BELINA (Tender Beauty) SEASON 1
*****EPISODE 31*****
“Belina”, he began, “I know that you are angry and you have the right to be. I am very sorry for
everything I have done to you and for making your life miserable but life hasn’t been fair to me either and I thought about taking it out on you and your mother. My mother did not have time for me when I was young cos she always traveled from one place to the other. You are aware that I was from a very rich family
so she had more than enough money to spend on trips and shopping all over the world. My dad though very busy, still spent time with me and gave me one of his companies to manage
after my university education but the day that changed the course of my life was the day I lost my dad. We were in the car together when we got involved in a car accident… *he narrated his story to the point of how he met her mum* I had kept my face carefully straight but internally I felt for him but when he mentioned the part of not being able to give birth, my head jerked up.
“But you had me right?” I asked becoming more alarmed by the second.
“No, I am not your father”, he dropped.
“What? Everybody exclaimed excluding me who was practically in a trance. I could not
begin to process the fact that I had spent my entirely life in a lie.
My face fell and all the blood in my body virtually drained away as I sat there frozen like a statue.
He explained how he had met my mum on the staircase after she had left the room of the guy who impregnated her and how he took her in and all… the fact that you were not my biological child never eluded my mind and I started maltreating you. When things became sour and bitter after
some years and we had to move to the mainland, I blamed you and your mother for my misfortune. I am sorry”, he ended.
My eyes could not see properly again cos of the tears it held, Prisca held me comfortingly and all the tears came down like
a mighty river. I placed my head between my hands and wept then after what seemed like
forever, I looked at my dad or actually Ex-dad and said,
“I have only one question for you sir. Do you know who my father is?”
His facial expression was grim and I felt sorry for him but I was past caring about all that, my heart was shattered.
“I don’t know him physically but I know his name. Your mum told me when I wanted to look for him and deal with him but I never saw him. His name is Mr Francis Jegas”, he dropped and everyone in the room yelled one thing or the other as we all turned to the only person with that name.
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Richard sat on the floor still shivering vehemently. He still heard the persistent knock on the door and he used his hands
to block his ears. After about 10mins, he did not heard the knock but he left his hands
where they were. He started counting backwards from 100 to
1 and he did that five times but was not able to calm down. He prayed for what seemed like hours but it was actually minutes and he was able to calm down a bit. He stood up on shaky legs, picked up his phone and dialed Tony.
On the other side, Tony was exceedingly worried. He had dialed Prisca’s number times without number and she had not picked. He dialed Belina’s number also and met the same result but when he saw Richard’s call, he knew something must definitely be wrong with this night.
“Hello Richard, is everything alright?” he asked immediately.
“No, nothing is alright Tony, I am going crazy”, Richard responded
“What do you mean by that?”
“Tony, I just saw Tonia. I saw her. She knocked the door and I opened and saw her. I was not sleeping Tony”, he said becoming angry again.
“Ehn, I am coming now, just be calm ok?” he said and without waiting for reply, he hung up.
Approximately 30mins after Richard called Tony, Richard heard a knock on his door and
his heart started racing.
“Tony, is that you?” he asked
“Yes, open up man” Tony responded and the door was opened immediately.
Unconsciously, Richard scanned the entrance to be sure no one was lurking around and seeing no ghost, he shut the door and faced Tony.
“What is going on?” Tony asked
“I don’t know. I feel sick. I need a psychiatrist cos I think I am going crazy”, Richard responded sitting down forcefully.
Tony sighed, “I think Tonia is taking too much space in your head Richy. You need to get over this guilt you feel, I have no doubt that is why you have been dreaming about her. You need to see Belina, she should be able to help you”, he said seriously
“Oh, don’t mention Belina again.
She has been taking too much of my thoughts, maybe that is why Tonia came in person today to remind me that I made a promise to her to always think about her”.
Tony looked sharply, “when was that?”
“On her death bed Tony, maybe she knew that she would die so she asked me to always think about her when she is gone.
I did and also said that no one would take her place in my heart.
I only wish I saw her when she died”. Richard said trying to ward off the pain he felt at that remembrance”.
“I see, so someone else has taken her place, right?” Tony asked
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