I wasn’t myself when I found out that am pregnant for him,
it wasn’t meant to be so, we were good friends and yes
he promise to marry me but now what?. I can’t even
finish my college degree.
His parents have send him to the university abroad so
we can’t have close contact as there was a huge fight
between my parents and his.
“My son cannot marry your daughter because she is
a prostitute, the words keep echoing in my ears. Me;
a prostitute?, I never had another boyfriend apart from
Chiboss as he was funnily called by all in school.
But his real name is Stanley Gomass.
We loved each other and he promise to come
back for me after his studies,
But what about me? My dreams, my future, my aspirations,
what is going to happen to them?
Everything is on hold now, am carry a child whose father
is flying the world fulfilling his own dreams.
Now here I am a school dropout with nothing to
hold onto.
“you this girl, what are you doing there, have
you fetch the water I ask you to fetch? Have you cleared
the house? Have you cooked the food?, you idiotic girl I
send to school to be useful with her life but no; she
choose to be a prostitute and bring shame upon me.
Get out of the way.
“Yes that was my mom, and that was my life,
beginning from that day. I was her favorite girl before now,
she wants only the
best for me, she sent me to school where the rich kids
attends and make sure to provide me with the best of
things money can buy. She promise to send me to the
best university if I will keep up with my grades in school.
But now what?
Am a total mess.
“Bridget! What did I said you should do today?
Ask my mom.
Do the dishes, clean the house, go to the market, fetch
water, take the letter to your sister, go to the farm, and
harvest the cassava.
I you done all of them?
No mom,
Don’t call me mom again, am not your mother, go and
look for your mother, she pointed outside the house.
I couldn’t cry because there were no more tears in my
eyes, I have over use the river in my eyes that it has
become dry.
What did I get myself into? I wish this baby
just die and leave me alone.
I never ask for all of this, it just happen, and whatever
is in my belly just come out so I can have some peace.
Nine months of torment has come and gone, is time to
put to bed and be free.
My mom refuse to take me to the hospital, it was my dad
who manage to carry me to the hospital and stayed with
me until I put to bed.
Is a bouncing baby boy, I heard my dad shouting, what a beautiful baby,
welcome to the world he said.
I wonder if the same thing was said to me, because I thought
it was cloudy when I was given birth to, if not how will my
life turn out this way? Tears roll down my face and I look
away when my father brought the baby to my.
“Take him away, I don’t want to see him,” I said.
Is ok baby, he is beautiful, don’t worry about your
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