Bloody Revenge

Let me be your comedian

Epic 7

"It is Benjamin''. I said angrily while referring to Dinma.

“I understand the fact that you are angry at the moment, but you need to calm down, you don't have to retaliate with anger, you might make a mistake”. Dinma advised.

I was trying to calm my nerves when mama went into the ward.

“You are back?”. I said as she had left earlier to inquire when I will be discharged.

“Yes, the doctor said we can leave anytime if you want to, that you are totally fine, just that you were hit by a shock”. Mama said 

“Ow! Okay, I think it will be best if we leave now”. I said while trying to stand up, Dinma helped me up as I found it a little difficult to stand on my own.

“What about papa?”. I asked.

“He is at home, he is getting some rest”. Mama replied and we all started going home.

Dinma followed me home, she wanted to stay back but got an emergency call from home.

“I will see you later big sis, please try to eat something and get enough rest, please!!! Our baby needs it, do take care”. She said while hugging me before finally going.

Benjamin kept calling me, but I didn't pick up the call. 

“Why aren't you picking up the call? You don't have to be mad at everybody, pick up”. Mama who kept noticing my ignorance towards the call complained.

I didn't want her to notice that it was Benjamin calling for me to come back, so, I had to pick up the call.

“Hello! Good evening” I said while trying to sound polite.

“I see you are trying my patients, and want to know the extent to which I can go, right? You better bring back my child before I do something drastic”. Benjamin said in a threatening tone over the phone.

I wanted to shout back at him, but mama was still there, she kept observing my moves and facial reaction toward the call.

“Um! Sorry I don't seem to understand what you are saying, I will get back to you later. Thanks for understanding”. I said and ended the call.

Mama noticed the anxiety on my face and gave me a little privacy, and I immediately called Benjamin back.

“What is the meaning of what you just said, what are you insinuating?”. I said immediately after he picked up the call.

“Wow! Here comes my smart wife, just a few moments ago, you pretended not to know who you were talking to, who were you with huh! You don't want them to know the truth that you left on your own”. He said and started laughing.

“Don't sound stupid for you are already stupid enough, I wish I knew the biggest mistake I was making then, by accepting you as my husband how stupid and unreasonable I was, thinking that everything was working according to God's will”. I said as my voice gradually changed, I was weeping slowly, regretting the decision I took over the years.

“Yeah! What a submissive Christian sister, insulting her husband yet covering her head all the time and acting holy, it only takes grace to know the true worshipers of God''. He said while making his voice more thunderous and annoying.

“You better don't bring in Christianity into this, give respect to whom it is due, you don't in any way deserve my respect, so...". I said disrespectfully.

"I don't give a damn about what you are saying, just know that I am coming back for my baby", He said and ended the call.

How can I allow myself to be intimidated in such a manner émi!!! Angel( me!!! Angel) it is not possible.

I would rather lose the last drop of my blood than let Benjamin take my baby away from me. I gnashed my teeth in pain.

What nonsense! 

What audacity! I gave Benjamin enough resting hands, all because I am a Christian right? Wow! What a Christian sister indeed, allowing someone else to manipulate his way into my life and claiming ownership over it, and wanting to know what I can do as a Christian.

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I kept hustling my way in. 1998 gave me all the pleasantries of life. I gave birth to my first baby girl, she looked so much like dad, one could say she is a reincarnation of him, I gave her the name Lisa. 

I can not easily forget what happened that very night of my childbirth, I don't know who informed Benjamin about it, he came to the hospital to create a scene. I was very weak and tired then, I couldn't struggle my way out of the labor room.

With that, I told the Doctors not to allow him to come in, and if anything happens to my baby, they will be held responsible. They saw how serious I was, they had to make Benjamin leave. I wasn't able to go back home the next day, I was not in a good condition, so the doctor advised me to stay back.

To my greatest surprise, my real mum visited me. I didn't want her to see my baby, but it was already late, as she came unexpectedly.

"What do you want?", I queried immediately after I saw her coming inside the ward.

"What question is that? I came to see my granddaughter, of course, awn! She looks so much like her grandfather". She said while touching her chick. 

"Don't touch my baby". I muttered in pain.

She only paused a little, rolled her eyes, and carried her up from the cabin. 

My heartbeat quickly surpassed its normal beat.

I tried struggling my way down, but the pain was much, just immediately, Dinma came in.

"What are you doing with her?", Dinma said immediately while dragging Lisa away from her.

"Wow! Here comes my little lioness, bold and fearless. Guess your foster parents aren't treating you fine, I can see you have lost some humor". She said while dusting her hands as Dinma took Lisa away from her.

"I do not know you, it will be wrong to possess what belongs to another person". Dinma had echoed.

"Yeah! I don't expect you to know me, you were tender and lovely when you last saw me". She said while sitting down on one of the hospital chairs.

"I don't think you know me either, because I was, and will never be lovely, it is easy to describe someone you don't know especially when you have never seen their reaction", Dinma said angrily.

Still silent, I observed the two closely, as the dialogue between them emerged.

"Wow! what reaction?`` Mum said.

"This reaction". Dinma said as she carried the glass of water on the table and poured her.

I could feel the orders. She was immediately captured by bodyguards.  But mum asked them to let her go.

"I guess I deserve this, for not giving you the proper upbringing you need if I had trained you myself…". She said,

"We will both be happy sleeping around with men, what other training can you ever offer?", Dinma said while interrupting her.

I could feel the peak of pain in her, she was trying to act cool, but I could feel every burning heat in her.

Just immediately, Lisa started crying, Dinma brought her to me.

I immediately carried her to breastfeed her. But, she still kept on crying uncontrollably.

"She doesn't cry this way, can't you see she is afraid of you, what evil have you come along with? the incense of your spirit is too awful for the baby, if you don't mind, please do leave us alone". Dinma said as she opened the door for our mum, and gave her space to leave the room.

She was very angry, her eyes were getting cloudy, but she had to control it, she didn't want to be seen as a loser.

Immediately, without words, she left with her bodyguards, while facing down. 

"Don't you think you were too harsh on her?". I said to Dinma who was angrily tapping her feet.

“What was too harsh? Too harsh on a mother who abandoned us to suffer, I laid down at the hospital in pain, not even for a day did she care to come to visit and you want me to be nice to her, really!!!”. Dinma said angrily. I could see where her anger was coming from. Yeah! She didn't try. 

“I understand your pain, everything will be fine trust me”. I said while panting Lisa, trying to make her stop crying.

“I don't like that word”. She said and angrily left the room. While she was leaving mama came in immediately.

“What is wrong with your sister?". She asked over noticing Dinma's action.

"Our mum visited, so, they had a little argument". I told mama who shuffled her head.

"What is wrong with Lisa? Why is she crying?". Mama asked while carrying her. She sang a few songs for her while shaking her a little, which made her stop crying.

I watched Mama and Lisa display their mother-to-daughter love before I finally slept off subconsciously. I was later woken up by the doctor who came to observe my body system, before finally letting me know that I can go back home by the next day.

I was excited because I was already getting tired of the hospital.

We got home the next day, mama has already beautified my room. It wasn't looking like it any longer. Dinma came back with us, as she promised to stay longer with me, before finally going home. We all had a fun-filled night, as papa gave Lisa a grand arrival. Lisa did give me a break, as she slept like the baby that she was. 

Something strange happened in the morning after Lisa's arrival, we all woke up to a happy morning, only for our day to be turned sour by Benjamin.

To our greatest surprise, Benjamin came to the house very early in the morning only to create a scene, he was on the verge of taking Lisa away from me, I was very scared, as he vowed on taking the case up to court, I knew he would certainly win as I have no money to bribe or get a good lawyer. There was no other option left than for me to sell Lisa, I would rather sell her than let that animal in human form take my baby away from me. Mama and Papa agreed on the idea, but I gave Lisa a mark before selling her out.

Before the next day, arrangements were already made. 

I couldn't stand seeing my daughter being sold, I had to leave the environment. I kept on crying till nothing was left.

When I got home, I saw the sad faces everyone was wearing. When Benjamin came the next day, we told him Lisa had a high fever and died.

He didn't believe the story, he demanded her grave, we showed it to him, of course, it was already planned.

Benjamin's reaction after seeing the grave made everyone's mouth agape. He laughed so much that we got confused.

“What are you guys thinking, that I Benjamin will believe such a fairytale, get me a shovel, I am going to dig up this grave”. He said while still laughing.

I looked at mama surprised, and she nodded her head, we went ahead to get a shovel for Benjamin which he used in digging up the grave and found a dead body inside, which made him believe the whole story, of course, he doesn't know what Lisa looks like, so he had to believe the tale.

“How cruel and wicked you are even in the grave, you couldn't pay my daughter her last respect, all because of your selfish desires”. I cried out and left the place, the same thing with everyone who came.

I got home, with a lot of thoughts running down my head.

I got a call from my wrecked mother.

“Hi!”. I said a bit politely.

“Seems someone has changed so fast, I heard the big story, which is why I called”. She said while pausing.

“What story?”. I demanded.

“The beautiful story made up by you about my granddaughter being dead, I know she isn't, you just made up the story to deceive your husband and because you can't care for her”, she said.

“I don't know what you are saying, and I can't remember ever harboring your grandchild, so, do stay out of my life and my business as well”. I said while shouting at her.

“Wow! Impressive, I never knew selling a baby is a business now, no matter how you want to deceive the world over my grandchild, just know I will never believe you, neither will that beautiful damsel forgive you, I can't believe you can be this wicked, why then were you pretending of being a saint?”. She said as I got angry and ended the call. I couldn't stop crying, I wish papa hadn't died so early, things would have been lots easier, and I wouldn't have made such a terrible mistake.

Just immediately Dinma entered the room.

“I heard you scream over the phone, she called right?”. She said while sitting close to me, I just nodded my head in pain.

“Yeah, she did, and she isn't making things easy”. I said while crying.

“You shouldn't have given her a room, you do know the kind of words she vomits, why don't you just block her line?”. Dinma said annoyed.

“I have done so a lot of times yet she keeps calling me with a different number, I am really tired, I just want to die”. I said as tears kept pouring down my eyes.

“Seriously! You want to die huh! Why don't you do so, immediately”. Dinma said very annoyed.

“I am sorry”, I muttered.

“It is fine, why don't you stand up, dry your eyes, shower, wear a little make-up, and look pretty, as usual, then you follow me, let's go have some good time together”. Dinma said while dragging me up.

“I won't accept no! As an answer, so you better stand your ass up”. She said while managing to stand me up from the bed.

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It was a fun-filled night, as Dinma took me to a comedy night. As much as what the comedian said was extremely funny, I still couldn't be happy. All my mind, body, and spirit were on Lisa. I didn't see the family that adopted my baby, I don't even know their capacity, what if she isn't feeding well? I just regret every one of my actions. I wish I never sold her out, I wish I never did that! I could feel her sweet little lips, I could feel her angelic laughter, her beautiful blue eyes, every scent of her. I just want to go home, things being worse, I saw another woman carrying her baby, and laughing over the comedy show. I just needed space, Dinma was already being carried away by the comedy.

“Excuse me”, I said over to the lady sitting close to me as I stood up to leave.

Just immediately, Dinma dragged my hand and with a low tone she said;

“Where are you going?”. 

“On the balcony, I need some fresh air”. I muttered back.

“Okay! Call me if need be”. She muttered again while letting me go.

“Sure”. I said and left the place.

While I was outside on the balcony, I kept looking at the stars. They were so beautiful. Just immediately, a waiter passed by, and I took a drink from the tray that she was carrying.

“Thanks”. I said to the waiter as I took the drink.

“Welcome”, was his response.

Focusing my attention back on the stars, while walking diligently around the rail, I mistakenly spilled my drink on someone while missing my step.

“I am so sorry, I didn't mean to do that”, I apologized immediately while trying to clean his clothes with my handkerchief.

“Ow! It's fine, it's already damaged, maybe I would have to pull this off”. He said while pulling his shirt, being left with only his singlet.

“I am Micheal by name, do you mind if I know yours?”. He said.

“Um! Sure, I am Angel”. I said while responding to his hands which he brought out for a handshake.

“Wow! That is such a nice name, do you mind being my guardian angel tonight?”. He said which made me let out a little smile.

“I don't mind”, I said while laughing.

“That's cool, so what brought you here tonight?”. He asked.

“My sister, she brought me for the comedy show”. I said, a bit shy.

“Wow! Comedy show I see, what then are you doing outside, or aren't you a fan of comedy?”. He asked surprised.

“Of course, I just wanted to cool off a bit, I wasn't flowing with the comedy”. I said snapping off the shyness now.

“Are you for real! Is the comedy that boring?”. He asked.

“No! Not at all, I believe you can hear people's laughter from here, a lot was going on in my head, so I wasn't concentrating, which was why I came out”. I said.

“Okay, what if I become your comedian tonight so that your ticket fee doesn't go to waste?", He asked.

"Okay! No problem, ``I said, smiling.

Seriously, Michael did make my night memorable, he is such a sweet funny guy, he got to tell me a little about him, while we hoped for more on a fixed date.

Dinma interrupted the conversation, which was where I had to bid him goodbye.

" Hope to see you again, my Guardian Angel", He said smiling.

"Sure", I said with a lovely voice.

"Who is that hot dude sis?", Dinma the gossip asked.