The unstoppable Achiever - Episode 14

 

 Sammy…

  " Why would she want to destroy me, a woman I loved so much. She ran away, which means all the information in these package  is true."

Should I call her and forgive her? 

The house was just empty. Should I call her back..no she's evil looking for my life. What happened to my children? Will another woman take care of them like she did?...

 A month after, I came in to see my last born running  temperature and stooling . I had to do most of the waking up with my house maid and personal doctor. This new role was taking a toll on me. The children were all calling for their mother. 

  " Daddy, where is mommy?" My eldest child asked me.

  " She, she…..travelled. I stammered

   " No Dad, she would have told us as she normally does."  Children of this generation , you can't play tricks on them.

I was getting confused by the day. It affected my meeting with the president. In fact one day , I attended a meeting late and got reprimanded. It was so embarrassing. The pet project she started for the state women was suffering. They were looking for her

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. The burden was heavy on me.

  " Will you forgive me" a text message came into my private line and the sender's phone was switched off.

Who sent this . I was wondering. I tried the number for a week and the line was just dead! I suspected it must be Sandra and I wanted to talk to her .

One day, I was about to have a meeting with the council of chiefs. I just decided to dial the strange number as I was walking into the meeting room, it was on.

 "Hello, hello ,hello. please pick this call"

The line went off.  I tried again, and a familiar female voice spoke. 

  "Will you forgive me"

  " Sandra, is that you, where are you, y…" the line was switched off without allowing me to complete my sentence.

... I wanted to tell her I was ill, 

… I wanted to tell her the Children were all crying,  looking for her.

… I wanted to tell her the last born , our 4 months old Lizzy ,was very sick, refusing to eat any Canned food.

...I wanted to…(sobbing!)

The suspense was deafening. She wasn't straight with me, but I needed her for my children's sake. Why not!

  "Dady it's mum. Take the phone." Another day my son handed me my phone in my private study.

  " Sandra please don't drop the call." Listen to me, where are you?.. are you in the US  ...Newyork, Pennsylvania, Chicago...where are…" She cuts me in 

  " Im in Kaduna "

  "What?  Which Kaduna"?

  "The one you know, are you forgiving me"?

  "Yes, yes please come home , ok ,let me send my aides to come and pick you up. Send me the address" 

I was dying to see her. She made mistakes. We all do. The children , oh they need her .They couldn't understand anything. Innocent being . They shouldn't be punished for the mistakes of adults…  A lot went through my mind.

 Mistakes are made by humans, that is the reason there is forgiveness

She arrived home on Sunday afternoon . Our children were all so elated to see their mother. That was what made me more happy too, especially seeing my six months old child crying for joy and hugging her. Oh my baby will eat after a while. What a world!. what a life!

Hmmm, I wonder how those with broken homes cope!

 We reconciled that night ( don't ask me how we did it)

Two days later, we had a reunion party. I didn't invite guests except my immediate family members. None ask me the reason for the party and I wasn't in any mode to tell them. It's a family affair. I just needed company, that's the reason I brought them in.

 As we were making a toast, guess who walked in.  Dave !

  "Dave ! When  did you come back? How was your treatment in India."? I asked

 He was looking healthy far better than when I saw him at the hospital the night he was shot. I got to know about it through his assistant. I wasted no time than to arrange for him to be taken to India for treatment. 

  " Why are you limping, I asked"

  " Sir, when the robbers riddled me with bullets,the bullets destroyed my leg so much and to  save my life , I had to be amputated. I'm wearing an artificial leg now.'' He bent his head sobbing!

I was touched. Is this a boomerang or karma?

I went and hugged him

  "Sammy, I'm sorry." He whispered, still sobbing.

  "I've forgiven you, Dave" I said into  his ears too

I was still consoling him when a call from the presidency came. 

 It was a confirmation on the  appointment made to me as a Nigerian  ambassador to Germany. This was to commence immediately my tenure expired which was just a month away.

I am happy. I am a fulfilled , I am an UNSTOPPABLE ACHIEVER !

The end!

Fiction ...

Lesson…

*There is Punishment for every crime no matter how long

*The limitations of the past should not decide your future;  life should not be approached looking backward

* Any path without obstacle , may,  most probably lead to nowhere

* Greed ends with fatality as it's expiring date.

* Forgiveness is the bread in which the butter of our lives nourishes.

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