SHE IS NOT MY DAUGHTER

Biden the older man dropped all he was doing and ran to his daughter to ask of the situation that kept her in such a state. As he got close, he hugged her and started coaxing her to stop crying. After a while she stopped sobbing and he asked her of what the problem could be.

"Father please take a look" she said as she handed over a letter in an envelope to Biden.

Biden took it from her and gave her a look as he thought.

'Hope this is not girls of nowadays letter. No it can't be, she won't dare to bring it to me if so and I aIso trust my child's moral. Then, is it one of her series of school levies. No! it mustn't be, am still short on money. F*ck!!'.

As he slowly opened the letter and read it,he almost couldn't contain his joy and happiness.This was because Katherine had just be given scholarship for the rest of her years in school as a result of the school competition which she represented her school. To top it all,the host of the competition which was the prestigious Noble Empire that has been on the lips of all recently has decided to in roll all it's benefactors into the famous Cadet college situated within the economy state,the best in the Country. Biden was so proud and a bit remorseful at same time towards his daughter. After the joyous mood,he went back to his work but before then got Katherine something to eat.

After the day work, the went back home together. On reaching home, Barbara Katherine's mother gave them a look and asked "why are you about just returning together by this time?".

Biden answered," You will be so happy to hear the joyful news our daughter brought back home with her".He motioned for Katherine to show her mother. Katherine came close and was about to hand over the letter to her when she kissed a flying slap and the letter got snatched. Barbara took a look at the letter to read it while Katherine teared up.

"And so what,she was given a scholarship and so what. Is she the first to be awarded scholarship before?. Is that enough reason for her not to come back immediately after school to help me out here? No tell me". She was about tearing the paper when Biden snatched it from her.

"How can you be so mean and cruel to your very own daughter Barbara? So if I had let you,you would have torn this paper that grants Katherine educational freedom and helps to lessen my burden?". Barbara shouted back angrily,"she is not my daughter. We have no affinity whatsoever" This came to Katherine as a shock and teared up more.

All of a sudden,an idea got into her Barbara's head and her facial expression changed from anger to joy.

"My husband, thank you very much for not allowing me to make this kind of silly mistake. You are the best. What!! ,It would have hurt me very much if I had torn that paper because this should be our ticket to financial freedom instead. We can just demand to be paid in cash. Do you even know how much is school fees over there? We just caught it rich".

She kept on marvelling at her ingeniousness to have thought of the idea. Biden knowing the wife he married ran with the letter and hid it.

Then shouted from upstairs," whether you like it or not, my daughter is going to that school and you can't stop it".

"So you want to play right? Hand over that letter and this marriage might still work else"Barbara asked. Just then she ran out while Biden knowing his wife very well called Katherine and asked her to quickly pack up ,that the have to leave the house immediately. In less than an hour, they both finished up and ran away.

Barbara returned with three men and asked them to go upstairs to ransack very inch and corner of the house and get for her everything in white paper while Biden ran with Katherine to the nearest bus stop. He helped her buy a ticket for the almost filled bus and gave her the rest of the money he had on him. After making all the arrangements he stood outside the bus beside her to caution her of the dangers in cadet state and where her destination should be. Katherine kept on wavering at her father untill she couldn't see him again. Biden was so heart broken and guilt ridding towards her as he thought,

'Katherine it's high time you discover your real identity so that my conscience will free me even if I will have to go to jail. No matter how a gem is hidden,it will always glow. The journey to your destiny begins from here'.

Within half an hour the bus left for cadet state,Barbara came to the bus stop with the three men. She was so angry that she wanted to ask those men to beat up her husband asking him where he had sent her to.

Katherine inside the bus cried her eyes out still wandering ,what she had ever done to her mum to be hated this much? Why her mum would say she isn't her daughter?