THE K1LLER'S KNIFE
The K1ller's Knife - Episode 28
Turns out that father is the one who called her and begged her to come home that he is sending Flora out of the house.
Honestly I couldn't believe that mother could even have the heart to listen to father after all the shame and hum!liation he had put her through
Is this how much her love for father runs deep...? I just couldn't believe it
Mother continued staring in disdain at Flora and m0çkingly taunting her. As for me, I simply stood there and was watching everything quietly
" Did the cats suddenly tie your tongue Flora...? How sweet is it to be begging your lover boy to let you into his house but he clearly doesn't want to...?" Mother said in sarcasm and she was visibly grinning so as to ridicule flora
Flora's face twitched in sorrows and her tears continued falling uncontrollably which made me understand that she was torn apart by mother's questions
" I'm sorry Felicia. I wish I could turn the hands of time then I would have done everything differently...." Flora said parabolically and cr!ed even more probably out of regrets for k!lling Keto
"...Jamie swept me off my feet by his sweet talks of deceit... he.. he.. he... made me do things I naturally wouldn't have thought of doing. I'm so sorry Felicia!"
Mother continued talking regardless of her pleas. The grin on her face had disappeared and was replaced with bitterness which indicated in her voice
" This serves you right Flora! For Christ sake... we were friends and yet you could go behind me to snatch my husband....? Well I'm happy that God who never fails is puñíshing you for my sake...so leave my home and never you return. Husband snatcher... get out!" Mother blurted out and ângrily picked one of Flora's bags and threw it far away
"...you are even lucky that it's just twice that Jamie beat you and yet you landed in the hospital..? Is it not the same you that ran your mouth like tap and got my young son into trøúble...? You needed to have seen the way Jamie beat my son Jacob all thanks to you!" Mother fired at Flora who couldn't take it anymore
" I'm sorry Felicia... I regret everything now. Sincerely I never knew Jamie was this an¡malistic until I tasted what it feels like to be in your shoes and that of your children. Being with Jamie is a very h0rrific experience for me...it makes me realize that Keto my husband was a good man.." Flora kept on pouring out her heart whilst still crying profusely
One after the the other, our neighbors dispersed to their houses since their banters were taking longer than it should be. I guess they decided to mind their business and focus on their lives instead of that of mother and Flora
" I don't care about your emotions flora. In fact I pray those brù!ses on your body never erase so that it will serve as a constant reminder never to go about snatching other people's husbands again... especially my husband Jamie!"
I scoffed at hearing mother's words. And to imagine that she's only blaming Flora and leaving father out of it..?
Can a full grown man really be snatched except he wants to...? From the look of things it's glaringly obvious that it was father who first went after Flora for love and not the other way around
"...you've overstayed your welcome flora...get out of my compound! You are not needed here in this house... leave now before I go in there and boil the hot water which I'll bathe you with!" Mother said and impatiently went to where Flora knelt and pμshed her down
I was getting fed up by mother's hársh behavior and the way she is protecting father through her actions and words.
Does she even know that Flora is the reason she's still breathing today and not her irresponsible husband....?
If not for Flora, mother would've been a déâd person
I'm sure if she knows what I know now she would even be thanking Flora instead
" It's okay Felicia.. I'm going to go. I know you love your husband very much but please be careful about him...he is far more dâñgerous than you think he is. You are a good woman and you do not deserve a térríble person like Jamie who doesn't love or adore women" Flora said as she got up and was slowly dusting the sand on her knees
" I love Jamie whichever way he chooses to be Flora, so keep your unsolicited advice for yourself.. or better still retain it for your dëâd husband Keto... he will need it more!" mother said these words with so much véπøm that it sank deep
Normally mother warned us not to interfere in adults talk but after she mentioned Keto, I had to speak up
" That's enough mother! Please you've said enough already...so let peace reign. Keto is no more and should be allowed to rest in peace without being dragged into matters like this" I said with my voice laced with displeasure
Mother looked from Flora to me and her eyes softened a little. She inhaled and exhaled until she was calm before addressing Flora for the last time.
" You had better not let me see you here by the time I'm back with my children in the evening time" mother said dismissively to Flora. She further sized Flora up with her eyes and hissed very loudly before she walked away.
I watched Flora cleaned her tears and one by one she gathered her bags in a heap at a corner without saying a word. I felt pity for her and even thought of asking her where Claire is but I decided it was best to mind my business.
After she was done, she spoke with someone over the phone and in a few minutes, a taxi arrived. The driver helped her in packing her things inside.
Soon after that, Flora left our compound in tears and so many regrets. I didn't know if I still disliked her but I knew one thing for sure, which is that my håtrëd for father and the desire to k!ll him multiplied in a million folds.
Mother later went back to her base and didn't return back the following day
Mother didn't come home that day as she said to Flora and over three days has passed she didn't show up. It got me wondering if she changed her mind or something else went wrong...?
I felt happy within me because I know for sure that if mother comes back home and father suddenly d!és, she will be the one at the receiving end of the suspicions and I didn't want that for her
So whatever it is that is keeping her from returning home despite father's pleas, I am thankful as I wouldn't want to get her involved in what I was doing.
Right from the day Flora left four days ago, I was adding the substance little by little to father's every meal. I wanted him to d!£ very fast but since it's a slow p0!son, I knew it was k!lling him slowly and he will only drop déâd after a maximum of five days.
Today is the fourth day and since father isn't yet dé@d, it means he is likely dying tonight or tomorrow.
I smiled as I imagined how på!nful it is to be k!lled by the k!ller's kn!fé.
I could have loved to see that look on father's face as he struggled to take his last breath but I didn't want to stay and then be accused of his dëåth afterwards.
It isn't a good idea to be home when his dëåth eventually happens. That's why I have decided to visit mother's place today with the excuse that I want to convince her to come home with me.
I plan to stay there for some days until the news of father dying reaches everyone, then I will come back and pretend like I know nothing about it. So I quickly packed my bags and after getting father's approval using my well crafted excuse, I left to mother's place.
Getting there, I was surprised to meet mother going about her daily activities in jolly manner and acting so unbothered.
I didn't ask mother anything until the next day when we were sitting on a bench and gisting as mother and son.
That was when I threw in the question on why she didn't come home even after father kept calling her on the phone to apologize and plead with her to return
Mother responded that she thought things through and realized that Flora was right about father not deserving her. She said that she will go back to father only if he comes here by himself and promises not to béåt or bring another woman into the house again.
We were still talking when a taxi rode into the compound. I was wondering who it was until I saw father's friend Wedi coming out of the taxi.
He ran to where we sat and threw himself on the ground while crying like a child. I let out a small smile because I could already guess what this is about
Mother was worried and continually asked him what the problem was for him to be behaving this way. For me, I was just sitting calmly not moved at all
" It..it...it ... it's.. your.. husband Felicia... it's Jamie ooo...ah!" Wedi exclaimed wailing and crying at the same time
" Jamie...? What about him...?" Mother asked anxiously as she stood up from the bench immediately
It is at this point that Wedi broke the most heartwarming news I have heard in a long while to mother and I
" Jamie is déâd! Your husband is déâd ohh! He slumped at his shop and when taken to the hospital...he was confirmed dëād! Jamie is gone forever..oh God!"
"... somebody is behind it and we will get to the root of it.."
My heart began to skip, this could be a big tróúble
(Do not take credit or Plagiarize AMAH'S HEART stories)
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