Tejumola - Season 1 - Episode 9

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Tejumola - Season 1 - Episode 9

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The next morning after breakfast, I told the
woman my story.

She intoduced herself as Lina, she was
touched by my story.

She offered me a job as her househelp
which I readily accepted.

Lina was a wonderful woman in her early
thirties. She lived alone in her mansion,
though I wondered why.

She treated us as a family, enrolled Eniola
into school and all.

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Life went on sweetly for us, we’ve spent
almost 8 months with Lina.

I was in my room one day counting my
savings, Lina paid me really well and I also
make some money out of the money for
house upkeeps.

“One..two..three…”I counted the naira notes
loudly.

I summed it up.

“One hundred and fifty thousand?”I gasped
I shook my head disbelievingly and
recounted the money again.

“Wonderful!”I exclaimed.
“So Tejumola Benson can have this huge
money?”I asked myself again.

I did some dance steps happily.

I heard someone giggling, I turned to see
Eniola, she must have been watching for
long now.

“You, why are laughing like that.?”I feigned
a frown.

“Nothing.”she laughed some more.
“come here”I beckoned to her, and walked
towards me.

I held her gently, looking at her all over, my
baby was growing fast.

“Mummy, why are you looking at me like
that?”she was smiling, her dimples
showing.

I shook my head gently, she looked just like
David, her eyes, the lashes, the thick hair,
those lips…

“Mummy!”she pouted.
“Sorry”I said absent mindedly, tucking my
savings under my pillow, I’d take it to the
bank tomorrow.

“Sorry!”Eniola mimicked me.
She reminded me of my past trouble
making.

“hey! Don’t be like mummy!”I chided her.
She laughed again.

“here lil’ princess”I placed her on my laps.
She froze momentarily.

“Mummy? Am I a princess?”she asked
looking confused.

“Yea baby.”
“My daddy is a King?”she asked innocently.
“Yes.”I laughed.

“Wow!”she jumped off my laps.
“mummy why don’t I see him? He doesn’t
like me?”she asked again.

“Your daddy loves you”I wasn’t sure I said
that.

“I’ve never seen him before, has he seen me
before?”her voice was low.

“Now, baby, that’s enough.”I tried to hold
her.

“Mummy, I wish I can see my daddy, my
friend in school have a daddy, he buys her
icecream…and…”her voice trailed off in
despair.

I was shocked, Eniola has never spoken that
way before. I was short of words..

“Eniola, go and play!”I told her, atleast to
end this discussion.

“No mummy, I can’t play.”her eyes glinted, I
saw the pains in there.

“Baby..whats going on..?”I whispered,
“Mummy, I want to tell you
something…”she searched my eyes.
“Talk, mummy is listening.”
she hesitated.

“C’mon sweerie..”I urged her.
“Mummy…Its Akpan..”she started.
Akpan? Akpan was Lina’s gateman. I
sensed trouble.

“Mummy?”
“I’m listening, baby talk to mummy.”I
assured her.

“he use to catch me if I’m playing.”she
flipped.

“Catch you? As how?”i was confused.
“He use to hold me and tell me to come and
play with him, he use to rub my head
and….”she hesitated.

“Baby, go on,”I was losing my patience.
She didn’t speak again, she had fear written
all over her face.
“baby mi, tell mummy”I said soothingly.
“I…I…today in the morning..he catch me
again…he now put his hand inside myp@
nts…it pain me very well…I now started
crying…he now say I should not tell my
mother”she concluded.

I could’nt believe what I heard…the whole
world came to a stand still… I looked at
Eniola, her face full of sorrow and pain, that
look was to much for a five year old.
“Mummy sorry..”she sniffed
I never noticed she was crying.

Akpan dared took advantage of my
daughter’s innocence.
Na curse?!!

“Akpan!”I yelled as I stamped out of my
room.

“Akpan o…where are you Murderer!”
“Mummy!”Eniola tugged at my skirt.
I didn’t look at her, I would show Akpan he
tampered with my Jewel….I’ll castrate him