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Finding The Light

He was standing alone behind his door, staring unseeingly out of the dusty window. He was a man who was at home in a dozen capitals of the world, but Victoria falls was one of his favourite towns, Victoria Falls is a town in western Zimbabwe and a gateway to the massive waterfall, he loved the view. His waiting had the patience of a hunter, the quiet stillness of a man in control of his body and his emotions. He is dark and has the stormy good looks of his ancestors. He had dark hair and a strong face, he has quick intelligent eyes that were deep blue. He was over six feet tall, with the lean muscular body of a man who kept himself in good physical condition. The parlour was filled with dirt, and almost everything was scattered on the floor. "Why do they keep doing this, believe me when I say I desperately want to leave this town, seems we are always the dartboard" Mrs Patience said this with a groaning frown as she bent to pick her favourite video tape which was almost destroyed. Beauty just waking up came out quickly to the parlour, the noise in the parlour carried her up"What!!" ``Beauty shouted. Something in her mind seemed to freeze, and it was as if there was a thin veil between her and reality. Her father's voice brought her back to reality " Clean up, this is not the first time it has happened to us," Mr. Eze said while cleaning his radio. The first time our house was robbed, it was our Neighbour Emmanuel who climbed in through the parlour window and stole our TV, and some of my dad's favourite videotapes. This was unexpected as the robbers broke in last night very quietly, without making a sound to send alarm to those sleeping inside. It took about 2 hours to clean up the mess they did, they nevertheless continued their daily activities, Beauty was almost done with secondary school while her younger brother Victor just entered secondary school. The preparation for school was hurried since the clean up consumed most of the time. Mrs. Patience, the wife of Mr. Eze, is a teacher of a small school down the street. Both are the beautiful couple that raised Beauty and Victor. Everyone was set to go except Mr. Eze,he stays at home most of the time, doesn't have a job at the moment but he was searching for one to support his family. The traffic was horrendous, but it was always horrendous at this time of the day, rush hour. God, she hated those words. Especially today. She clapped the palm of her hand on the horn and muttered under her breath "C'mon you jerk, move"

Chioma_Ejike · Adolescente

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10 Chs

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"I love you too my beautiful queen" Mrs. Patience replied, trying to make her tears fall back to their glands

Mr. Eze didn't seem angry at Beauty again and he equally joined in in the hug.

Beauty said "I love you too daddy" She really loved them and didn't want to lose them. Mr. Eze covered them so possessively and protectively.

"I love you more sweetie" Mr. Eze sai deeply and with true affections.

"I love your mum as well, to the moon and back"

"You ladies mean alot to me. You are the most important females in my life at this point" The love was enough to go round in this family and it was enormous despite the tides and turns it may face

"Awwn, thank you dad"Beauty said as she blushed at what her father had said

"Yes daddy, thank you, I really appreciate" Mrs. Patience said too, as she was always finding way to brighten atmospheres up

They all chuckle and leave the bathroom environment.

As they walk down, Mrs. Patience said

"Tell you what hunny? How about you sleep close to me today huh?" She turned to look at Beauty. She seemed more excited than Beauty would or should be.

"That would be so splendid mum! Maybe more ethana splendid. I love the idea" Beauty was so grateful. She wanted to spend quality love-filled moments with Mrs. Patience

"Yeah, yeah someone's gradually taking her father's place" Mr. Eze said as he rolled his eyes and held Mrs. Patience over her shoulder

"No dad. Of course I can't do that and you know. Beauty shook her head as she said this, assuring Mr. Eze that he was irreplaceable

"Sure I do, I'm just messing with you" Mr.Eze said as he smirked

"So, can I?" Beauty asked her dad further and leaned forward waiting for a reply as though her dad had said no or opposed it

"Do you still need to hear it from me, well if you insist, of course you can. I mean who am I to hold you back?" Mr. Eze asked seemingly helpless

"Yay!" Mrs. Patience and Beauty both chorused

"Look at them, behaving like Princesses, pff!" Mr. Eze said, rolling his eyes

"What ever?" Mrs. Patience said too, rolling her eyes as they were acting like Secondary school lovers

They walked along and then got to the blood stained area and Mrs. Patience asked

"Oh yeah hunny, I wanted to ask, was the wound so deep that you would lose so much blood?"

"Not really. As a matter of fact, I saw blood stains and droplets before mine" Mr. Eze affirmed

"Oh really? Then how come? Maybe your eyes were just playing tricks on you. Or mind games too" Mrs. Patience said

"Really, you think?" Mr. Eze asked doubtedly

"Yeah, possibly" Mrs. Patience rechoed her thiught

"But I'm sure if what I saw. Oh well, maybe it was like you said. Who knows?" Mr. Eze was sure of what he has seen buy did not want to prolong the issue.

"Yeah, you…" Mrs. Patience started

Beauty broke in.

"I think I cut my last finger real deep with that glass" She said worried as she out her hands behind her back. She didn't know how they would react.

"What?" Mrs. Patience yelled alarmed

"It was a mistake. I didn't even know how it happened " Beauty said in her raspy voice as she tried to avert scolding.

"Let me see" Mrs. Patience saw her reaction and calmed herself down as she requested to see it

"Here, my last finger on my left" Beauty showed her innocently like a toddler that was faced with law by his mum over misconduct

"Oh my God, now this is really deep. Seems bigger than you Father's. Oh for Christs sake how and why could you?" Mrs. Patience like almost every other mother over exaggerated the injury and got overly worked up over it when the necessity wasn't there

"Like i said mum, I'm sorry it was just an accident and an honest mistake. Besides, I didn't even know till I got into the bathroom " Beauty pleaded as she exclaimed and nothing seemed to be Mr. Eze's business with it. He just waited for them to wrap up their mantra

"Nevermind hunny, it's not you r fault, I understand perfectly well. Let's get in so you both can wash it off for me to dress them up for you" She instructed as she out her finger down and stroked her face

"Alright mum, got it. Sure" Beauty said, now much more relieved

"Wow! So we're the patients and you're the doctor. 'Do it all Pat'" Mr. Eze spoek sarcastically as he proceeded to teasing her

"Thank goodness you know"

"So, can we now head for the rorm. It's getting late, so we can get some shut-eye " Mrs. Patience urged

"Sure Captain mum" Beauty said as she stood upright and saluted mum like a cadet and Smiled

They all chuckle and head for the room.

They get to the curtain and avoid the glass particles that were swept aside.

As they go in, Mr. Eze collapses on the mat and exclaims as though he had just finished carrying two trucks on his head or just finished running an eight hundred metres race Ten times. Mrs. patience laughed at him and shook her head while she just passed by to look at the little first aid kit just laying on the floor at the corner of the room.

It was a known 'must' for Mrs. Patience to have a first aid kit at home, no matter what. That was the only part of them that the poverty was just starting to get to. It was almost always fully equipped.

As Beauty saw her dad, she said

"Come on daddy, you can't be that tired. It is not as if we did anything hectic" She sort of rolled her eyes at his action while she chuckled at it as well.

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