Shantel was seating upright on her bed when her
parents
came into her room.
“Shantel. your mother told me that you have refused
to
eat since yesterday. why?” Mr. Richard asked. shantel
Stare at him in silence.
“He’s asking you shantel” Mrs. Doris said.
“I
heard him mum. I don’t want to eat” Shantel replied.
“Why?” Mr. Richard asked.
“We don’t eat to stay alive, we do stay alive to have
peace
and joy. without Austin I don’t have peace and joy
so
I won’t eat to stay alive” Shantel answered.
“Why
are you doing this to yourself” Mrs. Doris asked.
“Because
my parents do not care how their actions affect me.
is
it a crime that I’m your child?” Shantel shouted.
“Hey hey hey
look here let me tell you. If you think by not eating
will
blackmail me to allow you marry that idiot in thorns
then
you lie. Never” Mr. Richard shouted back at her.
“Then
I will not only refused your food but, I will also refused
the
car you bought for me. this is the keys” throwing it on
the floor.
“You can take it. I don’t need it. very soon I’m going to
move
out and stay on the street, then die there is better for
me” shantel said sorrowfully.
“Shanteeeeel, stop. stop all this NONSENSE.stop it.
look,
forget this criminal, this idiotic thorns, he will break
your
heart in future. He will. but, your mother and I, we don’t
want
anything like that to happen to you because, because
we
love you. we love you very very much” Mr. Richard said.
“Goodnight dad” shantel
said surprising mr. Richard. He turned to his wife
Mrs. Doris.
“Did you hear that? is it all she can say?” he asked
Mrs. Doris
who was speechless. He left followed by his wife.
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:
It was 9pm already. Darkness has already covered the
whole
building in which only the rays of light could be seen.
Mr. Richard
and his wife was seen seating beneath a tree outside
thinking
of next action to take.
“What do i do now? this idiot has refused to show up.
affter all
my effort to nail him out,ha!! I have to do something
and
fast. otherwise, I will loose my precious daughter” Mr. Richard said.
“My king. I plead, I suggest we let them get married” Mrs. Doris
said
faintly. Mr. richard turned to her with an angry look.
“What?
if I hear such rubbish again from you I swear, I will
divorce you.
nonsense” Mr. Richard said with a frown. Mrs. Doris
stare
at him feeling for her daughter shantel.
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The following day( # At_Lagos )
Austin was seen moving to and fro in the sitting room.
“What
am I doing here? hiding away and losing a woman
that
has become interior part of me? God forbid. I have
to
rise up, breaze up and face whatever storms and challenges
on
my way and claim that which is mine. Yes, no real
man
gives up in a fight. shantel is my right. I love her and
I
am going to fight for her. Let heavens fall, even mountains
” Austin said to himself.
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TBC.
smile…are you enjoying my story?
Very well.