OH LIFE "I MUST SURVIVE" (EPISODE TWENTY)

STORY SERIES

…but she quickly recognized him. Tesa had a gift of knowing people and remembering them very easily. She now saw Amoda and knew that he was the same man who saved Eta and her some days before then but she also remembered that he was Eta’s father who had left home because of her.

Tesa was at first afraid of him but when he held her kindly and spoke kindly to her, she went closer to him.

“How are you my little girl?” Amoda asked.

Tesa could not answer. The change was too much for her.

“Answer now Tesa,” Adia said to Tesa.

“I am well” Tesa answered shyly.

“You are not afraid of me, are you?” Amoda asked.

Tesa looked at Adia’s face before she answered.

“No, I am not afraid.”

“Then smile,” Amoda said touching Tesa’s cheek.

Tesa smiled and held Amoda with her other hand. Eta too smiled.

“That’s it, that’s my good girl.” Amoda said. He too was smiling.

Adia was all the time wandering why Amoda had changed. Even on her way home she was still wondering.

Adia went daily to the hospital. Each time she went she took Eta and Tesa with her. Each time they went, they all dressed very well. They looked happy and gay; Amoda had never seen his wife so well dressed and gay.

Each time she went to the hospital, Adia took a lot of things with her. She gave Amoda milk, ovaltine, fruits of different types and even cooked food. Amoda was surprised at all this. He knew that his wife was kind but he knew also that she was poor. He had told her on the day he left home that Adia and her four children would die of hunger.

They had not died. Rather they had money to buy new dresses and buy many things. He was now very ashamed. He also wondered how Adia came to have so much money. But he couldn’t ask her. He knew he had not treated her and the children well. He also knew that Adia was a good woman. She did not seem to mind the way he had treated her and the children.

Adia on her part wanted to tell Amoda how she came to have all that money but she wanted Amoda to tell her how he happened to be at the place where he saved Tesa and Eta.

One day she made up her mind to ask him.

“Amoda”, she said. “You have not told me where you have been all the time. You have not told me also how you happened to be there to save Tesa and Eta.”

“It is a long story,” he answered but I cannot tell you while the children are here.”

“Tesa, Eta,” Adia called. “Go out and play. When I am ready to go home, I’ll call you.”

The girls left Adia settled on the chair near the head of the bed.

“Give me your hand” Amoda said. He held Adia’s hand. “Do not ask any question until I finish. Now promise you won’t.”

“Alright, I promise” answered Adia.

Amoda began. “Tesa is my daughter. Jarin was my wife.”…to be continued on Saturday.

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