6 Chapter Six (2/2)

On their way home, Susan did not talk to Madam Teresa. Teresa knew her heart was bitter and heavy, so she did not talk to her either, but did take a short look at her. When they got home, Teresa sat her down and consoled her. Teresa told her she knew how she was feeling. She also spoke of the importance of forgiving the offenders.

It took Teresa days to convince Susan to forgive the man who raped her. It was not easy to forgive, and even if she did, she would never forget it. The scar was there. Susan wanted to abort the child, but Teresa kept preaching to her. She told her that abortion was a great sin before G.o.d and killing an innocent child would not solve the conundrum, just make her the mother of a dead child.

It seemed Teresa did not understand what Susan was pa.s.sing through. Teresa knew what it took her to convince Susan to leave the child because the child could be her source of joy tomorrow. For weeks, Susan battled with the issue of forgiving the man who raped her until Teresa told her how she lost her husband. Her husband was killed by his business a.s.sociate after executing a contract that worth a fortune because the other man did not want to share the fortune with anybody.

Susan became sober because she was touched by the story. ”What about your two sons?” Susan managed to ask. Teresa burst into tears and that was when Susan knew she was hurting her by reminding her about the past; Susan decided to swipe the conversation under the carpet.

She would never forget Teresa's advice when Teresa called her one certain night after their night prayer; Susan looked vaguely around the room, as if lost when Teresa held her on the shoulder and said, ”Susan, my daughter, keeping malice and grudges is like drinking an acid and expecting the person who sold it to you to die. Forgiving someone does not mean you are weak, or you have finally realized you were the wrong one.

Forgiving our offenders means helping your heart to reduce its burden as the heart was not designed to bear grudges but to pump blood.” Susan conscience used to p.r.i.c.k her whenever she said, ”The Lord's Prayers,” especially the part that says, ”Forgive us our sin as we forgive those who sin against us.”

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She knew she had someone to forgive and until she forgives, G.o.d will not forgive her, and that was when she asked G.o.d the grace to forgive because it was not easy to forgive especially when it's not one's fault.

After she had forgiven the guy who raped her, she had the peace of mind, but each time she remembered she was pregnant, it quickly reminded her of the past. Madam Teresa was there for her throughout the pregnancy period.

Most time in Teresa's absence, Susan would feel like killing herself. Although Teresa did not allow her to do stressful work, but she was purposely doing it to hurt the child in her womb, probably it might result to miscarriage, but things never worked that way. She knew Teresa would feel hurt if she had aborted the baby after pleading with her to keep the pregnancy.

Susan gave birth to a set of twins. She named the male child Kelvin, and the female child Susanna.

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