ππΉπ Her Journey Episode 8 πππΉπ
Naijalanded Writer βοΈβοΈ
ππΉ Episode 08 ππΉ
Paulina stared at the middle aged man and wondered if she had meet him before. Even the doctor could see the confusion in Paulinaβs face.
βDo you know her sir?β The doctor Entered. And Collins nodded in acceptance. Paulina kept staring closely at Collins, his face was familiar too but still she couldnβt remember who he was. βDo I know you?β Paulina finally entered.
βIβm uncle Collins, your Fatherβs best friend, the last time I saw you, your mother was hospitalized, do you remember me now?β Collins entered.
βOh of course I remembered, I was there at the hospital when you gave my mom a brown envelope containing some cash, thanks to you, we were able to eat good meals for few weeksβ Paulina replied and Collins stared at her in tears.
βUncle,What are you doing here?β Paulina entered.
βMy friend is critically illβ Collins responded.
βOh I see, so your friend is the man that needs emergency surgery on his blocked artery? Paulina asked innocently.
βYes my friendβ¦..your fatherβ Collins revealed.
βWhat? My Father? You canβt be serious right? No I canβt do this? I canβt save a man that abandoned me and my siblings, a man who abandoned my mother, we suffered alot, even worst he tricked us, he made us believe that he was dead, I canβt do this please, Iβm going back to Lagos right nowβ Paulina entered in tears.
βMy child, please donβt go, I returned to Lagos with your father, we searched everywhere but we couldnβt locate your mother or any of you, your father is so sorry, he had no idea of what his brothers had done, they lied to him too and he was a fool to believe them, please forgive him, donβt allow your father die, please find a place in your heart to forgive himβ Collins entered he was already on his knees and he held Paulinaβs left hand.
Finally Paulina agreed to operate on her father. The doctor played a major role in convincing Paulina as he reminded her of the ethics of their profession.
βMadam, our job is to save life, you have to set your emotions aside and do your job, please Iβm begging youβ The doctor had told her.
Few hours later the surgery was successful and afterwards, Paulina left for Lagos without saying more words to Collins. When she left, Collins began to look for her every where in the hospital, even the hospitalβs staffs had no idea when she left.
Paulina was in tears as she head back to Lagos, she felt angry in her spirit. She kept reminscing on the past. Paulina remembered how much they suffered and how hard their mother worked. She thought on many times that she needed a father and how other children would refer to her and her siblings as βBastardsβ because no one knew their father.
The thoughts that their father had abandoned her and her siblings because of their gender and married another woman made her more angry. But suddenly, Collinβs words at the hospital began to echo on her mind.
βyour father is so sorry, he had no idea of what his brothers had done, they lied to him too and he was a fool to believe them, please forgive him, donβt allow your father die, please find a place in your heart to forgive himβ Collinβs words kept echoing in her mind.
βIs he really sorry? His brothers lied to him, I just donβ t understand all that Uncle Collins said at the hospitalβ Paulina had thought
Roland was out of danger and when he woke up, Collins told him that her second daughter saved him. Hot tears fell from his eyes.
βI owe her my life and I will do everything possible to reconcile with my daughters, they are more valuable to me than those useless sons of mine, I regret everything that I had done wrong and Iβm so ashamed. I have realized that every child can be valuable, irrespective of their gender, my sons will have been valuable too if they had a great mother like Agnes, ever since Agnes left my life, my life had never remained the same, I just hope God will show me Mercy, so I can be able to rewrite my wrongs.β Roland said in tears.
To Be Continuedβ¦β¦. .. .Β