Never Told Him

“Ekaro Sir!” Christian greeted good morning to Governor Adewale immediately he got to meet him. Christian was a little bit uncomfortable because he had not expect that the Governor will be at his residence and not in his office. Now he prays he does not get to meet Olasile here. The woman would bug him about her son and ask him to persuade K to come stay with them. He could never get used to that. He felt Olasile was a nuisance when it comes to disturbing him to ask K to come home.

“Ajibola Ayodele Christian!” The Governor called. Christian looked up at him. It was rare for the Governor to call his full name. For him to call his full name, it only means the man was about talking about something very serious. Irrespective of his fear of what the Governor could end up saying, Christian answered him when he called his full name.

“Yes Sir!” Christian replied.

“For the sake of Eniola your late mother who was my sister, I will forgive and pretend you did not know anything about that girl called Lanre. You should step out now and not try to help her. Even if Kehinde ask you to, turn a blind eye to it. As for Ify and that woman he wants to marry, Lanre, they will have to meet their end soon”. Governor Adewale said.

Christian looked at the Governor in confusion. He don’t know what part of his confusion he should focus on. He wondered when a d how his mother became a sister to the governor. Even though his mother died when he was still very little, his father never mentioned he was family to the Governor. The only thing Christian knew that his father would come visit the Governor with him back then when he was still just a political figure getting into little positions and slowly grew into a big political actor. And yes, the reason why he believed the man always preferred he called him uncle was because he and his father were friends. But then, he has never seen these two so called friends close to each other that much. But he thought that was how they decided their friendship to be.

“My mother was your sister? How? My father never told me about that”. Christian said. But Governor Adewale feigned not hearing her. He was about to leave when Christian asked him why he had also warned him to stay away from Lanre and that Lanre will meet her end soon.

“I named you Ajibola. Eniola was the only sister I had from my mother’s side. My mother had her after my father sent her packing and refused to accept that the child was his. Eniola suffered with my mother. Being the only sibling I had from my mother, I vowed to give her the best of everything I have. So that is why I will not want to hurt the only child she has. Stay away from Lanre. She is an enemy”. Governor Adewale said to them.