Forgive My Son

Tina had totally forgotten about her phone that morning as she woke up and had more bed warming exercise with Patrick after he had consoled her for what they both did the previous night.

All she couldn't think of that morning was how her life will be when she finally accepted and forgives Patrick. After taking her bath with the warm waters, she washed her clothes and spread it with the help of Amanda as those girls weren't friendly enough to showed her where to spread her clothes.

Tina was very hungry that morning as she didn't have energy to argue with those rude girls, she was lucky to have seen Amanda, and she went in with Amanda after she was thru spreading her washed clothes, and met Patrick's father already seated with Patrick as the both of them were discussing.

Tina didn't saw Patrick's father the previous evening she came with Patrick, as the man wasn't looking old at all as he still looked smart and vibrant for his age.

Tina greeted him politely as she entered the living room with Amanda, "Good morning sir."

Mr Scott, was a calm and peacefull man. When he had returned back the previous night, it was already late so he went in straight to his chamber, he shared with his wife, and he was surprised to saw a cute little baby sleeping on his bed in which he shared with his wife, Although their bed was relatively large as it could contain 4-5 people, it seemed like a two in one bed, So when Papa-Patrick came in, he asked her, "Whose baby is this?."

Mama-Patrick smiled at him and told him, "Our Grandson, Patrick's baby."

Mr Scott wondered what kind of a woman his son meet with to have such a white looking baby even.shining by that time of the night.

Papa-Patrick said nothing as he went and laid over on the other side of the bed not to disturb baby Godsent.

Mr Scott was stunned when he saw Tina, She was indeed very beautiful and now he understood why his son lost control of himself. As he acknowledged Tina's presence and answered her greeting, Although Mr Scott wasn't really happy with what his son had done, but he was glad his son took responsibility for his acton,

"You are welcome my daughter, How are your people?" Papa-Patrick welcomed Tina as he asked her of her family.

Tina smiled at him and replied, "They're all fine sir," And Papa-Patrick examined her looks and didn't asked her any further questions.

They later went to the dinning table to eat and Tina was very brilliant in school so she was a little composed that one wouldn't believed she was a native village brought up.

Tina was smart and good-looking as well, that one might think she was born in the city or grew up in the city before her parents retired back to the village, but no.. Tina was a total village born and brought up.

Tina ate her food silently feeling a little shy to ate with Patrick and his parents as she ate her food quickly while she went to give Godsent small of the rice sauce made by Patrick's mom.

After their meal, Patrick asked her to come see him in his room when she was thru. But then Mama-Patrick asked Tina to wait that she would liked to discussed something with Tina first and maybe later Tina would go answering to Patrick as they've both spent the night together.

After feeding Godsent, Tina went to know why Patrick's mother wanted to saw her and she was lead by one of the rude maids to Patrick's mother chamber.

Tina knocked on the door and Mama-Patrick asked her to come in.

"My beautiful daughter you're welcome please have s seat" Mama-Patrick beacon Tina to sat then she spoke,

"Honestly Am really happy to finally meet you. My husband and I are not happy when we got to hear the news from our son that he has a child outside wedlock, and as our custom and tradition demands it a taboo for any man to have a child with someone he wasn't married too, and if there is already a child, he must marry the child's mother, whether he loves her or not" Mama-Patrick spoked gently so Tina would understand her point.

"From the way my son has been behaving and rejected all the pretty ladies I had brought to him, I know truly he might have someone else but when we heard of the child, it compulsory we have to fulfil and pay all marital rites even if you do not wish to live with my son, his child can't be be a bastard, but has to bear his father's name, I hope you are understanding my point?" Mama-Patrick asked, as she stared intently at Tina's face to know Tina's reaction.

Mama-Patrick was pretty much aware that the customs and tradition in Ujunwa is different from Ochanda and the rest neighboring village, but she didn't wanted anything bad to happened to her son or grandson either if the needful wasn't done.

Tina didn't said anything as she was quite all thru, then Mama-Patrick spoked to her again,

"Don't worry my daughter, we will treat you well and accept you as our own, but I know my son loves you very much, I raised him to be responsible I don't know what came over him as why he did what he did with you, he knows the custom, please find a place in your heart to forgive, Okay?."

"Okay ma" Tina finally replied, then Mama-Patrick told her, "You can go and see Patrick, Am aware Patrick asked you to come see him, when you're thru with me."

"Okay ma" Tina stood up and left Mama-Patrick chamber to go see Patrick. And when she got to where Patrick's room was, Tina asked him, "Am here, why did you request to see me?."

Patrick replied her as he stood up coming closer to where Tina stood,

"I will like to take you around the village to see around, how your soon to be husband village, looks like" Patrick said as he walked closer to Tina, hugging her from behind her back and Tina didn't rejected him anymore, As she allowed him touched her and hugged her freely to himself, cuddling her while they stood talking. Tina told him,

"But I will like to go home, maybe when next I visit , I will see around."

Tina blushed as Patrick brought his face closer from her behind and kissed her neck softly, tracing his kisses up to her cheeks still hugging her back to his chest and he said,

"Why don't you want to see around my village..  have you been here before?" Patrick asked her.

"Well I don't really know, but I think I have, when a friend of mine did her wedding" Tina lied as she didn't wanted to told Patrick, that the person wasn't just a friend but her boyfriend whose only sister got married.

Tina didn't wanted to said anything that might pissed Patrick off as she also beginning to like him and how he pampered her.

"But I already called your mom and told her that you said you will like to stay with me till weekend"

"What!" Tina shouted as she got away from Patrick embrace and turned to look at him, "When did you call her?",

"This morning she called me, and asked of you saying she had called you severally but you line wasn't connecting" Patrick replied her.

"Oh my God, I still haven't brought out my phone from your car, is still in there", Tina turned and went to look at the garage to saw if she can see her phone or handbag in any of the car, as she couldn't recognized the main car, Patrick had used to visited her village the previous day.

Patrick wasn't with his keys so he said to her, "Am coming let me go in and get my car keys."

Patrick went back to his quarters to get his car keys then he came back and opened the particular car he had used door, and Tina took out her hand bag.

Her phone battery was getting low, so she quickly check for any missed call and was surprised to saw many missed calls, some were from her colleagues at her Madam's shop while majority calls was from Chris and her mother.

Patrick was still standing beside her so she couldn't called Chris back and it broke her heart as she suddenly looked pale, so she called her mother first, After that she kept her phone in her handbag, as Tina knew she wouldn't be able to talked comfortably with Chris's now she was with Patrick, so it was better she kept her phone away, and silenced it, and decided to called Chris later.