My name is Francis am 28 years old, am the first son in my family but the second child of my father (so I thought) and the third for my mum, ( my mum has a daughter not for my dad when she was still very young) from Benue State am an IT Consultant.
The day I met Mimi was the beginning of the end of our happy home. This happened August this year. I was driving home from a friend's birthday party when I met Mimi standing alone on the road, I saw her at the party and felt it wasn't nice if I left her alone on the road as it was 8pm already. So I offered her a ride which she gladly accepted.
We got talking like old friends, she was a nice person and I offered to take her home instead of the bus stop. When we got to her place she asked me in to meet her mum so she could say thank you for bringing her home. I accepted as I needed a glass of water too, I meet her mum and she was really nice too. On my way out of her house I noticed there was no sign of a man's picture but only her mum and her's. So I asked her about her dad when we got to the car.
She said her mum was a single mum, but her dad came to see them 3 times a week, and has been that way since she was born. But never slept over as he was married. I was curious and asked where her dad was, she mentioned my area and I was like wow! What's his name and she mentioned a name that sounded like my dad. I was more curious and asked if he knew her dad's house, she said yes but she's not entered before as he's married with kids. I told her it will be nice meeting her dad since he lived in my area, how about we drove pass his house the next day. She accepted as it was another opportunity for us to hang out as we liked ourselves already.
All the way home my heart kept racing to the next day, and the day finally came. I went over to her house picked her up and we drove straight to her father's house which happened to me my own house. It was like a dream, I was totally confused and in shock. I asked her if she was sure that was the house she said yes, and said how about she showed me her dad's picture maybe that will help me look for him. This was when my shock turned into anger, the picture she showed me on her phone was my own father! I was furious and mad, so for 28 years I had a sister I know nothing about, she was 2 years older than me. I drove her back home without telling her anything.
I was mad when I got home, I called my father, my mum, 2 sister and younger brother for a meeting. And the first question I asked my father was "Who is Mimi" He was shocked as I was then, he blabbed and was saying rubbish. I offered to help him by telling him everything. That was the day I knew my mum could get angry, she was so mad that she destroyed everything in the house. She reminded my father how they started, so it means when she was pregnant for my elder sister the other woman was also pregnant because Mimi and my elder sister are age mate just 2 months apart. My dad confessed he didn't know how to tell my mum that's why he kept it to himself for 30 years.
How can a man be that cruel to his wife, right now they are both not taking things easy. My dad has being begging my mum but she say she can't forgive him. At this point I feel its all my fault, I should have just let things be, but for how long would it have been? Mimi and her mum knows about the whole situation. My dad is getting sick by the day, mum doesn't care if he dies, she has never being this heartless. Am confused myself on what to do. I cant even go home again as I feel I played a big role, My two sisters are happily married so they are not here to see all these happening. The have begged mum, but she still insist on her NO. Help me please!
NOTE: This is a family well known to Team Diamond, I mean very close too. We are as shocked as the son was, because We also heard it for the first time when he told us. Well, we've not talked to mum yet but she listens to us most time and we pray she does this time oh.
chai!!! dis is so terrible issue.
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