Episode
Five
The story so far on "The Cry Of Amanda
Late
into the night, when all our children were asleep, my wife’s voice muffled with
sounds of weeping, whispered, “Pete, didn’t you know what Miss Grace took our
daughter to do?”. I could barely utter a word to her but stared at her for over
30minutes before I cleared my throat and gain momentum to talk to her. My dear,
I knew, but it was necessary she go with her because I had no choice but to
hand her over to Miss Grace.
Amanda
got to Lagos with Grace, I had received a call from Miss Grace that they had
arrived safely, I got a cell phone for myself with the money Grace gave me so I
can always reach Amanda through grace. For the first six months, Amanda had
behaved well until one night, I had a dream where my wife was wailing and
asking me if......
I had seen Amanda, I was awoken by the ringing of my cellphone, it
was Miss Grace calling..I checked to see the time, it was a minute past 2am, I
hurriedly picked the call, "hello grace" , I said, "what is the
matter ?, I sensed that something was obviously wrong, Grace started by
thanking me for duping her, I was astonished, she kept lamenting and crying. She
asked if she did wrong by letting Amanda come live with her in Lagos.. My heart
sank, she spoke for over 10 minutes and I still didn't understand her
point...was still confused and asked By the time I opened my eyes, I was on a
hospital bed, my wife was sitting beside me, " what happened, I asked in a
low tone, " you fainted, she said, I sighed, with tears in my heart...I
remembered what had transpired, the call I had received, Grace had told me that
Amanda had stolen her money and ran off at night, she had promised to find her
and arrest her until she pays every kobo she owes, my wife broke down in tears
and it broke my heart even more, where do I Begin? Why did Amanda
do this? So many questions bothered me for I know my Amanda had never
stolen anything, I prayed silently for her safe return and God's mercy on her,
I decided to go to Lagos in search of her, "do you want me to lose you
too? My wife asked. "I know Amanda is still alive but where she is..we do
not know, I believe if I go to Lagos, I will find her, I said convincely, the
next two weeks, darkness and pain seemed to have loomed over my entire
household, I had lost appetite for food, agony tore my heart again, I wished
death came but I thought of my wife and kids, I felt sorry for what had
happened.
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