Babel Novel
Chapter 50 Bloody Samaritan
AUTHORESS P.. O. V
“You’re my only surviving child, you aren’t my first child, have you ever sit down and think why your father is misbehaving?” Mrs Clerk asked.
“No that’s how he has been misbehaving since I grow up to know you guys as my parents and I grown up to know Mr Clerk as a ûsèlèss father” Adele replied.
“Though your father is a womanizer from the upset, but he always make sure he takes care of me, but he changed and started maltreating me, when I gave birth to our first child” Mrs Clerk said and tears dropped from her eyes.
Adele moved closer to her and pet her.
“What happened to your first child?” Adele asked.
“He died, the same day I gave birth to him” Mrs Clerk replied.
“So sorry!” Mrs O’Brien said.
“So we don’t know how Steve is related to us, because I only gave birth to you and my dèad son” Mrs Clerk replied.
“Was that the reason why Mr Clerk change?” Adele asked.
“Yes he accuse me of kîlling his son and he got more angry when I gave birth to you, he said female child’s are usèless, he said they can’t take care of him when he grow old” Mrs Clerk said and Nathan scoff silently.
“Poor man mentality” Nathan said.
“So does this mean Steve is your dèad son?” Mrs O’Brien asked.
“Am not sure, they showed me my son corpse and I buried him myself” Mrs Clerk said.
“Trust no human, anyway let’s wait for the DNA results” Mrs Clerk said.
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Few minutes later
Doctor Collins came out with the DNA results and gave it to Mrs Clark. Mrs Clerk tear the envelope immediately and read the content in the envelope.
“He is truly my son!” Mrs Clerk said and burst into tears.
“What!” Adele said.
“Did you remember the hospital you gave birth to him?” Nathan asked.
“Sure!” Mrs Clerk replied.
“We need to visit the hospital” Nathan replied.
“Hope there’s no intimacy between the both of you?” Mrs O’Brien asked.
“No” Adele replied and shake her head negatively and Nathan smiled out happily.
“No wonder I feel uneasy anytime Adele called him her boyfriend” Mrs Clerk said.
“And I have a good news for you, he is awake” doctor Collins said.
“Are you for real?” Mrs Clerk asked and rushed to the ward and Adele run after her followed by others.
“Steve!” Adele rushed quickly sitting beside him in the bed and Steve smiled at her touching her face.
“How long have I been like this?” Steve asked. “Just today” Adele replied and Steve hissed in pain.
“It looks like forever” Steve said and tried to stand up.
“A pillow” Mrs Clerk said and rushed to placed a pillow at the back of her head.
“you all look worried, I don’t expect you all to be worried about me, and there are new faces here” Steve said.
“My son” Mrs Clerk said and smiled out tears. “Your son I don’t get, oh now I get you calling me your son because am your daughter boyfriend, I love that” Steve said with a smile.
“No she’s your younger sister” Mrs Clerk replied.
“I don’t understand what’s happening here?” Steve asked.
“You guys are siblings” Mrs Clerk replied and explained everything to him.
“No wonder I like you, despite the fact that you don’t like seeing me with your daughter then, but I don’t believe all this I have my own parents, and they didn’t give me any reason to doubt that they aren’t my biological parents” Steve said.
“Are they still alive?” Nathan asked and Steve glare at him.
“Common man, we both know you don’t hate me” Nathan said.
“Am sure you’re happy now” Steve said. “Sure I’m” Nathan replied and look into Adele face, Adele face is expressionless.
“For your question, my parents are fine, they just came back from Paris to visit me” Steve replied.
“Can I meet them?” Mrs Clerk asked.
“Sure you” Steve replied.
“I will advise we go to the hospital first” Nathan said. “Will you go with us? Because am very sure you can help us force the truth out of the doctor” Mrs Clerk said.
“Sure I will” Nathan replied.
“I need to get out of here, I hate hospital” Steve said. Adele sit down speechless, she was busy picking her finger.
“Tell the doctor to come discharge me, am okay now, I hate the smell of this place” Steve said.
“Alright let me go get the doctor” Adele said and stood up.
“No you aren’t safe, your life is at stalk, we will drive you to your house when we come back from the hospital, you need to stay hidden for now” Nathan said.
“Is it because of that man?” Steve asked.
“yes!” Nathan replied.
“That man is very dangerous” Steve said. “Yeah, am sorry for putting you in this shît” Nathan said.
“You don’t have to be sorry” Steve replied.
“I’ll drive you to your house when we come back” Nathan said.NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.
“Adele stay with your brother, I Claire and Mr Wilfred will go to doctor Kinsley house together” Mrs Clerk said.
“You know his house?” Nathan asked. “Yes I did, he was our family doctor then” Mrs Clerk replied cleaning her face with her palm.
“Evil doctor” Nathan said and walked out with Claire and Mrs Clerk.
*****
Nathan parked his car at the gate and they all came down from the car.
Nathan was about to place a knock on the gate before the gate throw open.
“Oh Mrs Clerk nice seeing you again” doctor Kinsley said with a smile.
“Yes it has been long I saw you” Mrs Clerk replied.
“Come inside hope there’s no problem?” Doctor Kinsley asked.
“There’s no problem” Mrs Clerk replied with a fake smile.
“So how may I help you Mrs Clark?” Doctor Kinsley asked.
“What happened to Mrs Clark son 28 years ago?” Nathan asked going straight to the point.
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Mr Clerk opened his eyes a little and manage to crawled out of the house, he tried using his hand to call the security guy but it’s not working, he sighed in frustration before passing out.