It been two weeks since I can back from the hospital,
my mum came to stay with me since I don’t have a
housemaid,I can’t say life has been fair with me but
hey what can I say,my mum try to make me happy,
even as hard as it seem I always try to keep an happy
face just to make her feel happy, I was now a shadow
of myself, joy was no longer a friend to me,some
times I would Lock myself in my room just to think of
my life, I haven’t heard from Mimi since I became
paralleled, I don’t know love can turn to hatred in a
seconds,I curse her and regretted ever meeting her, barr
Wilson always come once in a while to visit me
keeping me update of the case,well it might shock you
readers but the case was till on,that made me wonder
if lmada was human atall, with everything that has
been happening to me she till want to take me to jail.
I kept everything from my parents because I don’t want
them to be devastated,in a short period of time I
have come to accept the predicament that I found
myself, I came to live with the fact that I am now on a
wheelchair and will be on it for a very long time,I
know you readers will be wondering how is it
possible to live with that for just a short time but hay do I
have a choice, I had to live with it and make up
my mine to stay with it or commit suicide which I will
never think of doing,so I was prepared for the worst
to happened which I know was just around the
corner.
It was on Thursday afternoon, I was in the garden, I
really needed some air I have been indoors all day,my
mum will be in the kitchen by this time,I roll myself
out to the gardan because I really don’t want to
distend her,I heard the horn of a car from outside the
gate, the gate man quickly ran out from his quarter to
open the gate, barr Wilson drove in as soon as the gate
was open,he came down from his car as soon as
he parked,he immediately wear a smile approaching
me,well he smile more often this period, I really don’t
know why maybe he does that so he will not make
me feel bad because of the news he always brings,”I
can see you are having a good time outside,you know its
good to come out once in a while”,he said, I nodded
in agreement, “you didn’t inform me that you were
coming”, I said shaking hands with me, “yeah it was
because it was urgent, I was just informed that the
case has gone to court and has be scheduled four day
from today,so we are to appeared in court that day in
Benin city”,he said with a serious look.I told him I will
be ready then he left, I wasn’t move by the
information because I was already ready for
anything, at last the time was finally here,i really want
to get things over with, my problem now was how to
convinced my mother that i want to go to Benin in a
short notice.
Convincing my mother was so easy that I was
surprised, my mother was very happy hearing that I
want to go to Benin because she has easily brought
the idea which I refused because I needed to stay in
Abuja because of the case,but now it has been transfer
to Benin so I have to go there, my mum was
so excited that in two days time we were on our way
to Benin.
We had to hired a driver to use one of my cars to drive
us to Benin because I can’t enter a public fare with my
condition,I could have loved using flight but my mum
was scared of entering a plane, (please try not to
laugh).
My dad was very happy to see me,some of my
relatives was also around to welcome me,I never
knew I was loved this much,for the moment I step my
foot into my father house,visitors from far and near came
to see me,some I remember while some I dont
,that sometime they had to introduced themselves
before I could remember then other’s I don’t even
know if they really exist.
The day of the hearing slowly arrived, I informed my
mum that I was going out with my friend,she didn’t
bother to ask me any questions, she was so happy
that I was going out,well you won’t blame her,I have
stayed indoors all through my predicament, on one
occasions she has want to carry me out for shopping
but I refused,I really don’t have time for fun play,the
joy in me has died already,She got me prepared and set
to go.
Barr Wilson came as promised,I have sent him my
address the previous day,he came along with a young
guy who he said will assist me,you don’t expect a
barrister to roll me to the court,in a very short time
we were in the court, I have never been in a court before
well I don’t see any reason why I should, the
only issue that could have brought me here a longtime
ago is till the same thing that is bringing me here
now,what a life. They both help me sit on my
wheelchair and I was roll into the court room by the
young guy,I was position in a good spot and the young
guy sat close to me while barr Wilson took his own
seat,people was coming in little by little, thirty minutes
to start I saw lmada followed by a fair in complexion
lady, lmada’s lawyer and of course mimi,they all
walked to their seats, lmada didn’t look my way but
who cares,I thought I saw a surprised look on Mimi face
or maybe it just my imagination,Mimi didn’t stop
loooking at me as for me I don’t care,after about
twenty minutes the battle began.
Everyone got up at the present of the judge, the judge
was a woman I think on her 60s,she walked in then
sat down and everyone did the same, the case was very
complicated because lmada didn’t have any
witness to back her claim and in the other hand I
never denied raping her but I didn’t do it willly
because I was threatened to do it,I could have Denied
ever knowing her which could have give me am
upper hand and I could win the case but I just couldn’t
lie, let fact speaks. The case was proposed to the
following week and the court was dismissed.
I was roll to barr Wilson car by the young guy,I was
sited on the car waiting for barr Wilson, I saw Mimi
coming out from the court room with lmada, they
went to where their car was parked,lmada was head on a
conversation with her lawyer, I looked away
rolling the glass screen up,I turn to look at them one
more time and saw Mimi staring at me,I know she
saw me also looking at her,even with the glass screen
roll up,I wonder why she was till staring for so long,I
turn my face away and I never turned to look at her
again,soon barr Wilson came and we drive out of the
court building, I could till see Mimi staring at me as
barr Wilson drove passed them.
I know lmada will be happy to see me like this,as for
Mimi well I can’t say..
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To be continued..
