Apologize To Him

"Don't mind her my son, She will come around she's my daughter okay" Mama-Tina persuaded Patrick to hid his embarrassment and Patrick faintly replied, "Is okay ma, I can understand her."

Patrick stared downward while Mama-Tina excused them, and went in to talked to Tina, leaving Patrick, his sister and Papa-Tina in the parlour.

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"What was that drama, you just displayed there all about?" Mama-Tina questioned as she immediately got into to her childrens room, as it was a two bedroom apartment, that her husband built before.

"Mama, I don't want to see him here, why didn't you told me he was the one coming?" Tina refuted sadly.

"Will you shut up you mouth Tina. I should tell you, so you should do what?" Mama-Tina asked, staring irritatedly at her only daughter.

Tina sat down, and put Godsent down, while she stretched her long slender legs forward wanting to laid down on the bed but her Mother spoked.

"Tina, am talking to you. What was the meaning of that rubbish drama you just displayed there, did you realize the man is still Godsent father?."

"Mama I don't care about that. I don't love him and I do not want to have anything to do with him. I don't know why he's here in the first place, and you cannot force me to go and see him either. Or be with him, left him just leave as he had come" Tina replied her mother harshly, throwing her face away, to stared at the opposite direction not wanting to stare directly to her mother's eye while she refused going back to the parlour.

Mama-Tina stared at Tina for some minute before she spoke.

"Tina, no one is forcing you to go and be with him, At least you should had showed some manners or home training before insulting that young man, or do you think you are the only beautiful lady he had seen. You owe him an apology for such rude behavior you just displayed over there, disrespecting I and your father as well and walking out on us" Mama-Tina reprimanded and insisted Tina must to go back and apologized, but Tina still stubbornly refused to stood up, until Jude came in and told her that their father was calling her to the parlour.

Tina finally stood up and frowned and she went back to the parlour to answered her father, leaving her mother and Godsent behind.

"Tina do you know this young man?" Papa-Tina asked Tina after previously having a few conversation with Patrick when his wife had gone in, to confronted Tina for walking out on them

"Yes Papa I know him" Tina replied with a frowned, not wanting to stared at Patrick and Papa-Tina asked her, "Do you also know why he's here?."

Tina frowned not truly knowing why Patrick came to her family house either, As she meet his gazed and only remembered that Patrick had told her that he still wanted her and want to visit her family house on Sunday.

"No papa, I don't know why he's here" spoked Tina.

"Good, Then at least you should've known first why he came before refusing to see him or walking out on him" Papa-Tina stated and Tina's frowned deepened.

"Am sorry Papa" Tina forced out her apology.

"It okay my daughter, You can sit down first." Papa-Tina gestured for Tina to sat, while he continued his speech.

"Tina, This young man named Patrick here told me he's the father of your son, is that true?."

"..." Tine frowned and stared from her father to Patrick, As their eyes meet again, and Patrick didn't knew Tina would raised her face up and stared to him, before answering her father's questioned.

"Yes Papa, is true."

"Hmph, Okay, he said his family will like to see you and their grandchild too, as per their custom demands, that a man can't have a child outside Marriage with a woman he wasn't married too, and if the man still goes on having a child outside Marriage he must marry the child's mother so the child wouldn't be a bastard."

"No papa" Tina frowned hearing what her father just said and she refused immediately.

"Papa I cannot marry him. I have someone else I love and wish to marry."

"Shut up your mouth Tina" Mama-Tina rebuked Tina immediately.

"Is okay woman, let her speak" Papa-Tina replied to his wife, while Patrick also frowned hearing what Tina just said, as he assumed Tina might already be in a relationship with another guy for her to still harbor such hatred and disgust towards him.

Patrick was quiet and didn't said anything, as he sat down there with his junior sister whom also withnessed everything, As she could told Tina didn't loved her brother and she wondered how come about the cute little baby boy, she was seen in Mama-Tina's arm, whom looked so much like her big brother, only that he was white and fair in complexion with yellow hair, while she watched quietly, observing all the whole drama.

"Well Patrick right?" Papa-Tina asked turning back to face Patrick and he continued, "You see I wasn't around when I got the news of my daughter's pregnancy report. And I didn't knew what transpired between both of you that led to my grandchild, but all I can understand now is that you want to fulfill you village custom and tradition, but you see, I cannot force my daughter to marry you too fulfill your village custom, but I will advise you give her a little time for both of you to amend things before proceeding with the Marriage rite, obviously I haven't given out her hand in Marriage yet, even though she had brought someone home that she want to marry, but I might reconsider if you both can work things out because of my grandchild Godsent, that's all I can say for now."

Patrick frowned a little hearing that Tina already brought someone she wanted to marry, as he couldn't believed his ears. Although he didn't doubted it as he knew Tina was very beautiful and some other men could also be lounging to have her as their girlfriend nor wife.

Patrick finally stood and thanked Papa-Tina as he bid to took his leave.

Mama-Tina escorted him and his sister with Godsent in her arms while Mama-Tina had obviously forgiven Patrick, as she could saw Patrick dearly loved her daughter, and probably that was what lead him, into impregnating Tina in the past and she sighed.

Arriving to where Patrick had parked his G-class Jeep, Mama-Tina apologized to Patrick on Tina's behalf

"My son, don't be offended with my daughter's rude behavior towards you. I will try and talk to her, as I don't know why Tina's still behaving like that, but I will try my best to talk her out of it."

"Is okay mama, I understand her" Patrick replied sadly, while Amanda went to Mama-Tina's arms, and carried little Godsent away, whom actually wanted to refused Amanda from carrying him, as he wasn't familiar with Amanda's face, but Amanda still carried Godsent gently as she played with him not to cry.

"He's such a cutie" Amanda said as she brought out her phone and snapped several pictures with Godsent, asking Godsent to smile.

Tina came out and saw Amanda taking pictures with her son, and her eyes narrowed at them as she meet with Patrick eyes on her.

Patrick was staring at Tina, but Tina ignored him and went back into their house knowing that Patrick wouldn't took her son to his home, away from her, and she went back inside.

Amanda already fell in love with her cute little nephew she asked Patrick, "Big bro, can we take him home with us?."

Patrick looked at Godsent first and to his sister and replied, "No, not today."

Amanda didn't wanted to let go of Godsent, as she admired Godsent so much, As Godsent was even fair in complexion than Tina, and almost white with thick brownish-yellow hair, only that he resembled Patrick.

Amanda finally let go of Godsent and handed Godsent back to his grandma, as Mama-Tina stood watching them, as Patrick already said they've to be going home.

Amanda, brought some bundle of money from her purse and asked Mama-Tina to used it and bought some biscuits for her little nephew and she finally entered into Patrick's Jeep, and Patrick drove out, as they finally left back to their village.