The Darkest Hour - Season 2 - Episode 21

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The Darkest Hour - Season 2 - Episode 21

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The two girls were in the kitchen while David and the father concentrated on a T.V. programme in the sittingroom. After few minutes, Mrs Robinson arrived. She stared at the car packed outside besideher husband’s thinking that it was Sandra’s which activated a smile on her
face. She tied two expensive wrappers with a voluminous head-tie. She hurried into the house just to see David and her husband.

“Welcome, mum” David greeted.
“David, you never told me you’ll be coming home. I guess Sandra is inside” the mother said.

Hearing that, the husband glanced at her without a word.

“Mum, i didn’t come with Sandra” David replied.

“Then who did you come with?”
“With Udoka”
“The twin?”
“Yes, mum. They are in the kitchen”
Instantly Mrs Robinson frowned. As she wanted to rush into the kitchen, her husband called her back saying, “Come back here, woman! So Sandra or whatever u call her is much more important than me that i can’t even get a greeting from u anymore, okwa ya?”

Already, Udoka had heard their voices thereby increasing her heartbeat..

Total silence took over after Mr Robinson addressed his wife intrasitively for exhibiting an attitude of intrigue. Therefore she remained dumb staring at her husband while David felt the
intricacy of the tranquility.

“I’m sorry my husband” was the reply from Mrs Robinson thereby breaking the silence but her husband didn’t say anything rather averted his eyes from her.
Already, Ugonma had noticed how
scared Udoka was then suspended what she was doing and said, “You seem scared of something”

Udoka smiled at her in a factitious
manner. She concentrated again, yet said nothing.

“I know it has to do with my mother’s presence” Ugonma continued. “Don’t be scared, you’ll be use to her character”
Just as Ugonma finished talking, Mrs Robinson opened the kitchen forcefully thereby startling Udoka. There were two gas cookers in the kitchen, a sink with a running tap and one electric cooker that had an oven at it’s base. The walls of the kitchen had white ties which brightness illuminated the more due to a light from an electric white bulb.
“Welcome, mum” Ugonma greeted smiling at her mother who stood at the door still with a hand on the doorknob. Udoka was the next person to her. She stared at her maliciously without responding to her daughter’s greetings.

“Good evening, ma’am” Udoka greeted her too, yet she said nothing.
“Mummy, we are greeting you!” Ugonma shrieked then held her stomach coz the shout affected her wound. Instantly, Udoka turned and held her in a way to
reduce the pains.
“What have you done to my daughter?!” Mrs Robinson rushed inside. “Get your hands off her!” she pushed Udoka away.
Meanwhile, Ugonma had started
coughing staggering with her mother towards the door. When David and the father heard their voices, they ran to the kitchen just to see Udoka standing alone from behind.
“What’s the problem?” Mr Robinson queried.
“Asked the girl David came here with” the wife replied then the two men stared at Udoka who shook her head negatively and said, “I did nothing, sir”

Without saying a word, Mr Robinson left the kitchen angrily to his room while the wife took Ugonma to her room. Only David stood back still looking at Udoka
whose eyes engulfed with tears.
“David, i didn’t do anything” the tears finally dropped. “We greeted your mother but she refuse to answer. Therefore Ugonma shouted, probably forgetting that she’s not yet strong enough which resulted to this. To my surprise, your mother accused me to be the cause”

“Is okay” David dried her tears. As both went out from the kitchen, they bumped on Mrs Robinson who came out from Ugonma’s room. She stared at both of them then pushed forward.

“Mum, why are you behaving like this?” David interrupted her.
“David, ongini?” the mother turned. “Can’t you see that this girl is a bad luck?”

Hearing that, Udoka entered into the room to change up.