Taiw looked at her with disgust.
“So you are the new servant?”
“Yes, sir.”
“You smell like the streets.”
Fola lowered her head.
“I will stay away from everyone.”
Taiw smiled.
“That is what people like you are supposed to do.”
Every insult was a reminder.
Every cruel word became another reason she stayed.
Because she was not there for revenge.
She was there for the truth.
And she needed proof.
While cleaning the mansion, Fola discovered something important.
Her husband’s old servant revealed a secret.
Chief Coker had kept important documents hidden.
The true will.
A document that could destroy Taiw’s entire plan.
It was hidden in the study.
Behind his portrait.
Inside the safe.
The only problem?
Taiw had the key.
And he had only twelve days before everything became official.
Inside the house, Fola found the hardest part of returning.
Her children.
She saw Tommy.
Older.
Changed.
But still her son.
She watched him from a distance.
She cooked for him.
She cared for him.
She listened as he talked about missing his mother.
One night, Tommy noticed a bracelet around her wrist.
“Where did you get that?”
Fola froze.
Because she had made that bracelet.
For him.
For Deo.
For herself.
“Because I made them,” she whispered.
Tommy stared.
“Who are you?”
Fola looked at her son.
The child she had carried.
The child she had lost.
Then she whispered the words she had dreamed of saying for two years.
“Look at me, my son.”
“It is your mother.”
Tommy froze.
“No…”
“I am not dead.”
“I am not crazy.”
“I came back.”
Tears filled his eyes.
Because deep inside, he had always known.
A child never truly forgets their mother.
But Fola soon discovered something darker.
Her husband’s death was not natural.
The medicine he received every night was different.
The bottle found in the house did not match the doctor’s prescription.
Someone had been slowly weakening him.
And the person bringing the medicine was Taiw.
The man who claimed he wanted to protect the family.
The man who wanted the estate.
The man who wanted Fola gone forever.
With the help of the lawyer who had always respected Chief Coker, Fola uncovered the final truth.
Her husband had prepared everything before his death.
He knew something was wrong.
He had written down his fears.
He had protected his wife and children even in his final days.
The true will existed.
And it named Fola and her children as the rightful heirs.
The forty-day ceremony arrived.
Taiw stood proudly before everyone.
