THE MIRACLE I NEED SEASON 2 : Episode 31 – The End
Episode 38
Less than a minute later Aunt Martha knocked on the bedroom door, “Someone is here to see you,” she informed Kimberly.
“Who? Me?” She asked in confusion since the only people she knew who could visit her were all people Aunt Martha was familiar with.
“Yes. A man. He said he is your uncle,” Aunt Martha said, making Kimberly’s heart skip a beat. Her uncle? The only uncle she knew of was her aunty’s husband. Why was he here to see her? What did he want?
“You’re sure?” Kimberly asked Aunt Martha, and she nodded.
“I will be down in a moment,” Kimberly said, and Aunt Martha left.
“Are you okay?” Eric asked when he noticed how tense she suddenly seemed.
“I’m not. I think the person downstairs is my late Aunty’s husband,” Kimberly explained, and understanding dawned on Eric.
“I could go downstairs and handle this if you don’t want to meet him,” Eric offered as he reached out to pat her hair softly.
Kimberly drew in a deep breath, “I should go down and at least hear what he has to say,” Kimberly said as she lifted the duvet and got out of the bed.
“I will go down and see him while you get dressed,” Eric offered and kssed her forehead before walking out of the room.
He met Aunt Martha on his way down the passageway and she approached him, “How is she feeling now?” Martha asked curiously.
“She is still feeling a bit cold, but I will take her to the hospital tomorrow or get her medicine if she doesn’t feel better,” Eric said with a small smile.
“Don’t you think she might be pregnant?” Aunty Martha asked before Eric could leave, making him pause.
Eric felt his heart flutter at the thought. It hadn’t exactly occurred to him that she might be pregnant, since he was content with just loving Kimberly until anytime kids came along.
But hearing that she might be pregnant kind of sent a thrill through him. The love of his life pregnant with his child? “Pregnant?”
“Yes. I’ve been worried about her inability to eat for the past two days. Pregnancy could be the reason she hasn’t been able to eat much.”
“But I thought pregnant women are supposed to eat much?” Eric asked thoughtfully.
“That is when the pregnancy has advanced. Besides, people have different pregnancy symptoms, and this might be hers. I could send one of the girls to get a pregnancy test strip so you both check.
That way I can adjust the food timetable to suit her needs if it comes out positive,” Aunty Martha suggested and Eric smiled.
“I don’t want to get our hopes up, but you can send them to get it. We will just give it a try and see. Thank you, Aunt Martha,” Eric said with a smile before continuing to the living room.
“Good afternoon sir,” Eric greeted as he approached the middle-aged man who was seated in the living room.
The man whose head was slightly bowed, and looked like he was deep in thought, raised his head when he heard Eric’s voice.
He was light-skinned in complexion, and of average height. He had a potbelly like most Nigerian men around that age had, and his face looked weather-beaten.
“Good afternoon,” he greeted as he stood up, “I suppose you are Kimberly’s husband?” He asked with a polite smile, and Eric tried to stifle his sudden urge to knock the smile out of his face. How could he be able to smile after he nearly destroyed someone’s life? Eric wondered.
“Yes, I am. She will join US in a moment,” Eric said coolly, making it clear that he was going to be sitting in on whatever discussion he planned on having with Kimberly.
They both turned towards the staircase when they heard Kimberly’s footsteps, and she paused when she met her uncle’s gaze, and all the painful memories kept flooding back.
Ever since she left their home after he falsely accused her of seducing him, she had not set eyes on him since then.
Her aunt and cousin had died some years later, but she had been in school and had chosen not to attend their burial.
Eric walked over to the staircase to stand beside Kimberly in a silent show of support. He reached out his hand to her, and she took it.
He looked down at their intertwined hands when he noticed hers was shaking, and he placed his other hand around her shoulder, “Don’t worry, I’m here,” he assured her quietly.
“Why are you here?” Kimberly asked without bothering to greet him or even sit down. She wanted to hear what he had to say and be done with it.
He cleared his throat, “Can we sit down?” He asked in a pleading tone.
“This is my house, not yours. I will sit down if or when I want to. I’m sure you will tell me why you are here regardless of whether or not I sit,” Kimberly said bitterly, and he nodded.
“I understand. I’ve been thinking to come and see you for some years now, but I’ve always been scared you won’t listen to me.
So when I heard you’re married now, I decided to come and see you,” he said apologetically.
“See me? What for?” Kimberly asked coldly.
He looked shamefaced, and didn’t meet her gaze this time, “I’m sorry. I’m very sorry for everything I did to you. I… I didn’t know what I was doing,” he pleaded.
Kimberly’s entire body shook with emotion, but she bit her lower lip to keep herself from crying as she stared at him with anger, “You didn’t know what you were doing?” She asked in a very low voice like she couldn’t believe what she had just heard.
“I’m very sorry for everything. I’m a changed man now. I have given my life to Christ, and I’m even a pastor now. I’m just here to ask for forgiveness and restitute…”
“Restitute?” Kimberly cut in before he could finish, and she turned to look at Eric in disbelief, “Did he just say restitute?” She asked incredulously.
“Baby, please calm down,” Eric pleaded.
Kimberly took in a shaky breath as she tried to calm herself, “You’re a pastor now? When did you repent?”
“Five years ago. I’ve been wanting to come and see you…”
“Five years ago? So if I had died within this time and gone to hell, you would have been serving God?
You mean God forgave you after you almost ruined my life?” Kimberly asked bitterly as tear after tear dropped from her eyes.
“I’ve been praying for you. I made it my duty to pray for your salvation and for God to compensate you as that was the only way I could ever face you. Please I’m sorry,” he knelt with his head bowed, while Kimberly broke into a sob.
Eric held her close to himself while she cried. She couldn’t believe that she could easily have died and gone to he.ll, while one of the people who ruined her life, would possibly have gone to heaven.
Why did God have to be so merciful and forgiving to everybody?
Why couldn’t he punish this man for everything he had put her through? Why? Kimberly asked herself as her body shook with the force of her sob.
“Babe, I understand how you feel, but you have to forgive him. Who knows? Maybe it’s his prayers that have brought you this far.
Please forgive him and let go of the past so that you can move on completely,” Eric whispered into her ears as she kept sobbing.
After crying for some time, Kimberly managed to compose herself before looking down at the man who was still on his knees, “I’ve forgiven you, but I don’t want to ever set my eyes on you again.”
With that, Kimberly walked away, and Eric hurried after her since he knew she was most likely going to the bedroom to continue crying from where she stopped.
THE MIRACLE I NEED SEASON 2 : Episode 31 – The End
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