Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 11
Everyone had gone to see Ama at the hospital
except me. I couldn’t face her, knowing how i
wasn’t there to protect her. The only good news
was that my uncle was arrested for abuse,my
nightmares started again and Kofa also started
acting strange but i just summed it up as one of
those things peculiar to him. The president ‘ s
visit was only a day away now.Everyone was
excited, i was sad that Ama won’t be there, she
won’t get that handshake she had been dying for,
she won’t wear her beautiful blue gown and
march in front of the other students. She was
transferred to another hospital in a neighboring
town for better medical care.
One evening i summoned on courage, plucked
some wild flowers and went to see her. She was
propped up in bed staring at the ceiling, her left
eye was heavily covered with plaster. I wondered
how she was feeling at the moment, she acted
like she didn’t see me. I stretched out the flower
towards her, she collected them and resumed
staring at the ceiling.
” How are you feeling?”
” Okay”
” Do you mind if i stay here for a while? Or stay
over the night”
She shrugged so i took it as a yes. I sat on the
bed next to hers.
” Have you eaten?”
” Efo (bro) Mensah brought something for me to
eat”
” Do you want anything else”?
She shrugged again. I went out to buy fried
spaghetti with salad and fried turkey ass with a
can of coke.i watched her dug into the food with
gusto, at least she still had an healthy apetite.
” Thank you” She handed me the empty food pack
and i threw it in the waste bin in a corner of the
room.
” I brought cards for us to play” i said as i
brought out the pack of whots from my
pocket.We played for a while until I got tired of
losing and accepted defeat.
” Thank you” She said again.
” For what?”
” For acting normal i guess….when my brother
came here he couldn’t decide if he wanted to hug
me or weep till he drops. He kept fidgeting,asking
every second if i was okay”
” He cares about you Ama, i know he’s beating
himself over this and feeling guilty for not being
there to protect you” i also felt guilty too but i
wasn’t about to let her know.
” I know Kojo, but am still the same Ama i was
before this happened….right?” She laid back on
the bed. ” I don’t want to be pitied, i can stand
anything but not pity please”
” You are still the same beautiful Ama and no one
pities you”
” Good”
She scooted to the edge of the bed and i laid
beside her. When we woke up the next morning, a
blanket had been draped over our bodies by some
kind nurse or doctor. I went out of the room for
the doctors to see to her. I helped her to the
bathroom, afterwards i also freshened up and
went to get us breakfast,we ate in silence until i
remembered something that has been nagging me
for long.
” Ama do you know Bella? Or maybe you have
heard of her?”
” Bella? Who is she?”
” She……i think she was your brother’ s
girlfriend”
” Oh that Bella? yes i guess so”
” Okay, do you know what happened to her?”
” I overhead Mami and Efo( bro) Mensah talking
about her once, long ago, i think she was
murdered in a gruesome manner, her family too.
What is your interest in her?”
I shrugged ” Just curious, You know who
murdered her?”
” I heard a bad man who goes to schools under
the pretext of helping students. I don’t remember
much now, it was long ago.”
” Would you still like to go for the march? Its
today, i heard its taking place on the street
opposite the market, Nma ( Mother) said the
streets had been cleaned and bulbs have been
put up”
” I can’t go, i wasn’t only going for the
handshake you know? We were told in school,
that some lucky students would be given
scholarship and other monetary items by the
president. I was hoping mother luck would shine
on me too”
A bell rang in my head and kept ringing . ” What
is his name?”
” President Komla Amuzu”
The name rang no bell but i suddenly felt
uncomfortable.
” The lecee ( Poly) students are also marching,
Efo ( bro) Albert being the overall best student in
his school is also getting a handshake but surely
you know that already” She said proudly.
My palms suddenly felt sweaty and i wiped it on
my pants. ” Ama do you know these men?
Seyram, Francis…..”
” Doji, Yaovi and Lyon. They come to see my
brother under the cover of the night. I don’t know
what their nocturnal meetings were about”
My heart was pounding loudly as sweat broke out
all over my body. I don’t know what it was but it
wasn’t a good thing i was sure. What has my
brother gotten himself into? How could they think
they could defeat a president! All the puzzles are
fitting in now, the man who had more than
enough money to lure young girls to their doom,
the man rich enough to have thousands of armies
at his beck. Of course it could only be the
president! My horrid nightmares and Papa Ayi’ s
warning swarmed across my mind. I had to stop
my brother from doing anything stupid. I told Ama
i would be back and dashed out of the hospital
room. I ran like the devil was on my heels, the
motor park was empty, i ran back and forth
looking for a cab. Fortunately, i saw a bike rider, i
hailed him and got on the bike. I told him to ride
like death was after him. God please help me! Its
been so long i called on God for anything and i
hoped for the sake of my poor mother he would
answer my cries.
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