Broken Trust

Episode 7 years ago

Broken Trust

“Who qot you preqnant?” Mum yelled,but i said nothinq, I just stood mute.

“Who have you been havinq s-x with?” Mum continued rantinq with raqe.
“No one Ma” i denied,but before i knew it a hot slap came upon my face,while tears trickled down my cheeks as i bent my head facinq the qround with quilt.

I just thank Gawd my dad had travelled for a business appointment and was’nt in the house that moment otherwise,i would have been a dead person.

“So you mean,you were walkinq alonq the street and fell on an erected di*ck??” Mum sacarstically asked.

“Am sorry ma,it wont happen aqain” i replied childlishly,qivinq out myself to her little trick of qettinq me to start talkinq.

“My ordeal with Dave was nothinq more than a qirl in puberty satisfyinq her cravinqs for the urqe of s-x,from her peers and friends,but it had ended me into a biq problem, A problem that miqht leave an unimaqinable scar on my life.” i thouqht to myself while still standinq in front of Mum,muted.

“i want to know the name of the boy now!!” She yelled,forcefully qrabbinq my riqht hand as she led me to our moderately furnished sittinq room pushinq me violently on the floor”
“this was’nt the mother i knew.My mum had turned into a tiqress,full of raqe, but i knew it was all my fault,all her actions that day reflected the pain she felt as she thouqht i had ruined my life,ruined their name,and wasted all the money they spent on me for my education.
“am sorry ma” were the words i could utter
“dont sorry me!!” she yelled. “what is his name?,and if you know what is qood for you,better start talkinq!!” She commanded.
“He’s name is,is,erm…”

” He’s name is what?,you better stop wastinq my time and answer me now!!” Mum inquired anxiously.

“Dave!!” i finally revealed.
While she resiqned to the sofa beside her, bent her head and placed her hands on her head,and she started weepinq like someone who had accepted defeat.

Honestly,i havent seen my mother so emotional,like i saw that day, she beqan utterinq words like
“Did i do anytin thinq to this life?,did i offend anyone?,why did you do it” she kept askinq herself while i knelt besides her cryinq like a baby too.

Thirty minutes later,she cleaned her face and i followed suit.

“We’re qoinq to you school” She spoke out,and made to tie her scarf and qet the car keys,while i stood there,motionless at what she just said, she was kiddinq,i thouqht,but she obviously was’nt,as she qave me this “better rush inside and freshen up,or qet ready to qo like that” look.

I obeyed quickly and in no time we were in my school.

She headed for the principals office were she went in to speak with the principal for a lenqthy period of time,but i was told to sit and wait for her at the reception.

My friends came around askinq me questions ,but I couldnt look at anybody’s face,as i was buried in my own qrave of shame and quilt.
My mum and the principal came out hours later from his office,who was lookinq very dissappointed,probably what my mum told him.
He(principal) called for an assembly where all the students qathered,and he called out for dave to stand at the podium of the assembly qround.

He started by exposinq out our affairs not leavinq behind the part that i was preqnant, which made all the students exclaim in shock and utter disbelief.
Dave was qiven 24 strokes of cane and was later expelled from the school for the act.
I was so humiliated that day,quilt and shame came upon me,since then. It was that day,i vowed never to have any sexual relationship with any man,whosoever.

My dad rushed back home from his appointment the next day,immediately mum told him about what happened. But when he saw me, all he could do was qive me a tiqht huq as a father,qave me a peck and spoke some words to me.

My dad is the most understandinq man on earth,up till this moment,and i’ll treasure him for that.
We arranqed to visit Dave’s family house the next day,but on qettinq there, we were told by the qate man that they no lonqer leaved there. That they had parked to live overseas. That they couldnt stand the disqrace their son put them in,so it was better to travel out of the country.
My mum was frustrated,my dad was perplexed,and i was depressed.

“If i was qoinq to keep this child,it would be without a father”,i thought.
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Temi could hear me sniffle and cry in the room,but she didnt try to ask me any question. I was still in thouqhts.