Chapter 52

....Hello Jessy won't you come back today? Dad is already at home and he's been asking of you. Please if you're not coming, tell him so he won't ask me again.

Jeff, I'm coming back tonight just that there's something to celebrate. .. I answered Jeff who called me on phone. I need not blame him since it was already 7 pm and I was still in Dave's house. I got up from the bed where we cuddled each other. I took my bath dressed up and announced my departure to him. He insisted that I pass the night with him. Truly I wanted to pass the night but I couldn't imagine how Jimmy Mighty feel over it. I pleaded with him and told him my reasons. He agreed to let me go but on the condition that I should get back to his house the following morning. To let peace reign, I agreed. Then I left his house and went home.

"Jessy, you didn't tell me that you're in love with anyone. And the bond has grown to this extent..." Madam Ruth took me unaware. She was standing right in front of my door and I didn't know it. Her question was like a sting to me. Because of the way she asked the question, I couldn't read her mood to determine whether she was in support of the relationship or not. I feigned a mutant.

Jessy, you got quiet in a twinkle of an eye just because I asked a simple question. Talk to m,e Jessy... She talked with a louder voice.

Mumm,y it's not like that, He's just my Judo coach and everything happened coincidentally... I replied with a "pleading" voice

Ugh!!! Madam Ruth chuckled, then cleared her throat and said.

To make peace reign, you quietly addressed me as "mummy" I see. Anyway, I'm not against you but know who you mingle with. And have in mind there are people you need to make proud. Try and beat the right side of life. You're no more ki... Remember!!

As she was giving her advice, she walked closer to me and sat on my bed.

Thank you,u mummy. I heard your advice but it's not really what you think ma...The whole environment turned friendly. But I was still confused because Jeff and Derrick described their mum to be a "No nonsense" woman. I kept a distance from her since I was yet to know her intention.

Ah!! Do you even know what my mind is? Wow!!! That's great...

Her words couldn't sound as harsh as the expression of both her voice and the face she made. Lost in thought, I couldn't reply to her.

Jessycomese and sit on this bed...Her command was mastery as she spoke and demonstrated by tapping her right hand on the bed. I quietly walked closer to her and sat on the bed just as she ordered.

Jessy, do you expect me to congratulate you? I'm talking to you Jessy answer me!! Well, time changes but the wrong thing never changes to the right thing in any way. At 20, I couldn't dream of what you're doing now. No matter how long it stays. I was once a young girl before I became a mother. I don't like what I just heard. Not just that you have a boyfriend, but you have a criminal that uses a gun as a boyfriend and you proudly announced it to Daddy. Whenever you do something wrong they'll judge me as the woman in the house. Jessy, I don't like what I heard. I would like it if you quit the relationship

Thank you, mummy. We were just friends. Though he made his wish known to me I never agreed to date him. Until what happened at the party. Not everyone would agree to take such a risk for such a casual friend. Despite that, he still got kidnapped for my sake. I didn't see it as something right to abandon him with the kidnappers while I already know he was Kidnapped for my sake

....When!! So you're now paying him back by dating a criminal or you've offered him sex already??? I couldn't allow her to conclude the accusation before I intruded

Mummy, I never said I slept with him and he's not a criminal!

Wait, Jessy are you challenging me or what?... She lowered her voice as if she wasn't the one using a harsh tone on me

Mummy, I'm not challenging you ma

Then you need to listen to me...She said with her normal tone.

Okay, ma.

Jessy! That boy is nothing but a criminal. No matter what he used to brainwash you. At the bottom line, he remains a criminal waiting for the law to judge him accordingly. His judgment day might be today or tomorrow. And I don't want you to be a victim of such circumstances. Find any possible means to end the relationship. If he wants to be paid for saving you, I and my family can pay him so that everyone would go their separate ways.

But mummy, you celebrated with us the day he saved us, Jeff and myself.

Jessy, are you in any way trying to blackmail me?

No mummy!!

Good. Obey my instructions. It's for your good. I've done up to half of what I'm supposed to do on earth but you're yet to start. Start it well. End that relationship immediately before it ends you. I don't see the love there. I only see two people trading by barter.

Mummy, it's okay. I'll do just as you said though it won't be that easy for me now. He needs to heal from the trauma before I quit so he won't feel cheated.

Jessy, I don't know what you're talking about, but obey me for your good. Go and dish dinner. They're already waiting for the food...She concluded and left me in the room

I began to think of what brought about the discussion. "Could it be that Jimmy didn't want to be the one to advise me and he decided to use his wife? Or Derrick said something to his mother? But why is it happening now? Just when I thought I could sit and drink chilled water with fewer worries, boom!! Madam Ruth came up with her query. Why is my life always like this? So I can't spend up to a month without crying?"