Nnenas parents came, it has been two weeks since Roman chased Nnena away, but today she came with her parents to discuss the ceremony to name the child she aborted.
"we don't even know if the child was a boy or a girl, where do we begin?" the king said, Nnenas father
"we called our seer to come over, we really need guidance here" Randy said
they waited for the seer to come, when he finally came, he said
"the babies were boys, twin boys, but I will not participate in the naming because they are not our blood, and they are the seed of unfaithfulness, once more, they will not be accepted in the royal kraal, the ceremony therefore should be done at the Malawi kingdom, Nnenas father will have to plead with his ancestors to accept the innocent souls" the seer said
"okay no its very understandable, we will take Nnena with us, the ceremony will be held on Friday night then" the king said, the queen never uttered a word since she got here, she was ashamed of what her daughter had done
"we will come Friday morning then" Randy said
"I'm not going to name kids that aren't mine, and please Nnena, take everything that's yours because you're not coming back here" Roman said
"Roman not now" yildiz warned
"I'm just saying" he said shrugging
"i work here Roman, so I will come back" nnena said
"okay, find your own place, and stay put of my way, the divorce papers will reach you soon" Roman said, they all looked at him, he was very serious, Nnena sobbed, but no body said anything, they all just kept quiet, when they got out
"we don't think we should come to the ceremony, as much as we support this kid's union, your daughter wronged us, she disrespected our son, us and our ancestors, furthermore, we need to support our son, you need to understand that this situation is a tough one, no man can stand it" Randy told the king
"we totally understand my king, we thank you for your patience for our daughter, we hope Roman heals from this, I know I wouldn't, but he's young and can still find love" the king said
"no need to give up on them, their love is strong, and I believe they will find their way back to each other's arms again, they just need some space to heal" Randy said
"I hope for my daughter's sake" the king said
"we will keep in touch" Randy said.
"Roman divorce is a big step, wait until you heal then you can decide" Randy told Roman, Luke came also
"no, I'm leaving her cheating ass" he said
"but Roman you had already forgiven her for cheating, the babies are a product of what you've already forgiven her for, so it doesn't make sense that you get this worked up over again" Luke said
"she wasn't totally honest with me, if I knew she did this, I wouldn't have taken her back, I would have forgiven her, but not take her back, she's a murder, she's cruel man" Roman said
"well if you must know, she's carrying your baby" Randy said
"what," they all asked.
"yes, the seer said she's carrying a baby girl, yildiz, he said something about the rebirth of the African queen" Randy said
"why me though?" Roman groaned
"you're a man, men go through stuff" Luke said
"why does it feel like i always go through the worst ?" Roman asked
"it's not the worst actually, it's just that it hurts, confuses you and not easy to deal with, but after some time, you'll be thankful to have gone through that because you'll be much stronger, and wiser" Luke said
"uncle Luke stop, who would be thankful to go through what I'm going through?" Roman asked
"Roman we've went through the most, we had our own share of problems, there were times when we felt like it was over, that nothing would ever be normal again, but look at us, growing old with our wives" Randy said
"but dad don't compare those to this" he said
"let me tell you, there was a time when my parents didn't want your mother because she wasn't royalty, I had to marry someone else, I still loved her, but I wanted to protect her from my parents, hence taking the wife they picked for me, she also moved on with her life, got married, but unfortunately her marriage didn't work out, she came back home, we found each other again, then my ex wife stabbed her ten times, she was in comma for a month, but she woke up and we still dated, my wife was in jail by then, I got involved in an accident, she took care of me, even when the doctors said I wasn't going to walk again, she had hope that I will walk again, and I walked, she made sure of it, then after finding out that she's pregnant with you, my parents decided to burn her and your grandmother in the house, lucky enough they escaped, and they skipped the country, I got mad, I was even admitted in a psychiatric hospital, for years, when I got out, I had a few leads, I followed them, it took me years, I only found you when you were 6, we got married, then something happened again, we almost got divorced but we found each other again, it was challenges after challenges, we were strong to deal with them, that's why you still have us" Randy said
"wow, that's hectic" Roman said
"your aunt and I also have had our own share of problems, to cut a very long story short, she too had babies that were not mine, unfortunately the babies didn't make it, we buried them, I have accepted them, and forgave her, as much as she forgave me for the things I've also done to her" Luke said
"well i guess I won't be able to tell this testimonies because I'm not seeing myself recovering from this" Roman said, Luke and Randy laughed
"only time will tell my son" Randy said
"you two seem to be seeing this as a big fat joke" Roman said
"did you know that your aunt, your mother's sister was killed by my father? and raped by Luke's father, and she was pregnant with Luke's baby?" Randy asked, Roman looked at them
"what the hell?" he said
"yes, so love sees no faults, that's why I'm saying time will tell" Randy said
"the way you make this seem so easy, I wish it didn't hurt" Romam said
"you will heal, if you allow yourself to heal" Luke said
the talk seemed to be easing the pain on Roman, but at night in his room, he cried again, he felt less of a man, he went through his wedding pictures, and it crossed his mind that his 23rd birthday is next week, meaning that's their third anniversary with Nnena, but he never got to enjoy the marriage, it started at a very wrong pace.
he didn't celebrate his birthday, he switched off his phone because he didn't want people calling him to wish him birthday wishes, for two days, he was sitting in his office when chinenye brought a gift bag, he took it and opened, it was a letter in an envelope coming from Nnena
"I know I've hurt you very deep, I can feel your pain in my heart, I've bruised your ego, I can feel your insecurities in my soul, I feel you, I know how you feel, I wish I knew how to heal you, I wish I knew how to undo what I did, but I can't, so I will let you go this time around, to search for a woman that will never hurt you the way I did, you deserve happiness, you are a wonderful person, as much as it hurts to even say goodbye on a letter, I can't bring myself to beg for forgiveness, that would be very selfish, I had you and I couldn't appreciate you, now its time you also feel what I felt when I'm you, love and happiness. yours Nnena" the there was a ring, he took it out, he looked at it with tears flowing.
after ten minutes of crying, he drive to her workplace, she was about to knock off
"nnena" he greeted, his eyes were glossy
"Roman, please don't cry, I don't deserve your tears" she said hugging him, he hugged her tightly and just let his sobs do the talking, after some time, they broke the hug
"let's do dinner" he said
"fine" she agreed, they went to sit at the park with a box of pizza and their drinks and snacks
"I was angry, very angry that I didn't see beyond that, I might have said things I didn't mean, like the divorce, I don't want you gone, you're mine Nnena and I'm yours, we belong together" he said giving her her ring back "please my love, don't ever take this off your finger, this is my heart, take care of it" he said kissing her
"I'm sorry Roman, I've hurt you, I don't deserve you" She said
" I'm willing to give us another try, but this time we need to tell each other the truth, only the truth" Roman said, they spoke, he also told Nnena about his life before they got married, and when they were separated the first time, they made peace, and promised each other to never hide anything, or hurt each other.