Mady sent for me later in the evening.Ona
led me to see her, leading me directly to
Mady’s room. A well furnished spacious
room adorned with beautiful red curtains
and a goldstar colour TV. I couldn’t help but
feast my eyes on the beautiful things
surrounding me.
Mady was comfortably sitting on her bed
when we got there. A newspaper resting on
her laps, making her look like a female
military administrator. She smiled as soon
as she noticed our presence and nodded to
Ona.
“thanks for bringing her, you can now leave
us” she said calmly to Ona, who quickly
obeyed and left the room.
“come sit here my dear” she said to me,
pointing to a small chair facing her bed. I
nervously obeyed without a word.
“hope you are getting acquainted with your
new home?” she asked curiously, examining
me with her eyes.
“oh yes, thanks alot, you are so kind” i
replied gratefully.
“Ona did a good job with your hair. I like
your new look” she said smiling, while i
blushed.
“anyway i invited you here for something
important. I really can’t wait till tomorrow
because you know time is money, moreover
i will like you to sleep over what i have to
tell you” she said slowly, keenly observing
my reaction.
I nodded calmly, my heart beating furiously.
I couldn’t imagine what could be so serious
for her to invite me by that hour. 10:30pm
the wall clock in her room displayed.
“i invited you here because of your daughter
Winnie. I will very much love to adopt her.
She’s very cute and i promise she will have
the best life can offer. I will give you
N200,000 ” she said.
A cold shiver ran through me. That was a
huge amount, i reasoned. At least with that,
i could start up something. But i beheld my
daughter’s image and shook my head.
”I can’t accept it Ma, i want to be with my
daughter” i replied.
“Go and think about it and talk to me
tomorrow. Remember, you don’t need the
child now. you don’t have anybody to take
care of you. you have to move on with your
life as a young girl that you are” she finally
said and dismissed me.
“N200,000!?,” Ona exclaimed, you are lucky.
the other time, she gave blessing N100,000
to have her child” I was suprised at what
Ona said and i asked “where is the baby
now?”
“nobody knows”she replied.
”and where is blessing now?” i asked
“Few days from now, you will start doing
what she is doing. you have to survive. use
what you have to get what you want” Her
explanation baffled me.
“prostitution? God forbid. Over my dead
body.” That night, i didn’t get enough sleep,
i was looking at the time to know when it
will be dawn, so that i will go to Mady and
demand for my daughter and leave this
place. I know God won’t
reject me if everybody does.
But do i think i would get back my daughter
so easily?
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DONT MISS EPISODE 8!!!
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