In The Name Of Love Episode 13
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???????? In The Name Of Love Episode Thirteen:
I was very happy,I was going to be a senior student the coming term,mother had just resumed the first semester of her final year,I was so excited,but getting home,I couldn’t believe the scene I met.
Grandma was crying and calling on grandpa, who was laying on the floor lifeless..
Iye, what is it, what’s wrong with baba,I asked In fear….
Adesuwa I don’t know ohh,we were watching the TV,all of a sudden he just held his chest in pain,and before I know what was happening,he was on the floor, Grandma narrated..
Oh my God,baba,baba,I too called him,but there wasn’t any reply..iye,we have to take him to the hospital, I said..
Okay, go and get a taxi, she said,while I ran out to look for one…
About 15 minutes later I was back home with a taxi,and together with the help of the taxi man,we took baba in the car and drove to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital…
Baba was attended to at once as it was an emergency,they did all they know to do,iye and I were outside panicking and praying..
I was so scared,baba was the only father figure I had in my life,he was so nice,his love is priceless,his stories,words of encouragement and all l,I wasn’t ready to live without him,I prayed earnestly that God should revive him…
In a Matter of hours,baba regained consciousness,I smiled brightly and exhaled heavily…
Oh come on Adesuwa,baba is not dying anytime soon,why waste your precious years,you know your grandfather is a strong man,I will live long, very long,I will carry Efosa’s children,Uyi’s children (my uncle’s abroad),more of your mother’s children, because I know she will give me more grandchildren,and even your children,baba tried to lighten the mood,as iye and I were really scared….
Well sir,if you really want to live as long as you just said,you would have to take your drug religiously,you know you are hypertensive,and you haven’t been taking your drugs,that was the result,am afraid you may not be this lucky next time,the doctor said…
Doctor,I always make sure he takes his drugs, infact I bring it out for him every morning immediately we finish eating, grandma said..
Well ma,if that were the case am not sure we’d be in this situation, the doctor said.
Iye turned to grandpa,Osarobo,have you not been taking your medicine,iye asked him surprised…
Baba, gently shook his head negatively..
Iye osalobua,,, grandma exclaimed in shock…
I am sorry,I just got tired of taking the drugs,so I take them from you just to avoid argument and throw them away,grandpa narrated.
Osarobo,what have I done to you that you want to make me a widow,what have I done to you,iye asked in tears…
Who is dying?,did I tell you am dying,or has the doctor said I am dying tomorrow,you are just been dramatic aha,no body is dying, grandpa said…
The doctor smiled over iye’s and baba’s argument.you two remind me of my parents,iye please be calm,baba is not dying anytime soon as he said ,but,you would have to always take your drugs so that iye and everyone wouldn’t go through this worries,we won’t let you go today, you’d still be here for a day or two,for close monitory, excuse me,the doctor said and left…
Iye was still wearing a long face,lahor,ose na, please it’s okay,am sorry, Grandpa begged iye again, trying to touch her as she was close to him…
Leave me alone joor,what if anything had happened to you, what’s there in medicine that you can not take, what’s there, grandma complained…
See,the thing is,you know I don’t like meddddddd,just then grandpa’s phone rang
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Hello,yessssss,oh my God,am so sorry, please Adesuwa will be coming to get him now,grand pa said and hung up…
That’s Samuel’s teacher calling, the school has closed and he’s the only one there, Adesuwa,take a taxi cab to your school and pick Samuel,grandpa said.
Samuel is 9,and in primary 4,he can go home by himself baba,not like our house is so far from there school,your health comes first,I am not leaving here,I said…
You know I don’t like him going home by himself,let me call the tenant at home,baba took phone and called one of his trusted tenant to go him pick Samuel from school,he also called the school that someone was coming and gave the teacher the tenant’s name and description…..
Grandma called mother to inform her we were at the hospital with grandpa, that she should make something and bring for baba….
About three hours on,mother arrived the hospital,with food,she too was angry at baba for not taking his medicine,when it was 7:30pm,mother told grandma and I to go home and rest that she’d be with grandpa in the hospital for the night….
No my children,you two can go home, I’d stay with my husband,iye said…
Iye,you can’t possibly be sleeping on the chair here,go home and rest,we don’t want to have you and baba hospitalized,go home and rest and be back in the morning please,allow me,mother insisted..
Am so lucky my wife loves me so much, grandpa teased,but Imade is right,you know you need to rest well,and the chair wouldn’t give your old bones the comfort it deserves,I can’t afford to have my precious wife on the hospital bed,grandpa added….
Fine,aM going,just be better and ready to return home tomorrow,this place is not your house,iye said….
Grandpa, please get well soon,I added..
My daughter,I am fine,these doctors just want to eat my money,grandpa is still very strong,he teased,soon grandma and I were on our way home…
School had resumed for a new session and I was already in senior secondary
We hadn’t seen nor heard from father since the abduction incident,and sometimes I just can’t help but think about him,I honestly hoped he was fine, indeed,blood is blood, he’s our father after all.mother saw me lost In thought on one of such days.i thought she’d be angry at me for saying I was missing my father,but that wasn’t the case.
My daughter, he’s your father,and it’s normal for you to miss him, it’s been over three years without seeing him,and no one can blame you for wanting to see him, don’t worry, we’d go to your grandma’s place, and we would be able to reach your father,mother said….
Oh thank you mummy,I said happily…
We told grandma and grandpa,and surprisedly too,they weren’t mad, every child deserves the Love of both parents,I am your grandfather,but you still need your father,I can not take that from you,you can go and visit him, grand pa said, Sammy and I hugged him tightly…
About a week later,mother,I and Sammy went to grandma’s house,but we were told she was no longer living there, though we were given her new address….
We went there, grandma was both shocked and happy to see us at the same time,it was a missed feeling…
She welcomed us cheerfully inside,she was the only one around,aunty Isoken was married,aunty Omosigho had gone to work,and father had gone out to look for anything he can do,as he hadn’t been able to get a good job since he lost his former….
We stayed for some time,and we were on our way home,iye we would be coming next Sunday,the children want to see their father,and I won’t deprive them of that,but he should please be at home, mother said…
Aha,no problem Imade,he would be at home, Grandma said.
The following weekend,we came again and father was more than happy to see us,he hugged us tightly,like his life depeneded on it.goodafternoon Imade,he had greeted mother,hello Efosa,mother replied in confidence..
Father offered us cold bottles of soft drinks,I and Sammy drank,but mother didn’t…
Imade,I haven’t really been able to face you since the abduction incident, please,I really hope you’d forgive my foolishness,I know,I know that was wicked of me,for trying to take the children away in such manner,and thank you very much,thank you for bringing my children to come visit me,it means a whole lot to me,father said to mother…
Efosa,if I have my way, I’d never want to set my eyes on you again,but my children desire to see their father,and I can’t deprive them of that,if you don’t mind,stop talking about the past,I am long past all that,mother said.
I,I,I,I, am also sorry for not contributing anything to the children’s upkeep, things have been rough,I haven’t been able to get a good job,but I promise,that once I have something doing, I’d play my part,father said…
Mother looked at him from head to toe, Efosa,has there been anything you have been able to play your part as their father?,with or without a job, mother asked him gently,he bent his head in shame and didn’t say anything
We stayed for sometime and we were on our way home,father gave Sammy and I,a thousand naria,he was indeed looking pitiable…
At long Last,mother was done with school, service and everything there was,with grandfather’s influence,she was able to secure a job in the university of Benin Teaching Hospital,life was very perfect for her…
I on the other hand,had just finished my secondary education, Sammy was already in junior high school 2….
I was on my way to a supermarket one afternoon,just nearby,a gang of three,one seems to be the one given the orders,were beating a man mercilessly, nobody was saying anything except looking,it seems like the victim had been caught stealing, getting closer,I was shocked to know who it was.
TO Be Continued
