I stood facing the judge. My teary eyes blured my vision, I saw the judge's mouth move but I know I didn't hear a single word of what she was saying .
The thing that matterd was the judgement she pronounced about five minutes ago, It was every thing I wanted, Every thing I've lived to witness.
My body was present in the court but my Spirit wandered off, back to over twenty-five years ago when my battle began.
I would not say that I was unlucky, it will be a stab at the heart of my mother who laboured to give me life, my mother deprived herself of the free lifestyle most women had just to provide for my need.
She had only me in the most cruel way,
I was barely 8 years old when my uncle (my mother's cousin) told me to go 'look for my father) I was playing with my second cousins ,Robin was older and always want to fight with me,because I am a girl, I tried to avoid fights with him, but on that occasion,he seized my story book,I begged him to release it and he refused, I held him to force him to release it, he dropped the book and pushed me instead! Out of anger I pushed him with all the energy in me and he fell down on the cemented floor and broke his wrist, his father was seated close -by all along but didn't try to find out what was going on, Immediately Robin fell down he rushed to where we were and started hitting me, he hit me so hard on my head, and back ,I almost blacked out, then he screamed at me "Bastard,go and tell your stupid mother to take you to where she brought you from"
The confused little girl filled with fright ,I barely greeted my mother who was in her room, before asking the question I dreaded even in my innocent mind, "Mum please who is my daddy?"
My mom looked at me and asked " where on earth did you get that from?"
I insisted she tell me not wanting to bring my uncle into the scene.
My mum started crying ,I couldn't hold back the tears that was gathering n my eyes, I held my mum and we cried together.
I was too young for the story my mum told me but I listened to her tell me about the man I called "father "
My mum refused to take me to meet my father, he was married to another woman and they had children, my mum was going out with him when she was in the university without knowing he was married, she got pregnant and gave birth to me, at that time his first wife has not given birth,she got to know about my mother and refused my mother entry into my biological father's house. My mother recalled the pain she went through and the rejections here and there, she mustered courage and moved to another city with me, she left school, got a job and put all her energy into her job and taking care of me.
I got to meet my father in my high school, I was in junior class 2,he came to my school and asked for me, my form teacher called me into her office ,I saw him and didn't remember seeing that face anywhere before .
He told me he was my father, he told me almost everything my mother told me, he knelt down to my surprise and begged me to forgive him and give him a chance to make things up for me .
My mum was enraged after I told her, she went to my school and attacked the management for letting 'a stranger " See Me.
But I refused to listen to my mother this time, I need my dad in my life and there's no better time, I told my mom.
From that time my father took over my funding, he changed my school, got a new apartment for my mum and gave her money to start a good business of her choice.
Life took a new face for me and my mom, the joy was full, it was five years into re-uniting with my father, he became sick, the illness got worse every day, my paternal uncle took him everywhere for treatment, nothing worked, he died eventually.
I mourned my father heavily, I was 20 years when he died, I was in my 300 levels in the university, at the time I needed him most, it was so painful, we buried my father and everybody returned to their various destination.
Six months after my father's burial, his lawyer invited us together and read his "WILL", I was allocated two buildings in his estate, two commercial luxurious buses and 13% shares in his construction and tech company ,
I was not surprised when my step mother jumped up to protest, she said her husband didn't tell her about me and said the 'WILL' was null and avoid.
I took my step mother to court,I was an ardent follower of a human right show, I took their number from one of their shows and messaged them, they invited me to their office and I told them my story,
The case was heard first in April 2013,it lingered ,the judge who presided over the case the first time was changed, another one took over, my step mother took to diabolic ways but my God conquered,
On 22nd October 2018 the judge gave her judgement in my favour. I won the case and had all the necessary Document handed to me .
It was tough, it threatened my life and peace, but all is well that ends well, I have finally won the battle.Glory to God.
