Episode 15
The whole house looked forsaken and abandoned!
The kitchen had plates that flies perched on because of their filth!
My room had different clothes littered on the floor.
I felt nauseous immediately!
Just for the one month that I was away!
âŠand everything had already changed this much.
My children looked unkempt- all of them!
âThey are still kids oâŠso, you canât expect them to keep the house the way you would have doneâ my doctor said as if she could read my mind
I couldnât feign laughter
I was mad!
âBut this isnât nice at allâ I said as I surveyed the children
âTaiwo and Kehinde, you couldnât even take care of your young ones? You couldnât bath them? See how diseased you all look!â I almost wept
âThere was no soap. The detergent we were using finishedâ Taiwo said
âDetergent?â the doctor asked, quite surprised.
âIt is also good on the body o. itâs just like medicated soapâ I tried to cover up our pauper lifestyles
âI donât like that at all. These detergents are not good on the skin o. They sometimes eat into our skin. You couldnât have asked me for soap when you visited the hospitalâ the doctor said and I looked down in shame.
I had to save the situation again.
âKehinde, come hereâ I called at my daughter who looked so weird and withdrawn
She staggered as if she was drunk and fell to the ground before me.
I jumped back as the doctor rush to bring her up
âWhat is wrong with you?â I asked but there was no response from the girl
âTalk to meâŠ.somebody talk to me. When did Kehinde become paralysed? Kehinde!â I exclaimed as I turned back to be sure a cushion was behind me.
I sunk into one and looked on.
âTaiwo, TolaâŠsomebody talk to me..â I pleaded, very weakly
âMummy, Sister Kehinde yaf pregnantâ James said and there was silence
âŠas if everyone in the house except me knew about this except me!
I blinked as if my life depended on it.
âKehinde, pregnantâŠhow? Doctor, you know about it? Please talk to me somebody. Someone should tell me itâs not true.â I was almost crying
My heart couldnât just accept the bad news.
None of my children I ever have such thought towards in my entire life
Teenage pregnancy?⊠ah ah!
âTake it easy Mrs. Olowoâ I heard the doctor say and I looked at her, so lost in thoughts
âYou know about it?â I asked in a very loud voice
The doctor looked at me and smiled lightly
âI couldnât tell you anything because of your health condition but thank God you are hale and hearty nowâ she spoke on and I couldnât but watch on in silence.
My heart was racing so fast.
As she explained to me the ordeals of my daughterâs pregnancy, the abortion and the brutal method used, the bond that existed between one Haruna and my daughter, I couldnât believe my ears.
I pinched myself, slapped myself, and slapped my tongue against the roof of my mouth severally so I would be startled back to reality
⊠But it was the truth!
The bitter cola!
I slid from the chair on which I had sat to the cemented floor and wept like a virgin widow who had lost her husband to âMagunâ before he could even touch her.
My girl was just fifteen years old for Godâs sake!
What did she know about s-x?
What did she know about abortion?
Abortion with hanger ⊠Chai!
Iron hanger for that matter!
My body flinched severally that I couldnât control it.
âWho did I offend in my past life? Exactly who did I offend that is afflicting me like this? Afflicting my children too? AhhhhâŠJesu oooo!â I wailed on, slapping my laps as my hands gathered momentum.
I looked at the Kehinde under my teary eyes and she was so pitiable.
Her collarbone was visible and she looked hungry- weak and uncared for.
âKehindeâ I called out to her. The doctor still held her lovingly as she sat on the floor with her. Her hands on her shoulders
I didnât know if I should be harsh, or calm according to the Doctorâs prescription or angry, or wounded or disappointed.
I didnât just know how to act at all.
âMaâ she answered faintly, her head shaking on top of her neck as if it was so light like paper.
âWhat happened?â I asked, fixing my eyes on my daughter- my filthy daughter!
âI ronât dohâ I heard her say, her eyes half shut.
I sat straight and looked at the doctor.
âDoctor, whatâs wrong with her? Her tongue is tied? Please check for meâ I was so scared.
When did she start pronouncing donât as ronât and know as âdohâ.
I stood up immediately and went close to her side.
Her eyes were contracting and her tongue was tied.
The doctor stood up to the situation and la!d her down on the floor.
âGet me a pillow pleaseâ she said and Taiwo rushed inside for one.
The doctor used it support her head.
âKehindeâŠOmokehindeâ I called out as I pulled at her hand.
The doctor pulled out her stethoscope as my girl started making croaky voice from her throat.
I was scared..
âDonât die please. Kenny, please donât diâŠâ I was still saying when she dropped her hand suddenly and her tongue wagged out to the side of her mouth.
âMummyâŠtoâŠlliâ she seemed to say what I decoded as âsorryâ and she closed her eyes in death.
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