MILLION TEARS
EPISODE 2
“Hmmm!! am sorry I have a good and a bad news for you”,the doctor said in a low tone,.. Lucy’s heart almost skipped on hearing that.
“Doctor pls tell me nothing bad happened to my best friend and her baby pls”, Lucy panicked.
“Hmmm!! well,..the good news is that she gave birth to a bouncy baby girl, and the bad news is….”,
“Doctor pls I hope nothing happened to my best friend?” Lucy cut in.
“Hmmm!! am sorry!! we lost her,..I mean your friend Esther, pls take heart”,the doctor announced,shaking his head out of pity.
Hahahaha!! doctor!! I know you are joking,..pls can I go and see my friend and her baby now?” Lucy said sarcastically.
“I wished it was a joke,..but am sorry, that is the truth,.. madam pls calm down!! remember your condition!! We tried all we could to save her but she bled to death,.. so sorry for the sad news!! but before she died, she gave us a message to you”. The doctor said to Lucy who was seen shedding tears.
“What message?” Lucy managed to say, with tears dropping down her eyes.
“Before she died, she named the baby Jemima, and she said I should tell you to take good care of the baby for her,..and she also said I should give you her phone so you can be communicating with her husband Ken”, the doctor said and handed her Esther’s phone which she sluggishly collected with tears in her eyes.
“Can I go and see her baby now?” Lucy asked with a teary eyes.
“Ofcourse you can go and see her baby now, she is in ward 4 with her mother, so sorry for your loss”. The doctor said and walked away,…
While Lucy went to the ward,..on reaching there, she opened the door and sighted the little princess sleeping peacefully on her little bed,.. at the other corner was Esther covered with a white cloth,.. Lucy walked up to Esther, with tears in her eyes, she opened the white cloth used in covering her..
“Oh my poor friend!! why do you have to die this way? Oh death! why do you have to take my best friend at the time when she was supposed to be jubilating? Esther I will really miss you so badly,..your daughter will miss you so much,..oh poor child!! Esther!! I give you my word,..I promise to take good care of your daughter as my own!! I will never let her lack anything,..that’s a promise my dearest friend,… I will really miss you so much”,she cried bitterly…
After some minutes of crying,..she finally walked up to the baby who was still sleeping peacefully and carried her.
“Oh my little Jemima!! I promise to take very good care of you as my own child,.. even if I give birth,.. you will always be a senior to my own child,..I will always protect you! Am sorry that I could not do anything to save your mother, which is my best friend!! Am sorry Jemima”, Lucy cried and pecked little Jemima on the cheek…..
Esther body was later deposited at the motuary,..Lucy carried little Jemima home and started taking care of her like her own child, she treated her like a princess.
Two weeks later,..Lucy gave birth to a baby girl, and she named her Clara,..she was very happy for giving birth successfully,..she loved the two girls equally,…
One day,..Lucy was in her room bre@stfeeding her baby when a thought came to her.
“I think it now time to call Esther’s husband Ken to let him know the situation on ground”, she thought to herself and immediately picked Esther’s phone and switch it on, went to call log and saw the number, then she dialed it, not too long Ken picked the call….
“Hello sweetheart!! what happened to your line? I have been calling it since the past two weeks but not available!! I hope you are ok? Honey God has done it for us!! I won a contract of 5 million dollars!! oh my God! we are now rich,.. God has really answered our prayers,..I can’t wait to come back to Nigeria so we can celebrate my victory”, Ken said excitedly at the other end of the call, thinking he was talking to his wife but unknown to him that he was speaking with Lucy.
“ken!! is me Lucy”, Lucy said on phone,..
“What?? oh sorry!! I was thinking it was my wife!! pls give my wife the phone let me speak with her”,Ken said.
“Am sorry Ken! I have a bad news for you”, Lucy sob on phone.
“What…what bad news Lucy!! I hope my wife is ok?” Ken asked in a low tone.
“Hmmm!! Your…your wife Esther died immediately she gave birth”, Lucy announced with tears dropping down her eyes.
“Lucy what nonsense are you talking about? pls give the phone to my wife I want to speak to her”, Ken said sarcastically.
“Ken!! Esther your wife is no more!! After she gave birth, she bled to death!! As I am talking to you now, her body is still at the motuary and her baby is with me!! Sorry for the sad news”, Lucy consoled on phone but no response.
“Hello!! Hello Ken are you there? Hello!! hello”,Lucy called but still no response, as she was about to hung up the call, she heard Ken’s voice.
“When did all this happened?” Ken managed to asked at the other end of the call, but this time he was crying.
“It all happened three weeks ago!! I know how you feel but you have to be strong pls”, Lucy said on phone.
“Oh God!! why did my darling wife have to die now that I have made it in life!! God why!!” Ken cried on phone.
“Ken is ok pls!! God giveth and he taketh!! pls just be strong for your daughter”, Lucy said….
“She gave birth to a girl? Ken asked.
“Yes a girl”, Lucy replied “So when are you coming back? You know your wife is still at the motuary and she needs to be buried and you need to see your daughter”, Lucy uttered.
“Yes I know, there is this project at hand now and it will take me six years before I will round up with it, but don’t worry, I will call my wife’s family to bury her. And as for my daughter, I want you to take very good care of her for me until I return,..I promise to be sending you money for her upkeep!! pls handle my daughter with care”, Ken said in a low tone.
“Aaaah!! so you still have to stay more six years there before coming back? Aaah!!six years is too far na”, Lucy said.
“I know but pls just bear with me. You know what? Send me your bank details, I will put one million naira into your account. When you catch the money..I want you to go to Dubai and gets quality things for my daughter and yourself ok? Ken said.
“Aaaah!! thank you o!! Thank you very much!! I promise to take very good care of your daughter,..thank you once again”. Lucy happily said on phone.
“You are welcome!! I will be calling you time to time to know how my princess is doing. I promise to be sending you guys money regularly. I really miss my darling wife Esther, how I wish she was alive to witness this day,..but I can’t question God!! Pls make sure my daughter doesn’t lack anything”. Ken said.
“No problem! We will talk later, am running out of airtime”, Lucy said.
“Ok no problem! Thank you very much for calling and don’t forget to send me your bank details”, Ken said.
“Okk I will!! Bye” Lucy said and ended the call. After she ended the call, she looked at the phone screen and smile, so Ken has finally made it there in Canada? Ih my!! and he even said he will send one million into my account to go shopping in Dubai for Jemima,..no way!! Am going nowhere,..when he sends the money into my account, I will catch it and use it to go shopping for my daughter Clara,..but I will manage to pick small okrika for Jemima, after all she is not even my daughter,..I will use Jemima to drain Ken,..This is my chance!! Jemima is the way to my success,… Hahahaha!!”, Lucy said…
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