CHAPTER 202

This made Ruth's family unable to leave Mambo town. They concluded that Ruth needed to recover and accept herself whereas Jackson's funeral rites needed to be complete first before they relocated to Olam town. 

All this changed one day. Martin got wind of the matter from some of the traders at the closer gates who often traded with the people of Mambo town. This made him to jouney to Mambo town accompanied by Martin and confirm if whatever he heard had happened to Ruth was indeed the truth. 

As soon as he arrived at Mambo town, he decided to search for the hospital and finally found it after two days of searching. He entered the hospital and claimed to be  Ruth's brother in order to be allowed to see her. 

On his way, he saw the helpless Ryan still in a comma since the doors and windows of the hospital were made of glass. He felt sad seeing him in such a state. He really hated Ryan with all of his heart but it did not really mean that he wished Ryan death. 

Martin decided not enter in his ward, he rather went straight to Ruth's ward. Akeshia decided to wait for him outside the ward. Martin was astonished to find Ruth in the same state of depression. She neither wanted tomtalk to anyone nor eat. He went and sat beside Ruth.

" Do you still hate me?" Asked Martin.

Ruth looked at Martin and turned on the other side of the bed. That what she did to all the others when they tried to speak to her including the doctors and the nurses.

" Come on girl. You must look at me. You were a little when I got married to you but you knew what love was and how to value family. You knew how to become a mother to my daughter Purist when she was still young. Now you can't walk! Huh. Don't you know how to walk again? What happened to the courageous woman that I knew? Do you think that in this state that you are in anybody would want to get married to you? " Shouted Martin at Ruth.

" Enough Martin. Don't use my paralysis as a way to mock me. Wait till I get well. You will regret every single thing that you are telling me right now" shouted Ruth at Martin which caught the attention of everyone including Ruth's family who were seated at the waiting room came to Ruth's room.

They were astonished to see Martin seated beside Ruth. 

" There you go girl. There will be nothing for me to regret because you don't love me at all. You will be only doing it for your own good and for the sake of your family. Unless you want your paralysis to become your weakness" said Martin laughing annoyingly.

" Enough you old man. Get out of my room right now" shouted Ruth.

" One more thing before I leave. You have spent alot of days without eating Make sure that you become malnutreated and open ways for me to laugh at your ghost. I will wash your body once you die legend" said Martin who suddenly stood and left the ward.

This made Ruth to be filled with lots of anger who wanted to stand and go follow Martin but wasn't able since she could not be able to feel her legs. 

" Don't worry Ruth. I will teach my brother a lesson that he will never forget. He has no right to say such kind of things to you" said Faith filled with lots of anger.

" No Faith. I will be the one to teach Martin a lesson once I begin to walk on my two feet. Bring me food please. I am very angry and don't want to die anytime soon" said Ruth in a sad tone.

Everybody looked at Ruth astonished. Ever since she got into her depression state, this was the first time that she was asking for food. 

" Very well Ruth. Let me ask the nurse to get it for you" said Faith smiling who left the ward.

" We' ve been waiting for this moment Ruth. Please get well soon. We need to go to Jackson's family very soon. We need to explain to them everything that happened before things get out of hand" said Naomi in a pellucid voice smiling. 

" Haven't you people gone there? What were you waiting for?" Asked Ruth filled with lots of anger. 

" We were waiting for you to get well soon Ruth" replied Evelyn smiling.

" What? You mean that Jackson's family have no idea that he is dead. What sort of people are you? I even fail to wonder whether you are my family or not. You sometimes do not behave the way I do" said Ruth angrily. 

" Mama! Why shouldn't we behave the way you do? The family members know that he is dead. They are just waiting for our condolences and the explanations of what happened that day. You are the perfect person who can give the perfect explanation" said Purist smiling. 

Faith came back to the ward accompanied by a nurse who was carrying Ruth's food in a tray. The nurse handed over the food to Ruth smiling which made Ruth to smile back. 

Ruth started eating the food immediately as if she hadn't eaten for years. She had been depressed for a long time in such a way that she did not feel any hunger. Everybody at the ward including the nurse were amazed seeing her eating like this. 

" Ruth! I would like to meet the person behind your new transformation. That person must be very important in your life. Isn't that right? Asked the nurse smiling.

" That person used to be very important in my life many years ago but things suddenly changed. He became unimportant because he chose to love somebody else. He might have made me eat today but I am only doing this so that I will meet him someday and tell him that I don't love him and spit at his hurting face" said Ruth smiling.

" I don't understand you Ruth. You are saying that you want to eat and get well soon so that you will meet him someday and tell him that you do not love him. You will then spit at his hurting face. Why do you talk with so much love if you mean hate?" Asked the nurse teasing Ruth.

" I don't talk with so much love. You seem not to know the difference between love and hate nurse. That man has hurt me alot and I do not really think that there will ever be a time in which I will ever love him again" said Ruth. 

" I know that you love him Ruth and I know that  you both will get back together. Please call me at your wedding when that happens. I will be glad to witness what I have predicted happening in future" said the nurse smiling who left the ward. 

Everybody laughed at Ruth's sudden decision of not living Martin. They all felt that she was only trying to convince herself about the fact that she did not love Martin. 

As soon as Ruth finished eating, she requested that she wanted to see the doctor. She ordered Faith to take the doctor's office using the wheelchair.

Faith obidiently took Faith to the doctor's office.

" Doctor! I have come to ask you a question. Is it possible for me to walk once again? I really want to walk doctor" said Ruth in a pellucid voice smiling. 

" It is possible for you to walk once again but I don't think you are ready. You have been depressed for weeks Ruth and yet you are wanting to walk once again. I don't really believe you" said the doctor who began to check through his files.

" Doctor! She might had been depressed but she wants to walk once again. Isn't this a positive thing based on the condition that she had before? This simply soon that she has aceepted herself. She has accepted the fact that she is paralysed and is willing to make a change in her life. I think that this will indeed be a good thing" said Faith smiling.

" I know that you are doing this because Ruth is your sister. I can accept this. This is not how I deal with my patients" said the doctor. 

" Why are you doing this to me doctor? Don't you want me to walk once again? Please let me walk once again" said Ruth as she folded her arms.

" Get out of my office" said the doctor who signalled to Ruth and Faith to leave. 

Ruth immediately left the office accompanied by Faith. It was really strange that the doctor did not want Ruth to walk again. Ruth felt that somebody had paid the doctor to do so. She therefore decided that she was going to investigate in order to find out the going about the matter.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.