THE CATECHIST - Season 1 - Episode 15

6 years ago

THE CATECHIST - Season 1 - Episode 15

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THE BEST FRIEND

Ella and her mother was my only source of joy in lagos, they were everything to me, they make everything easier for me, am always happy anytime i leaves home for hawking because for sure i will be relieved of my pain And anguish. ‘ the gratitude to ones benefactor ought to know no end’.

Ella and her mother gave me joy that I needed, to the extent that they almost makes me forget the suffering i am encountering from my uncle and his wife .{Hmmmmmm those who looked at someone with disdain should be thanked many didn’t bother }.

There is not a single day that I will branch and ella place without eating, there house has become my second house or should I call it my first and real home in lagos, it was Ella mother who treated the cuts on my hand, thanks to them, my uncle and his wicked wife didn’t even bother talkless of caring. I didn’t tell you guys that my aunty burnt the clothes my uncle bought for me when mummy timo visited, immediately the woman left she asked me to bring everything outside, the most surprising one was that my uncle was watching when she burnt the clothes, he didn’t even do anything talkless of stopping his wife from burning the clothes. I was crazy inside, why is this woman wicked like this just ordinary clothes. Hmmmmmm well ‘ neither acts of kindness nor those of wickedness shall be lost’.

But that day was really a bad day for me ,i can’t but shed an uncontrollable tears, why is God so wicked to me, even if he wants to punish me it shouldn’t have be in this manner, it was like my my source of joy has dry, my hopes shattered, that day was really a bad day when Ella announced to me that they would be relocating to Edo state.

That day i and Ella met at our meeting joint before we go hawking even though she was late, in which i asked what cause her delayed, she replied me emotionally that she was helping her mother to pack some stuff at home, she said this staring at my eye. It was when we get to their house after hawking that she broke the sadden news for me.

Her mom was not at home when we arrived but we met our food waiting for us, i noticed that ella was just looking at me in a very strange manners throughout the lunch i wanted to question her but i kicked against it, well i truly love Ella she is my best friend, my hope and source of joy the truth is that without her i don’t know may be my condition would have been written off or i may even be dead. I love ella but i don’t know how to tell her i do, and more so i don’t want to do anything that will break our cordial relationship because i am now part of their family.

It was after the lunch that ella finally broke the news
” dayo i want to tell you something ” she said kneeling down . I was surprise by her strange attitude, why is she kneeling down, or is she trying to profess her love for me
” what and why are you kneeling down, please stand up don’t embarrass me your mom may enter at any time what will you say if she founds you on your knees ”

” let me kneel down like this i beg you ”

” then i think i should be going” i retorted

” okay ” she said as she stood up

” Dayo i don’t know how you will react to this but i believe that………. ”

” just tell me what is it” i cut her short

” we are relocating to Edo state ”
” what? ”

“yes i am sorry I should have tell you this since but i just Don’t know how to say it ” i was weak down from my heart, why would God do things like this to me why i calmed myself down

” so when will you be traveling ?”

“tomorrow ”

” Alright what time? ”

” around 10 the bus that want to carry us would have been around then ”

” i will be here before then to help you with your loads” i just feel like crying that moment but i control my tears Ella noticed the tears forming in my eye

” Dayo i am sorry i have long to tell you this”[/b] she said coming closer to me this time around

” Dayo ever since the first day i set my eye on you i fell in love with you” i was surprised at what ella is now saying

” but i want to tell you this that i will never forget you you have found a place in my heart ” she did the unexpected, she comes closer and planted a soft kiss on my lips , everything was blank for me that moment, ahe place the kiss again before she hugged me.

” Dayo i love you”

I couldn’t say anything thing but just to look in admiration. I was dumb throughout my remaining munites at ella house she noticed my countenance and smile.

Throughout the night i couldn’t sleep i was just thinking about ella, so she loved me so much like that

Everything that happened that evening was still like a dream to me. I get to know later that a childhood friend of her mom in edo state has gotten a better job for her mom and not only that she will be returning back to school. after about four hours of endless thought i finally slept off.
I showed up at ella place the next morning to help them packed their luggage inside the bus. I used the little time i had to speak my heart to ella

” Ella ,i want to thank for everything you have done for me, i will forever be grateful to you and your mom,” she smiles hearing me saying this

” and also i want to tell you that i love you so much beyond your imagination, you are my everything i LOVE YOU ” She hugged me before they finally left but not after we shared the our last emotional kiss.

Tears filled my eyes as there bus disappeared into the street, that day i didn’t sell much bottles which infuriates my aunty which leads to another round of insults. Hmmmmmm my source of joy [ Ella and her mother are gone ] .well I have to face the blurred future ahead of me