He begged everyone to convince my mum to come back…Uncle Ade also begged my mum but could not vouch for my dad.
My dad even came to the US to talk to her, my mum still loved him and wanted to be with him but she was afraid of returning to the physical and emotional abuse.
She later decided to watch my dad for a while and return to him if she could confirm that he had changed…but how could she do that from thousands of miles away? So she got herself an informant among the soldiers assigned to my da.
When she was beginning to consider reconciliation, she heard that my dad had found a younger girl and was getting serious with her.
She called to confirm and my dad said he was tired of the loneliness and wads getting tired of waiting. However, he was willing to let go of the girl if my mum would come back to him.
Against everything we said, mum came back…the girl left and they have been together since then.
They renewed their vows and to solidify the reconciliation, Folawe moved back to Nigeria to complete her education here.
My mum tries to convince me that he’s a changed man but I already moved on and it’s not that easy to just embrace the current reality
That’s all there is to know about my dad…can we go in now?”
Folawe came out some minutes later to let us know there was nobody at home; she had called and found out they all went out to get something at the store for the other girls and they were on their way.
As she was about to go back inside, she looked at Folahan, smiled and said “Bro, I hope you are ready to meet Captain Awodiya?”
I was sweating buckets
“But your name is Folahan Bernard-Oludiya?
Who then is Captain Awodiya?” I couldn’t hide it anymore
“Ara mi, what’s wrong with you? You look disoriented”
“Just answer me…” I said, this time with tears on my face
“Captain Awodiya is my dad.
Awodiya was my surname until I changed it about 5 years ago. I just didn’t want to keep a name that’s talking about occultism so I changed the “Awo” prefix to “Olu” then added Uncle Ade’s middle name, Bernard, to form a compound name.
All my sisters still bear Awodiya; they didn’t bother to change it because they would eventually get married and change it anyways”
“Yeeeeeeeeeeee…mo ti ku (I’m dead)” I exclaimed.
Folahan was so confused, then the gate opened and an SUV drove in.
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