I could remember how my mother’s sister came to the village and told my mother that her friend needed someone who would live with her to take care of her children and other house chores....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
And she came to take me and promised that they would take care of my academic needs.i was very excited that I would be moving to the city for the very first time in my life and continuing my education was what I ever wanted because my parents could not afford to register me in school due to our poor status.
Few days later, we headed to the city, I must say, living and serving my madam wasn’t a difficult one because she and her husband treated me so well but as you all know, no one would treat you better than your parents.
There were many challenges that, sometimes I would wished to go back to my parents but when I remember my education, I pick up myself and stay put.
Years later when I was about writing my senior waec, my madam’s brother came to stay with us. He was doing his youth service.
My madam and her husband are travellers, so they hardly stay at home. One night, I was at the bathroom having a cool shower and coming out from the bathroom, I met my madam’s brother sitting on my bed and I was na.ked, I quickly ran to take a towel covered my body and then asked him why he was in my room, he told me he came to check if I was with the television remote, which I said no and then he left immediately.
Ever since then, he started making advances of me, one Saturday night, he tried to force me to sleep with him but I turned him down. Other times, he would try but I warned him to stay away from me that I’m not ready for anything as such as I wouldn’t want to get pregnant and my education is very important to me.
Few days later, he came to me to apologise for what he did and I forgave him. Hmm he started being nice to me, he would help me to do some of the house chores and also buy me gifts.
One night, he came back with one fancy nylon and handed it over to me, inside the nylon was juice and ice cream, he asked me to step it down and enjoy myself before the kids wakes up and snatch it from me and which I did.
A month later, I started feeling so sick that my madam took me to the hospital and several tests was conducted on me and I was confirmed pregnant on that day, I was the definition of ‘SHOCK’ because I became so shocked and at the same time speechless, immediately the doctor spoke out this word, the sickness left me.
My madam took me by my ear and asked me who got me Pregnant, I told her that I can’t be pregnant because I have never met with any man in my entire life. She gave me a sla.p and the doctors and nurses there held her and tried to calm her down.
Everyone who heard of it would ask me who got me Pregnant and my answer would be ‘I don’t know because I have never opened my legs for any man’
I cried my eyes out, I was lost in thoughts, the pressure became much, I told my madam that I have never met with any man except his brother who tried to force me on the days when they were away but I didn’t let him.
She and her husband called her brother to ask him if he did anything with me, but upon asking him, he denied ever trying such and then warned me never to mention his name. He even went further to tell them that he has caught me with different men in several occasions but I begged him not to report to them about that.
At this point, my madam and her husband became so ma.d at me and they didn’t even allow me to say anything again immediately, they told me to pack my things and she took me back to my parents and told them my condition.
My mother pleaded with her, but she said she can no longer live with me since I’m pregnant and I refused to say who’s responsible for it.
My mother and every other person asked me who got me Pregnant, but I sincerely do not have answers to that question since I can’t remember ever making out with any man.
I suffered pains and sha.mes, people would mo.ck me and call me names, some calls me Mary the second, pregnanted by the Holy spirit.
My mother would shout at me and call me names, use.less and stu.pid.they brought several old suitors to come and marry me but I refused.
I keep asking myself, who could this be, what really happened to me, was I ra.pped unaware, did any spirit slept with me it was as if my whole world was coming to an end.
Everyday, my stomach keeps coming out, I was getting sick and when I talked to my mother about my health, she would warn me never to disturb her, since I can’t provide the man responsible for the pregnancy.
Some days, I would wish I sleep and never wakes up.one day, a friend of my mother came and spoke to her and she changed and started treating me better.
I was taking to one midwife and she started helping me out. Fast forward to when I gave birth, it was twin boys.
On the arrival of my kids, I started receiving favours from people. One day when my kids were 5months old, my mother told me to look at both of them and tell her who they look like to see if I could remember who got me Pregnant.
Looking At them, I can see a familiar face and tears dropping down my eyes but I can’t seems to lay my head on anyone.
Seeing my tears, my mother said, it’s okay, I’m sorry for asking. She wiped my tears and gave me words of encouragements.
Ten years on, one hot afternoon I and my mother was coming back from the farm, getting to our house, we saw two cars parked, before then, my sons has ran up to us and told us that some group of people have been waiting for us at home.
Coming closer, I could recognise some faces, it was my madam, her husband and her brother with some other people i dont know. I was still wondering with my firewood on my head when my madam’s brother came close to me and knelt down with tears in his eyes and saying I’m very sorry, I should find a place in my heart and forgive him.
Then I asked, forgive you for what? What’s happening because I don’t get it. He said he is the one that got me Pregnant and then I asked him how?
He said because I refused to grant his request about making out with him, he added a sleeping pill in the juice he bought for me on that night and when he noticed I’ve slept off, he then had his way and also noticed it was my first time but after everything, he cleaned me up and made everywhere look as though nothing happened and when I became pregnant, he had to lie against me about bringing in men so that no one would suspect him.
At this point, I was already socked in tears and everyone around was begging on his behalf.
He also confessed how hard life has been to him and this is because of his actions towards me.
He got married but no child after several years that his wife have to leave the marriage because she discovered that it was his fault.
Everyone pleaded that I should forgive him as his ready to do the necessary things as tradition demands.
