Episode 20
Dayo: âSure, but I miss my home, I miss daddy Gberan and mummy Bella and even Kenâ he replied in his normal chirpy tone.
Damilola: âBut why do you call your parents that way, especially your dad?â he asked curiously, he wondered if perhaps the boy was not told that Gberan was his father.
Dayo: âActually, I already called them mummy and daddy but soon found out they were not my biological parents, so I added their names. Actually, my mother isâŠâ he could not finish as he was interrupted by the buzzing of Damilolaâs phone. He received the call and spoke hurriedly into the phone.
Damilola: âDayo, there is an emergency in the hospital, when I come back, we will talk huhâ he removed the pot from the fire and hurried into his bedroom which he shared with his wife.
Damilola: âHoney, I am so sorry I cannot make you breakfast as I used to, I have an emergency in the hospital. Make sure you have fun with the kid, there is 30k in my suit pocket, take that as pocket moneyâ he said as he hurried into his clothes.
Tania joyfully went to the kitchen and continued the cooking that Damilola left off. It was the delicious ekpang nkwukwo, he learnt how to cook it from his roommate in the University, who was from Akwaibom. After they were done eating, Tania dressed up and they went out. Dayo however noticed that she was jittery and he wondered why. He also felt a sense of foreboding but his little mind could not put a finger on it.
Tania took him to the Ikoyi amusement park, also to water park and other fun sites around Lagos, by evening they ended up at one high end restaurant where she got Dayo food and ice cream. While he ate, she kept asking him if he needed something else.
Dayo: âAunt Tania, you have done so much for me that I donât need to ask for anything againâ he said in his usual smartass way.
Tania: âNo my darling, you can ask for anything you want, like that chocolate sundae, donât you want that?â she pointed towards a glass display of cakes and sundaes.
âEat anything you want, this is like last supperâ She eyed him.
On their way back home, while they were on Falomo Bridge, Tania turned to eye Dayo, but the latter turned and caught the angry look in her eyes. He wondered what he had done to warrant the sudden change, but immediately Tania smiled again. The eleven years old was confused, but he didnât have time to ponder the issue, as Tania suddenly swerved and hit the side of the car where Dayo was seated, on the railing of the bridge.
The impact of the collision was so great that the side of the car sqÂŁÂŁzed into itself, and it threw the occupants of the car against the windscreen. Tania hit her head on the steering wheel and fainted. Dayo was thrown against the windscreen, and it broke, piercing into his head and body.
Bella had gone to the house of Tania and Damilola, she didnât know what she was going to do but she had every intent to take control of the situation. However the gate man told her that there was no one in the house.
Bella: âStupid b—h, you cannot do something as simple as get rid of a little boy, I should have done it myself.
Tomorrow, Dayo will be back to the house to terrorize my son and meâ she muttered to herself. The gate man asked her if she was alright, she just flipped him off and entered into her car.
Damilola having called his wife earlier and known they were not coming home anytime soon, decided to stop over at Gberanâs house. He had been thinking a lot about what Dayo said and he wanted to be sure that it was true. If it was true, he had decided to adopt Dayo.
Gberan: âWow Damilola, you are a sight for sore eyes, always looking dapper. I cannot count the number of girls you destroyed in your youthâ he said jokingly, but it was spot on. A cloud came over Damilolaâs face, but he quickly recovered with a smile.
Damilola: âOre mi atata, you always have sweet tongue. Anyways I came because of Dayo, he told me he is not your childâ he said. Gberan heaved a heavy sigh and began to tell him the story of Dayo, but before he could say the name of Dayoâs mother, Damilolaâs phone rang, stopping him from finding out yet again, that Dayo was the son Khadijat was pregnant with. He received the call and was told to come to the hospital that his wife had been in an accident.
Damilola: âAccident ke, where, how? I am coming right awayâ he said it into the phone and bade goodbye to Gberan hurriedly.
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