STORY: MY UNCLE PART 13

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MY UNCLE PART 13
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The same house mother later came in and uncle
cheatmaster asked her if I could be taken home. The
house mother told him that students weren’t just allowed
to leave the hostel but immediately she said that, uncle
cheatmaster told her that I wasn’t feeling fine and needed
to see our doctor and made up an excuse that he hoped
would work. When he said this, the young house mother
looked at me and asked why I didn’t go to the sick bay
and I lied. I told her I had been going to the sick bay but
still hadn’t felt better. I was beginning to get scared that
she wasn’t going to allow me leave with uncle
cheatmaster until she said;
“It’s okay, let me just write your exeat and get big
mummy (referring to the eldest house mother) to sign for
you so you can show the security officers at the gate. I’ll
be back sir.” before leaving the office.
I glanced at uncle cheatmaster who was probably staring
at me all along. He was definitely not happy with the
whole situation but I was the damaged one, the victim,
which meant it was worse for me. In less than five
minutes, the house mother came in and handed the exeat
to uncle cheatmaster, telling me to go pack my things
before leaving with my uncle. I went up to pack the books
and assignments I would be needing for that weekend.
There wasn’t much to pack and so I locked my locker and
gave Annabelle the keys, letting her know that I wasn’t
going to be around for the weekend. As expected, she
started asking questions and asking if I was okay. I didn’t
want to explain anything just yet so I let her know that we
would talk when I got back and hugged her before exiting
the room to join my uncle at the hostel office.
When I got into the office again, my unlce looked up and
saw me so he stood up, thanked the house mother and
we both left the office. When we got to the gates, my
uncle handed them the exeat and so we were allowed to
pass the gates. But before we left, he reached into the
pockets of his trouser and handed them some change.
They were very happy and so they thanked him until we
were out of sight. I got into uncle cheatmaster’s car as
he started the engine before driving off. In the car, it was
as silent as a graveyard until uncle cheatmaster broke the
silence.
“Meso, I’m sorry for what I’m putting you through….I still
regret all that I did. I promise it won’t happen again. I
know that you didn’t mention it to anybody that’s why I’m
so grateful. I sincerely love you. Don’t worry, I’ll fix this”
When he stopped talking, I didn’t even mutter a sound. I
just kept mute because honestly I didn’t know what to
say. I didn’t hate him, as much I thought this situation
would cause me to.
“Am I forgiven?” he said facing me and trying to smile.
I nodded my head, still not finding any reason to
reciprocate his crooked smile. When he saw this, he
focused back on the wheels and road. I saw his hands
shaking as he steered the wheel. I was a bit scared that
my parents would call the hostel and possibly find out
that I had left with uncle Cheatmaster because my
curious mum would want to know why they weren’t
informed.
In no time, we were at his house and immediately we got
in, he asked if I was hungry. I nodded and he went
straight to the kitchen to fetch something for me. I was
truly hungry as I hadn’t eaten properly for the past days
due to my loss of appetite at the sight or smell or the
hostel food. I managed to eat the rice and stew he had
warmed up for me. While eating, I watched him from the
dinning table talking to someone on the phone and
walking around. He seemed to be on the phone for a
while before he ended the call, then came up to me and
said;
“Meso, I just spoke to the doctor, we will be leaving the
house first thing in the morning so that we can be at the
hospital on time for our appointment, okay?”
I just nodded. I don’t remember saying more than three
sentences that night before heading to the room to rest.
As I sat on the bed, I thought about so many things, from
the child in my womb to the man(my uncle) in the other
room, to my family back at home. I became so scared of
what I would have to face if I had to raise a child at that
age. That night, I tried sleeping but I couldn’t. I kept on
rolling on the bed and feeling very uncomfortable. It was
also hot because there was no light and so the fans and
air conditioners weren’t switched on. And I guessed uncle
cheatmaster had forgotten to switch on the generator.
I finally stood up and decided to get water from the
kitchen as I was very thirsty. I managed to find my way
even with the darkness, through the moonlight reflection
coming from thewindows. As I got to the kitchen, I took a
pure water bag from the fridge and made my way out
when I suddenly ran into uncle cheatmaster. He said he
had come to check up on me and apologized for the
darkness and heat as he had forgotten to get fuel earlier
that day. I told him I couldn’t sleep and was thirsty, that
was why I was up and out of my bed, and so he offered
me to come to his room as his wasn’t as hot. I showed a
little hesitation and he looked at me and said he promised
he wouldn’t do anything in which I believed and so I
followed him back to his room. Funny enough, as I laid on
the bed for about five minutes, I found myself falling into
a deep sleep that I hadn’t been able to in days. I
remember uncle cheatmaster who laid beside me,
watching me until my eyes were closed.
To be continued…..