CHAPTER 156

After that close encounter with Tere, Nelly decided to sleep since she knew that Faith was going to ask her a lot of questions. She did this simply because she felt she had another plan in mind. A plan that would ruin Tere. A plan only her was the only person involved privately. 

Faith went back to the living room. She did not want to disturb Nelly since she knew the fact that Nelly was sleeping and was tired after everything that had taken place.

Naomi on the other hand refused to go back to the mansion. She instead sat beside Ruth on her ward despite the much times Ruth pleaded with her to forgive Akeshia which made her angry. 

" You know what Ruth? Akeshia used to be my only sister. I never had any other siblings since my mother had a problem with her womb. When we arrived at the closer gates, that was during the time grandma had bought the closer gates, we saw a helpless girl standing outside the closer gates. It was like she neither had anywhere nor any family. My mama just liked her from that day and decide to raise her but...." Said Akeshia but Ruth suddenly interrupted.

" Akeshia sent my lovely grandma to the cell of hell for so many years. She sent her for a crime that she never even dared to commit. She did this despite knowing the condition of grandma. I know you are wondering why I allowed her to stay at the mansion. As much as I have done that since she is Faith's mother, I feel like she has a mission and that is the main reason why she has come. So! You better be good to her mama. That will be better so as not to create any suscpisions. I know that Akeshia does not and will never care about me" said Ruth as tears welled down her eyes.

" You are such a wise woman and that alone makes me so proud that you became my own daughter. What about me? I am always hasty in making my decisions. I have never proud of myself other than the fact that I burried my own mama in her own house next to her own husband" said Naomi smiling.

" No mama. I am proud of you. I am proud of the fact that you became my mother. Do you know why? Because you were the only person who did not want me to get married to Martin as much as you allowed it to happen. That's enough for me mother and it really proves that you are a perfect mother. You are my family. My only family and I will do everything that I can in order to protect you my love" said Ruth smiling. 

Ryan who was standing by the door felt emotional. It had been a long time since he witnessed such kind of love between mother-daughter. This made him to enter and went towards Naomi then hugged her. That was the exact thing that Nelly did to Magdalene a few moths back before Magdalene met her untimely death. 

This proved that they needed to feel the love of a mother. 

" I am sorry" said Ryan who moved away from Naomi. 

" There is no need for you to be sorry Ryan. I understand how you feel. It's normal to feel like you want a motherly love for someone who a mother many years back" said Naomi as he stood then went towards Ryan asssuring him that he had done nothing wrong by hugging Naomi. 

" It's alright Ryan. I don't feel bad by the fact that you see a motherly love in my mother's eyes. You are soon going to become her son-in-law and then she will become your mother too. It's not wrong to start practicing it early. Isn't it Ryan?" Asked Ruth smiling.

 " What you are saying is the truth? But till then, I have to respect Aunt Naomi. I just remembered my mother and how much she was well respected in this community for being the first female warrior. Unfortunately, she died during the war. It was a war between Mambo town and Town one and it was the same war that brought those to towns together. It made us to begin living as siblings towns. We loved each other a lot" said  Ryan who suddenly left the ward. 

Ruth seemed to be sad about the whole situation. This was simply because she had never seen Ryan getting emotional like that before. She knew Ryan as a person who was tough and never ever shade any tears. That was among the difference between Ryan and Martin. 

" I think I have to talk to Ryan. Maybe she is going through something a bit tough in life" said Naomi a bit concerned.

" No mama. Sometimes somebody always needs to be alone. I think that is what Ryan needs right now. He needs sometimes alone which is good thing" said Ruth smiling. 

Naomi agreed on Ruth's terms. She knew that Ruth was always wise when it came to understanding someone.

Haggai and Tere already heard that Akeshia had gone to Mambo town. They decided to use that chance to have a little conversation with Martin. Though it was tough to enter the closer gates, they both decided to sneak using the beggars corner.

They found Martin seated at the garden. The same place where Akeshia left him seated before she went to Mambo town. They both went towards him and sat beside Haggai. 

" An old thinking of old things in the garden. You have really aged Martin and there no much time left for you. You need to act fast. You need to ensure that if you die today, you die with the person you love beside you. Are you willing to do everything to make that happen?" Asked Tere laughing annoyingly. 

" You know me too well Tere. You know very well that I love Ruth and the fact that Ruth has decided to ignore me is really hurting me deep inside. Soon she is going to get married to Ryan and I don't want that. I want both Ruth and Purist to be with me when I grow old. I want you to change too Tere. You have to do that for the sake of your daughter. You have to make sure that you destroy that marriage" shouted Martin at Tere. 

This did not make Tere to feel scared. Such things did not really scare her. The only thing that scared was to get wounded or find herself at the verges or death. This therefore made her to hate being defeated.

" Why don't you listen to me? I have come here with a different plan. Mr. One and I....." Said Tere but Martin suddenly interrupted. 

" I don't want to hear anything about Mr. One.  I know that he clearly wants my mother but that is one thing he will never get. My mother only belongs to me" said Martin as he pointed at his heart.

" It's clear to me that you love your mother too much in such a way that you feel like you will get married to her someday. Why give me that look? Come on! Let your mother enjoy herself and die a happy death. Let her live her last days with the love of her life" said Tere smiling.

" How dare you? You are leaving this house right away" said Martin who stood and held Tere's arm then wanted to chase her out of the mansion but Haggai suddenly stopped her. 

" You cannot do that to Tere Martin. She is just making you feel like you want to kill here. Anyway, we are here for another mission. We are here to make sure that there will be a bigger war than this this and this time you will get Ruth by your side. I know they know that there is going to be a war but yet they have no idea of when that war is going to happen. I call it bigger war because two towns will join hands to get what they want. I must tell you that Akeshia had choosen to be with Faith just like the way Faith chose to be with Ruth" said Tere laughing annoying. 

" You Devil's daughter. Don't you dare try to create a rift between me and my mother. I trust her completely and know what she can do or cannot do. She is also there to stop the wedding between Ryan and Ruth" said Martin. 

" That is what you believe .I have been there and that's why I took a car then drove off quickly to come and give you the good news that your beloved mother is planning the wedding between Ryan and Ruth. You have to act fast by taking your mother to Mr. One who lives her so much. That will only happen during the war" said Tere.

Martin looked at Tere angrily. He knew Tere based on her tricks to convince someone but yet that one did not seem like a trick anymore. It seemed betrayal at last from loved ones. Martin felt that he was finally all alone.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.