THE MIRACLE I NEED SEASON 2 : Episode 11 – 20
EPISODE 14
As the time got closer to closing hours, Kathleen contemplated giving
Kimberly a call. She had only invited her to go to church with her because
she hadn’t known Pete was back. Now that Pete was back and they were in a
relationship now, she didn’t know if Kimberly would be comfortable with
going to church with her and Pete, and she didn’t know if Pete would be okay
if she asked him to leave without her so she could go to church with
Kimberly. Pete seemed like a very clingy man.
Also, Kimberly had said she would get back to her concerning the church
thing, but she was yet to chat her up or give her a call, and she didn’t want to
bother her. The question on her mind now, was whether or not she should
give Kimberly a call to fnd out how she was doing, and maybe know if
Kimberly was still interested in the church thing. It only made sense that she
should do a follow-up after inviting her to church, right? After thinking about
it for some time she fnally summoned courage and dialed Kimberly’s
number and waited patiently while it rang.
Kimberly who had just parked her car in her compound and was struggling
not to cry or feel sad, picked up her phone when it started ringing and sighed
when she noticed the call was from Kathleen. She remembered she was
supposed to give Kathleen a call but had been too distracted as a result of all
that had happened to her between that time and now. She sighed again as
she received the call, “Good afternoon. I’m sorry I didn’t return your call as promised, I’ve been pretty busy,” Kimberly said apologetically.
“Hey! Good afternoon. It’s fne. I was just calling to be sure you were okay,
that’s all,” Kathleen said casually making Kimberly smile. At least this was
one friend she had made that had nothing to do with Eric, unlike Wumi.
“I’m okay. About the church meeting, can we reschedule? I don’t think I’ll be
able to make it today,” Kimberly said apologetically, making Kathleen feel
kind of relieved.
“Sure. It’s a weekly thing, so you can always attend the service whenever you
want. And it doesn’t have to be with me either, it could be at any redeem
parish closest to you,” Kathleen explained.
“Alright then, I will let you know when I can do that. Thank you very much.
Once I’m settled I will reach out to you, and maybe we can talk over lunch
sometime?” Kimberly asked hopefully.
“Sure. You just let me know whenever you’re ready and I will make it work,”
Kathleen said making Kimberly smile.
“Thanks. I’m grateful.”
“There is nothing to thank me for. Just keep reading, and never forget that
you’re not your past mistakes. Your past doesn’t defne you. And your past
isn’t what determines your destiny, but rather what you make of it now,”
Kathleen added.
Kimberly smiled, wondering why Kathleen was sounding like a teacher, “I will
keep that in mind. Thank you.”
With that Kathleen hung up the call and started clearing her desk as she got
ready to close for the day. Once the clock struck 5 PM, she walked out of the
offce quickly, eager to see Pete. By the time she got to Pete’s offce, he was
closing his offce door, ready to leave too.
“I hope you were able to fnish everything you planned to do today?” He
asked with a smile as he joined her and they both headed outside.
“Yes. We are going to church before heading home, right?” She asked
hopefully, trying to remind him that it was Thursday.
“I almost forgot about that. Let’s just hope the prayer points will be the same as last week’s,” he said with a chuckle which elicited a giggle from her.
“You’re never going to forget that, are you?” Kathleen asked in amusement as
they both got into the car.
“Of course not. Why should I?” He asked as he turned on the car’s ignition,
“Have you noticed something?” He asked as he turned to spare her a glance.
“What?”
“The staff no longer stare at us when we are leaving. I guess they’re tired of
talking already,” Pete said making her look out of the car to see the others
who were going home.
“Who cares?” She asked indifferently.
“You used to,” he reminded her.
“Well, not anymore. They can say whatever,” she said with a shrug making
him grin.
“See how I’ve given you liver? You that used to hide by the car before going
inside your offce,” He teased making her laugh at the memory.
Kathleen’s phone started ringing before she could respond, and she was
surprised to see that her mother was calling, “Mummy good evening,” she
greeted.
“Good evening. You have closed from work, abi? Hope you’re coming straight
to the house? Or are you going somewhere frst?” Her mother asked
curiously.
“Why are you asking? Is there a problem?” She asked in a concerned tone.
“I’m thinking of traveling back tomorrow, so I want us to talk when you get
back.”
“Tomorrow? Why all of a sudden?” Kathleen asked in confusion.
“Come home let’s talk. Don’t use my small airtime to be asking me many
questions. I’m waiting for you,” her mother said before hanging up, making
Kathleen’s brows pull together in a frown.
“Is everything okay?” Pete asked when he noticed her frown.
“Let’s forget church and just go home instead,” she suggested.
“Why? Is there a problem?”
“My mother wants to travel back tomorrow. It’s so sudden and I don’t
understand why. I just want to go home and hear from her. I’ll be too
distracted in church wondering what she wants to tell me,” Kathleen
explained, making him nod as he changed the direction of the car now.
“What about Isioma’s appointment with the doctor? What did they say?” He
asked when he remembered he had forgotten to ask her that before.
“We were initially waiting for her test results. I suppose it is out now and that
is what this is about,” Kathleen said thoughtfully. She could only hope for the
best.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure everything is okay,” Pete assured her when he noticed
her creased brow.
“Yeah, I hope so too,” she said, and decided to change the subject, “So, you
told Ken already?”
“Told Ken what?” Pete asked innocently, pretending not to understand what
she was talking about.
“About us?”
“What about us?” Pete asked making her turn to look at him. She noticed the
slight curve of his lips and could tell he just wanted to make her talk, so she
decided to play along.
“About you asking me to be your girlfriend and about me still thinking about
it?” She asked, making him turn to glare at her.
“What do you mean by that?” He asked, making her stife the urge to smile.
“By what?” She asked, blinking at him innocently.
“By what you just said!”
“Did you tell him about us or not?” She asked, refusing to take back her words.
“I told him I’m in love with you, and that you’re MY woman,” Pete said
grudgingly, making her lips curve with a smile. Without saying another word
she reached for the car stereo and turned on the radio.
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Kimberly struggled with tears of her own as she got into her car, “No. I’m not
going to cry again. I’ve cried enough,” she murmured to herself as she shut
the car door. What was she going to do now? Go to the offce or maybe go
home to be by herself? She wondered before taking out her phone to give
Prisca a call.
“You didn’t send me the details of the meeting again?” She asked,
immediately Prisca received her call.
“Oh! Sure, I will send it soon. How did it go at the station?” Prisca asked
curiously as she raised her head from the documents in front of her.
Kimberly sighed, “I had to let them go,”
“What? Why? Why would you just let them walk away scot-free?” Prisca
asked in disappointment.
“Amaka is involved. I don’t want any problems for my father,” Kimberly
explained with a sigh.
“Why does everything have to be about your father? These people hurt you.
They should be punished!” Prisca hissed angrily.
“It doesn’t matter. I will meet you at the offce later, need to go now,” Kimberly
said as she hung up and then turned on the car’s ignition. But before she
could reverse the car the maid who had earlier opened the door and hurried to
where Kimberly was, “Aunty, oga said you should come back,” she
announced.
“What now?” Kimberly wondered as she got out of the car, and just as she got
to the door, the gate opened and Eric drove in. She was surprised to see him
there, so she stood there waiting for him to get there and tell her why he was
at her father’s house.
Eric on the other hand wasn’t surprised to see Kimberly there, although he
wished she had left before his arrival. He noticed she was standing there like she was waiting for him, so he tried to come up with something he could say
to her as he got out of the car.
“What are you doing here?” Kimberly asked the moment he got to where she
was standing.
Although this wasn’t the kind of conversation he wanted them to have, but
this was better than being given the silent treatment, “I’m here to have a word
with your father,”
“About what?”
“About you.” He had to admit that it came out more direct than he had
intended for it to sound.
“Me?”
“Kim, I understand that you’re upset with me and you don’t want me to be in
the same space with you, so you really don’t have to. I promised to take care
of you and I’m going to keep trying to do what I can to make sure you’re fne,”
Eric said before walking past her into the house.
Why was he the one walking out on her when she was the one who was
upset with him? Kimberly wondered angrily as she walked into the house
following him.
“Eric, you’re here,” the senator said while ignoring Amaka who was kneeling in
front of him weeping profusely and asking for his forgiveness.
“Yes sir. I’m sorry I called you at such short notice, but I needed to see you
urgently. Could we speak in private?” Eric asked without sparing Amaka a
glance.
“Since your husband is here I’m sure you don’t mind waiting while I speak
with him,” senator Abamba said to Kimberly before walking away with Eric,
and leading him in the direction of his meeting room.
“Do you want to drink something?” The senator asked Eric, but he quickly
shook his head.
“Thank you. I just want to talk to you. I don’t know what you must have heard,
but I’m here concerning Kimberly. You are aware your wife tried to set her up
with some men?” Eric asked, making senator Abamba’s face harden in disapproval.
“Your ex-girlfriend you mean?”
“We both know I don’t owe you an apology or any explanation for my
relationship with her in the past. That is not why I’m here,” Eric said, giving
the senator a pointed look.
“Go on, why are you here?”
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it is fair for Kimberly to let
those men go simply because she is trying to save your face or your political
ambition. She has always been in the news for all the wrong reasons, and I
see no reason why she shouldn’t be given the chance to punish people who
tried to ridicule her and soil her image,” Eric said making the senator sigh.
“She seems to be so scared of you and is always putting you frst, yet you
don’t do that for her as her father. All you have done is fnd faults and
condemn her, and as I said before, she is my wife and I won’t accept any of
that anymore. It’s good enough that your wife hid her identity from the man
she connived with, so I will go ahead to charge them to court and make sure
your wife’s identity isn’t revealed,” Eric said making senator Abamba nod.
“Maybe I don’t deserve to be a governor when I can’t even govern my own
home properly,” he said wearily. Finding out what his wife had done, had
knocked the air out of him. He had called Kimberly back to ask her what she
wanted him to do about the situation, but it was obvious that Eric had the
situation under control already, so that was fne.
“I don’t know about that. I’m also here to introduce myself offcially to you…”
“I know who you are. You are the son of Chief Obasan,” senator Abamba said
with a sigh, “You looked familiar when we met the frst time, and you
sounded too bold to be an average young man, so I had someone look into
you.”
“Oh! Why didn’t you say anything?” Eric asked in confusion.
“Maybe I just wanted to see what you were up to. I know you care about my
daughter, so I’m going to let you do whatever you think is best for her. She
shouldn’t let them go scot-free just so that I can maintain a good face in
public,” he said making Eric sigh in relief.
“Thank you very much for agreeing to this,” Eric said with a bow.
“I should thank you. I haven’t been a really good father to my daughter. I love
her but I’m always ashamed and embarrassed to be called her father
because of her lifestyle. Seeing how good you have been to her despite her
lifestyle makes me feel ashamed,” he confessed.
“I can’t give you fatherhood lessons, but I can categorically tell you that you
have a wonderful daughter. If you had listened to her when she was younger
and had gotten her the professional help she needed, she wouldn’t have
become that daughter you were so ashamed of. Thanks for your time, I need
to run now. I have to be somewhere,” Eric said as he stood up to leave.
“But don’t you think it would be hypocritical to punish those men and not my
wife who is the mastermind?” Senator Abamba asked before Eric could take
his leave.
“I left that up to you to decide. If you think she should be arrested too, you
can take her to the station yourself,” Eric said with a polite bow before
walking out of the study. He was late already and needed to stop at his
house and change out of his clothes before going for the award. Without
sparing either Kimberly who was standing in the living room or Amaka who
was still on her knees sobbing and begging, a glance, he headed directly for
his car and drove out of the compound.
Kimberly didn’t know how to feel about being ignored by Eric, but she was
also more curious to know what Eric had said to her father. So she waited for
her father to join them in the living room and hear what he had to say to her.
THE MIRACLE I NEED SEASON 2 : Episode 11 – 20
When he fnally arrived he looked at Amaka with disapproval before turning
to look at Kimberly, “What do you want me to do to her?”
“Me?” Kimberly asked in confusion, wondering why her father was asking her
that.
“Yes. I could have forgiven her for cheating on me, but I can’t forgive her for
planning something like that against my daughter. So tell me what you want
me to do,” Senator Abamba said with a frown, while Amaka started sobbing
loudly as she crawled over to where Kimberly was standing and held her
legs, begging her to have mercy on her.
Kimberly thought about it for a moment, and wanted to ask her father to
forgive Amaka, but shook her head on second thought. Eric had said he
wanted her to stop being so scared of her father, and this was it, “You know what? I actually don’t care what you do to her. She never would have dared to
do something like that to me had you not showed her how little I mean to
you. So deal with it whichever way you want to.” Having said that she walked
out of the house. She had given them her last respect by dropping the case,
even though she would have wanted nothing more than to see those
ba$tards pay for their actions. Her life was going to stop revolving around
her father now.
THE MIRACLE I NEED SEASON 2 : Episode 11 – 20
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