Mum walked into the sitting room, with a heavily coloured and drawn face. My heart leapt as i noticed her condition.
βMum! are you alright?β i asked curiously,
βDonβt mind me jare, i just received a very terrible news from a relativeβ she replied and walked to her room. I nervously ran after her.
βJust let me be dear, your dad will be in a better position to break the news to youβ she begged when she saw me enter her room. Her words panicked and got me more curious, instead of calming me like she expected.
βMum you are now getting me more worriedβ i held her hands, staring into her eyes. My heart pounded furiously as i wondered what could make her look so sick and nervous.
βMum i insist you tell me, pleaseβ i begged and shook her hands.
βAlright fetch me a glass of water, iβm very thirstyβ she ordered. I ran to the kitchen, filled a glass cup with water and ran back to her room.
She smiled reassuringly after drinking the water, breathed heavily and caressed my hair,
βI will tell you the news i just got, my dear. It really isnβt terrible like i earlier said, but just a bit surprising. So promise me you will behave like a proper lady when i open up to youβ she asked of me.
βI promise i will behave mumβ i managed to mutter anxiously.
βEmmanuel has a child, do you know?β she broke the news to me like a question. I couldnβt believe my ears.
βWhich Emmanuel?β i asked fearfully,
βYour Emmanuel of courseβ she replied, βwe had to ask around, in order to get first hand information about the family we are giving out our daughter to, and ended up getting this piece of information from a relative married in his Villageβ she explained, while i bit my lips as sadness, disbelief and pain instantly filled my heart.
Mum clearly understood my condition, drew my head to her chest and patted me like a baby.
βYou shouldnβt feel very bad, you can still go ahead with the marriage if you love him well enough to overlook the little hindrance. The child is a girl and i heard the parents never accepted both the little girl and her motherβ she consoled me,
βMum please donβt talk like thatβ i cried, βhow did it even happen?β i heard myself asking.
βAccording to my source, she said he got the girl pregnant before going for his NYSC. That should make the child a year or more, i guessβ she replied. I felt empty, sad and weak.
βNo wonder he was very anxious to marry me quickly and his mum even hid it from meβ I cried bitterly. β¦
I FELT PLAYED AND BETRAYED, very uncertain of my future with him. It was at this point i knew i had lost my future and i regretted ever leaving Samuel the more
-To Be Continued-
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