THE BROODER

EPISODE 2

THE BROODER

2.

RICHARD

Death is my gangster name. I got the name after surviving several gunshot injuries and near-death accidents. I defeated death several times and I fear no-one. Richard carfer is the CEO of Carfer Holdings, a parent company that controls over Thirty subsidiaries all over the world.

On the other hand, Death is a gang leader of the BOND BROTHERHOOD. It is an underground organisation that deals with illegal drugs importation and exportation all over countries. We only deal with drugs and nothing more. Our business territories are impenetrable. We always make sure of that. Carfer holdings is a cover-up for BOND BROTHERHOOD.

I didn't become a gang leader by choice rather by merit. I was the right hand man for my boss, Mayor Zulu, who was the Ex gang leader of BOND BROTHERHOOD. I Served him for Two years as an ordinary salesman till he picked interest in me and introduced me to the drug dealership. I began his right hand man for nine years until he decided to venture into politics and he introduced me to the gang.

I became the gang leader when I saved the gang from the Italian mafia who tried to penetrate into our territory. They tried to expose Mayor Zulu almost linking him to the dealership and politics but they failed when I dealt with them.

By dealing with them, I meant war! Bloody war! I had to disguise myself yet using the daughter of the Italian mafia gang leader, Samantha Gomez.

She fell so hard for me and her love brought death knocking at their doorstep.

Richard carfer isn't my real name. I registered myself as Richard carfer because I grew up in the orphanage as an orphan. The orphanage belonged to the catholic church and thus they named us after biblical names. I was given " Barnabas" as a name by the reverend sisters. We had no surname, just casual biblical names. I met Jordans at the orphanage. We became brothers by circumstances. He stayed back while I ran away at thirteen.

I had this scar just below my eyes that made me ugly and most aspiring parents don't take in kids with scars or ugliness. Jordan was just ugly with a very dirty black skin. He had very funny looking teeth. His teeth spaced out in two's and it wasn't pleasant at all.

We've all changed over the years. I had a removal surgery for the scar and I had some plastic facial surgeries that corrected my looks.

After I left the orphanage, I was able to meet a very nice family who took good care of me till they were butchered.

Oros Carfer, saw me on the streets during a rainy day and brought me home to his aged wife, Claire. She didn't like me at first. She usually think I will steal from them and run away but gradually she opened up to me and raised me till I turned Nineteen. She's a nice sweet lady.

The night I met old oros, he asked me my name and I lied that I am " Richard". I've liked the name Richard from way back when a nice Mr Richard, came visiting to the orphanage and made me sit on his laps. He was the first visitor to be nice to an ugly scar-face kid like me then.

I took his name and I made very good use of the name till date.

Old ma'am Claire registered me at school and I was able to finish highschool. I was an A- student and it made them very proud. I had registered for college before that tragic ill-fated day.

Oros was a car mechanic and he has a garage just around the street. I helped him out most times since I finished my final exams. I've been learning basic car repairs from him since I have been living with him and over the years, I found pleasure in doing car repairs with him.

That day, we had breakfast as usual as a family and I left for the garage alone because oros had some errands to run before reporting to the garage.

I was at the garage doing some wiring on old Rufus' Ford when I got a call from our neighbour, Lee, a Korean married to a mixed Asian lady, Nokuthal. He told me to come back home immediately that my parents were attacked by some armed robbers.

I got home to the ambulance and cops picking their shattered body parts. I was terrified , traumatised yet angry. The cops had no lead, no trace just a normal daylight robbery in Africa with nothing stolen.

The Carfer's family were called in and old Oros and Claire were given a funeral .

I left the house to find answers to my whys and whats and I did find answers after I started working for Mayor Zulu.

ASHLEY

It's days like today that I miss my mom's sweet soft voice.

I pushed and pushed till I heard my baby boy's voice all over the tiny delivery room.

Another lady, Zita, also had her baby boy that day so the two mid-wife nurses that usually assist in child birth were really in a bad mood that day. I can say they slapped the baby out of me.

Nurse May and Nurse zathle are really witches in human flesh. Nurse May gave me thundering slaps that made me cry and wish I could just die. Nurse Zathle rained all manners of curses at me with her annoying tongue clicks.

My only zeal was to see my baby boy and to behold him in my hands.

After the terrible stitches and cleanings, I saw Saga come in with my baby boy. He gave him to me with a smile in his face.

Over the months, we've had a mutual understanding. Since the boss told him that I wasn't their responsibility but his, he took over and I became the most pampered brooder in the house. Other brooders were even jealous of me. I had my baby daddy buying my cravings and whatnot while they're only given what was provided.

The boss told Saga to take good care of me and baby. I found out that day that Saga was the boss's cousin so he couldn't terminate the child. I also learnt that the security are allowed to sleep with the brooders only with condoms. Unregistered babies were not permitted. Saga was given the chance to become a father because he's blood related.

Saga: he looks just like my dad.

" Give him to me" he gave me my baby and I kissed his face.

" What's his name?" I know I wasn't allowed to name him but I assume saga has named him.

Saga: you know I can't tell you.

I saw the pity in his eyes as he looks at me. He has been giving me those pitiful looks since we had an ultrasound appointment with doctor Segundo in my third semester.

And we've been having s* x every now and then in his cubicle. Most times it was gentle and I had my happy endings some times. I blame it on pregnancy hormones.

" I'll just call him Sun, he's my own sun. I haven't seen the sun for years now but with him, I see it in his face."

A lone tear dropped to my Sun's face and he cried loudly. Nurse May came in.

Nurse May: Young lady, don't you know you're supposed to breastfeed him. That's how you'll be bringing in unregistered bastards to the factory without...

I heard a loud bang and she fell to the ground holding the half part of her face.

Saga( He slapped her): Never! never you call my son a bastard in your entire miserable life again. b***h!

I breastfed my Sun knowing he's going to have a protective father by his side. At least, he'll be happier with his father. .. that night when the coast was clear, I secretly took my son and ...

written by DanielmmaVictory