I saw my uncle’s wife beating my brother.
Unbelievable, what might have been his offense for her to have beaten him to the extent he is rolling on the floor.
This woman is too wicked.
I must teach her a lesson.
I moved close to them and held her hand as she wanted to release another lash of cane on him.
Why are you doing this to us?
Is it because of the present situation we found ourselves.
Did you think this is how it is going to be forever?
I haven’t seen someone as wicked as you.
I h@ťě you.
You better change before it’s too late.
She burst into laughter.
If someone is to advise me, you are not in any right to do that.
Do you think I don’t know that you brought all this casualties on your family
You, this silly girl.
As I was about to raise my hand and slap her.
My mom calmed me down and asked me to meet her in the room immediately.
Like mother like daughter.
What do you want to discuss with her.
My mom sat me down and explained to me that we should endure it, as she is planning to get an apartment for us soon.
Then we will move out of here.
After the discussion I went outside to meet her.
I don’t have much to say, go inside and change your clothes and if you choose to go like this, no problem.
We have a lot of work to do on the farm, she said
You, pointing at John.
Make sure you fetch those waters and meet us at the farm.
She dragged me from where i’m standing and asked me to follow her.
The journey to the farm was stressful and far.
This is the first time I will be going to a farm.
A whole big girl like me.
On getting to the farm I saw a group of birds twittering and hovering on the farm.
Eager to feed on the crop.
At first, he only asked me to remove the weed beside the maize plant and to harvest the vegetables as she wanted to sell it the next day.
What! I don’t know how to uproot weed.
And moreover these things will cause rashes and prickles on my arms.
She clapped her hands three times.
There is nothing we won’t see on this Earth.
Look here, you better start working now or else I will leave you alone on this farm.
Drop your fake life at your home.
She kept shouting at me every seconds to hurry up.
When I was done and wanted to go and rest at the nearby tree.
She yawned at me to come back and start planting melon seed.
After working tirelessly.
We returned back home as it was getting dark.
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On our way back from the farm.
I noticed that everywhere was quiet.
What’s wrong, if a pin drop you could hear the sound.
On getting home I saw a lot of people in front of our house weeping.
What’s wrong?
I moved closer to my Uncle and I asked why they were crying.
“His words broke up and all he could say we’re stuttering sounds.
This…this morning, w-while you went to…the farm…your daddy was, um…”
Why are you stammering?
Uncle what happened? I asked again.
He took a moment to respond, his head lowered again.
He held onto my arms, telling me softly, “he’s…hhe’s gone,” he said, his voice full of sadness.
My dad is what?
Tears began filling my eyes. “Daddy died on his bed. I’m so sorry, dear.”
His voice cracked as he hugged me tightly.
Teardrops swelled in my little eyes, before flowing out of them and onto my uncle’s shirt.
My uncle could no longer stop himself from doing the same, the tears he was trying so hard to hold back finally flowing down his face as he sobbed.
I moved close to where his corpse was placed.
Daddy am sorry, am sorry.
I learnt my lesson in a hard way.
Not long after my mom came back from the market.
What happened?
Just tell me is a lie, this can’t be true.
She moved closer to where I was sitting close to my dad.
“My husband left, Just like that.
“You can’t do this to me, man.
You just can’t do $h|t like this.”
My mom stood up and as she wanted to take a step, she collapsed to the floor.
Mummy, mummy.
To be continue…………………….