Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 52

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Must Read: A SECOND CHANCE - Season 2 - Episode 52

Tony drove home at a slow pace. He needed rest and sleep, he hadnt been able to get any of them since Maria got admitted in the hospital. Even though it was just two days ago, he was emanciating and he knew it.

He was grateful to Alice for staying with him in the hospital all through the night. She was his source of comfort and encouragement. She was an angel. And he began to wonder if she was truly what he thought she was.

Maybe it was all a setup by Gilbert to destroy their relationship?

But then he shook away that thought, there was no way it had been Gilbert’s plan and she had clunged to him like butter clunged to bread, and kissed him so passionately, they could be mistaken for married couples.

But then, maybe….maybe something was wrong somewhere. He remembered she hadnt spoken anything when Gilbert spoke all the nonsense he had in his mouth that day.

And he also remembered the what-the-hell-are-you-saying kind of look she gave Gibert when he said that the baby was his.

Maybe, the guy was trying to set her up.

Then the thought vanished and was replaced by the thought of the guy trying to be honest and tired of the hide and seek game they were both playing with him and his money, and wanted to come out clean. To end everything and then Alice didnt want it. She wanted to play the game to the very end.

He nodded as he blasted his horn front of the gate. That thought seemed plausible to him.

Because there was no way someone will lie against you in your presence without reacting or trying to defend yourself.

There was no other explanation to the story rather than that. No wonder Alice had told him that there was no truth to be told. Of course no truth to be told.

The gate opened and he drove in slowly.

But why did Alice come to the hospital when he and her were clearly not in good terms. She and Maria were not in good terms as well so……it just didnt add up. Why would she come?

Had she-in the course of her game- fallen for him? No! That wasnt possible. He told himself that because he loved her, he wanted her to love him back.
‘to love someone doesnt mean getting love in return’

He wondered who had said it, the saying sounded familiar. Who said it? Ah! Nneka his mother-in……no! She wasnt his mother in law anymore.

That witch! Who on earth could have thought that his wonderful, caring and understanding mother in law was a witch. A witch capable of killing her own daughter and attempted killing her own grandchild! Her only grandchild for that matter!

Na wa oo. He had never heard of that before.

Witches killed other people and protected their own but his mother in law’s case was…..was bizzare.

Oh Naomi! Heaven and hell knows that if not that Maria had held him firmly that night, he would have strangled Nneka to death when she confessed that she killed his beloved wife!

When Naomi had died at first, he thought he would never find love again. That he would never find any lady that will love him the way Naomi

loved him. And alas, he was right.

Alice never loved him. He was the one doing all the loving, how bad could things get? With a sigh, he came down from the car and went inside.

*****

Determination is the key for overcoming obstacles. He remembered these words said by his bible teacher way back in secondary school.

Somehow, those words had gone and planted itself somehow in his brain. And now, he was determined than ever to escape.

For Abby’s sake.

Or maybe he was just using her as an excuse.

Even him didnt know the answer to that himself.

Then an idea came to him, he picked his gun, opened the door, though he didnt come out. And started shooting towards the people running towards his car.

They were very close now and he was sure they were seeing his face.

Everyone ran helter skelter, running back to where they were running from, especially when a bullet touched a pregnany woman who was just walking on her own, oblivious of what was happening around. When she realised, before she could turn back, a bullet touched her and she died on the spot.

By the time he exhausted his bullets, no one was in sight. He sighed in relief.

Then made the sign of a cross, then started the car again and it miraculously worked this time around.
‘what a testimony!’ he said with a short laughter as he drove with full speed raisng dust behind him.