IN THE DARK SEASON 2 EPISODE 28
She walked gracefully to the center of the room
and said “I’m Attorney Berry”
There was murmuring and exchange of glances
everywhere. Most of the family members had
issues with the Attorney’s appearance and they
did nothing to hide it. I was not concerned with
the attorney’s look or appearance, all that
mattered to me was the vital information she
claimed was from my late mom.
The attorney clapped her hands thrice and stood
akinbo after getting everybody’s attention. She left
out a loud breathe and said “I know most of you
do not know the reason for this meeting and i
know most of you thinks i am here to harm this
family. This must be the reason why most of you
were scared after getting calls and text messages
from me. I can see the tight security here but i
want you all to know that i can’t be foolish
enough to mess with a family related to the
president.
You all do not have an idea of who i am and
neither do i know you but i have to deliver the
message i was been sent. The late Mrs. Lillian
sent me this message before she passed on.
Actually she was like a mother to me and she
also confided in me with some of her inner most
secrets, Something most of you do not know.
Before the death of my benefactor, she gave me a
strict instruction not to show up until her baby girl
is grown up and married. After her death, i would
have shown myself but her instructions kept me
out.
Back to who I am…. My name is Mrs.Berry
Nkechi. I’m a native of Enugu and an orphan. You
see, my parent died when i was just fifteen. Then
i just graduated from secondary school. I was lost
and abandoned. I met the late Mrs. Lillian when i
was searching for the job of a sales girl. She got
interested in my story and questioned me about
my life. I narrated all that happened and she
decided to help me without even knowing me. My
benefactor made me stay with a friend of hers
while i processed university admission. I got
admitted to study law and she sponsored me
throughout my years in school. It’s not easy to
come incontact with help in this world of hardship
but Mrs. Lillian was my back bone.
After seven years, I was called to bar and i
started working with a law firm introduced to me
by Mrs. Lillian.
Throughout all this years, i had wanted to meet
her family but she never allowed me to. The
reason was best know to her. During my days of
working with the law firm, Mrs. Lillian decided
that i should forward my education abroad and
this was how i met my husband (berry).
I came back to Nigeria as a happily married
woman.
Before i bore you with my story, i will go into my
reason for been here.
I was in my office one hot afternoon when the late
Mrs. Lillian came to me.She said something about
having a bad feeling and she decided to write her
will.I tried discouraging her but could not due to
her determination.
After putting down her will, Mrs.lillian made an
important video.In it she revealed some of her
deepest secrets and she made me know that
nobody knows about her secret in her family.She
also made me promise never to disclose or let go
of the video record until her girl is married. I
agreed with her and that is why I am here today
people, but i won’t say a thing until all the
strangers here excuse us. I mean, i only want the
family members that i sent a message here.Mrs.
Lillian already told me the important ones and
those are the people i messaged. Please if you
got nothing from me, kindly exist this
room.Including the securities,I can’t harm a
whole family alone and you already have my
I.D.Please follow my instructions so we can
proceed”
There were side talks for awhile. Most of the
uninvited family members did’nt want to exist the
room but they eventually did after been addressed
by the family head.The security officers also left
with the instruction that we should alert them if
things go bad.
The attorney requested for my uncle’s help in
playing a disk which she got from her bag.My
uncle carried out her request and she occupied an
empty sit after getting the full control of the
remote. She pressed the play button and the
video appeared.
A clear image of my mom was shown after the
video counted 1-10.
She sat infront of the camera and removed her
eye glasses. My mom then looked into the
camera and said
“Hi,making this video is not something i am proud
of because i would love to open this secret myself
but death has no respect for human. For me not
to die with my secret, i see the need to make this
video incase the unexpected happen.
To my girl and my husband, the both of you are
the best thing that ever happened to me.
Baby… Nancy… Mommy loves you so much but
she has been keeping secrets from you. I do not
plan on keeping it forever but i plan on telling you
when you are all grown up, probably on your
wedding eve.
Angel, do you remember Nelly? The girl you both
look like identical twin? Actually there is more to
your resemblance than the story i made you
believe”
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My mom paused and my heart beat increased.
“Nelly?” I asked myself but i was audible enough
to be heard. Kelvin squeezed my hand and told
me to be quiet. I kept my calm and fixed my eyes
on the big screen.
After drinking from a bottle of water, My mom
adjusted herself and continued
“You might not notice my emotions the day you
rushed to me and told me about Nelly. Though i
tried to be strong, i was weak to the bones but all
in all, i was able to hide the truth.
I prayed to God to stop the Stanleys from visiting
us the day they had dinner with us but my prayer
was rejected. You remember me sending you to
the room with nelly, after dinner? That was
because there was lots to be discussed.
It turned out that the two families had the same
goal, which was keeping the secret safe. We
concluded on telling the both of you that your
resemblance was just a coincidence and that was
exactly what the both of you believed. I was
grateful none of you thought about investigating
further, probably by having a blood test or
something.
The secret was kept so safe that none of my
family knew about it, i only confided in your late
dad but the truth can’t be kept forever. I know
“Who am I” will be the question on your mind
right now. An Adopted child or a biological child.
You will find out soon but first of all, Nelly is your
twin sister. This is my story”
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