Daddy! Nelson left me because he couldn't bear my burden".

"He already told me everything and I understand that he was a coward because he was so young, but can't you see how handsome and mature he has grown into  now?".

"Dad, what about my fiancé that I brought here two weeks ago?".

"That young man is not serious with you! He doesn't even want to marry you now because he is not hundred percent sure that he will marry you, but look at this young man! He is ready to marry you despite your pregnancy with another man! Who will do that? Tell me!".

I gasped at Nelson and was surprised that he knew that I was pregnant.

Nelson winked at me and shrugged.

I faced my father squarely. " Mum will be back in two months time. It will be possible for her to attend the wedding if my Raymond  waits till that time".

"The most important thing is not the celebration, but the reality after the celebration. Your mum is fine as long as your stomach is not already bulging before your wedding. Don't you want to wear a nicely fitted gown like your mates? Must it be oversize gown and obvious to the world that you had  made a mistake?".

I dialled my mother's line and she connected. "Hello mum,I don't know what is going on with dad, he is suddenly saying something else about Raymond because Nelson returned out of the blue".

"Can't you see sense in what your father is saying? You need to look very beautiful on that day".

"...but what about you? You have to be here to witness it".

"I already agreed with your aunt to replace me. I will watch the full video later. I just want you to have a good life, my sweetheart".

"Mum, I have to marry the man I love. I don't love Nelson anymore".

"You are just angry with him, you still love him". She disconnected the line.

I looked frustratedly at my father, who was smiling sheepishly at Nelson as he cleaned his feet in hot water.

I stepped out of the house and grit my teeth frustratedly as I walked to my car.

My phone rang. It was Raymond.

I didn't respond to the call.

I drove home to sleep.

 

I woke up and my body felt so stiff on the bed.

I was tired and I felt like eating pear and salt.

I had to get it.

Without taking my bath, I hurried out of the house to get it.

I bought a lot of it and rushed to the kitchen to boil it.

I had licked three of the pear already when my phone rang.

It was Regina Donald.

The words of my father recalled in my head. 'That young man is not serious about you! He doesn't even want to marry you now because he is not hundred percent sure that he will marry you'.

His mother hadn't even accepted me and he still had an unsettled love life.

It was quite discouraging.

I connected the line and placed the phone on my ear. "Hello?".

"What is your real intention,Victory? Are you playing games with me?".

"I don't understand what you are talking about".

"Why are you still dating Raymond despite the fact that we already settled everything here?".

"What's wrong with me?Why do you hate me so much huh? You are even planning to give Rosa James a second chance despite the fact that she will always remain an unrepentant cheat!!!".

"You don't love my son. You only secretly want Bower bound".

"I do! Okay, let's believe that I don't! Why can't you just let me love him in peace huh?".

"I hate cunning people with perfect hatred. You have not convinced me that someone like you who is a total nobody doesn't have secret ambition concerning my son, and since I know your plan, I will try to stop you". She disconnected the line.

Tears filled my eyes as I stared into the thin air.

I was torn between two worlds.

What I wanted and what I needed.

The truth was that I couldn't even understand what was happening to me anymore.

My phone rang again.

It was Raymond.

I ignored the call again...

...and then I heard a banging sound on my door.

I walked to the door. "Who is that?"

"Open the door, Victory". Raymond said softly from outside.

I reluctantly pulled open the door and he walked in.

"I called you all through last night! You made me worried sick!".

I rolled my eyes and jammed the door. "You know we won't end up together right?".

He looked at me as if I was crazy. "I never knew you to be a discouraged woman".

"Any poor girl that has intention of getting married to someone like you will be discouraged".

"If you are discouraged, I am not discouraged. What have you eaten this morning?".

"I had cravings for pear so I rushed out to get it".

"I bought food from an eatery on my way here" He dropped a package on my dining table and walked to the sitting room.

My phone rang. It was from my hotel. "Hello?"

"Ma'am, the bar is streaming with people and other people are still coming in but there is no space even at the eating session".

I gasped and rushed into my room. "You know what? Tell big boy and Evans to arrange some chairs in the big hall so that we can use that space too and not discourage other customers from coming in". I disconnected the line and danced excitedly.

When I looked up,Raymond was standing before me.

My heart slipped at the sight of him and I bit my lower lip nervously. "How long have you been standing there?".

"You own a restaurant?".

"Er...yes"I avoided his eyes.

He squinted suspiciously at me. "Now I think about it, I see sense in it. The new hotel around here...".

"I don't know what you are talking about..."

"Stop lying to me and say the truth for once, Victory!".

"I have a restaurant, but I don't have an hotel".

"Victory, there is something that have always been on my mind. Do you love me at all or you just ambitiously want me?".

I glared at him and walked into the sitting room.

If everyone was doubting me, I didn't expect it from him at all.

He followed me to the sitting room and ran his fingers on his head frustratedly. "I am sorry I asked that question, Victory".

I met his eyes. "The most important thing is that you asked me what have been on your mind and what have been on your mind is not good at all".

He held my hand. "I am sorry, Victory. I know you have a lot on your mind these days, it is just that I want to be totally convinced that you do".

"A time will come that I will be able to prove it".

He nodded thoughtfully and hugged me. "I am so sorry for giving you such a hard time". He released me and looked into my face. "How has been your restaurant? So you mean you are already making sales so sudden? You must have really committed it into God's hand".

I chuckled and nodded. "You are right, Raymond".

"Have you checked home recently?".

I searched his eyes. "Nelson has been taking care of my dad since two weeks now and because of that, my dad wants him to be his son in law because he and my mum have this mindset that they don't want my stomach bulging before marriage".

He sighed.  "I am so sorry I put them through that. I will start fixing the wedding date by the way".

"Don't fix it now  if you are not prepared".

"I am prepared, Victory".

"I know you are worried about my parents. I can take care of them".

"What about Nelson?".

I shrugged. "Nelson is not an issue"

 

I waved at Raymond as he drove out of my compound.

My phone rang.

It was Grace Craig.

I connected the line. "Hello best friend!".

"Babe, I am outside your house! I just discovered that Rosa James has never met Paul Kings since the sex tape but they pass message to the house help and the message is so vital. We have to find out how vital that message is and the contents of that message".

"...but how do you intend to do that?".

"We will track her down to the house and wait for her to get out of the house. We will offer her ride after she finishe business with the house and get the full information". She disconnected the line.

I rushed out and entered into her car.

She started the engine. "The black car at the front that is driving very slowly is the car that transports the girl to  deliver the message".

"Why didn't they just talk to each other on the phone?"

"They must know that I monitor their phone calls already".

"Are you sure that they also don't know that we are watching  them?"

"Trust the lion!!!". She grit her teeth and increased her speed.

When we got to Paul Kings mansion, Grace parked the car in front of the house and we both remained in the car, watching anxiously as the black car drove  the house girl into the compound".

"So, are we waiting until the girl gets out?".

"Yes. Right here".

As we waited in the car, a car coming from behind hit the car boot of Grace's car forcefully, nearly flinging us on the dashboard.

We rushed out of the car and men in Black and sunglasses kicked us to the floor from behind.

They were obviously Paul Kings men.

They carried us into the boot of their car and slammed it but I could see through the little opening as the house girl walked out of the house.

It hadn't been the house girl all those while.

Rosa James had been switching clothes with the house girl and deceiving Grace Craig.

I heard Rosa James footsteps as she walked towards the boot of the car that we were kept.

 


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