ERRONEOUS WAY TO LOVE pt33

Mum walked into the sitting room, with a
heavily coloured and drawn face. My heart
leapt as i noticed her condition.
“Mum! are you alright?” i asked curiously,
“Don’t mind me jare, i just received a very
terrible news from a relative” she replied
and walked to her room. I nervously ran
after her.
“Just let me be dear, your dad will be in a
better position to break the news to you”
she begged when she saw me enter her
room. Her words panicked and got me more
curious, instead of calming me like she
expected.
“Mum you are now getting me more
worried” i held her hands, staring into her
eyes. My heart pounded furiously as i
wondered what could make her look so sick
and nervous.
“Mum i insist you tell me, please” i begged
and shook her hands.
“Alright fetch me a glass of water, i’m very
thirsty” she ordered. I ran to the kitchen,
filled a glass cup with water and ran back
to her room.
She smiled reassuringly after drinking the
water, breathed heavily and caressed my
hair,
“I will tell you the news i just got, my dear.
It really isn’t terrible like i earlier said, but
just a bit surprising. So promise me you
will behave like a proper lady when i open
up to you” she asked of me.
“I promise i will behave mum” i managed to
mutter anxiously.
“Emmanuel has a child, do you know?” she
broke the news to me like a question. I
couldn’t believe my ears.
“Which Emmanuel?” i asked fearfully,
“Your Emmanuel of course” she replied, “we
had to ask around, in order to get first hand
information about the family we are giving
out our daughter to, and ended up getting
this piece of information from a relative
married in his Village” she explained, while i
bit my lips as sadness, disbelief and pain
instantly filled my heart.
Mum clearly understood my condition, drew
my head to her chest and patted me like a
baby.
“You shouldn’t feel very bad, you can still
go ahead with the marriage if you love him
well enough to overlook the little hindrance.
The child is a girl and i heard the parents
never accepted both the little girl and her
mother” she consoled me,
“Mum please don’t talk like that” i cried,
“how did it even happen?” i heard myself
asking.
“According to my source, she said he got
the girl pregnant before going for his NYSC.
That should make the child a year or more,
i guess” she replied. I felt empty, sad and
weak.
“No wonder he was very anxious to marry
me quickly and his mum even hid it from
me” I cried bitterly. …
I FELT PLAYED AND BETRAYED, very
uncertain of my future with him . It was at
this point i knew i had lost my future and i
regretted ever leaving Samuel the more....

TO BE CONTINUED