The Dreams Of My Mother – Episode 10

Episode 10

One day, Dayo was sitting all alone in the kitchen, he had tears in his eyes because, there was no doubt that his mother, Bella didn’t love him. His father was always away from the house, and he was feeling abandoned. Cassandra had come visiting with her mother, Halima, and when she didn’t see Dayo anywhere in the house, she knew he would be in the kitchen. She often wondered if he was a house boy, or a son as he was always doing one chore or the other.

Cassandra: “Dayo, are you crying?” she asked, as she had been standing for a while and seen his shoulder shudder.

Dayo: “Cassandra, when did you come?” he asked and quickly wiped his tears. Cassandra: “What is wrong?” she asked coming to sit with him on the kitchen floor. It was in this position that Ken came in and saw them.

Ken: “I don’t know what you see in this good for nothing orphan. I am the son of this family, and I deserve your attention”

Dayo: “Ken, why would you call me an orphan when mother and father are not dead” he said standing up. For the first time in his life, Dayo was really angry. Ken: “Well, my father and mother did not give birth to you, so if you say you are not an orphan, go look for your parents” he sneered.

Cassandra: “Don’t listen to him” she said to Dayo, and then she turned to Ken, “What is your problem, why are you throwing tantrums like a five year who got his candy taken?” she asked, with her hands on her little waist.

Ken: “I am only saying the truth” he said and turned to leave, but Dayo grabbed him, and turned him to face him. Before Ken could protest, Dayo swung his hand and hit Ken on the lips. Ken’s lips broke and blood spurted from it.

Ken: “You are so leaving this house today” he said as he ran to his mother.

When Gberan came back from work, he was met with an angry wife, who accosted him the moment he stepped his foot in the house.

Bella: “You have to take that child back to your mother. It was enough that you brought your lovechild to my house, but what I will not take is that child hurting my own child” she yelled.

Gberan: ‘What are you even talking about, Dayo is not my lovechild” he replied, with surprise etched on his face.

Bella: “Don’t give me that crap, you love him more than Ken, it can only mean that he is your child too, and since I didn’t give birth to him, fill in the gaps” she thundered.

Gberan: “Dayo is the child of a woman my mother rescued from accident. His mother is dead and he needed a family, it is the reason my mother told me to bring him here. Dayo is a lovable child, I don’t get why you don’t love him like everyone does” he replied, dropping his suitcase on the floor and falling wearily into a chair.

Bella: “How can I love a child who is eclipsing my own child?” she retorted Gberan: “No one is eclipsing Ken, he just has to learn to be a better person” he quipped, bending down to unlace his shoes.

Bella: “Are you questioning the way I bring him up?” she quizzed and soon they were in a shouting fit, they did not realize that Dayo was already in the sitting room, and had heard everything.

Dayo: “Who is my mother and father?”

Question: How will Dayo’s life turn out, now that he knows the people he called parents, are not his parents. Also, what role would Halima play in the boy’s life? To be continued…