Chinyere was buried. Gone, forever. So how dare Ifeanyi act as if he was the victim? Scowling, distancing himself. How dare he be pitied? At 54 years, it was too early to have buried a child but late enough burying a leukemia sick mother where the inherited three hundred thousand pounds automatically transferred to her will, Ifeanyi the only eligible inheritor. It was either him or her stepchildren.
With all the deaths going on, Tolani thought it was unwise marrying Russel Banbury but those around her kept saying it was a good thing. She'd move on with her life, she'd be happy.
Happy? How? When all she kept thinking was that two years ago her 19 year old daughter was still alive. With a strained smile, Tolani said her wedding vows solemnly, a sharp glance at Ifeanyi in the crowd invited by his second stepfather. They didn't speak throughout the ceremony.
61 years and ready to die, Tolani gave no shit about her husband or her 28 aged son marrying a 31 year old Scarlett Davies-Martin. Tolani refused the wedding invitation from her soon to be daughter-in-law to the chagrin of Russel, disappointment of Scarlett and indifference of Ifeanyi with the intention of visiting her daughter's grave.
29. Fate was cruel. How could she've known happiness for just 21 years? Was this karma? She'd killed two babies, conspired and killed her last husband, Archie McKean.
Or was it how she lived her life? How bad was it that Chinyere suffered for it? Why not give Tolani cancer or AIDS or brain tumour or even yet, just kill her? Tolani scoffed before laughing maddeningly falling to the ground weeping.
Her golden child.
Her heart, in a tombstone, cold and alone all because of mommy's bad karma. All the muggings and misconduct she'd overlooked—her adultery and seduction and abortions and murder and neglect of her well-being; everything piled to form one awful karma.
Making her decision, Tolani dusted herself off to smile at her daughter's faceless grave. The first house party she threw after her daughter's death got her sent to a year in prison for supplying minors with alcohol. 62 years, Russel received her out of jail freedom with glee.
Tolani desired him dead.
It didn't work the next year when she tried killing him. When did hitmen become undercover cops? Charged with conspiracy to murder, Tolani Onitsha was sentenced 31 years in prison. She scoffed.
Died of a broken heart, Tolani Onitsha's death bed in prison the year after her ten year anniversary to Russel Banbury, 64 years now with the net worth of almost four million pounds. The gold-digger stigma went to her but she was glad her wish came to pass.
Tolani Onitsha died before her father to meet her thirty-two year old daughter, Chinyere Onitsha.
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