HER CHILDREN

She hailed a taxi quickly and went away.She doesn’t want anyone to see her in the hospital premises.

What is she going to do now?She doesn’t know the man who got her pregnant nor is she financially buoyant enough to take care of herself and her unborn baby.

That evening, the doctor called Nicole again and told her he would like to see her that evening at the ‘King Restaurant’.He pleaded and Nicole agreed to meet him at 8:00 pm.

Two days later, Rose returned from the grocery store and she went to call Nicole out of her room.

She had persuaded her to come with her to the grocery store but she had refused.She quite understood that she did not want any member of the Elias family to see her especially Timothy’s end.

She would be resuming work the next morning,hence they needed to talk about how her first day at work was going to look like.

She had only worked in her family’s business.She hadnt really worked elsewhere and she needed someone to tell her how it was to be an employee.

Rose dialled Nicole’s mobile number and it was switched off.She waited for a while before she decided to check her in the guest room.

But Rose got in and didn’t meet Nicole,she felt something wasn’t right.Why does she feel the room is deserted?

Nicole went out?Why didn’t she come along with her?Well,she would wait till she returns.

A message beeped into her phone and Rose checked it when she saw it was from Nicole.

She was dazed when she read the content of the message.She sank into the bed and started sobbing.

Why didn’t she confide in her before taking the steps she took?Was she complaining about accommodating heer?

Her Mom and brother had no problem with Nicole liviing wih them.Why then did she do what she did?Rose was sobbing.

She didn’t know for how long she stayed in the guest room but when she went out after she heard her mother arrive she saw time had flew.

When Rose’s mother saw her daughter,she was surprised.Rose had been crying for a while .What happened to her?

She went to her daughter and placed her hands on her shoulder and forced her to look at er in the face.

“What’s making you sob child?You can tell mommy and I promise to help you in a little way I can”her mother coaxed her.

She didn’t say anything but handed her phone to her mother to look at the content of the message Nicole had sent.

Rose’s mother collected the phone and read the contents of the message.Her eyes became dark and she glanced at her daughter.

What kind of a message was this?

What does Nicole mean by her actions and the message she sent.Why would she think so unhealthy about them?

Rose’s mother became sobered.Has she done something that makes Nicole feel uncomfortable?Or had she said anything that made her feel unwelcome?

For the rest of the day,Rose ,her mother and brother were very much unhappy.They never expected that things would end this way or that Nicole would one day leave them without a genuine reason for  doing that.

Four years later

Nicole walked out of the airport in a blue suit and pants.She wore dark glasses and her hair flew as the breeze blew.

She held her kids,each on each hand and looked around her.The city is still as busy and bustling like it was four years ago that she left.

The people were the same and the climatic condition has never changed as well.But there’s only one thing that has changed her personality.

She’s taken life and accepted what it has given her.She learnt to be strong and determined.She’s become strong and wiser than she was four years ago.

Her boys were looking so adorable.She wonderd who their father was.The man must have been someone handsome who is capable of making heads turn in his direction.

Other passengers kept staring at the two boys and many touched their chin.Some blew kisses and others just waved at them with smiles.

Nicole likes styling their hair to the two cut types and it makes them look charming and domineering.They have thin lips and a full shaped round forehead.

They have a V-shaped jaw line with a medium pointed nose.Their eyes are big and they have fair skin.

Nicole often wonders how handsome her boys are.She would look out to see if perhaps she found someone who has a similar feature like her boys.Such a person might br their father or relative.

“Mum,this is our city?”Tim asked.He is the eldest of the twins and sometimes behaves as the eldest to his identical twin brother Leon.

“Yes sweetheart.We’ll be home soon”Nicole assured as she hailed a taxi and got their luggage inside.

She gave the taxi driver the adress to Rose’s mother’s place.She had left without giving a genuine reason,she would have to go there first before getting her own accommodations.

Rose soon heard a car horn stop infront of her home.She peeped out to see who the person was and only saw a handsome boy step out of the car.

She cant help but admire how handsome the little fellows is.Next,another boy came looking exactly like the first one she saw.She squinted and became serious staring outside her window.

Her mother noticed her seriousness and asked that she should stop poking her nose where it doesn’t belong.She can go out and see who is arriving.

They lived with neighbors,it could be one of them that has a guest.But suddenly,Rose jumped and screamed “Nicole!”

Rose’s mother and brother rushed forward and peeped out too.They saw Nicole and quickly opened the door.When they saw Nicole pay the taxi driver and turn to face her friend’s family,shethrew herself in Rose’s mother’s arms.

“I missed you Aunt”Nicole said and her eyes became teary,Rose’s mother held her in a hug for a long tme during which Rose went to the quietly standing boys and led them.

“Are you Miss Rose?”Leon asked,looking forward to meeting his mom’s best friend.

Rose nodded her head and said yes.Nicole turned and said “There’s a lot to catch up on” she watched as Rose carried Tim on her shoulders and her brother carried Leon on his.

She dragged a few luggage but Rose’s mother said her son would return to take them in.It was a happy reunion to be with Rose and her family again.

The twins were embraced by Rose’s mother.She couldn’t express her happiness when she was seeing Nicole after a few years.

“Where have you been?”Rose asked.Nicole left and said she was going away to become a stronger woman.She needed space and Rose shuoldnt be worried about her.

“I went to country X.I’m sorry Rose I left the way I did.I couldn’t think of a better alternative and telling you what was happening,you and Aunt might not want me to leave,that’s why I left when no one was at home to stop me”Nicole apologised.

They didn’t ask her any more questions.The kids were here and they needed to apply caution.Nicole settled in the guest room from where she had travelled and soon Rose’s mother prepared dinner for them.

After dinner ,Nicole read night stories for her kids while Rose stayed and watched her sing the children tosleep.She smiled ,her frined has ecome a mother.

Nicole saw her friend smiling and looking at the kids then she smiled too.Seeing people looking at the boys and smiling has not been new to her anymore.

When they were babies,she can’t remember the number of people or timmes people pleaded that she let them carry them.Many of them gave them gifts,money and brought them clothes.

She knows those boys are cute and anyone who sees them likes them a lot.

“I know they are your sons without being told.Was it that incident that led to their pregnancy?”Rose asked.

Nicole nodded and stood up pulling Rose along wih her to the sitting room.She was going to tell everyone how it went with her for the past four years.

Rose’s mother knew Nicole was going to tell them things after the kids fell asleep.She was not surprised when she saw Rose and Nicole walking out hand  in hand.

Nicole sat down and Rose opposed her.Rose’s brother Adrien had gone out for a computer game with his friends.

“I’ll never stop thanking you Aunt and Rose for being my support in the darkedst hour of my life.I bellieve there will never be a time that I will experience such thick darkness like I did four years ago.

I discovered I was pregnant when I went to the hospital for a check up.I didn’t know what to do at the time.I don’t have money,no job and I don’t know the one who got me pregnant.