Antonia and her brothers had just returned from the village after the burial of their late father. She thought it felt like only yesterday when the whole family including her father saw a programme on TV. There was some much love bond reflecting in all of them that she whispered a prayer of thanks.
She had wished that her parents watch her own children grow. But that won’t be possible anymore. Because daddy had kicked the bucket untimely. Dad was the healthiest, most careful of men and he doesn’t eat outside his home. So how could it be possible that he had been poison through food?
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She was thinking about all these when she heard a scratchy sound in the sitting room. Thinking it was one of her younger brothers trying to be naughty again, but the scratchy sound continued until she decided to go close. Her mum was on phone whispering! It was strange because her mum doesn’t whisper on phone. Her mum naturally barks she thought, but she wasn’t at that moment.
She was baffled about it all and eavesdropped on her mum’s side of the conversation. Her mum had a hint of fear about her as though she didn’t want to wake up the dead. So she pressed further to hear more. And as she was listening, she heard her mum say she didn’t want the children to know she was the one who killed their father…
Source- Florence Amagiya
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Is this beyond Pardon?
God forbid but what will you do if you find your yourself in such a situiation?
Would you forgive her?
Share your thoughts thanks!
Honestly im in a fix right now, i so LOVE my mum.
ReplyDeleteStraight to the police and she is gone, gone for good.
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