CHAPTER 165

Faith stood up from the bed and immediately slapped Akeshia out of anger which was a taboo on Olam community.

" You have slapped me? All because of the sisterhood that you have with your so called sister Ruth. When did I become the other person in your life? Is that how much you hate me?" Asked Akeshia.

Faith looked at Akeshia filled with lots of sadness. She had indeed hated her mother but she had not gates her mother to such an extent that she could slap her. 

" My mama. I have not really meant to slap you. Please forgive me for slapping you because it is a tabbo for a girl to raise a hand at her mother in Olam community. A lot of misfortunes are going to befall me if you do not find it in your heart to forgive me today" said Faith.

" If you want me to forgive I will forgive because I have no choice. You are my only daughter and I would never want you to live a cursed life or a life filled with lots of misfortunes. Yet you must understand that everything in this world comes with a price. In order for me to forgive you, I need you to find Ruth right away. Give her the necklace and then shower her with warm slaps which I think are good for an cold evening like this one. Are you going to do it? " Asked Akeshia smiling whereas Faith nodded her head in agreement.

Faith immediately left the room accompanied by Akeshia. They went to Ruth's room to search for her but Ruth was not there. She was not in all of the rooms at the mansion either. Therefore, Faith knew that the only place that Ruth could have gone too was the balcony simply because maybe she needed sometime to herself in order to think about what was had just happened. Both Akeshia and Faith decided to go to the balcony. They truly found Ruth there siting on the floor whereas Naomi was seated on a chair who was being embraced by Naomi as tears welled down her eyes.

Faiyh immediately went towards her and assisted Ruth to stand at that instant. Ruth obidiently stood and looked at Faith smiling yet she had no idea of what Faith was going to tell her.

Faith slapped Ruth at that instant which made Naomi to stand from her chair filled with lots of anger.

" What have you just done?" Asked Naomi as Akeshia began to laugh annoyingly.

" My daughter has done what she could have done a long time ago. She has slapped your beloved daughter because your daughter is a silly girl. She just needed to be taught some lesson in order to take care of her things. Please give her back her necklace Faith. That one slap will make her to be more responsible in order to take care of her grandma's necklace next time properly" said Akeshia.

Faith obidiently gave Ruth the necklace. Ruth took the necklace and decided to put it on her neck silently.

" Your mother makes you to slap me because of this necklace that she stole in my room. Has giving her accomodations into this house not enough? She still want to do everything in order to ruin our relationship but she will not suceed it. So let her do to me all the harm she wants you to but I will not make our relationship collapse. She will be the one to leave this town and go back to the closer gates" said Ruth who wanted to leave but Faith stopped her by holding her arms.

Faith therefore stood infront of her.

" I have done as instructed and I have slapped you Ruth all because I have done a mistake too. I have slapped my mother which we both know very well is a taboo in Olam town. Therefore, if there is anyone you would love to punish, let that person be me. Punish me as much as you want but don't dare do anything to my mama" said Faith.

" Okay! You want me to punish you? Very well, I am going to punish you. I want you to go and put in order the mess that your mother created in my room. Will you do it?" Asked Ruth.

" I will do it" said Faith who immediately left to Ruth's room.

As soon as Faith arrived in Faith's room, she was astonished to find out that it was true that the room was messy. She started arranging everything in the room. She failed to wonder how desperate her mother was to separate her from Ruth in order to make her go back to the closer gates. Vivian who heard about everything that happened decided to go to Ruth's room to find out if it was true that Faith had been given such punishment. She felt that it was time for her to have her way in Faith's heart. As soon as she arrived at Ruth's room. She decided to help Faith to arrange everything around the room. 

" Akeshia really know how to make a room messy. I wonder why you choose to tolerate such kind of a desperate mother. She is so desperate to get whatever she wants to happen to happen. What about Ruth? I fail to wonder about her. How can she give a person she considers her sister such kind of punishment? This simply means that that lady really cares about nothing than herself" said Vivian to Faith.

" I think you are wrong about Ruth. Can't you see that she has given me a light punishment? Unlike you and your husband whom she locked at the guest cell. This is simply because Ruth really values the sisterhood that I have with her. I am proud of that I know that I don't really to worry about that. What about my mother? You are not a mother so you would never understand how a mother feels when her daughter decides to desert away from her. I can understand my mother perfectly well that is why I wanted to be punished in her place" said Faith smiling. 

" You and Ruth are bunch of idiots. You are birds of the same feather which I believe should never stop flocking together. It's pointless having a conversation with an idiot such as you" said Vivian who left Ruth's room. 

Faith decided to sit on top of the bed as she thought about what Vivian had told her even though she knew Ruth and at the same time she felt that it was pointless to think about it. Ever since she became friends with Ruth, Ruth had never done anything wrong to Faith or to make her feel that she hated her. 

Faith decided to finish arranging the room and therefore left. 

Martin and Tere on the other hand began their love life together. This meant that Martin had decided to forget about Ruth for good since he felt that no matter what he did, Ruth would never love her for the rest of her life. They decided to arrange their matrimonial room to become more attractive than before. Two pictures of the both of them were placed on the wall while one was placed inside the closet where they both arranged their clothes in. 

They therefore put flowers on both sides of the bed and sat in the middle of the bed as they tickled one another. 

" Martin! I never thought that you would ever accept me after I left you for Haggai a few years back and took you to the cell of hell. Believe me Martin. I have truly regretted everything Martin and I apologize once again" said Tere who truly seemed apologetic. 

" I have already forgiven you Tere. I forgave you the moment I gave you half of the closer gates. Can't you see it Tere? I am very lonely since everybody here at the closer gates have deserted me. My mother left to Mambo town to be with Faith and Ruth just left me sometimes ago before you came in. You are the only one who has accepted to be with me . That is why I want us to have a baby. I want to die knowing that I have a son who will rule the closer gates after me" said Martin smiling.

"  I am going go try my best love. I am going to do everything to make sure that I help you accomplish all your dreams. But you need to promise me one thing. I need you to promise me that you are going to fight for me no matter what. You are going to do that no matter what Faith or Ruth will tell you in future. You are going to marry me and make r everything official before we have a baby boy. Are you going to do that Martin?" Asked Tere filled with lots of curiosity.

" Yes I am going to do that and more than that" said Martin as he caressed Tere on her cheeks. 

Tere just looked at Martin and smiled. She was happy once again and promised herself that she was never going to leave Martin and her new kind of life because of her arrogance in the past. 

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.