THE K1LLER’S KNIFE
The K1ller’s Knife – Episode 41
Mother has just emptied the dirty water she washed clothes with on my body.
She poured the all the dirty water on my body while I was still kneeling and pleading for her forgiveness
I jolted up from my kneeling position to look at myself. Everything from my head down to my clothes was entirely soaked and dripping of smelly dirty water.
” What!!!!!!!!!!” Angie shouted very loud while Erica covered her mouth in shock
I couldn’t even believe it myself. I was just standing there speechless looking at my soaked clothes in bewilderment
From her facial expression it is obvious that mother was not remorseful at all and she made it known in her words
She looks satisfying at me, proud of what she did.
She looked at me with a håtëful stare and said
” That serves you right! Leave this house and never come back here again! I håtē you Jacob and I regret the day I gave birth to you. Get out now before I lay a cμrse on you and your unborn generation!” Mother fired as she threw the now empty bucket of water at me. I narrowly dodged it and the bucket landed on the ground beside me
” Please mother stop this. Haven’t you pushed him away enough…? Why are you always keeping us apart from our brother as though what he has done is so grâvé…?” Angie shouted ângríly which got me confused on if mother has told them my wrong deed or if she hasn’t
” Shut up Angie and go inside both of you. Jacob is your brother quite alright but he ceased to be addressed as that four years ago! I disowned him as a part of this household and so he is déâd to us” Mother uttered eyeing me seriously and looking at me in disgust
Erica is the one who spoke next and from what she said, I got to understand that mother hasn’t told them what I did to father. I felt instantly relieved! Meaning that it’s only mother that I will have to plead with not three people.
” Angie is right in asking mother. Why are you sending Jacob away from here…? What exactly has he done to you that is so hard to let go…?”
” That’s none of your business Erica. Take your sister inside right now!”
” That’s what you always tell us mother. You keep saying that what he did is none of our business yet you are getting us affected by everything happening between you two! Do you even understand what this does to our mental health…?” Angie asked with a shaky voice as if she wants to start crying
” Yes mother… either you tell us what Jacob did to you or you leave him alone already! I don’t know about Angie but I Erica is not moving an inch from this place!” Erica said defensively and her boldness sort of wowed me
My youngest sister is this bold to defend me…? Wow! It seems I have missed out on a lot especially on seeing them grow!
” Me too mother. I am going nowhere! Jacob is our brother and we have all rights to be close to him except he says otherwise” Angie said to mother. She then turned to face me and asked me a question I found to be really funny
” So Jacob let me ask you…do you not want us close to you as our brother…?” Erica was the one who asked me this
I was silent because I wasn’t in the mood to talk. Not with the present situation of things and the fact that I was beginning to catch a cold with my wet clothes. But seeing their expectant eyes, I chuckled before responding to her question
” Erica I want you and Angie close to me. I also want mother to forgive me and be close to me too” I answered sincerely
” You see mother…? He says that we still have rights to him as a senior brother!” Erica said bringing out her tongue in an attempt to playfully taunt mother
I smiled at her boldness, easygoingness, and fun nature. I’m glad she grew into a jovial girl.
None of what father did to them affected them negatively
I remember everything like yesterday, we were all mâltreated like an!mals, father doesn’t care to know if we’re alive or dëād.
Erica almost d!ed after father hit her and she landed in the hospital and needed a blood transfusion
We all escaped d£âth by chance.
Mother suffered great deal, húrtful words, inhumane actions, cürses, several fl0gging, béâting and råpping.
She suffered a great deal and could’ve been a déâd woman if not for Flora who disagreed with father’s plans.
I didn’t just håte father for bëãting or húrting my sisters and I
I hâted him so much for hårting mother and treating her like tråsh.
I was deeply traumatized with all that happened and was no longer thinking right as the håte for my father and all he did to mother became unquenchable.
It’s good to see Erica’s liveliness
I’m so relieved Angie is not left out either, she grew resilient and firm.
It really is a thing of joy to see that my sisters grew up really bold, courageous, and resilient. I doubt if they had grown up under father’s abüse for these past four years, their wings of courage would have been long cut off to be replaced by timidity and fëâr.
Mother seeing that she couldn’t make them do her bidding, frowned at me before walking out on us into the house.
I used that opportunity to bond with my sister again. We got talking and they told me of the things going on in their lives. Angie who is sixteen getting to seventeen years old is in her first year in the university studying law. Erica who is about thirteen years old is in her second to the last year in secondary school.
Throughout my period of being there, we sat outside and mother never came out again. I stayed until nightfall before I finally left the compound.
Before leaving them, I gave my phone which contained one of my sim cards to Erica so I will be able to reach her when I’m in school. My plan was to buy a new phone when I get to school since I have now given my own to Erica. Angie already has a phone so all I did was to get her phone number on a paper.
That is how I reconnected with my sisters. We were talking on the phone on a daily basis and getting to know each other on a deeper level as it should be.
Thankfully, mother was no longer opposing them from relating with me. So I threw in my full support as their elder brother and I began to support them in the little way that I could.
I didn’t have much but when I am sent weekly allowance by doctor Stanley, I made sure to split it into three parts; the highest amount for me, the second highest amount to Angie, and then the least amount to Erica the last born.
I still didn’t stop begging mother for forgiveness. I got her phone number from Angie and made sure that no day passed by without me dropping her tons of apology messages. She never responded to any of them but that didn’t deter me, I still continued sending them.
Eight years gradually passed by and now I am done with medical school all thanks to the enormous support of doctor Stanley and his wife.
We were asked to serve at a hospital before our final graduation and that is where I met a beautiful young lady; Nancy. Her beauty was so breathtaking that I couldn’t get my eyes off her.
She was also a medical student but from a different school. I approached her for friendship and she was reluctant at first but she later obliged after assurances from me that I meant no harm. We became close friends and I used that medium to study her to know her true character, nature, and personality.
I must admit, Nancy has so many amazing qualities and she is every man’s dream woman. So I wasted no time in asking her to be my girlfriend and she gladly said yes to me.
After I completed my medical school and graduated, doctor Stanley helped me secure a good employment in a hospital with a high paying salary.
Angie my younger sister is done with university and married with a child. That hasn’t stopped me from being a big brother to her as I ensured she was sent financial support on a monthly basis.
Erica is currently in her third year in the university and since I am financially buoyant, I took over her personal and academic bills from mother.
I also made sure mother was well taken care of. Even though she wasn’t talking to me, I was always sending her huge sums of money every week. Erica was my informant and told me that mother is putting the money into good use; renting a more comfortable apartment and opening a provision shop for herself. I was quite happy to know that she is taking good care of herself.
Everything was going smoothly for me in my profession and to top it all, Nancy accepted my marriage proposal and now we are officially engaged to be married. In three months, I decided that it was about time I started a new phrase in my life which is marriage.
I had to introduce doctor Stanley and Mrs Vivian to her as my parents. And with time I met with her parents too.
The marriage plans arrangement and the payment of Nancy’s bride price kick-started. A date for my traditional and wedding ceremony was fixed.
With the support of the two families, Nancy and I successfully got married traditionally. Later on we tied the knot in a moderate wedding ceremony.
It is a really sad thing that mother blatantly refused to be a part of anything that has to do with me so she wasn’t present at any of the ceremonies. Mr and Mrs Wedi tried pleading with her to come but she blatantly refused.
Erica and Angie were very happy for me and they soon got so attached to Nancy. They loved her for her good attributes added with the fact that she treated them well and showered them with lots of love.
It was through Erica my talkative sister that Nancy got to know that Mrs Vivian wasn’t my biological mother. Throughout that month, Nancy was constantly asking me why I didn’t want to tell her what the problem was between me and mother. She was always pestering me with questions on why my biological mother didn’t want to meet with her or get involved in our union as a couple.
I had no choice but to open up to Nancy about the severed relationship mother and I have. But despite her insistence, I refused to tell her what led to that.
Initially she thought it was because mother didn’t like her but I kept assuring that it was nothing of sort and that mother had issues with me before she came into the picture. She wasn’t convinced but had to let it slide when I began avoiding the topic anytime she brought it up.
She asked to see what her biological mother in law looked like, so I showed her mother’s pictures on my phone. We soon moved on fine and gradually we stopped talking about mother.
Already I had stopped sending mother the daily apology messages. I guess I’m just tired of constantly begging for her forgiveness without receiving it, but that didn’t stop me from caring or taking care of her from a distance.
Six months after my marriage, I got home in the evening very tired only to meet mother and my wife sitting on a couch in my sitting room.
Mother was watching a comedy television channel while laughing sheepishly and gisting with Nancy like they have known each other all their lives. It was just too shocking!
Something seems to be off about mother. I don’t know why but I have a feeling that something is wrong somewhere.
If not then how would someone who has refused to see me for years, for decades suddenly come to my house unannounced and was sitting on my couch gisting and laughing with my wife like all is well…?
The whole thing just seems odd or maybe I am simply overthinking things. I don’t know what is going on but I just pray in my heart that I’m safe.
” Mother…?” I called still in doubt and inwardly wondering if the woman I’m seeing here is in a dream or this is real.
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