Teacher Chucks - Season 1 - Episode 24

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Teacher Chucks - Season 1 - Episode 24

I started bullying Mercy in class, always finding faults in her drawings, I even started scoring her very low. On one occasion, I threatened her, she was going to fail my course and having an F in any subject as a prefect could make her badge to be withdrawn. I noticed I was getting at her, as she was losing her confidence, anytime she came to my studio for classes, she hardly raised her head, any time I shouted at her, she would tear up.

The school secretary called my studio intercom, one Friday afternoon, telling me Mercy’s mum was at the reception asking to see me. I got scared as I was afraid she would blow my cover if the principal got to know my dealings with Mercy. However, I summoned courage, but took my Specs in case I needed to size her up spiritually. As I walked close to the reception, I saw a standing fire, through my specs. The fire had the shape of a woman. I stood afar off as the heat emanating from the fire was so much? I removed my specs to see her more clearly, guess who I saw?

Favour, the prim and proper girl in my department during my university days was standing right in front of me.

“Chuks?” she screamed
We both stood looking at each other shocked…
“Favour, you are Mercy’s mother?”
“Yes!”…

“Wow” was all I could say, no wonder Mercy was a tough nut to crack, she had learnt
from her mother.” I thought


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“I had her at the age of 15, I was impregnated by a fellow student. I once lived a rough life too Chuks, until I realized a big truth, which is “Your life is yours, whatever you decide to do with it determines what you will get out of it”. I decided to stop the sex, I became a born again Christian which helped me in keeping myself. It was tough having a baby at 15, but thank God for my forgiving parents who took Mercy from me, so I could finish my secondary school education. I made up my mind to continue my education and make out something good out of my life. That was why I always kept that straight face in the university. Although I made a bad decision after our university, and I had to do something nasty which I paid heavily for, but ever since then, I have gotten back on track” “No wonder you hated my guts” “I didn’t hate your guts, I hated what you were letting evil do to you, you were letting the devil use you to destroy destinies”

I was shocked, as I was wondering if Favour knew about the Sperm Collection center or was she just talking generally. She tapped me, when she noticed I was lost in thoughts “I am serious, Chuks you need to stop this “Sexcapade”. You may not know, but you are carrying a lot of demons. Don’t you know that for everyone you sleep with, you contact what they carry…?

Favour didn’t need to tell me that, I knew all that already “Favour, don’t go all churchy on me, I never knew Mercy was your daughter, I will stay clear from her henceforth …” I said hoping we could conclude our conversation, because I wanted to leave her side, the heat from her was really affecting me. If not for the special specs I would not have understood why I was uncomfortable around her “It’s not just about Mercy, what about you? You are helping the devil achieve his agenda
of destroying lives…Give God a great chance in your life”

That was it for me, I didn’t want to hear about God.

Then what I thought was the saving call, came through…My phone rang, but the caller ID
caught my attention more…

“00001” that was Chinaza’s Vice at the Sperm collection center calling. That was the first
time he was going to call me. My heart beat raced… Working with the fraternity was so
scary and unpredictable I moved away from Favour and received the call

“Hello Sir!”
“Good Afternoon Chuks, Chinaza is dead! Your wife is dead, you have the choice to run
for your life now and start a new life, even though it might be a poor life, because as we
speak Chinaza’s sister Tina has been enthroned as the new head… I am running to a
church right now because I am tired of this whole thing…”

I noticed I couldn’t hear him clearly again, something was disrupting the network…
“Chinaza dead? What are you talking about? I spoke to her this morning”

Then I remembered Chinaza’s last words to me, when I spoke to her that morning “I am sorry Chuks for bringing you into all these, I wish I had met God very early in life, maybe I would have been able to influence lives positively. I could have used this strength, determination and rugged approach I have been using to destroy lives to help more lives… I have a feeling you will live longer than me, make sure you influence more lives” I thought she was just talking about our little pet project, we were doing in the village for the less privileged children.. Did she commit suicide?, What Happened?, We had just being married for 5 months and moreover she had plans to adopt a baby in two months’
time…What happened to my Chinaza?