ADEBIMPE
02
Faith stories
Adebimpe sat in her room looking up the ceiling in tears, the thought of how she ended up getting married to Josiah couldn’t melt her mind. She caused the day her father gave her out to him to marry, the person she should have gotten married to is now living abroad with his family. She has cried unto God secretly, ever since she couldn’t give birth, for him to bless her one but it seems God is not ready to give her yet. So that was why she ended up adopting a child from the orphanage to make herself happy and to keep the mouth of judgmental people shut. Most especially her first wife. Her husband attitude suddenly changed a year she adopted Adesewa as he brought in another wife. The only problem she is now having is faridah, who always nag at her on little thing.
“She thinks she can continue forming James bond all the time. I will show her that my late mother didn’t train me to be useless to anyhow people! I will show everybody pepper in this house. It will never contain us most especially that pretender, ha! Nkechi the pretender. She will be doing as if she doesn’t do wrong in this house if Josiah is around. No wahala, we shall see.
“mummy please don’t fight with anybody again oo “ Adesewa said sitting beside her.
“My dear, just sit there and be watching ooo ma worry! (Don’t worry) see bi Josiah da e nu nitórí o kín shey omó é kó sí problem! (Josiah neglected you because you’re not his child, no problem)
“Mummy, when will I go to school? You know you promised to pay my school fees today.” She said.
“Oko mí (my darling) don’t worry, I have spoken with your father and I’m sure that his going to pay.” Bimpe said assuring her even though she knew it might not be possible.
SOME HOURS LATER
Nkechi carried her baby on the chair in the sitting room and went into her room to pick up her playing toys all for her to get back to the sitting room and couldn’t find her daughter. She looked around like a thief looking for her daughter, she began sweating, brain loosed, shivering and looking around cr@zily.
“I carried her here and go inside, then came outside and…. And I couldn’t see her heh! Wahala wan happen for this house! Ogechi! Ogechi oooo.
She started calling her out and no response of her crying or sound. Meanwhile, faridah daughter Rihannat and her sister Aminat was in their room listening to all Nkechi has been shouting.
“She will find her tire. “ Rihannat said laughing.
“That, if she will eventually see her.” Aminat said chuckling.
Nkechi knocked on their door repeatedly asking them to come out that she’s looking for her daughter.
“We don’t know where she is!.” Aminat shouted from their room.
“What did you mean by you don’t know ehn! It’s only you two and I that is left in this house, then how did my child disappeared from the sitting room?.” She asked at the door.
“We don’t know ooo maybe she has craw away.” Rihannat answered.
Nkechi continues to parabulate the house looking for Ogechi. She started crying and cursing whomever might have done that to punish her.
“yes! Mama Adesewa, let me go and ask her. I have forgotten she is also around.”
She hurried back inside and knock on Bimpe door repeatedly.
“Who is that? Who is that, that want to break my door?.” She asked angrily from inside.
“It is Me ooo mummy Adesewa.” She answered.
“What is it?. Bimpe asked standing at the front her door.
“Please, I beg you in the name of… “
“eh! Eh! Eh!!! What are you trying to do? You want to knee down for me? Because of what? Abegii stand up!.” Bimpe said in annoyance.
“I know you would have been hearing my voice since, I’m looking for my child.” She said looking all scared.
“Your child? Is she a pin that you’re looking for? Don’t you know where you kept her?.” Bimpe asked co confusedly.
Nkechi tried explaining to her on how it happened but her impatient and mind circulation didn’t allowed her.
“Calm down, just calm down. Aà Sha le gbó nípà omó ki a mà fí itàrà sí, oya he ka lo wà (I can’t hear about your missing child without showing concern, let us go and search for her)
“Thank you! Thank you!!.” Nkechi sprang up following her.
Oghechi! Oghechi oooo.
Thet were both shouting around the house. Bimpe walked towards the back of the house where their hen is kept and they found Ogechi child there playing with her stick on the ground.
“Yeh! My daughter!.” She screamed and carried her immediately dusting off the dirt on her body.
“Who brought her here?.” Bimpe asked surprisingly.
“I don’t know ooo but I’m very sure, it’s that bonger fish woman children!.
Nkechi ran back I inside the house and banged on faridah door repeatedly.
“Rihanna and Aminat, both of you should better come outside here or else I will break this door! You know me ooo I no dey take nonsense! I go break this door now!.” She shouted kicking the door continuously.
TBC.
