JUST FOR A MOMENT

  JUST FOR A MOMENT...
        
            Written by EKeh Henry . K

      In a land far away.....
I believe that was how story lines began in the past, so many who read this story might the know about it. Whether that is true remains to be revealed or not. I will therefore advice that you grasp the information written between the lines. Happy following.
He was every bit of what every parent would want for a child, every woman for a husband, every offspring for a sibling, every leader for a follower, every congregation for a clergy and every landlord for a tenant. Though a regular Joe he was every bit a perfect guy except for what we call life.
Born into a family with good parents, and the second on the list of offsprings followed by a set of twins. A happy home they had , and as they grew the family bond strengthened, all four offsprings were intellectually sound but the prowess of one supercedes the rest yet he was the most humble, he would rather help his family members with what needed to be done than tag along with friends as such, he had limited friends save for a pretty damsel who no one knew what she saw in him. She would often than not come visiting but he rarely did visit yet she never complained because the relationship grew stronger. He gained admission to study medicine a dream he had always had. Everyone felicitated with him, as providence would have it he kept excelling.
In his fourth year in medical school, his mum was diagnosed of colon cancer and brain tumor at the same time; this was a great shock to everyone who heard about it because she was cautious of her health as she kept constant visit to her physician. Her treatment was started but she died after about eight months. Their hearts were broken they mourned her bitterly, six months later their father was struck with a strange ailment and in no time he too passed on. Life took another twist but for the wisdom of their parents who had opened educational accounts for each of them, they successfully completed their academic pursuits, then came the time to face the realities of life. The ladies got married and the eldest son also got married leaving the younger son who was the star of the family.
Despite the losses they encountered growing up they had become successful and prominent in the society. He somehow got reconnected to his childhood friend (Melissa) the only girl who had believed in him but at this time she had being married and had just come into the country for a function. He felt a sting of love and boom the fire was rekindled and before her departure they had developed a sexual relationship. Once again she found peace and happiness her parents and that of her hubby had been the brain behind her marriage but unknown to her own parents her hubby was a drug lord, the head of a dangerous cartel and he had a chain of prostitutes at his command. It took her three years to discover this and since then she started planning on how to leave the marriage. In no time her husband got wind of her relationship with her long lost lover. However, he sought ways to put an end to it but the more he tried the further away she slipped from him. He soon resorted to violence and in one swoop dealt a heavy blow on the young man ( kelvin) by eliminating his siblings and their families. It hit him like a bullet to the heart, it killed every atom of love and good in him. He became dead to the world but for reasons best known to him he refused to hurt her knowing fully well it was through her this disaster befell him. Instead he found himself going to seek the assistance of one of his close pals back in the days in the university; who happened to be a kingpin and cult leader. He narrated his ordeal to SCRATCH as he was fondly called and an all out war was declared on the perpetrators. But there was a slight problem because this guy ( Bobby) lived in another geographical location. So intense investigation and plan. The sexual relationship was intensified as Melissa constantly came into the country because her hubby had an on going project which she had to monitor its progress. Along the line kelvin discovered some anomalies in her test result when she was diagnosed of malaria but he didn't disclose it to her rather he corrected the error and ensured he got her pregnant. Sooner than not she was pregnant and the news got to her hubby, her parents and friends and hell was let loose..... But kelvin wasn't bothered one bit.

To Be continued....