CHAPTER 121

Ruth therefore sat on the couch and began to rest. 

Magdalene on the other hand followed Ruth's advice to go and have a conversation with Nelly. She followed Nelly to her room and was astonished that she had already changed into her bathing towel. 

" What ? Why have you followed me to my room? I want to go and bath" said Nelly angrily.

" I....I thought that....." Said Magdalene but Nelly suddenly interrupted.

" What did you think? That you needed to have a discussion with me. You couldn't have done that. You are not my mother and you will never be. You are just Ruth's grandma and a guest here all because of her" shouted Nelly at Magdalene which caught the attention of everyone in the house.

" It's alright. I know very well what my boundaries are" said Magdalene in a pellucid voice.

Magdale immediately left Nelly's room feeling heartbroken. She felt that she should blame Ruth for convincing her to go ahead and have a conversation with Nelly. This made Ruth to immediately go to  Nelly's room to check what was happening but was astonished to find out that the room was already locked. She decided to go to Magdalene's room to find out what was happening.

" She is rude to her elders. I don't think that she is a good person. I urge you to be very careful with her" said Magdalene as Ruth entered the room.

" What if you are mistaken grandma? What if Nelly is going through something we do not understand? It's unlike her to talk to you like that. Nelly loves us unconditionally" said Ruth trying to prove Magdalene wrong.

" Then she has to prove to me that she is not rude. Before that, I will not have anything to do with her" said Magdalene who signalled to Ruth to leave.

Ruth left since she did not want to annoy Magdalene. That was one of Magdalene's unique behavior when she was angry;  she never wanted to understand anything, give someone a chance for explanation or share what she felt in heart to anyone. Ruth made a decision to go to Ryan's room. She felt that Ryan was the only one who was in a better condition to help her. 

She found Ryan doing excercises dressed in his cotton black short. Ruth was astonished when she saw him and the drawing of an African lady seen on his chest. She moved closer and closed her eyes once she saw that the face of the African lady was actually hers. 

" Who drew that? When did it happen? " Asked Ruth while her eyes were still closed. 

" Nelly drew it and claimed that it was because of the love she and I had for you" said Ryan smiling.

" Nelly! I must say that I am shocked she did this after how much rude she spoke to my grandma. That is the main reason why I have come here. I have come to seek for your help in solving this issue Ryan. Are you going to help me?" Asked Ruth in a soft and loving voice as she opened her eyes which made Ryan to smile.

" Why should I not help my umbilical wife? My own umbilical cord just like the way you take Purist. Which part do you want me to help you then?" Asked Ryan who just wanted to listen to Ruth's soft voice once more.

" I need to know the main reason why Nelly spoke harshly to Grandma. I also need my grandma to calm down and be ready to listen to Nelly once she apologizes. Can you now take a shower and put on fresh clothes?" Said Ruth in a teasable manner. 

" Then leave my room right away. Remembered not to look behind you. I repeat that you should not look behind you" said Ryan.

Ruth felt like she should look behind her but did not look behind no matter the many times that she was tempted to. Ryan locked the door as soon as Ruth left. He Felt that Ruth was going to come back out of curiosity.

Martin on the other hand arrived at closer gates filled with lots of anger. He immediately called for the warriors meeting at the meeting square. All the warriors arrived there filled with lots of curiosity and were ordered to sit down.

" Ladies and gentlemen. I thank all of you for honoring my son's plea to come here. I will now invite him to say his speech about the upcoming biggest war" said Akeshia in a commanding voice.

" Thank you mama. As she has said, there is a greatest war coming in front of us. This war is going to be between two towns. I want all of you to start preparing the tools and equipments that we are going to use in the war. Go to all the marketers in this towns selling the war tools and ask them not to sell them anymore. This will make us have a chance to win because mambo town has no tools and equipments for fighting" said Martin laughing annoyingly.

" What is the main reason for this was Sir Martin?" Asked one of the warriors filled with lots of curiosity.

" Love! Love has overcome pain and it has become a choice that people need to get hurt for love to finally prevail. That is the main reason why I have decided to initiate this war" said Martin in a calm voice.

All the warriors at the meeting square shook their heads in disbelief. They realized that they fight was intiated only because of a woman who had rejected Martin. They left one by one feeling dissapointed. Tere who was standing at the balcony seemed dissapointed after seeing Martin declaring the war. That proved that he still loved Ruth unconditionally and was willing to get Ruth at any extent. Haggai who was watching her from a distance decided to go towards her and patted her on her back as soon as he arrived which made Tere to turn towards him.

" What do you want Haggai? Have you come here to tease of how much Martin is doing everything that he can to get Ruth back. Do you actually want to hear my answer? The truth is that I am confused right now and I don't know what to do to stop all this. Ruth does not have to witness how much Martin lives her and is willing to go to any extent to get her back. Martin chose me few years back and I will make sure that he still chooses me over and over again" said Tere angrily.

" I will not allow you to die down our marriage because of Martin. You are not going to stop him from whatever he wants to do. All you are going to do is to support him and give him more ideas on how to do it. You will give him more ideas on how to trick Ruth into his love once  again" said Haggai in a calm voice who handed over a flower to Tere from his pocket then left. 

Tere cut the flowers into tiny pieces then threw it on the ground. Luckily, some pieces fell on Martin's coat which made him to look up. He waved at Tere as soon as he found out that it was Tere. This made Tere to change her mind went down to the meeting square.

" Why are you doing all this? You can choose to let Ruth be happy with the man he has found. After all, I am sure that Purist will be safe in his hands" said Tere who felt that that statement would make Martin to change his mind. 

" No! I have to win this battle of love. I have to ensure that Ruth and her entire family comes back to the closer gates. This is their home and not that so-called mambo town. This is where they belong" said Martin which made him to unluckily bite his tongue. 

" Alright! I am going to wait and see the many people who will have to die before you finally change your mind Martin. I am sure that Ruth will never be able to forgive you after the many people you might have killed during the war" said Tere as he held Martin on his cheeks as if to want to kiss him but Martin placed a hand on his mouth to prevent then pushed Tere away from him.

" What do you think you are trying to do Tere? Your marriage to Haggai is a formal wedding and it's a wedding that does not have to be destroyed. Get out of here or else I will take you straight to the cell of hell. I haven't forgotten everything that you did to me Tere .You sent me to the cell of hell for so many years. You do not have the right to stop me from doing anything" said Martin who left the meeting square.

Tere fell on the ground and began regretful. She seemed regretful after everything that she did to Martin. She kept wishing that she was the one that Martin wanted to fight for instead of Ruth. The past was now hitting in her head very deeply.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.