SPEECHLESSNESS
EPISODE 22
“Hello, Gabriel, I don’t know what happened to your brother, please hurry to St Andrews Hospital” Mrs Ufomba cried over the phone
“Ok, I will be right there” The phone went dead and he laughed wickedly
“Finally, I have accomplished my mission”
He dressed up and hurried to the hospital
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He rushed inside the hospital and met his sister in law crying,
“Where’s my brother?” he asked
“The doctors are with him”
“I need to see him before they take him to the mortuary”
“Mortuary? But he’s not yet dead, the doctors were able to flush out the poison from his system
”What??!! “he screamed
“he’s alive”
“I need to see him” he said walking towards the ward.
“Where’s his room?”
“Room 32, I can’t t go in with you”
He walked down the corridor and saw room 32 written on the door, he pushed the door open and was thankful as there was no one in the room.
“I’ll finish you up right now,”
He took the pillow and covered his face with it, he tried to strangle him with the pillow, but his brother seized it from him, they started dragging for the pillow, as they were doing that, the door opened and two police men, Mrs Ufomba and Anthony walked into the room.
“Mr Gabriel you’re under arrest for attempted murder of half brother, Mr Ufomba” One of the police officers said
He froze in shock, he dropped the pillow on the floor and surrendered with his hands in the air
They handcuffed him, then Mr Ufomba stood up From the bed, he revealed to his brother how they caught his secretary and how they planned his fake admission in the hospital,Gabriel stilled with mouth agape.
The police took him out of the hospital, and drove him to the station, Mrs Ufomba hugged her husband and thanked God for saving his life. They returned home and told their children what transpired in the office.
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“Seriously Elvis, I’m in love with George, I love him so much” Whitney told her brother
“I’ve told you several times that he is in a serious relationship, he loves just one girl, and that girl is Thelma, don’t waste your time around him” Elvis advised her
“In a relationship you said, he can still dump the girl anytime, as far as I’m concerned he’s still single” Whitney said
“The last time I checked, you’re engaged”
“Engaged to who?” she retorted
“Engaged to your fiance”
“Just stay away from George and Thelma and don’t do anything that stupid” he warned her
“Remember, who I am, Princess Whitney, if I want anything, I must get it” she said and walked away.
TWO MONTHS LATER
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******* Debbie closed her eyes and tears fell down from them, she looked at her test result again and heaved a sigh.
“God, this is not the right for me to be pregnant, please help me” she said to herself
Thelma walked in and saw her sulking
“Debbie what’s wrong with you? Why are you crying?”
She ignored her question and handed the result to her
She went through the result and was shocked
“What? You’re pregnant?” she screamed
“I’m so ashamed of myself, Noel will think I want to trap him down with this pregnancy”
“Haba, then you abort it na, or do you want to end up being a single mother?”
“God forbid I abort my first seed, I’ll travel to Abuja this weekend and discuss it with him, please don’t tell mummy about this yet, I want to trash it out with him first,”
“Just take the right decision,” Thelma advised her
She tried to eat the food Thelma bought for her, but she threw up.
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******* Whitney had gone back to the states, her fiance paid her a surprise visit before she left and they spent a great time together, but she’s still crazy over George, she made up her mind to dig on Thelma’s life when next she returns.
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********* Weekend came fast and Debbie was eager to see her boyfriend, she arrived Abuja with the early morning flight, she lodged in a hotel he booked for them and waited for him to return from work. She prayed inwardly that he will accepts the baby.
He returned late at night and met her sleeping, he panted her on the back and she opened her eyes, he kissed her.
“I’m sorry, I’m late” hope you’ve eaten?“ he asked her
”They brought have my lunch and dinner “she answered weakly
“I’m tired, all I need now is to shower and hold my baby in my arms”
He showered quickly and retired to the bed, he made s*x advances to her but she wasn’t responding.
“Baby, are you angry that I returned late? I said i’m sorry” he said kissing her neck
“Baby I want to discuss something important with you” she chipped in
“that can wait till tomorrow, I need you right now” he said going down her thigh
“I’m pregnant” she yelled
He paused and his countenance changed ,
“What did you just say?” he snapped at her
“I said I’m pregnant” she repeated
“You must be joking right?” be smirked at her
“Joking with pregnancy?”
“Then abort it!” he threw at her
Hot tears fell from her eyes
“I wont abort this baby”
“Then be ready to be a single mother because I’m in love with someone else”
Debbie couldn’t believe her ears, she has been a fool, his father warned her but she ignored his warning,
“You’re engaged to who?” she asked faintly
“If you must know, Princess Whitney is my fiancee, we are planning on getting married, though we quarelled some months back but we’ve made up before she returned to the states. If you must know, she’s a medical student in United States, I love that girl so much and will do anything to have her as my wife ”
”I cant believe this is happening to me, what was I thinking? No wonder he refused to introduce me to his friends, I’m finished”she muttered
“I’m not in the mood for jokes,” he got up from the bed and wore his clothes, he brought out his cheque book and wrote a cheque for her,
“Now take this, this is a cheque of five million naira, take this and abort that baby in your womb, use the change and take care of yourself, just forget we had something together”
She was speechless, her world came crashing before her, she stared in the air and watched him leave the room in ANGER.
“What will happen to my mum? what about my education? What have I done?” she muttered hitting herself on the head, she cried herself to sleep.
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