Must Read: FATE_OR_MISTAKES

7 years ago

Must Read: FATE_OR_MISTAKES

“Ngwa come and go, can’t you hear me ehn” she said as she dragged my cloth and pushed me aggressively towards the was the wardrobe with all her might, biting her lower lips with her teeth. I felt a sharp pain beneath my abdomen. I was already crying profusely.

“Go and look for that b-----d that got you pregnant, after all he has been bailed” she said with a frown on her face.

When she noticed I was in pain, I felt a motherly sympathy flush through her face even though she tried to hide it. I understand her, she was badly hurt and disappointed in me. I got up from the floor where I squirmed in pain. I took few of my things and made to leave the house.

“Nancy ndo” Rachael said in sympathy, came forward to hug me, she sq££zed some naira notes into my hand which I later got to discover it was three thousand Naira.

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Walking under the hot sun, it feels like my skin was roasting and my blood was boiling.
I was having difficulties in breathing as beads of sweat formed on my face.

I intend going straight to Mark’s place. So I took a bike down to his place. The gate was locked so I knocked and knocked.

“Who be dat” an Efik dialect voice intoned.

“Who be dat wen won spoil the gate”
uhm maybe Mark got a gate man because the last time I checked he hasn’t one.
“Its me” I replied. He came closer to the gate and peeped through a small opening on the gate.

“Who u wan see?”
“Doctor Mark” I answered
“Ha! The person wen rey leave hear before?”
“Ehn!” I exclaimed, more like a question or a sign that he should repeat himself.

He opened the gate resting one hand on the gate and facing me.

“Na “Chiefu” Cletus dey here oh”
But the “Cletus” sounded more like “keletus”
“The dockitor sell the house gife my oga, he say e want change of envalonment. I no sure whether im go another state or im leavu dis country”
On hearing this I almost gave up the ghost.

“Maram what is it, dokitor owe u morey? Abeg stand up kon dey go” he shouted as he tried to raise me up.

I am finished oh God! Where will I start from.

I picked up my bag and headed towards the direction my big tummy was facing, with no hope of tomorrow, no destination in mind.

“Hey! Miss “petilicious”
I could guess who called me without turning back to check

It was Uche, she was the only one that called me by that name.

“H…hey…hey Uche. How are u na” I stammered she was the least person I expected to see.

“Jesus of Aba! Nancy look at you, pregnant?

Ehnehn and I heard oh but I couldn’t believe, you? One and only “petilicious”. In fact what re u doing in Nigeria, I thought you are supposed to be studying outside the country now” Uche kept ranting while I wished the ground should open and swallow me.
“Well, I was just going around visiting friends because I would be leaving the country tomorrow morning” (Uche was among my numerous friends I had bragged studying abroad to)

“That reminds me, Rita your best paddy. I went to visit her this morning. I heard her father has disowned her because she carried out numerous abortion and this last one has damaged her womb” she continued.
“Tufia! At least your own is still better than hers, you know” she added when she saw that my eyes was already getting watery and I was at the verge of tears. Uche said her farewells and left me.