TEARS OF A HELPLESS WOMAN
EPISODE 31
The surprises in one night were just amazing. Atusaye had just officially asked me to marry him and I owned a beautiful Jeep. What more could I ask for?
Well, we went over at Atusaye’s house where family dinner was prepared. It was lovely catching up with the Martin’s and Joy as well my mother in-law. They had brought me beautiful clothes and perfume from America.
We had just gone halfway into dinner when I received a call from my house help, she was living with me since I returned from Nigeria as I was very busy.
“Talk slowly please.. Who is home?” I asked her again.
“I don’t know, they just identified themselves as Joy and Faith” my maid said.
I never thought or ever guessed this day would come but my cousins the twins were home.
“Did they tell you what they wanted?” I asked her.
“Yes they said you are their sister, madam are they not your sisters? I can chase them right away” I heard her say.
“No let them in and prepare lunch for them and yes they are my sisters” I responded calmly as tears lingered in my eyes.
I did not tell Atusaye what was happening but i continued with dinner until we were done.
Atusaye escorted me home driving behind me as I drove my Jeep. He was very tired after the long day so we said our goodbyes from outside before I could go inside the house. Joy and faith were still awake waiting on me in the living room, the state they were in explained it all even before I talked to them.
“Ladies how are you?” I greeted them whilst removing my heels.
“We are fine” they sadly replied.
Indeed life humbles people. If I didn’t know better I wouldn’t have guessed these were the cousins who called me names. Faith led the procession I was about to witness as I sat.
“Mwansa please forgive us.” they begged as they knelt before me.
My eyes focussed on their clothes and I was overwhelmed with pity. All the pain and everything I had been through came to mind and as you must have guessed… I was in a sea of tears.
“Please get up, you are tearing my heart” I cried.
We all ended up crying.
“Where is aunty?” I asked them.
“Mum.. Mum is at the farm house.” Faith replied
“Farm house?.. What farm house?” I asked.
“The place where we found the woman who directed us to you.” They said.
This was now getting interesting and I was wondering what they were talking about.
“what is this woman’s name?” I enquired
“We only know her as aunty Bertha” Joy replied.
“How do you know aunty Bertha??” I asked in shock.
The twins looked at each other without responding.
“Well… Am waiting… Talk” I insisted.
“We work as maids at her mansion” Faith said calmly.
God of Abraham… So this is how life turns around. I thought
“Is uncle still in jail?”
“Yes we have appealed countless times and now we just gave up”
It was really hard hearing them narrate all they had gone through. I knew I had to forgive them because at the end of the day they were still my relatives. Oh I wished I could just harden my heart but after what the Lord had done for me? No I couldn’t be bitter.
The following day in the morning I drove to aunty Bertha’s house with the twins. I needed to see my aunty.
Mrs Yande was preparing food in the kitchen when we arrived and she ran to hug me, the same aunty who would hit me and pour things on me. The woman who lived in my parents mansion and only offered me the chicken run to live in was now hugging me. I couldn’t help it, I mourned terribly remembering everyday like it was yesterday.
Aunty Bertha came to comfort us as we cried offering us a place to sit in the living room. God knows it was hard and I suffered with it terribly but Aunty Bertha quoted many verses on forgiveness as I mourned terribly.
I needed time, the pain was too strong and I asked to sit outside where I offered my family in prayer and asked God to give me the strength to forgive.
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“Mwansa today God has given you a chance to say goodbye to your past, I believe its for a reason and I know you will make the right decision” aunty Bertha said to me as I sat on her veranda.
I didn’t exactly understand her until Shane walked to the living room and knelt before me. Seeing Shane opened a big wound, he had not only hurt me but he had hurt Atusaye too. To top it all he had gotten Stella arrested. This guy deserved more than my forgiveness.
Shane knelt before me and held my hand.
“Mwansa I sincerely did love you, I did. My mind was just overwhelmed with the obsession I had for Linda. I was afraid of starting a new page with you knowing I was still obsessed with her. I made the biggest mistake of my life and I’m truly sorry.
Please honey… Let’s start afresh” Shane begged
To think that he had the audacity to ask me back into his life was shocking. Before I could address him my phone rang and it was Atusaye calling.
“Honey I have shocking news for you” Atusaye said.
“What is it Honey?” I anxiously asked.
“Ben has been found..”
“Really!!!! Where?” I asked excitedly.
“After thorough investigation it was discovered that he had planned the accident” Atusaye responded calmly
“What?”
My knees became weak and I sat down wondering what else could get reach my ears.
“Honey are you ok? Atusaye questioned on the phone
” no I need you to come to aunty Berthas house” I said
Of course he didn’t understand what I was doing there but he drove as fast as he could. It wasn’t long before he arrived. I could tell from the look on his face that he was shocked and wondering what I was doing in Shane’s house.
How emotional it was, but God is merciful and I thank him because he chose the right man for me. The love and pity Atusaye showed towards the people who had oppressed us was shocking, Atusaye did not hesitate to raise my aunty who knelt before him and he told her not to worry as he had forgiven her and everyone else who hurt us.
Shane and Atusaye shook hands, something I found really cute.
“I have no doubt she is in capable hands” Shane said.
Atusaye and I stepped outside to talk for a moment and we said our goodbyes promising to visit my aunty and cousins the following day. While outside Atusaye told me he had a house that he was intending to sale, I had no idea about this property but he explained that it was one of his first purchases when he went into real estate. That same afternoon we went to visit the house. It was 2 bedrooms but beautifully built and very neat inside and outside. Atusaye left it up to me to make the final decision, he gave me the house with the intentions that I could shelter my family.
It was hard to sleep at night thinking about everything I had been through.
Atusaye and I were totally shocked and overwhelmed. What had unfolded before us was nothing short of Gods grace. If I hadn’t known better, I would have held on to the grudge, pain and bridge my family had created but I needed my freedom. And the only way I could gain my freedom was to live my past behind. If God had shown mercy upon me, who was i not to forgive?.
The following day, just like we agreed Atusaye picked me up from the station and we went to Aunty Bertha’s house.
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My aunty mourned when she heard that I was moving her into my house. The twins couldn’t believe it either. Thanks to aunty Bertha who gave them some furniture, the house was well organised as they moved in. Faith and Joy both had makeup talent, they did very good makeup hair and nails and it is this gift that brought money to the table. My aunty set up a chicken run as she was very good with keeping chickens.
It gave me peace knowing I wasn’t going to leave my family suffering even though I had suffered because of them. My uncles sentence was reduced to 2years, he had already served 1year so he had one more year to serve and we took time to visit him. While in the cells he had asked for forgiveness. Something i really didn’t expect to come from uncle but he did.
Atusaye and I did not get the chance to visit Ben but we heard all about his sentencing and even the appeals his family had put in. A lot more wonderful things came my way as I was booked by many film industries to work as director of movies. I hired faith and Joy once in a while to do the makeup and dress the actors. It paid them well.
A lot had happened and it was finally time for Atusaye and i to sit and plan for our fairytale wedding. Heaven knows why we seemed to have dragged this Wedding, it’s like we both had one thing after another coming up. But anyway it was time to join my better half.
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