SO IN LOVE♥️♥️
Chapter 2
By
Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi
.....My uncle kept shouting,he was really angry at me,I wanted to take the blame,but I got infuriated when my aunt started to add fuel to the already burning fire.... You don't know her, she's so lazy and good for nothing,very playful,when our children are studying their books, Ese will be busy Playing round the whole Benin, I'd shout and shout and shout, people around must think I am mad,just because I am always shouting, trying to correct Ese,she doesn't want to learn, neither does she listen to me, she's always quick to remind me I am not her mother,and I have no right whatsoever correcting her, she'sssss Aunty why are you so wicked and mean,what did I ever do to you,you know all you are saying is not true,I am not doing well in my academic is courtesy of you,how am I supposed to do well when I get to school everyday very late, missing the first two classes,how do I even do well in such a school with lazy teachers who hardly perform their duties,how do I read at night when am so tired from hawking and still have to wake up early,I burst into tears.... Ese,what are you talking about,my uncle asked me.,. Dear, don't mind her, don't mind her oh, she's just making up stories to justify her failure,aunty said... Esohe,what are you talking about, uncle asked me again ignoring his wife.... Daddy, your wife doesn't treats me like she treat her children,I do not attend thesame school with my cousins,you can check the school's name on the result,and see it's different from that of my cousins, (uncle went through the results again to confirm) my school isn't a standard one,and we lack competent teachers.I go to school late every morning missing the first two classes everyday, because I have to go sell pap for aunty before going to school,i was crying profusely by now... Isoken,what is she talking about,I gave you money to register her in the same school as our children,pay monthly for private teachers for all of them,and what in heaven's name is my niece doing hawking pap every morning,answer me, uncle shouted... Dear don't tell me you believe all the lies coming out from her gutter mouth, She's lying,I I I I I,,,,, aunty said... If you say I am lying, neighbors around can testify,daddy you can ask my cousins if I do join them during the home lesson section,I said... Uncle had a long exhale and called his oldest daughter, Abigail.... Abigail, does Ese go to sell pap before going to school,he asked her... Yes daddy,she replied... Does she join the rest of you for home lesson,he asked her too, she shook her head in negative... He turned to his wife in anger,he was boiling,how wicked and cruel can you be to a child you know has no body but me,you registered my niece in a less standard school, make her hawk for you before going to school,how evil can you be,I make sure you and the kids lack nothing,you told me the pap you make is for the family, little did I know it was just to punish my niece,I opened a shop for you,I provide this family with everything,all I asked was that you love my late sister's child as ours,was that too much to ask,you know how much I loved my sister,and the only child she left behind in my care,you are treating her worse than a maid,,,,, Dear am sorry I can explain, please,I I I I I..... Get into that room pack your things and get out of my house,uncle shouted, interrupting her.. You can't do this to me, please dear,am sorry, please.... aunty kept begging.... Uncle went into their bedroom and started packing aunty's clothes out,at this point I became sorry for her,in as much as she has been so mean to me,I wouldn't want her Lossing her marriage on my account,I then joined her in begging my uncle... Ese stay out of this,he threw her things out and shut the door... We could hear her pleading for some hours,it was getting late,we didn't hear her again, apparently she had left.... The next morning,we couldn't find aunty,but her things Uncle had thrown out were arranged in a corner.... Uncle was on leave, which meant he had all the time in the world with us...... At about 10am,aunty came with some people, they were her relative... Uncle welcomed them Inside,and they pleaded with him to please temper justice with mercy and forgive aunty's cruelty on me, she knelt down pleading,I came inside and joined her on my knees pleading with uncle.... Well, it's okay,it's okay,all I want is for you to love my sister's child as our own, infact she's ours now,please love her as much as you love me and our children,uncle said... I promise, I promise I shall,aunty said... uncle hugged her tightly,then he appreciated his in-laws for coming,he served them some drinks and meat to down with it... Aunty changed for good,she was treating me so nicely,I get to eat early with my cousins, could do whatever I wanted to....I was very grateful for the new development.... Soon uncle's leave was over and he had resumed his traveling... You devil,, aunty said to me immediately she returned from seeing uncle off,I know you are on a Mission in my home, your evil mission is to destroy my home like you destroyed your parents you cursed child, because of you my husband threw me out of my home,my matrimonial home,what an embrassement,I will deal with you,you see this house,it is to small for the both of us.... That was the beginning of my nightmares,,, aunty became really mean to me, she'd starve me of food for days over little offences, nothing I did was ever enough,I was a disgusting sight to her... If only I knew how to find my paternal relatives, perhaps I would have gone to them,but the only one I knew then that was always coming to see mother and I when she was alive, had travelled abroad,and we didn't hear from him again.. I knew I couldn't continue with the hate and disdain from uncle's wife,for my own peace of mind I needed to leave,but didn't know where to go.... One Friday evening,at about 7pm,,aunty had finished eating,and I cleared the dishes, taking it to the kitchen, mistakenly,I missed my step and fell breaking her most valuable plate... She was very mad at me,she beat me mercilessly and dragged me out of the house, shutting it from inside. . I begged,and knocked,so she'd let me in,but all to know avail,I begged for two hours,by this time it was past 9pm,it was obvious aunty was bent on not letting me in,I remembered one of uncle's friends who lived three not too far from our house and decided to go to him, since nobody from our neighborhood was willing to take me in, everybody was trying to avoid aunty's "wahala".... The streets were quite dried,expect for few persons passing by,I was very scared... I was in a hurry,as there had been reports of rape of young girls in that area,and there I was,a teenager walking alone at such ungodly hour... just then I felt a hand on my shoulder,where do you think you are going,a voice followed...... I felt like dying,I didn't know whether to move or keep still....... #rejoiceigbinoviaaluyi
.....My uncle kept shouting,he was really angry at me,I wanted to take the blame,but I got infuriated when my aunt started to add fuel to the already burning fire.... You don't know her, she's so lazy and good for nothing,very playful,when our children are studying their books, Ese will be busy Playing round the whole Benin, I'd shout and shout and shout, people around must think I am mad,just because I am always shouting, trying to correct Ese,she doesn't want to learn, neither does she listen to me, she's always quick to remind me I am not her mother,and I have no right whatsoever correcting her, she'sssss Aunty why are you so wicked and mean,what did I ever do to you,you know all you are saying is not true,I am not doing well in my academic is courtesy of you,how am I supposed to do well when I get to school everyday very late, missing the first two classes,how do I even do well in such a school with lazy teachers who hardly perform their duties,how do I read at night when am so tired from hawking and still have to wake up early,I burst into tears.... Ese,what are you talking about,my uncle asked me.,. Dear, don't mind her, don't mind her oh, she's just making up stories to justify her failure,aunty said... Esohe,what are you talking about, uncle asked me again ignoring his wife.... Daddy, your wife doesn't treats me like she treat her children,I do not attend thesame school with my cousins,you can check the school's name on the result,and see it's different from that of my cousins, (uncle went through the results again to confirm) my school isn't a standard one,and we lack competent teachers.I go to school late every morning missing the first two classes everyday, because I have to go sell pap for aunty before going to school,i was crying profusely by now... Isoken,what is she talking about,I gave you money to register her in the same school as our children,pay monthly for private teachers for all of them,and what in heaven's name is my niece doing hawking pap every morning,answer me, uncle shouted... Dear don't tell me you believe all the lies coming out from her gutter mouth, She's lying,I I I I I,,,,, aunty said... If you say I am lying, neighbors around can testify,daddy you can ask my cousins if I do join them during the home lesson section,I said... Uncle had a long exhale and called his oldest daughter, Abigail.... Abigail, does Ese go to sell pap before going to school,he asked her... Yes daddy,she replied... Does she join the rest of you for home lesson,he asked her too, she shook her head in negative... He turned to his wife in anger,he was boiling,how wicked and cruel can you be to a child you know has no body but me,you registered my niece in a less standard school, make her hawk for you before going to school,how evil can you be,I make sure you and the kids lack nothing,you told me the pap you make is for the family, little did I know it was just to punish my niece,I opened a shop for you,I provide this family with everything,all I asked was that you love my late sister's child as ours,was that too much to ask,you know how much I loved my sister,and the only child she left behind in my care,you are treating her worse than a maid,,,,, Dear am sorry I can explain, please,I I I I I..... Get into that room pack your things and get out of my house,uncle shouted, interrupting her.. You can't do this to me, please dear,am sorry, please.... aunty kept begging.... Uncle went into their bedroom and started packing aunty's clothes out,at this point I became sorry for her,in as much as she has been so mean to me,I wouldn't want her Lossing her marriage on my account,I then joined her in begging my uncle... Ese stay out of this,he threw her things out and shut the door... We could hear her pleading for some hours,it was getting late,we didn't hear her again, apparently she had left.... The next morning,we couldn't find aunty,but her things Uncle had thrown out were arranged in a corner.... Uncle was on leave, which meant he had all the time in the world with us...... At about 10am,aunty came with some people, they were her relative... Uncle welcomed them Inside,and they pleaded with him to please temper justice with mercy and forgive aunty's cruelty on me, she knelt down pleading,I came inside and joined her on my knees pleading with uncle.... Well, it's okay,it's okay,all I want is for you to love my sister's child as our own, infact she's ours now,please love her as much as you love me and our children,uncle said... I promise, I promise I shall,aunty said... uncle hugged her tightly,then he appreciated his in-laws for coming,he served them some drinks and meat to down with it... Aunty changed for good,she was treating me so nicely,I get to eat early with my cousins, could do whatever I wanted to....I was very grateful for the new development.... Soon uncle's leave was over and he had resumed his traveling... You devil,, aunty said to me immediately she returned from seeing uncle off,I know you are on a Mission in my home, your evil mission is to destroy my home like you destroyed your parents you cursed child, because of you my husband threw me out of my home,my matrimonial home,what an embrassement,I will deal with you,you see this house,it is to small for the both of us.... That was the beginning of my nightmares,,, aunty became really mean to me, she'd starve me of food for days over little offences, nothing I did was ever enough,I was a disgusting sight to her... If only I knew how to find my paternal relatives, perhaps I would have gone to them,but the only one I knew then that was always coming to see mother and I when she was alive, had travelled abroad,and we didn't hear from him again.. I knew I couldn't continue with the hate and disdain from uncle's wife,for my own peace of mind I needed to leave,but didn't know where to go.... One Friday evening,at about 7pm,,aunty had finished eating,and I cleared the dishes, taking it to the kitchen, mistakenly,I missed my step and fell breaking her most valuable plate... She was very mad at me,she beat me mercilessly and dragged me out of the house, shutting it from inside. . I begged,and knocked,so she'd let me in,but all to know avail,I begged for two hours,by this time it was past 9pm,it was obvious aunty was bent on not letting me in,I remembered one of uncle's friends who lived three not too far from our house and decided to go to him, since nobody from our neighborhood was willing to take me in, everybody was trying to avoid aunty's "wahala".... The streets were quite dried,expect for few persons passing by,I was very scared... I was in a hurry,as there had been reports of rape of young girls in that area,and there I was,a teenager walking alone at such ungodly hour... just then I felt a hand on my shoulder,where do you think you are going,a voice followed...... I felt like dying,I didn't know whether to move or keep still....... #rejoiceigbinoviaaluyi
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