Commotion

Commotion


Ana’s POV

"The test result indicates that Daniel is not the father," Senator Okwu retorts for the thousandth time today.

"Who is Daniel?" Joe inquires coming off as perplexed.

"Babe Daniel is Ike," Oluchi whispers, facepalming.

"I'm Daniel," Ike affirms, raising his right hand.

"So what you are trying to say is that the test results reveal that Miracle is not Ike's biological son?" Joe polls, folding the arms of his long-sleeved blue and red striped shirt he's donning above his jeans trousers.

"Bravo!" The senator exclaims. "Look who is so smart."

"I wonder why no one has allowed me leverage to claw your eyes out!" Oluchi shouts, dashing towards Ike's stepfather when she is held back by Joe.

"That is because you are a maniac, an uncultured girl," he disputes. "The world should go back in time to when women keep silent whenever men are speaking."

"No wonder you are so cruel," Oluchi snorts. "You belong in the stone age."

"Sorry baby, sorry," I sing, ambling to the cradle where Miracle's cries are reverberating from, an announcement that he is awake.

"You've all woken the baby," Ike lets out in irritation.

"You can call him your baby though," Joe snorts.

"You can also go help her shush your child," Oluchi directs as I pick Miracle up, muttering nothingness to him in the hope that he will shut up.

"He actually believes it," Dad snickers, anger pouring through him.

"I don't know what to believe," Ike exhales, seeming in a state of confusion. "The test result points at Ken to be the father, and though I see a mishap somewhere, I'm confused."

"I love Ana, don't doubt that," he explains. "I am also excited at the thought of having a child from the woman I love, but with all these, I don't just know."

"If you love her like you say you do, you shouldn't believe this until another test is run at another hospital," Joe suggests making sense.

"Why another hospital?" Senator Okwu asks, appearing uncomfortable with the idea.

"Why not?" Joe counters.

"Yeah," Oluchi inserts. "You have numerous hospitals, Ike, you can do the test at all of them if you like."

"Are you doubting science?" Senator Okwu polls. "There's no other thing to find out."

"Are you offended?" Oluchi requests, cocking her head to the right. "You aren't the doctor, so you shouldn't be."

"I'm just saying," he blurts, not staring her in the eye. 

"Has the result been revealed?" My mother inquires, materializing in the doorway with my brothers as she's dressed in a beautiful red blouse and sweatpants, yeah my mom knows how to swag at times.

"Yeah, and I'm guessing they did some mistakes in the analysis," Oluchi conveys.

"I don't understand," Nuel lets out, stepping to me to carry Miracle from my hands. His dress code and that of the child matching as he is clad in up-and-down red sweatpants and a sweatshirt the same hue as Miracle's orange onesie.

"Your sister-"

"Shut up!" Dad and I both scream, tired of his steady announcement of the verdict.

"Ken came out the father," Joe informs, scratching his hair.

"Oh hell no," Maxwell blurts, clenching his teeth. "Something was definitely done because I don't trust this man."

"Your children seem to have no proper upbringing," Senator Okwu asserts.

"Don't bring my children into this senator," Mom grumbles, her motherly instincts kicking up. "It is you who has no proper upbringing thus you don't know how to act for your age."

"Your son too, for not keeping it in his pants and owning up to his responsibilities," Dad speaks up. "I wonder what we are still doing here exchanging words with this old fool."

"It's clear he doesn't want us in his family so I guess it's time we take Ana out of here," Dad continues, gaping at my mom. "Dear, help Ana pack we are leaving this instant."

"No sir you can't do this please," Ike begs, his mind coming to terms with the situation.

"Oh now you can speak," Dad sneers. "It's already too late my son."

"I love her, can you let us sort this out?" Ike pleads, rather Dad dismisses his pleas.

"Let them leave Daniel, they have no connection whatsoever with us," Senator Okwu pronounces and I fold my hands into fists as I have the urge to hit him.

"Ana I don't want to hear it," Dad declares as I open my mouth to utter a sentence. "For once, please, listen to me."

"Fine," I exhale, a tear leaving my lids as I gawk at Ike who appears lost and broken, at the same time helpless as uncertainty overrides his composure.

"Don't worry sir, I'll help her pack," Oluchi grits, nudging Ike with her elbow as she strides to the box close to the window. "I wonder where Glory is anyway."

"I want everyone to be ready by the time I come back from seeing the doctor," Dad instructs and I nod, while I ponder on the noise coming from the door he just opens.

"Dad, what's going on?" Maxwell implores, following my train of thoughts as the noise appears to be increasing.

"I don't know," Dad confesses, pushing his head beyond the threshold. "But there seems to be a crowd coming this way."

"What kind of---" Nuel stops short as he too takes the position of Dad. "Is that not Glory?"

"Glory? Let me see," Joe speaks, peeping as the rest. "Yep, that's her, and Helena?"

"I understand Glory's presence but why Helena's?" Ike polls, heading for their location but shifts back as my dad and brothers do when the said people walk through the door.

"Senator Okwu," a man dressed in a police uniform walks up to him, a stern look on his face as he hands out the cuffs. "You are hereby arrested for fabrication of fake documents, bribery, and corruption."

"What sort of shenanigans is going on?" Senator Okwu raises a question together with his voice as he observes the brown-skinned male doctor, Ken, and the lab scientist in similar restraints standing aside Glory and Helena.

"Keep silent, because whatever you say or do will be used against you in the court of law," the man conveys, clamping the politician's wrist to cuff them.