©️Opeyemi Akintunde
AS INSPIRED BY THE LIVING WORD
“Let’s get him to the nearest hospital” Aunty Yemi said.
“Move Back, a doctor came with us.” One of the officers said. “We always take a doctor along whenever we are going for a kidnap case”
I nodded and stepped back to let the Doctor do his job.
Promise had been handcuffed, but she kept screaming…
” Give me my child”.
The Officers didn’t answer. I saw Aunty Yemi walking towards Rantimi and collecting the child from her. She walked to where Promise was in the Car…
*****
I took her child to her, but I didn’t hand her over, instead I asked her a question
“Do you still have a mother?”
“Yes”
“She missed it with you, Maybe she may get it right with her. “
******
I didn’t know who the woman was, but she had hit the point… My mother had failed with me despite her efforts, I hoped Kira would not end up like me.
“You are right… She lives in…”
“Don’t worry about her address, I will get it from F.D”
I nodded… I knew I was going to be in prison for a long time.
“But am I the only one that will get punished, F.D committed Bigamy as well.”
“He will join you in Prison too, but you are going for a longer term, because they have found out your fraud, the one that led to your late husband’s death.”
“Who are you?”
“My name is Yemi. I manage an orphanage, I have been friends with Leni and F.D for years. I am sorry for what they did to you.”
“You are Aunty Yemi she mentioned yesterday. Can I speak to my mother?”
I spoke to the officer in charge and based on the relationship I had with their boss, they gave me permission to call her mother.
“Hello Mummy…I am sorry… I am sorry that despite all you did trying to make sure I turn out right, I failed you. I don’t know why but I apologize, please take care of Kira. Do all you can to make sure she turns out right. I don’t know what my sentence will be but I know it will be bad. I have a lot of offences that will be counted against me; from fraud, to causing the death of Shola, to kidnapping the boys and attempted murder. I will rot in jail…I Know… “I broke down in tears…
” Mum I know why I turned out this way, I never took your Jesus Serious. I never took God serious. Please …Please, Make Kira take God seriously.”
My mother could not say a word, she just kept crying on the Phone ….
*****
Greg was revived, he was given a cup of milk and his face became brighter. We all returned to the city, but we didn’t forget to fulfil our promise to Rantimi.
The three of us wired the total of three million into her account before leaving.
******
“The mysterious ways of God is what I witnessed in this story pertaining to my angle. God wanted to give me money when I became stranded as a result of not bowing to sin.
To get the money He wanted to give me, He made me return home so I could be at a strategic place to receive the reward of finding a culprit.
Why was it our village she stopped? She could have stopped at a hotel or anywhere else, but God made it strategic for her to stop at my village and slept over at the unoccupied corpers’ lodge beside my house.
Is God not the Divine Arranger?
******
F.D was charged to court for Bigamy, and he got a sentence of Seven Years imprisonment! F.D exonerated me from the story, he told me, we both could not end up in Prison. He emphasized the need for one of us to be with the boys.
Promise got a life sentence as the offences against her were enormous.
Aunty Yemi and Mr Teju eventually Met through me. When he came to the country briefly, I told him I wanted to introduce him to my Aunty who was very helpful during the kidnap.
When Mr Teju saw Aunty Yemi, He froze…
“Yemi?” he had asked
“I am Sorry Mr Teju. Forgive me for letting my mother push me into hurting your family.”
“Wow!, I can’t believe you are standing in front of me and I am not able to pounce on you and kill you like I always imagined.”
“I am sorry”
“Well, it’s totally not your fault, when you were flirting with me, I should have said No and turned the other way.”
“You are right, I knew the beginning of my flirting and what I supposedly wanted to achieve but unfortunately, we only know the beginning of Flirting, we never can tell the end.”
“You aborted the child?”
“No, I had the child but gave him up for adoption. Your Son is Marcus, the Popular Musician… Mountain Man”
“What?”
” You heard correctly!”
“Mountain Man is my son…That crazy guy, that dresses like a mad being is my son?”
“Yeah, but God has decided to do something good with us… It will be interesting for you to know that before Marcus relocated and became popular, he impregnated Leni. Your Grandson is Roland.”
Mr Teju’s eyes became teary, it was all too complex for him to understand…
“Roland is my grandchild?”
“Yes…”
“Are you being truthful with me?”
“Yes, Mummy J can testify to it”
“Mummy J? The woman who brought you to us, She is still alive?”
“Yes, she was the one who gave Marcus to his adoptive mother.”
“And Marcus impregnated Leni, and Leni gave birth to Roland. My Grandchild has been living in my house for years and I Never knew”
Mr Teju wept like a child…
“God! So I have a seed, so I have someone who has my DNA in him, Thank you!”
“What about Mrs. Teju?”
“After she became Ok, she divorced me and I swore never to marry again.”
To be continued….
