CHAPTER 141

Ryan did not really want to argue with Ruth. He knew that arguing with Ruth would cause great harm to the love that the both of them had. 

Ruth saw Tere at that instant. Tere was standing right infront of Ruth and Ryan. She was holding a gun on her arms. Ruth started breathing heavily at that instant. She was never afraid of seeing someone holding a gun on his or her hands but then she knew that if it was Tere, she really meant everything by actions and whatever she said. 

" Why are you like that Ruth? You are giving up too early my girl. You must understand that I am not here to kill you but I am here to scare you" said Tere.

" Tere! I am not the one to be blamed for everything that happened in your life. I am not the one to be blamed for the fact that I got married to Martin .But you, you are to be blamed for putting my family at a mess. You are to be blamed for the fact that your daughter does not want anything to do with you anymore. So! I am begging you to stop ruining my life any longer but pay for all the pains that you caused me and the rest of the people close to you" said Ruth as tears welled down her eyes.

Ruth was finally tired of all the harm that she kept facing in her life. All she wanted at that instant was to finally get married to Ryan and have a peaceful family ever after. 

" What do you want me to do then?" Asked Tere laughing annoyingly. 

" I believe that you know what you should do. Please surrender to the police before it's too late. You still matter to me because no matter what I do, you will always be Purist's birth mother" said Ruth in a pellucid voice.

This made Tere to feel bad who immediately left. Ruth stopped hiding under the shadows of Ryan and finally stood still. This made her to feel that Tere was going to change her mind about everything wrong that she had done and surrendered to the police. 

" I am sorry Ryan. I am sorry for the very day that I came into your life and made your life a living hell. That is why I am going to make the same ritual that Purist made when she was forced to get married to that old man. I am going to forget about about everything that entails the closer gates and finally cut ties with them" said Ruth as she hugged Ryan. 

Ryan did not hug Ruth back since her felt that Ruth was being senseless by what she had said. 

" The marriage is going to take place if it's your wish but you are not going to perform that ritual in order to forget about your past. This is simply because no matter what you do, your past will keep clinging back to you. I hope you have understood me" said Ryan who left. 

Ruth felt frustruated since she knew that Martin would not stop at anything to get her back into her arms. She decided to go back home. It had been a long time since Ruth bonded with Faith. As soon as Ruth arrived back home, she decided to go to Faith's room and have a conversation with her. She found Faith arranging her clothes in the closet. She went and tried to assist Faith to arrange her array of clothes but Faith resisted and requested her to sit on top of the bed. 

" What about the suitor situation that I spoke to you about? Are you ready to accept one in your life?" Asked Ruth smiling.

Ruth never stopped feeling like she wanted to tease Faith. She needed to tease her especially at that moment since she was feeling sad. She finally remembered the fact that Magdalene was dead. 

" How many times have I told you that I don't want a suitor Ruth? Yes! I am getting too old. So what? So what if I am getting too old? I think that I have never complained the fact that I don't have any suitor" said Faith angrily. 

" Oh! Don't be angry with me. I fail to wonder why such a small thing offends you too much. By the way, I have to really say that you did a good job today. You prevented your worst enemy from dying. I am now sure that that fool has learnt it from you and would never dare to want to be given any executive position in the community ever again" said Ruth as both Ruth and Faith laughed. 

" She must be singing with the rats right now. I can't wait to finish arranging my clothes in the closet faster and finally go and listen to that awesome choir at the mambo cell. That lady would have learnt her lesson the moment that she gets out of Mambo cell. I have a question. Is anything regarding saving Purist from your marriage and love marriage progressing?" Asked Faith filled with lots of curiosity. 

" I don't know how I am going to save Purist. Till now I have no idea if my marriage with Ryan will suceed. I am so much worried about the wrath your brother is going to make us face after getting married to Ryan" said Ruth filled with lots of worries. 

" Martin cannot do anything to the bride of this house. I am sure that this community will be ready to protect you as soon as you become a part of us" said Nelly who entered Faith's room smiling. 

Nelly had been listening to their conversation ever since she saw Ruth entering the house while she was seated at the living room and decided to follow her. This was after she followed Ruth there and decided to listen to both Ruth's and Faith's conversation. 

" Well said by the new case manager who will decide and conduct my marriage after it's fully finalized and all rites are met. I am so proud of you Nelly. You just got it the right way and not the way that I wanted to give it back to you. Such a thing was bound to happen to Vivian. She had managed to harass a lot of people the period that she was the case manager. Maybe she should stay there longer and learn a lot of lesson about the fact that being alone and always doing things according to your own way is not the best thing to do" said Ruth smiling. 

This was what Ruth had hoped for but had no idea that that it would result to Vivian to going to the cell of hell. 

" Ladies! This is not the time to regret what was done and what was not done to her. This is the time in which we should move on with our lives. I think that we should start preparing your wedding to Ryan" said Fath as she pointed at Ruth. 

" Not right now Faith. My grandma Magdalene just died and my mama is still mourning her death. I have to give my mama a little time longer to mourn my grandma's death. This will be able to enable her to be able to forget about grandma and how my dear grandma died in order to stop her from revenging back. Revenge is for young people like us and not for older people like my mama" said Ruth feeling a little bit sad. 

" I understand that your mother is the only person left in your family. I understand the pain that you feel due to the fact that your whole family got killed by Tere. To be honest, I don't really think that Martin and Akeshia participated in the killing of my grandma Magdalene. They are my family and I am defending the because......" Said Faith but Ruth suddenly interrupted. 

" They are my family too because they are your family and they were raised by my grandma and grandpa. I know both Martin and Akeshia too well to understand the fact that they did not participate in the killing of my grandma.

Martin might had initiated a war because of the love that he had for me. He might had killed many soldiers but he was not capable of killing my grandma Magdalene. That is the main reason why I trust him and would testify for him in court if he was caught for killing my grandma althouh I know that this case is going to reach court. My mama will just not let the murderer run the town as if he's running his business" said Ruth smiling. 

Nelly looked at Ruth feeling sad. She didn't expect Ruth to defend Martin. She felt that that simple mistake of defending Martin would make Ruth consider Martin as a good person. It was clear to Nelly that Ruth still loved Martin with all her heart. What she did not understand was the fact that Ruth chose to get married to Ryan instead. 

Was it a token of appreciation or love?

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.