CHAPTER 120

" Purist has made her decision and now I do not really think that I have the right to give out the umbilical cord to anyone. Aren't you tired of forcing yourself into her life Tere? You are her biological mother but till now she still chooses me in her life. Is that not enough reason for you to go? Your daughter does not really love you. She is fine by me and not by you. You better go away because we do not have any other issues to discuss anymore" said Ruth in a commanding manner.

Tere looked at Ruth angrily . She hated the fact that Purist chose Ruth instead of her. Yet she felt as if she should blame herself after everything that she did to Ruth and the fact that she forcefully got her married at the age of sixteen.

" That therefore means that you will have to go with me as the mother to purist. I am ready to do all the marriage rights and pay your bride price once again. Thank you for choosing my side" said Martin laughing. 

" It's time for me to give you all the good news that I have decided to give Ryan a chance to be a man in my life. The two of us will become Purist's parents and she won't have to worry living here in Mambo town. That is the most important reason why I cannot come with you Martin" said Ruth smiling. 

Martin looked at Ruth astonished. He felt bad that Ruth chose  Ryan over him. 

" Then this is the time which the war has been declared between these two towns. All this will only happen because of the bad choices that you have made Ruth. When people in Olam town will kill people of Mambo town, then it will all be because of the love that I have for you" said Martin who left angrily accompanied by Tere and Haggai. 

Ruth looked at Ryan filled with lots of worries. She went towards Naomi and Magdalene seated on the couch but they did not want anything to do with her which astonished Ruth. She tried to move towards them but Naomi and Magdalene assumed her and left.

" I am sorry but I have to leave. I have to find out the main reason why my mama and grandma do not want anything to do with me" said Ruth who left the living room. 

She followed Naomi and Magdalene to the guest room. She entered the room and was astonished when she found out that they were filled with lots of anger.

" Mama! Grandma! What is it? I am begging the both of you to please confide with me" said Ruth filled with lots of sadness. 

" Is it true that you have choosen to marry  Ryan? Why are you fighting for that girl then? That girl is not your daughter. Now you have introduced a war that will end only if you decide to leave this town with Martin. Let's see what will happen behind the closed doors" said Naomi. 

" Sorry dear mama. It's a high time that Martin should feel the way I felt when he chose Tere over me. It's a high time that I should revenge back on everything that he did to me together with Tere. I know that the both of them collaborated to kill my father and siblings. They are the worst kinds of people I have ever met in my life" said Ruth filled with lots of anger.

" Your decision is right Ruth. Martin is like a grandson to me too. He is like the grandson I have never had and  that is the main reason why I decided to let him rule at the closer gates. Only a man deserves to rule the land and not a woman. That was the main reason why I did not let you rule at the closer gates" Said Magdalene.

This made Ruth to be filled with lots of anger. She found it hard to believe that Magdalene chose Martin to rule the closer gates simply because she thought that Ruth was incapable of ruling.

Ruth went to the living room and found Ryan standing there filled with lots of thoughts. She immediately went towards him and hugged him filled with lots of sadness. 

" What do you think that you are doing Ruth? This cannot happen if you are not yet married to Ryan. Have you suddenly lost your moral values?" Asked Magdalene angrily. 

" Grandma...you....you followed me here. Why? Why have you followed me here?" Asked Ruth.

" I wanted to apologized for what I have told you back in the room. Don't you understand everything that I am trying to tell you? Why are you looking at me like that? Have you no idea that I love you very much? I don't want you to mess up your life. If only I was there then you could not have gotten married to Martin at the age of sixteen. You could have lived your live and enjoyed it to the fullest together with the good education foundation that I could have raised you with" said Magdalene filled with lots of regrets. 

" Grandma! I have never blamed anyone for getting married at the age of sixteen. I have loved you above everything else in my life. I have honoured and cherished you. I do not blame you for going to the cell of hell and spending all those years there. I haven't done anything wrong with Ryan here either. I cannot go out of the moral values that you and my mama taught me. The only thing that I have done here is to hug him because I felt that I needed some comfort. Do you feel bad because I have denied Martin? And why? Were you not the one who kept convincing me to allow Ryan in my life before? Tell me what has changed grandma. Why do you suddenly don't want this relationship?" Asked Ruth filled with lots of curiosity.

" Because of you then people are going to die. Alot of innocent people are going to die from this war just because of the love that Martin has for you. Martin has the character of his father which makes him not to stop at any extent to carry out all of his plans" said Magdalene.

" Grandma! Anything that you want is what I will do. What do you want? Do you want me to go back to my matrimonial home? I will be more than happy to do that. I will only do this because of the love that I have for you grandma. It will mean that I am making up all the times that people always used to call you a witch simply because you and grandpa invented the cell of hell. That's why till today I have never told Martin about what happened to me the first time that I went to the cell of hell" said Ruth.

" We will see about that and what happens. I know that your mother is going to be happy with this marriage to Ryan anyway. I love you too much Ruth in such a way that I cannot hurt you. You are my biological granddaughter and I love you very much" said Magdalene.

Both Ruth and Magdalene hugged each other passionately. Ryan looked at the both of them astonished. He had never heard of the name cell of hell before. 

He also thought that it was a cage full of witches. 

" I will leave the both of you to continue bonding. I love you both very much. Please understand me" said Ryan who left. He felt that Magdalene and Ruth needed sometime to discuss their own family issues.

" Thank you for caring about me grandma. Thank you for understanding that I want Ryan to be my one and only hapiness. I have made up my mind in this and I do not not want anyone to interfere with my decision in this.  I've always wanted you to love me and to be proud of my mama just like the way you have always been proud of Akeshia. I hope that that day will come" said Ruth.

" Why not? Did I not choose this family over Akeshia's family? This is my biological family and I will always choose this family over them" said Magdalene smiling.

" Thank you grandma. I will also choose you over everything else. I am also glad that my relationship with Faith gas been resolved. We will now live happy as a family here" said Ruth.

Nelly who had been watching them from a distance was filled with lots of sadness. She felt that she suddenly needed the love of a mother and a father. She approached them and went towards Magdalene then hugged her passionately which astonished Ruth.

" Sorry! Grandma" said Nelly who left. 

" Go and speak with her. I think she needs you " said Magdalene.

" No grandma. I think the person that Nelly needs right now is you. She got too emotional with you a while ago and that makes you the only person she needs right now" said Ruth who signalled to Magdalene to leave.

Ruth therefore sat on the couch and decided to rest.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.