Pains of Amara(Completed)

Chapter 92

Amarachi stared at Chief Victor who kept his gaze fixed on the picture of her mother's face in the locket. A defeaning silence enveloped everywhere and Amarachi felt restless.
"Sir how do you know her name?"

Chief victor looked at her with tears in his eyes.
Why did he suddenly look so sad?
She couldn't fathom the answer to that question.
"You..you..are...her daughter?"Chief victor stuttered as he stared continuously at the locket.

Amarachi nodded her head slowly, unsure of what was going on.
Chief victor suddenly looked so pale and frightened. She became scared by his sudden change of behaviour.

Chief victor on the other hand couldn't believe it. How could he come in contact with Chinenye's daughter?
His mind wandered back down memory lane as he remembered how he raped the poor girl, her plea for mercy resounding in his eyes once more.
He also remembered when Lydia told him chinenye was pregnant with his child.
Could Amarachi be the child?
Chief victor deadened the thought. Chinenye was married, she could have other children, Amarachi possibly couldn't be the one.
Or she could be.
Nevertheless, he was standing right in front of the daughter of the woman he raped many years ago.
He never imagined his past would come back to haunt him.

"Sir"Amarachi called out.
Chief victor looked intently at her once more, his hands began trembling which made him let go off the locket.
Amarachi flinched and immediately picked it up, dusting off any dirt on it.

"Who is your father?"He calmly asked.
Amarachi was startled by his question. Why did he want to know?
"Just tell me the truth Amarachi"He added trying to sound strong but his shaky tone betrayed him.

"I..I.. I don't know who he is. I was born out off..um..my mother was....um..she.."
Amarachi was unable to bring herself to say the word she dreaded.
She always felt emotional when she thought of it.
She squeezed her hands together trying to speak.

"Raped"chief victor completed for her, drops of tears falling on his cheeks.
Amarachi gasped and nodded her head.
"How did you know sir?"
She suddenly noticed he was crying. Why was he crying?

"God. I never imagined such a day would come"He exclaimed as his cries became much more deeper.
Amarachi felt so confused.
Nothing was adding up or making sense to her.

"Sir are you alright?"Amarachi asked as she noticed how emotional chief had become.

"Amarachi forgive me please"He pleaded as hot tears dropped.
Chief victor felt so disgusted by himself, Nicole had wronged Amarachi and he himself had wronged her mother.

"I am so sorry for everything"
His wailing echoed around the room. Nicole whose room was closeby heard the cries and came out of her room to her father's study room only to meet him shaking and begging Amarachi who was still dazed by what was going on.

"Amara, father, what is going on? Why are you crying?"Nicole asked confused.
Amarachi turned to face Nicole who stood behind her. Her eyebags were clearly visible. It looked like she herself had been crying.

"What is going on please? Why should i forgive you?"Amarachi said raising her voice a bit as she became really muddled by everything.

"I...I....raped your mother" Chief victor confessed with eyes pressed together.
That was the bomb.
Amarachi suddenly felt claustrophobic. She felt like the walls were closing in on her and her breathing felt like it had been sucked from her lungs. Her mind became hazy as she tried to grasp the confession chief Victor made.
Nicole on the other hand stood appalled by what her father said.

"I am so deeply sorry. Believe me it wasn't my intention to do it. I am so sorry. I am sorry for whatever pains you and your mother had to endure. Please can you find it in your heart to forgive your father"Victor pleaded as he cried bitterly.