Having succeeded in her evil plans against her husband, Mrs Ryan was then in control of all her husband had with her mother and her siblings
"Your dad was a loafer and a womanizer of note,That was why he was deported back to Nigeria" Sonia Amiga,as she went back to her maiden name after her divorce ,was telling her children one evening after she had come back from work.
"He was trying to rape one of his subordinates in his office as he had been doing when luck ran out of him"
"Dad has been a good man"Her first son,joshua ,noted,sitting in a couch opposite her,He was about ten years old "I could remember all he used to do for us"
"You are right ,Joshua " The first and only daughter,Faith stated defensively ,she was about eight years then
"Faith"Joshua called his sister to buttress their p
"Hello my big in-law"she called him ,a complacent smile splitting her face Her children equally greeted him in unison "Good afternoon sir" He gawped at them before he could find his voice "Hello Ella is this your face,Are you living here in Lagos? He asked Turning to the children he asked;"How are boys? What handsome boys you have? He managed to ask "Yes we are living in surulere,This is Men and this is Elvis " she introduced her childrenHer hand linked with ken's hand who was presumably the elder of the two boys "And you,Are you here in Lagos?" "Yes,I live at Allen Avenue""It is interesting to know,jam truly sorry over what happened to you in London" "It is one of those things
It happened that sequel to the unhealthy lifestyle of Sonia's mother "Beauty" in London ,she fell sick which was later diagnosed to be AIDS She was busy changing me as though she was still a teenage girl, Before they knew it she gave up the ghostThat was when reality of the situation was borne in on Sonia, It was not merely a big shock to her but a big load she did not know how to carry too as a woman It would cost her a fortune to transport the corpse of her mother all the way from London to Nigeria ,in addition to giving hr a befitting burial ceremony which must have been anticipated by the villagers As someone who died abroad,and hose daughter was abroad. She contemplated burying her in London to avoid unnecessary stress Save that she was put off by
Sonia was enjoying herself with Nick,when there was a peal of the door bellThey both ignored the peal, they did not want to be disturbedThe door bell rang again accompanied by a heavy bang on the door,The two lovers scrambled to their clothes with Sonia wondering seriously who might have had the effrontery to meddle with her privacy in such an uncultured mannerShe was not expecting any of her lovers.but her mind nevertheless flitted involuntarily to one of her most jealous lover,Tony,who might have suspected her of being in there with another man "Do not mind whosoever is the intruder, he or she will get tried of knocking and will take his or her leave" she told Nick He was sitting at the edge of the bed ,looking worried "That is better,is there anything to show that you are in?
The day fixed for Sonia's court case came,she was found guilty of illega possession of hard drugsShe and her children were as a result repatriated back to NigeriaSonia was up to that final judgment day,still unable to unravel the mystery behind the illegal drug hidden behind her portraitShe did not know how long that parcal had been in her living roomShe did not know who to suspect also. Could it be any of her children or any of her boyfriends? While in jail awaiting trail,she had asked her children and they had maintained nor knowing anything about the parcel She was not altogether convinced because of their unruly behavior. Or could it be any of her boyfriends that felt unpardonably treated by her and wanted to pay her back? She could not recall anyEmily's joy knew no bounds as she had sat at the back row of th
"So tell me the long story ' he started inquisitively,after swallowing the first ball of food "What brings all of you back to Nigeria? She sipped a glass of cold water so as to begin her story "Dad ,everything is not alright" she began in dismay,pausing on her food He was thus driven to tell her to hold on with the story until after the food but he could not tell her He could not hold back his curiosity and worries . He instead just stared across to her with attention "We were repatriated back to Nigeria by a court decision subsequent to some amount of hard drugs found in our living room" "Other than all of the sudden,two policemen supposedly acting on a tip-off came with a search warrant to search our house,in the process discovered the drug...... "This is unbelievable! He interrupted her with
Faith Ryan left lagos ,After three days of quality time with her father,to go back to the village so as to tell her mother and siblings what she had seen The the days she had spent with her dad was both fulfilling and revealing for her It was fulfilling period for her in the sense that he father had made her completely comfortable that short time she was with him that she had found ur very difficult to have to leave him The period was equally revealing to her in the sense that she had learned and observed from her dad was exact opposite to what their mother had made her and hey siblings believe about him The unbelievable facts that their mother had not only divorced their father and had served all communication with him deliberately, but also to the extent of hiring someone else to frame him up and indulging in secret affairs
Two day earlier Sonia had immediately she arrived in Dr Ryan's house knelt before him and pleaded in tears for his forgiveness She had promised that she would not misbehave again, Her children ad well added their voices in pleading for their father's mercy towards her Dr Ryan admitted to have forgiven her for the sake of the childrenHe was further encouraged to accept her back because of the apparent changes he had seen in herLooking at her when she was kneeling down,she cut a full image of a born again stuff Her lack-lustre appearance was a complete antithesis to the flamboyant woman he had marriedHe even felt pity for her as he looked at her.He was glad that she had joined the born again train, The next day,prior to the party
A little while calm brooded over the office, broken audibly by the ticking of the wall clock,The humming of the air conditioner and the big refrigerator,at the time Mrs Ryan was praying quietly for her husband to leave to the new site so as not to stumble on any discrepancies in the fileShe went and stood by him , it did not take long for Dr Ryan to found out that the performance of the hospital was fast declining as depicted by the hospital's daily realization and the number of patients attended to on a daily basis "Why is the cash realization and number of patients thinning down substantially on daily basis? He asked those he entrusted with the fortunes of his hospital first looking up at his wife for an answer "I do not know, people will come when they need us and that would improve the cash position, you cannot go to people's h