AVA - CHAPTER 1&2
(★ *The adoption*★)
*A well known city*
In a well developed area in a well known city state,a middle aged man and woman could be seen in the crowd with a baby strapped to the mothers back.
From the look of things,they have been standing in the criowd for long.
This particular area was over crowded ranging from workers to trader to students going to school to commercials driver horning loudly to pedestrian in their way to work.
The middle aged man will stop a well dressed pedestrian and talk to him for a moment and then looked disappointed and then on and on.
They kept on doing this until noon when the streets were deserted.
“Honey am tired,I think we should rest for a while”Evenly said leaning on a low fence.
“Yes,why don’t you go over to that shade while I go out to the other side,you van never yell,we might be lucky to see someone”Johnson her husband said.
He helped her carry their baby little bag to a big tree across the road thy serve as a shade and placed it there.
His wife sat down and brought the baby from her back to B??@Å¡? feed him.
Jonson crossed over to the other side of the road and walked down town.
He soon got to a place,there were so many people.
He didn’t know what to call there because they were strangers in thus land and they had come for something important.
He carefully look around and saw a sign board with the inscription GREEN WOOD PARK,he walked to the front of the gate and stood there.
Almost immediately different people started coming out,he carefully look at them and followed a young man and woman,he guessed were tourist from there dressing and language.
He walked beside them and greeted them”Good afternoon,may I talk to you for some minutes”Jonson said pleadingly.
The white couples liked at each other and nodded.
“Can we walk over to that bench and talk there”johnson asked.
“Okay no problem”Gabriel said.
They walked over to the bench and sat down.
“Sorry for disturbing,I need your help”he said looking at them for any objection,but when he they did not day anything continued
“Let me start first by introducing myself,my mane is johnson Williams,I am from the eastern part of Nigeria,I came to Lagos state to search for couples to adopt my child”
‘Why do you need a couple ti adopt your child”Emily who had been silent spoke up.
“Yes thats a good question and I will answer you,am sure you know about African custom,tradition and belief,the same us applicable here in Nigeria,every tribe has their beliefs and laws that guide them”he paused to see if they were listening,satisfied he continued “of recently our kingdom got attached by the forest if death,my daughter is in great danger because according to the god eye,he said my daughter is be sacrificed to appease the spirits attacking us,but I love my daughter and don’t want anything to happen her,that’s why I want her taken out of this country”
“But since she was destined
to die for the people as you said,why don’t you let her destiny come to fulfilment”Emily asked curiously.
“No,my daughter can never be destinies by the gods and goddess of our lands to die,the chief priest just lied to us,I could see in his eyes ber destiny was far grater than his and he’s ready to do anything to continue been the best”
“So what you are trying to say is that he lied about her destiny to you guys”Gabriel asked.
“Yes”Johnson replied
“So what’s out role in it”Gabriel asked looking at his wife who nodded in return.
“All I want you guys to do for me is to adopt her and take her to your country and never come back or set your foot in my kingdom no matter what”Johnson said.
“This a crazy idea,how can we take your child to our country just like that”Emily asked raising her hands up in the air.
“Point of correction,you are not taking her but adopting her,so when you adopt her she automatically and legitimately becomes your child”Johnson said convincing.
The couples looked at each other and sighed.
“Please save the life of my child,adopt her please”
“Okay,we will adopt her” Emily said after a long thought. She looked at her husband and in nodded.
“Really…..thank you so much,may the gods bless you and multiply your pockets in thousands fold”
“So how do we adopt her,the child” Gabriel asked.
“Let’s meet here tomorrow and we will go and sign the papers” Johnson said standing up.
“What time?”
“Let’s meet here by 10:00 am tomorrow”he said “I should get going,see you tomorrow,please don’t disappoint me” He said walking off.
“Do you think we are making the right decision” Gabriel asked his wife as soon as nohson left them.
“Yes,we really need to help that man,we can’t afford to let them ki|| the baby all because of a crazy god demands” Emily said.
“Okay,let’s go home”. They held each other hands and walked off.
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Evenly had eagerly been waiting for her husband since he left them.
Its been hours and still no.sign of him,she could have gone to look for him but for the Ava in her arms sleeping peacefully which won’t like to be disturbed,she had to stay and await her husband return.
She dozed off in the process of waiting for him….she ooemed her eyes to see a figure sitting close to her. He called her
“Honey’ She called recognizing his voice. “How did it go?,did you see anyone willingly to adopt our baby?” Evenly asked yawning.
“Yes and they agreed to take our baby to their country”
“Their country? What do you mean?”
“They are Americans” Johnson said.
“That’s good,they won’t be able to find her” Evenly said happily.
“They are signing the document tomorrow,so we have thus evening alone with our daughter” nohnxon said ruefully.
“Yes” evenly said staring lovingly at Ava. “I lobe you baby girl” She said tears dropping out if her ears. She couldn’t believe she won’t be seeing her baby from tomorrow.
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*Next day*
The following day camr like a flash. They hurriedly had breakfast and went to the park.
They met the couples already there waiting for them.
“Sorry we were late,we had to get our things ready to leave immediately you sign the document” Johnson said apologetically.
“We understand, let’s go” Gabriel said. That all boarded a cab to then place.
They laid the cabman and atwpped into the office.they net a woman at the reception and she directed to a office.
They met a woman on the sarst. They exchanged greetings and finalised all the document of adoption.
TBC
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