16. Her mother’s past 1
” You do know I don’t agree with you on that right? I just don’t want you tiring yourself.” Martina said hoping her mother would change her mind.
” Martina! get me out if this place already.” Her mother replied really annoyed now.
” Sure, let’s go but atleast let me hold on to you for support mother.” Martina said.
Her mother could see her daughter was hellbent on helping her so to cut the incoming argument Short, she agreed.
Holding her mom’s hands, Martina supported her and they walked slowly until they reached the parking lot.
A kind nurse had offered to help them carry their luggage which didn’t consist of much.
Martina had already hired a taxi that would bring the two of them home. The taxi driver upon seeing them opened the car door and Martina helped her mother in.
She turned to the nurse and picked the bag. She proceeded to enter the car carrying the bag since it wasn’t big enough to qualify being placed at the car boots.
After everyone was securely seated with the seatbelt on, the driver ignited the car and left the hospital.
Under strict instructions, he drove slowly avoiding anything bumpy. This was a precaution Martina was ready to take since her mother had undergone surgery not long ago. Although she looked healthy now but Martina knew that her mom was very good at hiding her pain.
” When are we going to see your sister.” She asked. Now that they had already left the hospital, it was about time they went to visit her other daughter, it’s been close to Twenty five years now since she was separated from her. She might be the one who gave her out and someone would wonder why a mother would give out her daughter, but only she knows that with their situation then, she couldn’t keep both the children.
She also did not want to deny him the opportunity of being a father. He might have abandoned them at their crucial moment but she knew better than anyone that he wasn’t a man who would be so petty. She had been forced to get to bed with another man and pictures taken by his parents. If those pictures were presented go him, he would feel betrayed.
With his tempers, he would say if she’s happy with another man then he would let her be and not disturb her new found happiness.
She was also glad that he didn’t come looking for them otherwise things would have more out of hand.
Maybe then, his parents would have realized that she was pregnant and with their pride, they were bound to do everything in their power to ensure the children weren’t born..
If that ever happened, then she didn’t know how she could have coped with life .
Thinking about him, she missed him. He was the only man she has ever loved in all her life. Even after moving to another country, she never married anyone. To her, he was her husband even if they never got married.
She was as eager to meet him just as she wanted to meet her daughter.
” Mom!” Martina finally shouted after calling her mom few times without getting any response. She could see her mother was in another world but what she was so engrossed thinking, Martina had no idea.
Her mother was drawn back from her thoughts by her daughter’s voice. Only then did she realize that her daughter has been talking to her.
” You were saying something?” She turned to ask.
” Ofcourse I was but you were busy thinking about God knows what, what’s so important that you spaced out in the middle of our conversation?” Martina asked suspiciously. It was very rare for her mother to space out while talking.
“I was thinking about whether your father will accept you?” She couldn’t say she was missing her past lover but still she had earlier thought about that, whether he will accept his other daughter.
” It should be whether I will accept him not the other way round. He abandoned us and married another woman. He is also the reason I did not grow up with my twin sister.” Martina said angrily. She really resented her father. He was the reason why her mother had to move to a new country and also he was responsible for all the hardships they went through. Accept her? Who cares about his acceptance. He can go to hell for all she cares. The only thing that brought Martina back to this country was her sister. She didn’t want to be accepted by such an irresponsible father.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
” Martina, don’t fill your heart with hatred and resentment. Your father had no hand in anything that happened. You know nothing about the past, atleast give him the chance to make amends and explain.” Her mother chastised.
She couldn’t blame her for harbouring such feelings to her father but he was also a victim just like them. His parents played with his emotions and forced him to an arranged marriage. He missed to be there for his one daughter and even though Marina grew up with him, he did not have any idea that she was his daughter and from her research, he really treated her well all those years.
From her mother’s words, Martina could feel that there’s more to the story that she didn’t know. She only knows that her father married another woman and that caused her mother to move to another country.
She had thought that maybe her mother moved here to heal from her heartache but now she could sense that something else really happened.
” Then tell me what the heck happened. I deserve to know the truth mother.” Martina said frustrated.
She can’t bear the thought that maybe she has grown all her life hating her father for being irresponsible just to be totally wrong about her analysis.
She needed to know what exactly transpired that forced the separation of her and her twin sister.
She needed to know what caused her to grow without both her parents like any other children.