Story Title: LIFE & DEATH
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THE LAST 3 CHAPTERS(22, 23 & 24)
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Chapter 22
(THE KILLER-SQUARD)
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>>> What else can I even say? What else is there to #investigate? Haven't we known the killer ...sorry, the killers of Yusuf already?
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>>>If you have indeed been following the story from the beginning, you will know that truly, the murderers of Yusuf really did a #brilliant brain work before they could take him down but thank God, they have been found..... What pained me most was that I never knew that the #killer_squard I was looking for are even my people,....I couldn't smell it, poor me!
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Mrs Yusuf and her brother(Rasaq) have
#unanimously decided to let the matter rest in peace...., according to them, they were not ready to drag case with the killers..... they saw everything the killers did as #desperate attempts to stop the evils and wickedness the family of Yusuf was distributing..... If Yusuf had not died, only God knows who would have been his next victim..... Rasaq did not just give up on the matter without giving a piece of his mind to the killers (Mary, Dr Korede, Dayo and my dad):
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RASAQ: We have decided to let the matter rest here........and we are going to forever be pretending as if everything we heard here were never said......, meaning that we are not going into any
#legal_battle with u guys....
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[ I could see the signs of relief on the killers, especially Dr Korede who had thought that an end had come to his medical career]
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RASAQ: But all the same, let's all learn a big lesson in this.... Firstly, the act of paying evil back with evil should be discouraged among #humanity ...., cutting of head can't be the solution to its headache. Look at the kind of plans u hatched for the assassination of another fellow human being, if you guys have gone through that kind of stress to correct him, I am sure Yusuf would have been alive today as a changed man.
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[ Very correct.....We all breathed deeply down in us]
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RASAQ: (Almost crying) You guys should have done better than ending his life in such a #painful manner.....
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FATHER: What else can we say? You have said it all, my son. Two wrongs don't make a right. In an attempt to stop the late Yusuf from being the killer of Sanya, our #breadwinner, we ended up being his own killers.....what a pity! If only we can turn back the hands of time, we would make corrections.....
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[ From the tone of my father, you could easily see how sorry he was....Mrs Yusuf was just crying profusely....But I noticed that Adeola looked on at everybody with a #mocking smiling look....., I began to ask myself what exactly could be wrong with our mysterious friend....]
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DR KOREDE: It is a shame that I, a life-saver turned myself to a life-taker..... I am not proud of what I did at all. Even though we did it for the Sanya here to live, yet, we should have known that there is no
#justification for crime. ....
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[ Everybody involved in the killing of Yusuf was deeply sorry]
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MARY: I started it, so I caused it all... I am sorry.... We are sorry. Kindly find a place in your heart to forgive us.
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[ Hearing Mary apologised, Adeola
#mockingly smiled the more.....why was Adeola making jest of those apologising?]
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MRS YUSUF: You people have been forgiven by us. Just pray to God to forgive you. As for my late husband, he got what he deserved.
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[ In my mind, I started asking myself if Yusuf indeed deserved such death from mortal beings like himself...., abi haven't we all sinned and come short of the glory of God?]
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[But far beyond knowing the killers of Yusuf, there are still more questions in my mind, begging for answers]
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>>>Yes, the murderers may have been found...,but what next between my Mary and I?..... Does that mean that it is over between us? Should I just move on with my life and see her as a wicked murderer, forgetting that she became a murderer for me to live??? Also, what of Adeola who unravelled the whole mystery to us...how did she find out about the killers' activities when she wasn't part of the murder in the first place?? Maybe we should just ask the question of WHO IS ADEOLA?
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DR SANYA: (Talking to my Mary) Mary, my dear....it pleases me to tell you that the #rape is not enough reason to quit our relationship.....
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[Everybody was happy to hear that]
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DR SANYA: I still need you in my life and I am marrying you...
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[ Mary cut in]
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MARY: No, you can't marry me...., even our relationship can't continue any longer
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[ I was speechless for seconds...]
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DR SANYA: Why?
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MARY: It is late already....
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DR SANYA: What do u mean by it is late already?
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MARY: You met me here few hours ago.....What do u think I came for?
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[ I was confused.... At this juncture, I realised that I haven't even known why she came to see my father in the first place....]
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DR SANYA: (Calmly) Believe me, there is no way I can know why you are here in the first place unless u tell me ...
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MARY: Few days ago, I started feeling funny bodily....it was yesterday that I went to an hospital for medical check-up, there it was confirmed to me that I was few weeks pregnant.....So, my coming here was to inform my #confidant who is your father
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[ Father nodded in affirmation. Rather than being taken by shock like the rest of us, Adeola just smiled broadly.....,this again amazed me. With all Mary has said so far concerning how she didn't want our relationship to continue, did anybody still need to be told that the pregnancy was not mine?]
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MARY: I am sure you are not expecting me to tell you that the pregnancy does not belong to you...
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[ I still remained speechless....Mrs Yusuf cut in ]
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MRS YUSUF: It belongs to my late husband, right?
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MARY: Yes, the pregnancy is his. It is the product of the #rape
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LIFE & DEATH
Chapter 23 (THE LAST NAIL THAT CLOSES THE COFFIN)
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(Mrs Yusuf, knowing that her late husband owned the pregnancy again, was very sad....)
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MRS YUSUF: Oh my God!
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[ Mrs Yusuf hung down her head,
#agonising .....At this point, our mysterious friend, Adeola decided to break her silence....]
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ADEOLA: Sanya, are u shocked by all these revelations? You need not be. I warned you from the beginning, didn't I? I told you that the revelations from the investigation you were embarking on may leave your life forever changed......you thought I was blabbing, right?
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DR SANYA: Hmmmmmm..... you predicted it, ....Yes, I didn't listen, I was just clouded by my desperation..... But in all these revelations now, there is one thing that is still not clear to me..., and only you can clear it for me
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ADEOLA: Ask me, what is it?
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DR SANYA: (Calmly) Adeola, who are you?
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[ Without wasting further time, Adeola replied me frankly as if she had been expecting the question]
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ADEOLA: I am your mother!
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DR SANYA: My mother??
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ADEOLA: Yes, I am your late mother killed by Yusuf's father....
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[ Everyone of us in the living room became so terrified.... my father looked on at her....Adeola stood up gently to address us...]
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ADEOLA: Believe me, I had patiently been expecting this moment...., and I knew it will be the last # shock that will seal your investigation..,I mean the last nail that closes the coffin..... I am not the Adeola you have all thought I was....
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[ The shock on everybody's faces was obvious......, even the silence existing in the living room was more than the one at the cemetery.....]
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ADEOLA: Your Adeola had since died in a fatal bike accident. I needed a human body to get to you people and I found her person to be the best character I needed to convince you.... So, I am only working with her body....I'm not your fetish and over-jealous Adeola. Sanya, I am your biological mother!
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[ Adeola turned to my father]
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ADEOLA: (Talking to my father) Dear, I just hope you are not doubting me....., and in case you don't believe me, let me quickly remind you of what I said last in your arms that very day you lifted me up from the pool of my blood: I told you to contact the alfa living with us in the same neighborhood for the cause of my death.....and that you must take good care of my son, Sanya and also that u must never tell him how I died unless it becomes so necessary like this..... after saying all these, I gave up the ghost. Do you remember?
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[ My father screamed in extreme shock]
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FATHER: Ahhhhh!!!! Mummy Sanya!
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ADEOLA: Yes, I am mummy Sanya....and mummy Sanya never wanted her Sanya to die prematurely from the hand of the son of the man that murdered her...., that was why I manipulated the thoughts of everyone involved in the murder, starting from the Mary here. Ordinarily, the Mary here isn't the kind of person that will think of taking the life of a cockroach, not to talk of that of a human being. I entered into them all and manipulated them to start planning to kill Yusuf...., that was why when they were apologising, for my mind, I was mocking them.... do you guys think you did the killing intentionally....??
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[ Throughout, we all remained calmed in our shock ....abi, who dare talk when ghost is talking?]
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DR SANYA: (Stuttering) But...but...but.....
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ADEOLA: Yes, I manipulated them all, including you...
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[ I cut in anxiously]
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DR SANYA: Including me?? As how? I didn't kill Yusuf
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ADEOLA: Of course, you didn't kill him but you investigated his death...You are not a police officer, yet you were so interested in knowing the cause of Yusuf's death...#Why?... Do u think it was ordinary?
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DR SANYA: Oh my God!!!
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ADEOLA: If you had not investigated the death, how would all these revelations had come out?
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MARY( Amidst tears) As it is now, my life is ruined. Due to the pregnancy in me, I have lost the love of my life who is your son
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[ Adeola laughed broadly]
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ADEOLA: Pregnancy?? Which pregnancy?.....Were u pregnant?
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MARY: Yes, I am. A qualified medical doctor confirmed it for me yesterday...
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[ I looked on at Adeola...sorry, I looked on at my mum with utmost attention....]
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ADEOLA: Go back to the same doctor tomorrow and re-do the test.....My daughter, u are as free as air. Your
#first_born is going to be for my son here...
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[ The shock became unbearable for my little body, so I #fainted straightaway, making that the last thing I heard.....]
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LIFE & DEATH
Chapter 23 ( THE FINAL SAGA)
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>>> I woke up in a nearby hospital, with Dr Korede, my Mary and my beloved father beside me.....The first question I asked them after I woke up was WHERE IS MY MUM? Guys, this was a woman I never grew up to know...You can imagine the pain...]
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FATHER: My boy, I am happy u are finally around..... Your mother asked us to tell you that she loved you so much and that she would never for once leave your side...
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[ I looked round at the faces of Dr Korede and my Mary...they both nodded in support of what my dad said...I started crying and they did their best calming me down...]
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DR SANYA: So, where is she now?
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FATHER: You mean your mother??
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DR SANYA: Yes, dad
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FATHER: She disappeared immediately she gave the instructions.....
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[ What else could I say? So, it wasn't even my Mary, my father, and my assistant doctor that killed Sanya, they were all manipulated. Maybe that was why it never occurred to the deceased wife to hand us over to the police... hmmm, God is great! I will forever remain greatful to my mum for being a true mother, even in death]
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DR SANYA: (Talking to Dr Korede and my Mary) Thanks guys...
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DR KOREDE: You are welcome
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DR SANYA: (Talking to Dr Korede) Doc, I had slept for how many hours here?
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DR KOREDE: You slept for good 26 hours, 37minutes
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DR SANYA: Oh my God!... I am sure I must have fainted due to too much of shock
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DR KOREDE: Exactly! The resident doctor here even confirmed it
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DR SANYA: Yes, that reminds me.....which hospital is this?
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DR KOREDE: It is a state-owned general hospital
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DR SANYA: And where is nurse Gbemisola?
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DR KOREDE: I have since yesterday sent her back to the hospital to oversee things till we are back....Others are back to their respective destinations.....The deceased wife said she would meet with Yusuf's family members today to discuss his burial....
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[ I asked Dr Korede to switch on my phone....right there, Mrs Yusuf's call came in...I picked the call and she was so glad to know that I was back to life....our call together lasted for more than 3minutes....she told me the family had agreed to come for the body the following day for proper burial.... while I was on the phone with Mrs Yusuf, I noticed that Dr Korede was on his phone with nurse Gbemisola too, sharing the good news of my coming back to life with her...... The atmosphere in the hospital room seemed lighted up with #joy_unspeakable ....The resident doctor, knowing fully well that Dr Korede and I are also medical doctors, in the evening of that same day, he discharged me...., and before the day ended, I was back to Ibadan, my town of residence.
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>>>True to Adeola's words, sorry... true to my mum's words, I myself carried out another series of #pregnancy_test on my Mary, they all came out #negative.... This life sha! We were very glad.
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>>>Unfortunately, my dad fell terribly ill a month after and he eventually #died ]
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>>>Mary and I got married 6months after the incidence...... In the same month of my marriage, Dr Korede married our nurse Gbemisola....The former Mrs Yusuf was the best lady for our wives on the wedding days...
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>>>Mrs Yusuf travelled out of the country thereafter and he eventually got married to a white man.....
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>>>My marriage with my Mary was blessed with a set of twins, a male and a female and I named them after my dad and mum because I strongly believed they have come to stay by my side just as my mum said before she finally left......
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>>>Regarding nurse Gbemisola and Dr Korede... Shortly after their marriage, they decided to relocate to Ghana to establish their own hospital there. Allowing them to leave was really a tough decision for me to take. Dr Korede and nurse Gbemisola were like a brother and sister that I never had. As I am writing this story, nurse Gbemisola is already in the pregnancy of their second baby....Even the former Mrs Yusuf called me last week from #Canada that she just had a set of twins, both males. Can't you see now that the Lord is good?
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>>>Helloo, there is nothing in this LIFE .... no matter what we are seeing in it, it is still empty. LIFE is short and DEATH is sure!
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>>>If my dead mother could come back from being dead to save my life, then I am beginning to believe that there is a strong link between LIFE & DEATH that we human beings still never discover.
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>>>So my people, you have read THE PAST.... likewise HELL IN HEAVEN, now it is LIFE & DEATH. So, what next? I don't know yet. But while we are waiting for another #inspiring, #captivating, #glamorous, #intriguing, #mind_blowing, #suspence_filled and #educative story package from the giver Himself(GOD), I wish to read your comments on this.
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>>>Please, stay away from whatever may cut short your life. Truly, life is meant to be enjoyed but never forget that too much of everything is bad. Don't end-up fruitlessly like Yusuf!!!
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#BYE_FOR_NOW!
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THE END! THE END!! THE END!!!