Episode 6
Cardiff Airport, Wales, UK
One week later...
It had been fifteen years since he'd last seen his father, two years since he'd spoken to him and he loathed him for it. If only he hadn't sent him away, if only he hadn't put his upbringing at the mercy of other people, even extended family, Uncle James wouldn't have happened.
He didn't regret growing under Aunty Candy's care, she was the only real mother he ever had and he was sorry to leave her when she obviously needed him most. But she hadn't been able to stand him, not after what he told her, her silence said as much. Her well of affection towards him seemed to have dried up even as the hug she had given him at MM2 Airport some hours ago, seemed cold and distant. Just as she had been in the one week leading to his departure.
The guilt was still gnawing at his insides, his self-esteem at an all-time low. Because of the man before him, he had been through a lot of agony.
But Michael Akintunde was oblivious to his thoughts as he grinned from ear-to-ear and opened his arms for an embrace.
"When Candy told me how much you've grown, I couldn't believe it. Even your pictures didn't do you much justice. Welcome home, son."
[i]Yea[/i], Seye thought wryly, [i]home, sweet hell.[/i]
He stiffened as his father's arms encircled him, [i]if only....[/i]
(To be contd)
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