Title: THE FORTUNATE DAUGHTER
Episode 4
I left the hostel and ran down to the hospital where Oj was admitted to confirm things for myself. Immediately I got there I asked the receptionist to show me where Oj was and she took me to her ward, the moment she saw me, she started crying in pain and pleading for forgiveness, the anger I felt inside of me subsided and was replaced with pity. I held her hands and assured her that I had forgiven her, but would love her to tell me the truth and the reason she did what she did to me.
She took a deep breath, looked me in my eyes, and said she was paid to make sure I was violated and rubbed off my dignity, I asked her to tell me who paid her to do such horrible things to me, but she was reluctant at first, but later gave in and told me that it was my uncles that contacted her through a friend of hers.
She got Arome involved because she noticed that he had an interest in me, so she decided to use him, and ever since the day of the incident, Arome and the other guy have been complaining of being flogged in the dream by a man every night.
At first, I was surprised cause I had never known the hatred they had for me, and my mother was so deep. Bitter tears came out of my eyes, I was choking on pain and I couldn’t even make a sound. I quietly stood up from where I was sitting and walked slowly out of her ward and out of the hospital.
On my way to the hostel, I thought of what could have made my uncles hate me so much to have wanted to ruin my life, I thought about my mother and what she might be going through, I thought about my late father, the promises he made to me and how death took him away from us, I was still walking on the road thinking when I heard someone screamed, I turned around to see myself standing in the middle of the road almost hit by a car.
It was a black Toyota 350 car. The driver came out angry and saying things I really didn’t listen to as I was just standing and starring at him absent-minded, seconds later the car owner came out, and a very tall chocolate in color handsome young man, walked up to me and snapped his fingers in my face to bring me back to consciousness, immediately I fidgeted and wanted to leave when he held my hand and asked me what my name was, I couldn’t reply because I had lost my voice out of my grief, he stared at me with interest and offered to drop me off, I shook my head in refusal and ran off.
I ran till I got to the hostel panting with tears in my eyes, my roommates held me and comforted me. They gave me food and practically forced me to eat a little out of it, I later took my bath and decided to sleep cause my head was aching then, I had a dream.
I saw my dad standing, I wanted to touch him but I couldn’t, he called my name and asked me not to be afraid that he had an assignment for me.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Written by Francisca Ejura Isaac
