Broken pieces - Episode 11

 

RADIO HOUSE
Yvonne could not remember the last time Mike called into her programme, even when he listens, he never pay attention. Often times, he will only tuned in to hear her voice, and whenever Peter from G.R.A calls, they doesn't waste time before switching the radio off. That night, Mike had followed the programme, listening to the callers opinion. He have been trying the studio line which was busied  by the traffic of others who were trying to call into the programme, but he persisted till he met luck.
"Hello, who is on the line?"
"Yes Honey, this is Mike."
"Mike where are you calling from? 
"From Jordan House." Mike answered and keep mute still.
"Boo is that you?" She asked.
"Do you have another Mike in Jordans house? I want to contribute my own take on the issue at hand." Mike replied.
Yvonne paused, she wondered whether Mike smells something fishy . She felt blood and water parting way in her veins, and her bile going up and down her throat. Where she was seated inside air-conditioned studio, she was sweating profusely. She tickled when Mike asked wether she's still online.
"Yes go ahead,." She said reluctanctly.
"Look, we as Christians should think twice before we place judgement on so called g*y people. First, we should see them as God creation, except we believe that there's another creator

All episodes of this story can be found here >> https://www.ebonystory.com/story/broken-pieces

. God made them, just as he created you and I. For all the things the almighty have created, all things bright and beautiful, God created them, even the good and bad, and he commanded us to love one another. So before one would say all g*ys be killed or jailed, or that their wife should part with them, we should all know that we err in doing so. Secondly, let me reinstate and also affirm, that all sin are equal in the eyes of God. So you adulterers and adulteresses, before you condemned the g*ys, first of all, consider your ways. For God will bring every sinful act to judgement, and whatsoever you judge your brother with, will God use to judge you too. Most of these g*ys can't even tell how they develop such affection to their fellow gender, they can't just live normal. So I conclude by saying this, he who have no sin, let him first cast a stone; Thanks."
As Mike concluded, He didn't drop the call, he waited for his darling wife to bid good night to him, but the studio line was mute, till he call her name.
Yvonne sat stunned by Mike words, it sounded so godly, so pathetic and sermonizing, But she felt reading a g*y man lip. She kept nodding her head convincingly. She couldn't continue with the show, she felt like drawing the curtains at that point, but she still have like an hour thirty minutes for the programme. The phone line have been vibrating while she's lost in thought, so having no other option than continuing, he picked the incoming call.
"Hello Miss Konjo."
"Hi, your name and location." 
"This is Peter from G.R.A, Yvonne dear, do you hear that last caller, can't you see that from all indication, that that man is a g*y?" Peter  thundered.
"Sorry Mr P, I wouldn't want you to attack any caller just say you view, or rather give our their sister you own advice." Yvonne called him to order.
Another caller call in, also saying that Mike sounded like a g*y. She would not allow him to finish before she cut him off from air. Yvonne felt every bit of life tearing apart, bringing the issue on the programme have done her more harm than good. She immediately summarized the shower and call on the DJ to play some good tunes while she went to her corner battling with her mind. 
She woke up late in the office after she had sleeplessly wandered the whole night in thought of what the heck that seems to be going on. She had thought about going to her mother's house straight from office, but on the second thought, she still need a clear evidence, maybe she should go home and ask Mike some certain questions, or maybe she should go home non challantly, as if nothing had happened.

JORDANS HOUSE
Yvonne enters the house and met Mike and Johnpaul having a chat at the sitting room. She fell exhaustedly on the cushions after she had managed to exchange pleasantries with the duo.
"Like you slept off after your show" Johnpaul asked.
"Yes dear, I'm so tired right now," she turned to Mike, "Mike darling."
"Yes dear, you were surprised I called into the programme?" Mike asked smilingly.
" Like seriously, it's been awhile you called." Yvonne replied.
"I can't stand the callers contributions, people will always sound hollier than thou when it comes to this g*y thing, whilst there are more deadlier sin than same s*x if there be a hierarchy." Mike maintained.
Johnpaul was still listening, trying to get the gist untill when Mike mentioned Peter from G.R.A calling her a g*y.
"You mean the Peter of a guy?" Johnpaul asked amusingly.
"Not only him oo, many of them, just because I said the gospel truth that g*y people should be treated as other sinful men on Earth, same with adulterers, cheats, murderers infact all sins, I believe they are equal in the eye of God."
"You know, I believe that homosexual is not only a sin to the Almighty, but it also go against human nature." Yvonne psyched.
"Is there any sin that is is not against human nature?" Mike asked.
There was a brief grave silent before Kaima walked out from the room, excuse to go for work after that she had greeted Yvonne. Johnpaul stood up, begged to go and drop Kaima off.
"Johnpaul you didn't say anything about the discussion last night." Yvonne worried.
"What business do I have with such topic? The lady should make her choice from what the contributors have advised." Johnpaul said jokingly as he  walked away with his wife.
Yvonne didn't want to continue with Mike on the issue, she begged to go and have some sleep. Mike was ready to go out for work, he collected his car key and moved out. Yvonne from her room watched as all of them had gone before bolting all doors.
She walked straight to the wadrobe, brought out Mike's briefcase, going through all the papers and documents she found inside.
Minutes later she stumbled into Mike's old pictures and sat on the bed to look.
The first picture was Mike with Johnpaul  posing at what looks like a school environment, the picture looks comic with Mike dressing like a lady with her tight fitted gown, wigs and earrings. Johnpaul posing by him with this old fashioned outfit together with his Papal cap. She smiled at the comic picture but was later thrown into believing what she saw the other morning in her room.
She picked the picture, together with two other pictures where the duo poses mutually, and arrange the briefcase back. As she went back to the pictures, it speaks to her better than a thousand words that the mou'f*ckers have some skeletons in their cupboards.

BETHSAIDA POOL CLINIC
It wasn't looking good on Kaima's face as she walked out from the theatre unhappy. A woman has just lost her child on delivery. She already know her day won't be that fair seeing the tears that was running down the woman cheek. She, with Dr Pat tried their best to save the child but all to no avail even after that C.S was operated. Four wasteful hours inside the theater, he came out so hungered and sorrowful. She needed something to eat but her feet wouldn't carry her out to get something. The patient-turned-cleaner was coming, that arrogant woman that gave birth to a handsome boy that she so much adore because of the perfect resemblance of Johnpaul baby picture she had seen.
She'd brought out some Naira note waiting for the woman to be near.
"Madam, please can you help me buy okpa outside the gate, I'm not feeling strong" she begged.
The lady stopped, dropped her bucket and mop stick, looked at her from hair to toe and back to hair. She grinned and clapped annoyingly.
"Hey' wonders shall never end, So because I am doing a cleaning work here, you now take me for a messenger also?" She replied trouble-ready.
"Sorry ma'am, but I begged that I wasn't feeling strong."
"Then how is that my business you rude nurse, am I the cause of you being weak, imagine this young girl, because you now put on Nursing gown, you don't have respect any more." The woman scolded further, attracting other workers and patients with her loud voice.
Kaima was feeling humiliated, it hasn't gotten to this. She never thought it was disrespecting  to ask her for a favour. One thing she figured out was that the woman have never responded to her greetings each day she remembered to greet. She felt the condition of the lady as she was told is what contributed  the arrogance that she always exhibit. She had observed her doing her cleaning work with grudges and bitterness, less she forgot, she's doing it to pay in kind of her hospital bills. The worst has been that he's a single mother.
"I do not blame you at all." she said repeatedly. 
"Do not blame me for any of your challenges woman, I didn't commit any crime asking for a favour." Kaima finally spark. 
"You rude nurse, you think I have forgotten how you where shouting at me the day I was delivering my child, I nearly lost him at her harshness."
Those comments irritates Kaima, she was ready to slap her, not minding the cost. She remembered how the lady suffered her the day Johnpaul came to see her parents. How she wasted her precious time before she could put to bed. Kaima was loosing her patience, she watched how they were making a scene. She would have pounce on her before any thing further, but she knew she was weak inside, her feet shakes and her eyes clouded with tears.
"So after that you suffered me on the day of your delivery, on that special day of my life, you still bear this ugly bitterness against me?" Before Kaima could finish, tears we're dropping uncontrollably. "Go in there, she continued, "and see your fellow lady, she just lost her baby even after c.s. do you know that could have been your condition if I didn't pester you to push out early enough, now I only ask you for a little favour, just to get okpa for me that's while I am receiving all this insult."" Kaima cried.
"Look, I don't care about those tears, you shouldn't send me on such errands again, we are not mate." She persisted unremorsefully.
"No wonder he left you." Kaima taunted.
"What! Who leaves me?" Asked the arrogant lady.
Kaima turned and leave the scene, other patients disappeared too, leaving only the lady to deal with whoever that left her.
***

Follow up with the climax as we continued from next episode.