The Unveiling.

chapter three

I woke up to the smell of baked bread and fried eggs kept right next to me,i wanted to shove everything into my mouth all at once but not withstanding i needed to know where i was,the only thing I remember was the long drive in the boot of the huge black old truck. I sniffed in the nice smell of baked bread one more time making me loose a smile.

I made an o sound with my lips when the memory of the previous day vividly played in my mind. Regret flush through my veins and new set of tears ran Down my cheeks.

Everyone who tried helping me ends up like Aliyah,dead and gone too soon,buried by my father himself,my eyes shut as I remember how he made me dig the grave of the man that tried to help rescue me once ,i dug day and night for a whole week without food now Aliyah had to die for me to leave.

"Where am I?"i rolled my eyes and walked out of the room my hands felt warm against my skin for the first time in a long time,cause I was always in the cold and this new feeling if warmth felt really good. I moved from one room to the other taking in my environment.

Miss" a woman wearing a black dress and a white apron tied neatly on her neck with the tip hugging her knee."you can't open that door miss"her voice was comforting and her presence alone felt warm.

She walked up to me and grabbed me by the shoulder "you are save now nothing can happen to you here, nothing will, I promise. "Then why am I here,what am I doing here,was I sold" I wanted to ask but only rolled my eyes to stop the tears from streaming down, I felt broken,tired and hungry. Two days back I was able to escape, today it seemed am caged again.

"Don't worry my dear" she looked into my hazel eyes and brushed my hair with her fingers. The people here are nice, nobody is going to cause you any harm. Your father is a terrible person and Mr Cameron brought you here to save you. I understand you are mute and you must have a lot of questions, I will tell you everything my dear"she pull off her apron smoothly"but after you take a shower,have breakfast and rest, then we can talk. "Now come on,let's go" she mentioned for me and I followed her with my head low,I was playing with my fingers,I felt more nervous than ever.

It was different here,I knew something was wrong but I wasn't scared. I wasn't scared a bit.

She showed me the bathroom and threw me a neat towel" thank you I mouthed before settling inside the bath tube and let the water cleanse me.

It was pure and crystal-beautiful,the bathroom was bigger than my room back at home. Everything was neatly arranged except my life.

"You need to hurry and have breakfast before its get really cold"I hear mama Caro yell as she leaves the room.

" why"? I mouthed again. I hate you so much Dad, why mum,did I ever deserve all of this? I saw the scar on my left breast again and pictures of my life starts to slide again.

My head hurt,I start to feel dizzy. Everything start to spin very fast,I held tight to a particular image. The image of mama dying.

Flash back

Stop, please stop she yells but he paid no attention to her, tears flow from her eyes.
She looked at me in the eyes,i love you mynah,I love you so much but I can't safe you too long my baby. You have got to fight your way out of this, am sorry.
I know he loves you, yes daddy loves you baby, he's just lost and confused help him find himself.

You are born to help people find themselves and you are going to grow beautifully and be great.
But I can't be here forever,I love you my baby.

She kissed my forehead and hurried out of the house.

Mama I cried,but she didn't look back I followed her but she was gone. She left me.she died for me and I will have to live for her.

I held my head,
Tight, I felt as if I was drowning in deep black sea. Mama please come back I said but didn't hear my voice.

👩Mama Caro👩
What do you intend to do with the girl sir"I Asked him gently. He owned a business he runs outside Nigerian and is barely in town,as to why he saved the girl,is what every maid around here is asking.

"I have been working for him and his family for the past twenty five years,things got rough between him and his wife and she took their only child away"what a cruel woman.

She became a model and won miss Nigerian at her middle twenties,she left the country with Maison and never returned.

Ever since Mr Cameron never said anything with anyone but me, he was the child I never had and with his help I am consoled, I was the only one that knew every single thing he had to endure,we shared a bitter secret that bounded us together and I think if we try to confront it, we will loose the relationship we have now.

"Mama Caro" he called out.

Yes Cameron,you seem deep in thought,is there anything you want to tell me?

Did you ever think I did wrong by not going after Hannah when she left me? Do you think I and Maison will ever have the father_son relationship again?I feel like I have lost everything I ever worked hard for,mama Caro have I completely failed as a man?he buried his face in his hands.

I knew it was one of those phase in his life where regret flush through him. Yes Sarah is a very beautiful woman, gentle and meek. Every man should feel at lost over such woman but Mr Cameron was a good man too,so her lost. If only my daughter was alive,I had make sure he becomes my son in-law again ..

No Cameron"its her lost, Maison is no longer a child,his an adult,a man Cameron. Am sure his proud to have a dad like you.

"But mama C"no but I interrupted him,she left because she wanted to live her dreams not because you are terrible. Deal with it. Cameron you need to be a good father to your son and for that reason you have to start by quitting regret.
Okay?

" okay"he replied and searched his locker,he pulled out a brown envelope and handed it to her. "Everything you need to know about mynah is written here, I want to take care of her. I think I owe her mum that,she was a very good friend of mine. please help me watch out for the girl. She might be a little difficult but I trust you to take care of her like you took care of me.

I will,anything for my Cam..

Mama Caro

Yes

thank you..

She smiled and walked out of his office.
She didn't tell him about the incident yesterday.

She found Mynah lying unconscious in the bath room, cut wrist and a bleeding nostrils. "Thank goodness I made it early''she sighed and walked away.