Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 3 - Episode 23

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Indigo (Shade of a golden heart) - Season 3 - Episode 23

Chalya didn’t know what to say in return as she had lied to the old man, so she just grinned.

‘Lucinda is a very beautiful name.’ With this, Papa rose to his feet and strolled towards his bedroom, laughing silently as he spotted the horror on Chalya’s face.

Once the old man was out of sight, Chalya quickly turned to Indigo who was enveloped in a giggling bout. She had told Papa all about Chalya.

‘I guess that answers my question.’ Chalya joined her.

She felt Mallam Hassan was acting a bit weird by complimenting her name. Indigo must have told him about her cover up.
‘How much does he know?’ Chalya swiftly asked once they were done laughing.

Indigo quickly wiped the grin off her face, ‘I just told him about you, but I never told him Phillip was the one behind the renovation plan and the rent increment.’ Indigo hadn’t told Papa about this part, because she didn’t want him to see Phillip as a bad person.

She had tried so much to see him in that light, but something within her kept telling her that Phillip was a good person and that was what she chose to believe.

‘Good, I don’t want him to see my brother as a beast.’ Chalya sighed with relief.
‘But that’s the way other people will see him if he doesn’t stop with his rent increment plan.’ Indigo felt sad as she remembered that Phillip was the one behind the absurd plan to increase rent.

Chalya knew this would hurt her badly, but she had come to set everything straight.
‘Indi…’ she moved closer to her, dropping a hand on her shoulder.

‘Phillip would no longer increase rent. He is working on something for now, and will renovate the house, but you are not leaving here anytime soon, except you really want to.’ Chalya smiled, hoping this would be a bonus for her brother.

Indigo didn’t quite understand where this was coming from, wasn’t this the same person who had come to her with a proposal. They were to work together to thwart Phillip’s plan, but here she was, saying something else.

‘I don’t understand, I thought you were very sure that your brother was not not going to change his mind?’ Indigo also remembered that Chalya had been so confident that Phillip wouldn’t go back on his words, why the change of words now?
It seems a change was going on, and she wasn’t even aware.

‘I know I said all those things, but my brother has woken up. Someone close to him had been trying so hard to manipulate him, but he is free from her hold now. His heart belongs to you, and as a man in love, he wouldn’t dream of doing anything to hurt his woman.

I told Philip everything. I told him about my first visit to your home and how I lied about my name. My brother felt so guilty, I had never seen him that way before. He felt so horrible that he had almost ruined the house of his love, and others.’

Indigo was astonished; everything had been brought to light! It seems their lives were connected by some divine forces and no matter how far they got away from each other, they will never be totally free.

She was living in a house that belonged to his dad. And he had preconceived thoughts and ideas on how to increase rent. He had been the same person to give her some money to take care of her grandfather, wasn’t that ironical?

‘Who was this person that manipulated him into something like that?’ She had always felt it profoundly, that Phillip was a very good man. This made it easier for her to believe, that he was being advised wrongly.

Chalya couldn’t drag Moremi into this right now. She had succeeded in getting Chalya’s attention back on Phillip. If she knew another woman was in the picture, she could drift away and Phillip would never forgive her for ruining his chances.

She had known from the beginning that Moremi had her eyes on her brother, and she had warned him about it, though he wouldn’t listen.

‘Let me just say that he trusted the wrong person, but his eyes are open now. Phillip was going through a lot that day, he felt so hurt and depressed.’ She bit her lip, as she remembered her family history. She knew she was not in the best position to tell Indigo everything, but she could still let her know about their mother.

Indigo’s heart softened as she spotted the look of pain on Chalya’s face.

‘What is it, what he going through?’ Indigo asked.

‘Our mother is dead Indi, she died many years ago and Phillip was really close to her. Anytime her remembers the circumstances surrounding her death, he feels very hurt.’ Her response was laconic.

Indigo’s heart almost ripped apart on hearing this. She felt horrible for judging him and considering him and irresponsible person. She knew what it meant to lose a mother. Though Papa had been good to her, she could still feel a huge void inside her heart.

‘I am so sorry,’ tears splashed on her eyelashes as she thought about the pain Phillip must have gone through that night.
She now understood why he had almost drunk himself to death.

‘It’s okay, do not cry now. It happened a long time ago.’ Chalya smiled, seeing that Indigo was getting emotional about this.

She quickly dipped a hand into her pocket and produced a check.

‘Here, this is for you. My dad loved your work and so did Phillip when he was sober. Are you aware that he put your work on Social Media and you’re getting a lot of positive reviews?’ Chalya offered her the check.

Indigo’s heart fluttered, she had not expected Phillip to react to the design this way.
‘He did?’ She smiled and grabbed the check from Chalya.

‘Yes. He really believes in you. He loves you Indi, just give him one more chance.’ Chalya begged, hoping she would reconsider Phillip.
Indigo said nothing. She shrugged and ran her eyes over the yellow slip she had been given. Her eyes grew wide when she saw the amount written on the check.