SERIES:THE MISSING KEY (EPISODE 17)

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Mum was very busy in the
kitchen that she didn’t notice
dad standing at the door, and
carefully observing her.
“How did it go?” Dad asked.
Mum quickly looked
behind her, “Oh, you startled
me,” it was not every day that
dad comes around to meet her
in the kitchen. “Well, the
response was fine and I am glad I
talked to her, I don’t really
think she is pregnant, she is
just anxious thats all.”

“Wow, that would be a great
relieve. I had a long talk with
John. Hopefully if we play our
parts right as parents from
now, we will witness a positive
change in them soonest.” He
slowly walked up to her and
held her by her waist, “What are
you preparing” he
asked in a soft husky tone.”
“Your favourite, do you want to
join me?”
“Of course…” he looked at mum
deeply in the eyes“Do you
remember when we used to
cook together?” “Yes, it was one of
the memorable times of
my life,” mum replied as she
chuckled and laughed out softly.
“Then the kids started coming.
And we shifted focus from us to
them.”
“We wanted to give them the
best in life but we had to go
through a lot of pressure to
keep up our desire.” Mum added.
“As a result of this pressure we
lost communications not
only between the two of us but even
between the kids.”
Dad put in again.
“It’s about time we have a real
family, you know,”
“Yes and thank you very much
for coming back to us, I have
missed you, mum whispered as
they both shared a warm make
up kiss.
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I was sitting in my
room, still
wondering what I
was going to
do about the key in
my
possession. I was
really scared
and
needed someone to
talk to. The
only person I could
think of was
sister Ada.
I was sure they
would get angry
with me and blame
me for
causing them get
into trouble
with dad, but I’d
rather prefer
making them angry
than having
dad mad at me, not
even today.
Beside if I could tell
them, then
automatically I
wouldn’t
be alone in this
crime, we would
all be in it together.
With the bunch in
my hand, I
hurried into Ada’s
room.
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Wow?
she looked
different.There
was
just
nothing to fear in
those eyes. In
fact from this new
look of hers;
I instantly knew I
could confide
in her.
She just stared at
me, expecting
me to say
something.
“The key is with
me” I cried.
Her eyes opened up
wider in
shock. “You have
been with the
key all these while?”
she asked,
obviously trying to
understand what I
was up to.
“I didn’t know I
was with it, I
must have ‘sleep
walked’ it into
my bag last night
before going
to bed.”
John must have
heard me from
his room, because
he rushed
out of the room to
make further
enquiries.
“Did I hear you say
you have the
keys with you?” he
asked as
soon as he
approached me
from
behind.
“Yes, I mistakenly
put it in my
bag while parking
my books last
night before going
to bed.”
“But why didn’t you
bring it out
all day,” Ada asked.
“I found out when it
was already
too late and I was
scared of
letting anyone
know.” Tears
filled my eyes.
But surprisingly they
were
staring at me
thoughtfully, no
mean face and no
rude words.
“What do we do
now?” John
asked Ada.
We? I wasn’t sure I
heard him
right.
“Give it to me, mum
and dad
are in the kitchen
right now and
once they are
through they will
call us to eat. I will
open
up that I am with
the key.” She
looked at me and
drew me closer, “Stop crying,
dad is not going to be mad at
you.
I later went back to
my room to lie down; feeling like
a heavy burden had been
taken away from me. I couldn’t
believe Ada was going to
take the blame
on my behalf. I
resolved that I
wasn’t going to
allow her to do
it.
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