CHAPTER 242

With this kind of happiness, Ruth had totally forgotten what brought her outside the house. She and Naomi entered the house and went straight to the kitchen to help each other to prepare the bone soup. Faith and Purist watch them closely as they had no say in the new transformation that had taken place. 

" You know what Faith. My mama Ruth and I could have been like this since long time but my Papa never allowed it to happen. He always made me to believe that I was only to supposed to bond with Lady Nana since she was the one who used to take care of me. Then I accused Ruth of poisoning me which I know ruined everything. I wonder when I will ever be like that. Just mother and daughter having fun like mama and grandma Naomi" said Purist feeling a little bit sad.

" Do you really want that Purist? Do you really want me to make that dream of yours a reality?" Asked Faith smiling.

" Yes my Aunt Faith. I want you to make that dream of mine a reality please. Then I promise that I will buy for you your favourite doll" said Purist which left Faith laughing since Faith felt that Purist hadn't stop being the little child that she used to be. 

" The follow me" said Faith as she held Purist's arm and took her to the kitchen. 

She therefore went and stood in between Naomi and Ruth still holding Purist's arms.

" You people are bonding as mother and daughter. Why are you forgetting about our dearest little baby Purist? She has yawned to bond with Ruth for a very long time. Is Ruth not her mother?" Said Faith in a jokingly manner smiling.

" I know that Ruth is her mama. I don't know the main reason why they don't bond with each other. I have never bothered to ask them why. They are the only ones who can describe to us by actions how much they mean to one another. That is if they understand the meaning of a bond between a mother to child" said Naomi smiling.

" Let them not cheat you Purist. Have you forgotten that my grandma died all for the sake of me trying to save you from your fake marriage?" Asked Ruth. 

Nobody dared to smile at that moment. A feeling of sadness filled their hearts as they all went at the kitchen window which would show them the backyard where Magdalene's grave was located.

They were all astonished as they looked and saw Lawrence there. This made them to quickly run out of the kitchen to outside the house where Magdalene's grave was located.

" What are you doing at my mama's grave?" Naomi asked as soon as they arrived. 

" I have come to beg your mama to allow you all to come with me to the closer gates so that my sister Nelly can be cured faster and save grandma Evelyn's life. Is that too much to ask?" Asked Lawrence who kept pleading too much. 

" It's too much to ask Lawrence. You are both bad and nice person. You are bad because you are selfish and you love power. You are good because you care about your sister and that is why you have searched her all this way. That isn't bad at all but I cannot go back to the closer gates. My family were chased out of the closer gates like dogs who have lost their way. You are here and not like a dog. You are here like a sweet elder brother to your sister Nelly. So please! I don't mind if you choose to be one of the people who visit her everyday or choose another doctor for her. The only thing that I mind about is if you start convincing us to go to the closer gates, then I will chase you out of my house for good. Get out of my grandma's place" said Ruth as she signalled to Lawrence to leave.

" I am not leaving till you both decide to listen to me. Faith and Purist will follow both of you would decided to leave. Please accept my plea" said Lawrence who could not stop pleading. 

" Stop insisting please. We don't want to go and we are not willing to change our mind. We are going to stay here for good. We have suffered so much shame in our lives and we don't want to suffer the shame anymore" said Ruth as she signalled her whole family to go back to the house as they left Lawrence standing there not knowing what to do. 

Yet he still decided to go away. He needed some other way to prove to Ruth that nothing wrong was going to happen to them if they chose to go to the closer gates. Therefore, he decided to stop one of the men walking on the streets by driving his car infront of the man. 

" Watch where you are going. Pedestrians like us deserve a little respect from car drivers like you" shouted the man at Lawrence. 

" Not when I decide to offer you thousands and millions of money for a simple job. Please don't judge a book by its cover the same way you should look at me and think that I am prideful because I drive a car. That's not definetly the case. What do you think about the offer?" Asked Lawrence who seemed to be serious about the situation.

" What should I do? Which simple job do you want me to do for you?" Asked the man who seemed to had gained a little respect. 

" Get in my car and let us discuss about it. If I discuss it here, even the air passing by will take my words to where it's not supposed to go to" said Lawrence as he opened for the man the glinding door of the car. 

" What is the job that I have to do?" Asked the man filled with lots of curiosity.

" I want you to pretender to be a doctor and follow all the instructions that I give you. I need a certain patient to be sent to the famous closer gates" said Lawrence which astonished the man who nodded his head in disagreement.

It was really strange since the man was just a soldier in Olam town. He did not know much about treatment. How then was he going to treat a single patient who he had no idea of his or her condition?

" I thought it was another kind of job. I cannot really do this sir. I cannot pretend to be a doctor whereas I know for a fact that I am really not" said the man a bit shocked. 

" Do you know who I am?" Asked Lawrence filled with lots of anger. 

" I do not know who you are and I do not really think that I have to know. All I know for a fact is that you told me that I was going to do a simple job for you but not to be a fake doctor" said the man.

" I am the ruler and one of the owners of Mambo town. My parents used to own that land but since their terrible death, I am the one who owns that land" said Lawrence .

" What? I am going to do it sir, I am so sorry" said the man. 

The reason behind the fear that man had was because he had lived at the closer gates most part of his life always attempting to esacape but being caught in the act. That was during Tere's reign where both her and Haggai ruled with lots of harshness.

They declared a verdict that no one was supposed to leave the closer gates at any point.

They forced other people who had unpaid debts to wash their feet for a couple of months. When they were tired of them, they ordered for them to be taken to the cell of hell where they were taken. After staying in the cell of hell for a couple of three months, they urged for them to be released and work for those people whom they owned their debts till they were able to pay the debts. 

That was what made this man to be always tempted to run away from the closer gates. When he got out , he managed to escape the guards and ran away from the outskirts of Olam town. He went to live in town one. At town one, the man lived like a beggar where he met with Mr. One who offered him a job claiming that he would pay him millions of money to be a spy for him at the closer gates 

He sent the man to spy the love of his life Akeshia. The man thought that it was a nice kind of a job but was devastated when he found out that the job was not the kind of job that he really thought it was when after saying all the secrets of the closer gates, he was told to kidnap Akeshia and take her to town one of which the man was not able to do that.

At the end, he wasn't paid the millions. He was forced to run away from the closer gates once more.

MARRIED AT SIXTEEN.