Shade of Lust (Episode 29)

The rest of the evening really was a bit uneventful. I had my

shower, rested for a while at the guest room before joining the

family for dinner. Yes I was overly nervous being with them

and I had a hard time finishing my own share of the meal.

However after dinner, as I stood up to leave the dining room,

Tracy’s mother asked me to wait for her in the sitting room.

‘’we have much to talk this evening. I hope you are not too

tired?’’ she asked as I sat up.

‘’mum come on, he just got here’’ Tracy protested.

‘’I’m ready to talk anytime’’ I replied with a smile.

‘’good’’ the old woman smiled with satisfaction.

Minutes later in the sitting room, I sat alone with Tracy’s

mother who took her time in asking me prying questions

about my life, my fears and plans for the future. Yes she

already knew a lot about me from her daughter and that really

made our talk flow easily.

‘’you know during my days, most of my friends that ended up

being successful in life were the ones with a very difficult

background. I can vividly remember a friend back then in

UNN. She lost her parents, five days before our first year first

semester examination. And she was the first daughter of the

family. All her siblings were very little back then and all her

uncle’s could come up with was that she should return home,

plan her parents burial, get married and care for her siblings.

The whole department virtually had to force her to stay back

and try her best in the coming exam which probably was

going to be her last exam in the school since it was very clear

to everyone that was going to drop out from school. She

stayed behind, did her best, bade us farewell and left the

school for an uncertain future. Could you believe that when

the results came out, she turned out to be the best first year

student in the whole faculty, which earned her a scholarship.

She had to come back to school but it still wasn’t an easy ride

for her. She turned herself to a student trader, and the

proceeds were enough to cater for her siblings at home.

Today she is a senior lecturer in U.N.N. So my dear what am

I trying to say is that you should make good use of every

situation you find yourself and never give up on life. God has a

way of helping everyone. Sometimes it might look as if God

isn’t on your side but the truth is that you fail to look beyond

what your eyes are seeing that moment. At least you are

lucky your dad left you a little thing to fall back on before he

died. So what you should be thinking now is how to better

your life and expand the family name. You look like a level

headed boy to me and my daughter speaks very highly of you

which left me and her father very curious to see you.

Anyway we still have a lot to talk about’’ she summarized with a smile

while I breathed deeply.

It really was the first time a woman sat me down and spoke to

me like a mother and it just looked as if a new spirit fell upon

me.

‘’you should go to your room and rest. We have church service

to attend tomorrow. I hope you do go to church?’’ she asked

with a smile. I nodded, smiled back at her and headed to the

guest room, feeling very much at home.

The old woman’s words really touched me a great deal and

even when I got to my room, I sat up on my bed and played

back all she preached on my head. Tracy soon sneaked in,

smiling like a little kid. She threw herself on me, resting her

head on my laps.

‘’I told you my parents are good and accommodative. It’s just

a pity you didn’t meet my siblings. Dad locked up the younger

ones at the dormitory’’ she said with a smile, caressing my

hands.

‘’Thank you for bringing me here. You really don’t know how

much I feel right now’’ I confessed. She sat up, brought her

face forward and stared into my eyes.

‘’I did it because I love you. I will do much more for you. I just

pray you won’t disappoint or embarrass me before my family

in future’’ she breathed solemnly.

‘’I love you too Tracy and I promise to be you forever’’ I

promised, kissing her softly. She held me tightly, moaning

under my soft kisses and wriggling as if an evil genie flew into

her night wear. In no time we were passionately kissing on the

bed, throwing caution to the wind. The urge in me was so

strong and I knew she felt the same way.