Joshua shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, his hands in his pockets. “You work in the media industry; you know how these things work. Anyway, it’s a long story, I am sure we will find out from Luyando what happened once she works up.”“What’s with your tone dad?” Tulani asked.“Tell him Joshua,” Ayanda said from behind them.“This is neither the time nor the place for this woman,” he curtly told his wife.Just then a nurse appeared to tell them they could see Luyando. “But we only allow two visitors at a time,” she said to the whole bunch that had started following her.Joshua turned to Ben. “I think she would want to see you first before she sees any of us.”“Heh?” Tulani was looking at his father in disbelief.“You
Martha slowly raised her eyes to look at her daughter. She could not keep the tears at bay anymore and so they came pouring out.“Mum,” Natasha’s eyes instantly became watery. She opened the door and reached out to her mother, pulling her into her arms.“What happened?” She asked.“Just hold me like this for a little while, don’t talk.” Martha said.“I won’t,” Natasha said.“I am so sorry,” Martha cried.Natasha wanted to ask her what she was sorry about but she kept her promise not to talk.Ten minutes later, mother and daughter were sitting in the kitchen.“Sean?” Martha asked.“Sleeping,” her daughter answered. “Aren’t you going to tell me what made you cry lik
Two days had gone by and Bernard had not returned home. He had stayed by his daughter’s bed side and refused to take a break so he could go home and freshen up. Martha, sensing that her husband would not be coming home any time soon, she woke up early on a Wednesday morning and prepared to visit the hospital.“I am coming with you,” Natasha told her mother when she walked into the kitchen.“Aren’t you supposed to be at work?” Martha was leaning against the kitchen island while she waited for her coffee to be ready.Natasha sat down on the stool closest to her mother. She still had her night gown on and the weave in her head appeared to have a voice of it’s on, an angry one at that.“I don’t have much to do this morning,” Natasha informed her mother. “I haven’t been ab
Luyando opened her eyes wide open. “Tulani would never say something like that about me!” for a person that had been looking broken and unable to move much a few seconds ago, she suddenly looked like she had too much life in her sitting up in bed like that.“How would you know that?” Natasha asked. “You don’t even know who he is. He told me that he hated having you in his family. How you appeared from nowhere and tried to take his parents away from him.”“You lying b---h!” Luyando shouted. “Tula would never say that!”“Oh but he did!” Natasha shouted. “You think he liked having you in their house but it was just pity. You keep holding on to the idea that he might one day tell you that he loves you…because how can he not when he accepted you into his life so easily? But that was never love. It was pity!”
Tulani had just finished talking on the phone with his son and was getting ready for bed when he heard a knock on the door. He dressed up again and went to check who might be visiting at such an ungodly hour.He was half-way though the living room when he realized it might be Luyando. He quickly rushed to the door and the video intercom by the side immediately confirmed his suspicions before he even opened the door.Tulani opened the door to a dishevelled and disoriented looking Luyando.“Where the hell have you been?” Tulani asked her right away. “We’ve been looking for you the whole day. Thought you went and did something crazy again.”“Aren’t you going to let me in?” Luyando asked, sounding too calm for someone as headstrong as her.Tulani stepped aside to let her in.“Can you give me
Tulani parked his car on the side of the road, a short distance away from his home and called Natasha to ask for her father’s number.“Have you found Luyando?” She asked him, thinking it could be the only reason he was asking for her father’s contact information a few minutes to midnight.After hearing about his daughter’s disappearance, Bernard had gone out to search for her wherever his feet would take him. Seeing the desperate state of her husband, Martha had had no choice but to accompany him on his search, afraid he might lose his mind from hopelessness.“Yes,” Tulani answered. “She’s at my place right now.”AdvertisementsReport this ad“I thought she might come there,” Natasha said, her voice dropping a few levels lower.
“They were fraternal twins,” Bernard explained.Martha could not hide her shock. For twenty years her husband had not mentioned anything about that. She had been under the impression that there were no secrets between them. Why hadn’t he mentioned anything to her before?“Tasila had a very troubled pregnancy,” Bernard explained. “She had a very weak immune system so her body easily gave in to a lot of diseases. She was sick most of the time and it seemed to get worse during her pregnancy. Something happened during delivery and we lost Chipego.“It was a boy. Luyando was a fighter so she came out first…but her brother wasn’t much of a fighter.” He closed his eyes as if to keep the pain of the whole experience shut in the past where it belonged.“Chipego gave his mother a hard time and by the time he finally came out, i
Luyando was fully awake now.Still, he got up again and tried to go to her but she was waving her arms in front of her to keep him away.“Don’t you touch me!” She yelled at him.Ben took a step back, his hands raised in the air.“Who the hell do you think you are coming here?” Her words were as jiggly as the legs she was standing on. “It’s your fault that all this is happening,” she accused him, unsteadily pointing her finger at him. “It’s your fault that no one wants to love me. How can they love me?” she scoffed. “How can they love me when my own father hates me? You blame me for mum’s death don’t you?”“No, no, no,” Ben forgot about staying away from her and tried to reach for her hand.“Don’t!” She shouted.
Every relationship goes through challenges every now and then but the way we handle such challenges is what truly matters. Some couples come out stronger than before while the reverse is the case for other couples. In Ace and Belinda’s case, they had hit a major rock that could have crushed their marriage and make their differences irreconcilable but it’s quite commendable how they scaled through with little or no permanent damages. To top everything up, their marriage reconciliation was sealed and blessed with an additional bundle of joy. All Glory to God!The news of Belinda’s 4 weeks pregnancy was a mind blowing one for the couple whose marriage almost hit rock bottom. The fact that they had been trying for a long time to have another baby since the birth of their first seed ‘Davi
One relieving thing about life is that everything happens for a reason and they are usually aimed for our good. No matter the situation one finds his or herself in, there’s always a tiny bit of God’s will in that situation; whether good or bad. It could be that God wanted to reunite Ace with his two sons and also strengthen his marriage union with Belinda. Things might have fallen out between the couple but one thing we can’t dispute is that the crisis also rekindled their stale and dying love for each other. Not to also forget, the crisis also brought two lovely brothers together and it was evident that they would eventually be in each other’s life once everything was settled between both parents. What a thing of joy indeed!On seeing the beautiful reaction from Junior and David, th
“Babe, are you OK in there?” Ace curiously inquired but no one replied. He knocked on the door twice before he heard a sound of someone sobbing. Immediately Ace heard his wife crying, he opened the bathroom door and saw her helplessly lying on the floor. “Babe stop this now, please stop doing this to yourself. I have spoken to the DPO about this new development and he assured me that a search will begin first thing in the morning. This town and nation is too small for Rita to hide effectively with our son. She might have ran far away but will definitely be caught, just trust me babe. I don’t like seeing you this way; It’s killing me” he gently said.After those words of comfort left Ace’s mouth, Belinda’s began to feel a little better. Ace walked to where she was lying naked and held
Despite the fact that Rita was less privileged, she was one step ahead in the game. It turns out that while Ace was making arrangements to reclaim his child, Rita was packing to elope from her compound. It took her just 2 days to totally disappear from the compound to an unknown location and territory.The day of the operation came and police officers invaded the compound with over 5 hefty men in uniform. Belinda and Ace were present and very ready to take back their son.Just so you know, Junior was still well taken care of and Belinda still saw him as her child; nothing had changed. They actually planned on giving Rita 50/50 cu
The bond and connection between a mother and her child can not be fathomed. A woman might not be sure of anything in her life but not when it comes to her feelings for her child. Belinda needed no seer to tell her that David was her 6 year old lost son because the confirmation was vivid in her heart and spirit. Without the approval or consultation of Rita, she made her way to her son and gave him the warmest hug he had ever received since his existence. That beautiful action and sight brought tears to Ace’s eyes while Rita was still confused on what was going on. It was truly about to go down that fateful day because so many secrets where about to be uncovered.“What is going on here? What do you mean by what you just told my son? Ace what have you come to my house to do after all these years I tried to contact y
When they arrived home, Belinda was about to open the car door but Ace locked it from the control lock that was at his own door end. “Babe please let’s talk before we go in. There’s so much happening now and I guarantee it is out to destroy our marriage” Ace soberly said and before he could talk further, Belinda hushed him. “Don’t ever pretend like we are OK because we are not; I repeat, we are not OK! How can you do this to me? What did I do to deserve such back-to-back betrayal from you? My own child is somewhere out there and all the comfort I can get from you is the news that you cheated on me? What kind of husband are you? See, till I find my child and get to the root of this matter, just leave me the hell alone” she said and banged the door behind her.On thing was clear that evening and it was the fact tha
One minute of pleasure can lead to a lifetime of problems. If only Ace knew that his ‘One Night Stand’ with Rita would result to an unwanted pregnancy that will in-turn cause a lifetime damage to his union with Belinda, then I guess he would have zipped up his trouser and commanded the Devil to Flee. Majority would say the ‘Baby Switch’ was fate, but do you think such an incident would have happened in the first place if Rita didn’t give birth at that same moment Belinda did? A little twist could have prevented that switch but it’s quite unfortunate that everything turned out the way it did.It’s so funny how people with the worst secrets and skeletons in their cupboard are usually the first to suspect or point accusing fingers on an innocent person. Out of the abundance of the conte
Since that day, Belinda still haven’t gotten herself due to what happened back at the hospital. She barely spoke to anyone asides her son and always isolated herself from Ace. She hated him for putting her through everything she was presently going through. The fact that he was the one that instigated everything concerning the ‘DNA Test’ made her hold him accountable for the misery she was feeling.Countless times, the scared married man tried to make peace with his wife and rekindle their love but all to no avail. Belinda kept pushing Ace away and never wanted to hear anything from him because she was dealing with a lot of emotional trauma as she anticipated the final DNA Test results. They both kept their fingers crossed till the results finally came out.
Most times, the first person to get to the police station isn’t always the one that wins the case. An innocent mind fears no accusation, but a guilty person is usually up on it’s toes in fear. The unbelievable revelation by the doctor, as regards Belinda not being the true mother of her son of 6 years was alot to digest. Like how on earth is that even possible? How can Ace DNA Test result come out Positive while Belinda’s own came out Negative? How can the dots be connected and figured out? Well, it’s apparent that the truth was no longer far fetched, as every hidden secret was about to be uncovered. Deep down in the doctor’s mind, he had already figured what could have went wrong but he didn’t want to attack the confused couple with questions or intense probing. The atmosphere was tensed already so the doctor figured