Empire High School - Season 1 - Episode 31

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Empire High School - Season 1 - Episode 31

FLASHFORWARD
“Do you understand mom?”
“Yes I do but I really don’t know what to
say about Joseph. He has a girlfriend and
he still want you. Should I call it greed?”
I shrugged
“If I get close to Joseph that means trouble
with Angella Benson”

“I don’t want you getting into trouble in
your new school. You have to avoid it”
mom said
“Yes Mom”
“So did Emeka tell you about his parents?”
“Yes he told me Mom but its really sad. And
I feel pity for him, having no one to look
after you because of your mother’s
mistake”

FLASHBACK
I asked Emeka about his parents and he
said.

“It’s a long story”
“And you don’t want to talk about it”
He was silent
Seconds passed before he looked at me.
“I’ll surely tell you about it but you can’t
disclose It to anyone” He said
I nodded

“You can’t tell Elena or Temi”
“It is safe with me” I zipped my lips with
my fingers and locked it. Emeka giggled.
“I trust you” he said
“Do you know Chika Chukwuma?” He asked
I tried to think.

The name sounds familiar but I couldn’t
place where I had heard it. Emeka picked
up his phone, he was charging it.
“This is Chika Chukwuma” he showed me
an image on his phone.
And it struck me immediately!
“Deputy Governor Chika Chukwuma!” I said
loudly. I recalled everything.
Miss Bola, our government teacher at Linda
Girls College asked us to learn and know
the names of Governors and the deputies
of the 36 states when we were in Ss2. I did
researches about it and I picked interest in
Anambra State when I saw the image of
the Governor. He was handsome and I liked
the fact that Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
was doing a great Job in the state. It was
on that article that I had seen Chika
Chukwuma Image.

“He is my father” Emeka’s voice snapped
me out of thought.
What?! Mr Chika was Emeka Father?!
“Are you serious about it?” I asked
He nodded

“Swipe to see more pictures” he said
Emeka’s uses Iphone 8 but it wasn’t hard
to operate it since I also belong to the
Iphone Coterie. I swiped to view more
pictures. Young Emeka took pictures with
Mr Chika and a woman I assumed to be his
mom. He looked like his father. And They
looked like a complete family.

Was Emeka the Only child?

Why did he say there was no one to check
his card?

Series of questions flooded my mind.
“Are you doubting me?” He asked
I looked at him
“Is she your mother?”
“No”

Maybe I should just let him tell me the
whole story

“She’s my step mom. My biological mother
was Mr Chika’s Mistress”

That’s makes him an illegitimate child.
“Madam Patience found out her husband
was having an affair with his PA”
“So your mom was your dad’s PA?”
“Yes but that was when he was still a
Senator. To cut the long story short..My
mom left me when I was 4”

“Why?”
“Let’s say Madam patience paid her off to
protect her marriage”
That’s unfair!.

“Well i heard Madam Patience offered her
alot of money”
“How much?”
Emeka sighed
“10 Million Naira”
“So she left you for 10 million”
He nodded.

I felt pity for Emeka.
“How did you find out?”
“I heard her on phone. Madam Patience
raised me but when I clocked 12 she asked
my dad to move me out of the house..To
somewhere Far”

“Why?”
“My dad wanted to contest for a high post
back then, so she felt I would be threat to
him getting it. He might not win if his
party finds out he has an illegitimate son”
“Did your dad allowed it?”

“Well he tried to make her see that no one
will find out but she insisted on me
leaving. My dad couldn’t say no because he
knew it was his mistake”

To me it doesn’t matter madam patience
just wanted Emeka out of the way for
some selfish reasons. Separating him from
his mom wasn’t enough and she also
succeeded in separating him from his
father too.

“My dad hired a nanny for me and moved
me to Lagos state. I was raise by nanny
from age 12-16”

“Your nanny left too?”
“Actually, she died in an accident on her
way to Enugu to see her family”

“That’s sad”
“So I told my dad not to hire another
nanny for me”
“You lived alone since your nanny’s death”

“Yes, that was why I said there’s no one to
check my card” He said
“Everything that happened.. Me finding out
that Madam Patience paid my mom off and
she wanting me away from her home.. All
of it made me tough. I was alone for days
in the house my dad bought for me.. But
Joseph helped me out of that shell. He
became my bestfriend when he promised
to stay stay and stick with me. To be
honest Joseph was a really nice person and
we did things together.. Crazy things.. But
now we are apart because we both fell for
the same girl”

Emeka winked at me with a smile.
I didn’t like that coming from him. It made
me feel like I had ruined their long-term
Friendship.

“Don’t you dare try to blame yourself for
what happen today. It wasn’t your fault”
Emeka said with a smile still grazing his
lips.

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have said
those words to him, but I did because I
was mad at him and I wanted to get back
at him for looking down on me. I didn’t
expect such attitude from him”
Our gaze locked again before he stared
back at the road ahead.

Behind his smile i could see the pain in his
eyes. It must have been hard for him to
cope with certain things that has happened
in his life. Living like you don’t have
anybody.

It’s so sad! Emeka was Only trying to be
strong!

Well no one would know Emeka of all Boys
had such a sad story.