Unsteady Storm

Chapter Thirty

An hour later.

"Nedu, eat nauuu!" Dumaga begged watching as he sat on the plastic chair a nurse had provided praying frantically, she had tried to ignore him but nothing had entered his mouth since morning and she was really scared for him. All he had been doing was to pray.

Joelle came at 7pm and at the same time, there was a loud scream from Ije and a cry of a new born.

Mama jumped up not knowing whether to rejoice or cry... Whether Ije was alive or dead.

Nedu rose, his voice rising in prayers, Anụlịka joined him by shouting Amen.

Tobe sighed deeply sitting on the seat. He hated loud prayers, he preferred silent ones so he prayed quietly for Ije.

Joelle had joined them only that she wasn't praying, she was quiet with a small smile on her face. She was more sophisticated than ever. Her make up was mild though but her outfit was too catchy though in the present situation, no one spared her a glance.

Neche came out of the ward, she looked very tired and no one could guess the information she held.

Nedu stopped praying. He was muttering.... "Thank you Jesus... Thank you, Father"

"Congratulations Nedu, you have a baby girl"

"What about Ije?" His chest tightened. He would faint if she spilled a bad news now.

Neche sighed disappointedly. "I don't know Nedu, she's in coma"

Nedu sank to his seat, his hand on his chin.

Tobe pulled Neche to him seeing she was about to break down.

"It's okay, all hope is not lost, she's not dead yet"

Nedu pursed his lips.

***
Two days later.

Nedu sat at Ije's bedside, he clasped her hand staring at the oxygen mask that supplied oxygen to her nearly dead body.

"I'm sorry, Ije... I'm sorry I had to hurt you in so my ways... I'm sorry that I made this past year a horrible time for you... I'm sorry that I couldn't be the kind of husband you wanted me to be but what I want you to know is that.... I'm not leaving you and I never will... Joelle has caused me to give my life to Christ, I see her as a friend now because of this great change in my life... I miss you Ije, I want to pray with you, eat with you, laugh with you... Do every single thing with you... Neche is breastfeeding our child, I called her Binyelum... Because it means stay with me and I'm not just referring to her, I'm referring to you too because I love you..... You will hold her on baptism and call her English name... I'll leave that duty for you"

The tears left his eyes and dropped on Ije's palm.

He cleaned his eyes immediately. "See you when you wake up"

***
Mama dished out a plate of roasted plantain and oil which she placed in front of Junior.

She turned to Nedu who sat on the couch staring into space. "Are you sure you don't want to eat... You are losing much weight o"

"I'm fasting" he muttered. "I'll be fine"

"She's my daughter as well as Junior's only sister..... Please don't kill yourself over her oh" Mama dusted her hands on her wrapper and entered her room.

Nedu sighed taking his head.

"It's going to be fine... Ije is very strong, she will survive it"  Junior placed his hands on Nedu's shoulder.

"I hope so"

"As if your prayers aren't more than enough already" Junior joked.

Nedu merely chuckled.

***

Nedu sat before his pastor on the fifth day. "Good day sir" he greeted.

"Chinedu, how's your wife?"

"No heads up, sir" he replied.

"You must not lose faith in God because it is he that giveth and taketh"

"I'm afraid I'm losing faith sir, this is the fifth day since she fell into coma and she hasn't moved a limb"

"Let us pray" the pastor held his hands and they began to pray.

While they were praying, Nedu's phone rang. He ignored it since he was praying but the pastor stopped praying.

"Pick your call"

Nedu looked at the caller's ID, it was Neche.

He picked it up.

"Ije blinked!" Neche screamed joyfully.

A smile crossed his lips. "Calm down so you don't push her into unconsciousness once again, where are you?"

"I'm at the hospital with my son and Binyelum" she replied.

"Alright, I'll be there"

The pastor chuckled. "Who says God does not answer prayers?"

***

It was past midnight and Ije was still asleep in the ward, Nedu sat on a chair beside her munching chinchin from a packet on his laps when a call came to his phone.

The caller's ID was Neche.

"Nedu!" She broke down crying.

What could have gone wrong? He was here with Ije and she was breathing fine.

"Binyelum has been kidnapped" she cried further.

Nedu sat up from his chair. "You say what?"

Well... Hello, how are you doing?

Thank God for Ije's life😅. I just couldn't allow her to die.

How do you see this chapter?
This might be my last chapter in a while Sha sooo... Good bye but by God's grace, I'll update again but it's not a promise.

Sorry for the short chapter anyway, hope you enjoyed it.

Don't forget to vote, comment, share and follow.

Thank you.