Chapter 10

Two weeks later after the incident.

A policeman came to call me out of cell

Then I walked behind him to the dpo office.

As I entered the office, I saw Blessing, Ejiro, her husband and uncle Paul.

'Ejiro' I shouted happily.

Immediately I rushed to hug her but her reception was odd.

She had grown, She was looking very beautiful and well taken care of, she was heavily pregnant and she wore matching outfits with her husband.

'We had to come after your friend reached out to us' Uncle Paul said.

'Thank you Uncle' I said

'You look like you are 60' Ejiro said to me

But I said nothing.

As I looked around I saw Gift and her Family.

I just bow my head in sadness and shame.

'Kelvin is recovering in the hospital, luckily he survived but his right leg was amputated and 4 of his left fingers is lifeless and might be cut off too, the spot you stabbed him made some damages but he got surgery too' My uncle said.

'We are charging you for attempted murder' you will pay for damages. Gift mother shouted at me.

'How could you do such a thing to someone on his wedding day' Uncle Paul shouted at me.

'It was him that got me pregnant, it was because of him I didnt write my waec then' I cried.

This came as a shock to them.

And with that I narrated all that happened to them.

'I am so sorry' I said.

I did it out of pain and anger' I cried.

There was silence for a while.

Then Gift stood up and said.

'I met Kelvin in a restaurant in my final year, I had bought food but when I tried to pay my card was declined, Kelvin walked up to me and offered to pay, then we became friends, He draw different pictures of me and soon we started dating, he told me he had a cousin living with him, I remember I met you, after I left school a year later he looked for me, He said he wanted us to continue our relationship and I agreed, I was in Lagos then, He began to stay in my apartment, he said he had 2 million naira and need extra 3 million naira to start up an Art studio and I gave him the money, Just last year when I had a job offer in America, He insisted we get married so we can move to America as husband and wife' She said.

'He made me opened a joint account with him' She added.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

'He ruined my life' I broke the silence.

As I fell to my knees and cried.

I stayed for cell for 6 months, Gift and her family dropped the charges on me.

Gift ended things with Kelvin and travelled out.

I apologized to Ejiro and Uncle Paul and They both forgived me.

I thanked Blessing for her support.

Ejiro told me about her 3 kids, and how she had gone to school and studied Banking and Finance.

'I work in Star Bank' She said.

'At first I hated you for making me marry Otega, but as time went on Otega treated me with somuch love and care but I still couldnt forgive you for what happened to mama' She cried.

As we hugged. I told her how much I had missed her.

Before Kelvin was finally discharged from the hospital, I went to pay him a visit.

He trembled as he saw me.

'Why did you destory my life and left me?' I asked.

'I am sorry Ufuoma, I knew you were vulnerable and would be the ladder I need to achieve my goals, so I preyed on it and I left when I know I no longer needed the sort of help you could offer. I am sorry' he pleaded.

He explained the faked call and how he took a loan in my name, transferred his contract to Lagos and travelled to meet Gift.

As he explained, I felt somuch anger in my heart but then

Kelvin had become helpless.

He now walks with crutches

And he would no longer be able to paint or draw.

I felt satisfied as his life was just about to be miserable and vulnerable.

In August.

I sat for Waec and gained admission into College of Education. It was a 2years programme.

I had somuch support from Ejiro and her husband.

The month I was to finish my programme.

I met a man called Daniel. He was in his 40's.

He was a father of Three.

He had lost his wife in an accident.

Daniel and I became very close and started dating.

I met his kids and they all loved me just as I loved them too.

I concluded my programme and got a teaching job.

Then my relationship with Daniel had gotten really deep.

And 2 months later in 2025.

He asked me to marry him.

'I cant bear you kids' I cried.

'You dont have to bear me kids, Ufuoma we have 3 kids already, my kids and I just need you in our lives' He said.

Then I said yes to him.

We had a simple wedding and we were all happy.

Just 1 month into our marriage I began to feel changes in my body.

The same changes I felt when I was first pregnant for Kelvin.

I didnt bother about it because it could never be what I thought.

It was untill I fainted one day in the kitchen and Daniel had rushed me to the hospital that we were told I was pregnant.

This came as a big shock to us.

We were not convinced, we went to other hospitals to ran pregnancy test and it all came out positive.

I cried and hugged Daniel happily. He was happy too.

On our way back from the hospital.

Daniel's phone rang. When we had stopped at the traffic red light.

It was the kids, they were worried about me.

'Mummy is pregnant, we are coming' Daniel said

I heard a joyful scream from the kids.

As I looked outside the window.

I saw Kelvin, He had resulted to begging.

Kelvin had become a beggar, He sat on a chair, holding a stick, his amputated leg was opened. He was looking unkept and dirty.

I saw a girl holding a bowl beside him and just then a passer by put money into the bowl and the girl removed it and put it into her pocket.

I wonder who she was but it was obvious she was using Kelvin to beg for money and probably taking the bigger share.

Serves him right! I smiled.

Then Daniel drove off as the traffic light turned to green.

The End.