AGONY..EPISODE 1
I sat in front of the house crying within and
asking myself how our life has managed to
become this miserable. I remembered how our
life was when papa was still alive, how people
use to trop to our house just ask for one kind
of help or the other.
Mama, done with her cooking invited us to
come and eat.
Ugomma is pregnant and neither she or
anyone of us have any idea who is
responsible. As I looked at her, I cried even
more bitterly.
Mama decided to come out from the house, to
know extactly why we kept her waiting
because she knew Ugomma never joked with
her food. She came straight to me and
touched me, but it looked as if she was
touching a log of wood. My mind has strayed
to a place very far away.
This made her to raise alarm and I was
brought back. Mama began to ask me what
was actually wrong. I told her what was going
on in my head and she consoled me and saud
“Echi ga di mma”
As each day passes, it was from one problem
to the other.
Mama kept on searching for solutions because
she believed papa’s death wasnt ordinary.
Mama and her friend agbomma consulted the
priest shrine called ugwueke. They priest
welcomed them with open arms. The priest
consulted his oracle to know what the
problem with mama was. During his
consultation his beads fell down, signifying
danger.
The priest told mama that Ugomma was
carrying an evil child who will destroy peoples
lives.
Mama was furious when she came back. Her
attitude towards Ugomma changed. Mama
was a loving woman but after her visit to
Ugwueke, her countenance changed. I tried to
understand her but I couldn’t.
What was I to do? Watch mama destroy
herself or watch mama hate the only sister I
have?
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