Love with bitter tear - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Love with bitter tear - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Richard: “What are you talking
about son? You are saying my
wife molests you sexually?”

Sammy: “Yes dad she does and
she told me not to tell you
otherwise she’d put the blame
of
Annie’s disappearance on me
and
make all my friends in school
abandon me”

Richard: “Shut up
boy!” he
roared. “Do you even know
what
you are talking about?”

Sammy: “But I am really saying
the truth dad. She is a monster,
she even sleeps with women”
as soon as he had said this, his
dad stood up and landed him
another slap across the face which
landed him on his back on the
bed. Ophelia, who had been
standing by the door unspotted by the
two ran into the room and helped
Sammy up.

Sammy: “I said
don’t touch me,
what part of don’t touch me do
you not understand?” he said
in between sobs.

Ophelia: “Why
did you slap him
like that Richie?” she feigned
annoyance.

Richard: “If only
you heard all the
things this stupid boy said
about you, you wouldn’t be there by
his
side”

Ophelia: “Really? What
did he say
I did?”

Richard: “He said you
are a child
molester, that you have been
having intercourse with him.

He also said you are a l£sb!an.

Can you imagine that kind of
utterance? I really can’t have
him continue disrespecting you
like this, I have to discipline him”

Ophelia: “He said all those?

Wow!”

she used her left hand to cover
her mouth and pretended to
be really short of words.

Richard: “Yes! Can you see now?

This boy has been sent from
the pit of hell to torment my life”

Ophelia: “Please calm down
okay?

The most important thing is
you not believing him. Just imagine
how it would have been if you
did believe him. Let’s forgive
him okay? He is just being
delusional and naïve. He hates
me and he lets that cloud his sense of
judgement but its fine. I am
not taking any offence. I have
gotten used to his taunts and
disrespect anyway”

Richard: “Can you
hear that dumbass? She is even pleading
on your behalf. A woman who
has been here to take care of
you ever since your mum died.

How can you level such grave
accusations at her?”

Sammy: “Daddy I cannot believe
you can be this easy to play.

How did mum ever get to live with
you for so many years? You are a
coward, I will say it again, you
are
indeed a weakling” he said and
made to walk away but his dad
drew him back furiously and
started hitting him with his fist.
Ophelia tried to stop him but
he
was unstoppable. “Dad…dad”
he
kept calling as he kept dealing
him blows upon blows.

Richard: “Inshort, this will not
do”
he said breathlessly. “Now be
on
your knees, I have to leave
scars
on your body so next time you
think it’s okay to insult me or
my
wife, the scar will deter you.
Sammy knelt down obediently
as
the pains from his dad’s blows
seeped into his inner being.
“Now
close your eyes” he ordered as
he
looked around for something
he
could use on him. He saw his
belt lying on the floor and
picked it
up. He flogged him mercilessly
with the belt not minding the
boy’s pleas and the blood that
stained his white singlet.
Sammy rolled on the floor as
the
lashes tore his skin. Ophelia
could not hold it anymore, she
went and covered Sammy and
two lashes landed on her too.

Richard threw the belt away
and walked briskly out of the
room.

Ophelia: “Are you okay
Sammy?”

she asked trying to get him to
stand up.

Sammy: “When you
do this,
people might actually start
thinking you really love me” he
said weakly as he staggered to
his feet, went over to his
wardrobe, pulled out a shirt
and put it on.

Ophelia: “Where
do you think you
are going to by this time? It is
1a.m for Chrissake!” she said
when he started walking out.

Sammy: “Don’t even try
stopping
me, except you want to see me
dead” he said and kept
walking.

Ophelia ran to their room…

Ophelia: “Richie, he is leaving
the house” she said but he ignored
her. “Richie can’t you hear me?
I said Sammy is leaving the
house by this time”

Richard: “Let him
leave. He has
nowhere to go to so he will be
back. Don’t disturb me please”
She shook her head and ran
back to the sitting room but he was
gone. She ran out of the gate
but couldn’t sight him still. ===

Ralph: “Today makes it the
third week Annie has been on break
and we haven’t really done
anything for her. What do you
guys suggest we get for her?”
he asked looking at his two
friends who were busy playing
game on
their 20”LED TV. Ewa was
helping
Annie with her assignments in
her room.

Paul: “Yes! Yes!
Ronaldo run on
my nigga. Yes! It’s a gooooal…
should we go again” he said
looking triumphantly at
d!ckson.

d!ckson: “That was
just sheer
luck, oya let’s play again, I will
make you eat sand this time
around”

Ralph: “I am talking to
you guys
na. you’ve been playing that
game since you woke up and
its way past morning already”

Paul: “Ralph this is weekend
mehn! Let us play play play
and keep playing jare. Very soon it
will be Monday. What were
you
even saying sef?” he finally
gave
him his attention, pausing the
game they just started playing.

Ralph: “I said what should we
get for Annie for performing so
excellently in her exams? She
will be resuming school next week
you know?”

d!ckson: “Let’s ask
her. She must have forgotten about seeing
her mum by now?”

Ralph: “Annie
love!” he called
loudly.

Annie: “Yes 1st daddy!”
she answered and went
skipping into
the sitting room.

Ralph: “School will be resuming
soon. What do you want us to
get for you?”

Annie: “I don’t want
anything 1st daddy” she
looked down
sullenly.

d!ckson: “Okay what
do you want
us to do for you?” She looked
up happily and gave
him a thumb up…

Annie: “3rd
daddy is smart. What I want
you to do for me is this:
take me to Lagos, I want to
visit
the beach. All my friends in
school
have been there before,
remaining only me”

Paul: “Well
that is very simple.

Then when do we go guys?” he
asked looking away from Annie
to study his friends’
expressions.

Ralph: “We can
even go today.

Lagos is just two hours’ drive
away, if we leave now, we can
reach there by 3pm, book two
rooms in a hotel in Lekki then
proceed to the beach. We will
be back home tomorrow
evening. Is
that cool by you?”

Annie: “So
we are going today?”

Paul: “Yes baby!”

Annie: “Yeeeeeeeahhhh!” she jumped
up and down. “2nd daddy, you
know fashion very
well even more than aunty
Ewa,
please come and dress me up
and
I want to wear that my round
cap
the way they use to in the
movies
when they are at the beach. I
will also ride a horse with my
daddies.

Aunty Ewa will help me hold
my
shoes” she counted her fingers
for each of her plans giggling
from ears to ears.

Paul: “Oh
God! Our baby is a
bundle of joy. I can’t believe
we
almost handed her over to the
orphanage” he muttered to
himself. “Okay let’s go and get
you ready sweetie” he said and
led her away from the rest
holding her tiny hand. === It
had been two weeks since he
left home. He walked as far
away
from home as his legs could
carry
him. He looked even lankier
than
ever since he could not even
get
himself to beg for food or
money from passers-by. Only
the very
good Samaritans saw him and
give him some money, some
people gave him food. At some
point, whenever he got to a
place,
someone would look at him
and act like they recognized
him that
was how he got to know his
dad
must have gone to the media
to
get their help in locating him.
But
he didn’t want to be found,
anytime anyone recognised
him and do as if they wanted
to make
a call, he would quickly leave
that
vicinity and run as far as he
could.
He was nursing a very deep
wound in his heart that even
time
had not been able to heal. He
found himself in Abeokuta, the
capital of Ogun state. He found
some other homeless boys
whom
he moved with. They slept
under
the stairs of Sandhurst hotel
not
far from Olumo rock. In the
mornings, they would all go
out
except Sammy who only
roamed
around and only got lucky once
in a while when people dashed
him stuffs and food. Sometimes
his friends would refuse to give
him what they brought in
because he wouldn’t work with
them, he slept hungry most
nights. === After having fun at
the lekki
beach the next day, they got
ready to go back to Ibadan but
it
seemed too early.

Paul: “Annie
hon, did you enjoy
yourself last night?”

Annie:
“Yes 2nd daddy. I wish we
didn’t have to leave yet” she
said
with a sad look. “The water
tasted
like salt, do they put salt inside
it
every day?” she asked
brightening up all of a sudden
while Ewa laughed out loud.

Ralph: “Come this lady, why are
you laughing at our baby? You
want to be sacked?

Ëwa: “Ah! Sorry o. e ma binu”
she said jokingly.

Paul: “That’s the
way it tastes my
dear. It is called salt water.
Infact I could say we get our salts from
there. So is there any other
place you want to go to?”

Annie: “Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!” she
jumped up in Pauls arms.

Paul: “Where?”

Annie: “Olumo Rock”
she said
giggling from ears to ears
while they exchanged looks.

d!ckson: “You guys are spoiling
this girl o. continue”

Paul: “Let
us spoil her very well.
As long as she is not ill-
mannered, then we are good.

Ralph how far? Shall we go?
Besides I’ve always wanted to
see olumo rock”

Ewa: “Please let’s
go. I want to see
Olumo Rock too” she said
clasping her hands together
excitedly.

Ralph: “Okay o…what
can I do
when the ladies have agreed?”
=== He turned when he heard
the cry
of thief! Thief!! Thief!!! And
realised they were running
towards him. They had in their
hands sticks of different sizes
and
shapes. He was confused and
turned to run away but
someone
knocked him down from the
back. He fell face down on the
floor and before he could open
his mouth to say he was not a
thief, the mob was already
around him, they lifted their
sticks
up and landed him blows one
after the other. He lifted his
hands…

Sammy: “What did I do
wrong? I
am not a thief, it’s not me. I am
not the one” he cried as blows
landed on his body and he
shielded his face with his
hands.
.
.
.
Oh no! It’s jungle justice
on the wrong boy. Will Sammy
survive this one?