CORPER WALE Episode 7

Story by O'nezer
Episode 7


Two years later life turned a new leaf for Wale. The happy marriage became sour since the day he got a phone call asking him to rush down to the family hospital after which he was told his wife and two year old daughter are in a critical condition after a ghastly car-crash"

Wale couldn't believe his ears "no it can't be..." he dialed Josephine's number but there was no one at the receiving end. He dashed to his car in the parking lot with the speed of light.
"God please keep my treasure for me" Wale kept praying.

Getting to the hospital, he was welcomed with the presence of His parents and youngest sister in deep tears "I need to see them" Wale screamed bitterly.

"Not now" Wale's dad pulled him closer leading him to the Doctor's office as he was unsure of how Wale would take the News if he broke it to Wale himself.

"I don't understand!" Wale cried as tears streamed down his face.
"I'm sorry sir but we did all we could to save them" the Doctor explained.

"Your best was not enough!" Wale screamed hitting the table before him refusing to be consoled by his dad's calming.
"A dead wife that is three weeks pregnant and my beautiful Ayomi, but why?" Wale cried.

The journey back home from the hospital was a bitter one for the family as they were all quiet amidst sniffs. No one dared to utter a word to Wale all through "Wale loved this girl with his soul, how is he going to cope?" Wale's dad shook his head at the thought.

Wale became a known stranger to the family after the burial "my past must be catching up with me" Wale cried alone in his apartment. He had refused the offer of his youngest sister staying with him "I'll be fine" he said.

"Wale, Wale!" Wale's younger sister screamed meeting Wale laying on the bare floor gasping for breath. It had been a week since he came to the office after the one year remembrance of Josephine and Ayomide's demise.

"He has a stomach ulcer. It seems he hasn't been eating for a while and it's beginning to affect him rapidly" The Doctor said.

"I'm done for!" Wale's mum screamed as his dad placed his hand on his chin staring at the Doctor.
"Please, do all you can to save him alive" Wale's dad pleaded.

Wale was hospitalized for almost two weeks. The Doctor kept him on observation and gave him antidepressants drugs to keep him on check before being discharged
"Sir, you have to pull yourself together. You can't undo what has happened" the Doctor advised after discharging him.

"Wow!... This girl looks like young Ayomide" Wale's sister beckoned to her mum in a whisper as they were stepping out of the hospital.
"What is it with your imagination now?" Her mum shrugged but Wale already heard the whisper. Making a turn to see the child, he saw a girl about five years old looking so much like his Ayomide.
"Ayomi" Wale called out beside his father.

He rushed to meet the child who was being held by the hand by a woman who didn't look like Josephine or any woman he had ever met
"I'm sorry. She looks so much like my daughter" Wale pleaded with the woman who was holding the little girl hand.

Wale walked back to join the crew who had been watching him from a distance "Wale, you need to man up" Wale's dad warned as they all got into the car
"But how can you man up when all you love crushes before your face in a twinkle" he turned to his father with a questioning look as he slammed the car door close.

The drive home was quiet saving the songs coming from Wale's sister phone from the back seat.
"She looks so much like my Ayomi" was all that went through Wale's mind till they got to the Estate gate of his parents house.

"You can't go back there all by yourself" Wale's parents turned down his plea to go back to his apartment.

"Oh Ayomi" Wale blew into the air as he alighted from the car.



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