‘ What a disloyalty from mom! When I read that in her lines from the letter she wrote me in my university days, I dropped down in tears. I came to know clearly that things have fallen apart. For my part, I don’t feel comfortable bearing our fathers name under his roof. I did not abandon you as you may think, but you are too far to be reached. I wrote severally to you and sent them through mom and she told me she delivered them to you. I wasn’t so happy when she wrote and told me that you could not yet be found anywhere and that those letters are with her. I am not happy you are this way. It does not speak volume of the son of whom you are. However, I think it is all the sacrifice you are making to keep us in one footing. I am deeply sorry P. We shall make amend and now that I am here, I will do anything to make your grievances go as soon as practicable”. “You talked well and straight from your heart, I guess you know as well as I do that, we need each other to achieve our common goals. I have been in a bad place in my entire early life until now. It is a risk; I am bearing alone. You have made me believe at least that you are a real brother who understands the feeling I am into. I am not against anything and anybody. I am only against our mother’s romance with men who killed her lover – our own father. She dined, laugh, and sleep in their bed. She had found home in the midst of men who took even a pin that father left for us accusing him of what he was not guilty of. He was tried and probed at death, which you know is against the rule, and confiscated all we had and till now he could not be probed nor tried justly only that they have put a seal to anything connected to him. Remember how he died, he died while on duty and a very painful death at that. Remember too that it would take a very confident man with a large and overriding zeal to serve, to accept a position from a government that did not recognize him when he mostly needed it”. He said and lowered his face to the floor. “ I too understand your grievances P. We were only kids but I keep those memories with me. To seal more of the things they did , they bundled us abroad were we had all our education. It was not bad anyway, we have learned how to manage that silly. A child of today would tomorrow be an old man. We have grown to feel the pain, the loss, the humiliation, the tricks played to seal his belongings unjustly, and the tort committed against father. But brother, you should also understand that the sun rises when the darkness gives way and so darkness descends when sun goes home. The death of father really brought us to limelight and opens our eyes to the sad realities of electoral process of this nation. We had at least known the enemies of our empire and those who pretend to love us. They deserted us and even his intimate friends must have played a big role is reducing us to nothing. Now is time to think straight. We shall go for a restoration process. I do not want you to believe that I love where you made your home. Mother should be our target and we shall claim her back soon not even at her will. Already I have had telephone calls from Ukala and Dele and they agree to come home as soon as possible to see you, though I know they are easily influenced by Uka and mother, but we shall have to try, we shall have to involve them whole and entire. But if mother should not agree to the idea of coming home to join us, we shall have to continue giving her our support from anywhere we are, for she remains our mother. However, if we can succeed, we would be happy. That was why I have declined many offers from Mr. Ribadau. I don’t want to give in to his tricks.” “That is very thoughtful of you Mosi. I watched the live telecast of Uka’s appointment as the new FEC chairman yesterday over the television. I nearly cried. I am proud I have you as a brother who really understands'. He had some points. He was becoming more human, maybe reasonable and approachable.
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