In The Name Of Love Episode 5
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???????? In The Name Of Love Episode Five:
I was so scared,will I be going back to uncle’s house,my heart was beating fast,mother read my thoughts,she came to me and held me close to her, tapping my back gently.
Mother served father food,after his bath and he went to bed.he didn’t even ask me how I have been,or anything,I mean he hadn’t seen in for over 90 days….
Mother had woken up very early,as early as 4am to start cooking,she didn’t wake me up,but at 5am I woke up and went to join her..
Uwa, why are you awake so early,you couldn’t sleep,she asked concerned…
I slept mom,I usually wake up by 5am to begin my morning chores,so I am use to it now,I said….
She looked at me.it is well my daughter,she said..
So, mom,you wake up this early every day,I asked..
Yes dear,I try to make sure my food is ready by 6:30 am,so that I’d bath your brother and we are off to the shop before 7am to sell food to school children and workers this morning,she said..
Okay mummy,what can I do,how do I be of help,I asked.okay dear,just watch me today and assist with some errands I’d be sending you inside,she said…
Do you sell varieties of food?,I asked her.
No dear,for now it’s just jollof rice,salad,fried plantains and spaghetti,but I am looking forward to start cooking in the shop,where I’d sell other food,but by then, I’d have some one assisting me, she said…..
I smiled beautifully at her,like I was very proud of her…..
Soon it was almost 6am,my brother had woken up,I made him brush his teeth,and I bath him,then had my bath too,mother did same,and by 6:45am we were on her way to the shop,mother had arranged the food in a wheelbarrow,the rice was in a big cooler,the spaghetti in a transparent bowl with cover,the fried plantains and salad in saparete containers too….
Just while we were about leaving,father woke up and we all greeted him….
He answered us all,but then he didn’t forget what he had said the previous day,Imade,make sure to take Adesuwa back to Osaro’s house,before I return in the evening,he said….
Mother ignored that,like she didn’t hear him.
Your food is in the cooler in the kitchen,mother said…
Hope you added an extra meat as I told you yesterday,not the too meats you have been leaving,father asked..
Yes I did,mother replied as we went…
Mother noticed I wasn’t happy anymore… Adesuwa,what is it,mother asked…
Are you going to take me back to uncle’s place,I asked her in a mixed feeling of fear and pain…
My daughter,I am your mother,I can take everything and anything,but will never let harm come to you or your brother, because I Iove you both so much.all the pains and suffering I go through,I do for the both of you,I can never let you go live in a place where you are treated less than a human being, never,not when I still breath,she said….
I smiled,indeed every child has a hero in a loving mother….
On our way to the shop,mother sold food, selling to people who wanted to buy..
We arrived the shop at about out 7:15am,and some students, pupils and parents were already waiting for mother…..
She opened,prayed and began selling,as everyone seems to be in a hurry,while I swept the place inside and out….
My brother’s school wasn’t far from the shop,mother described it for me,and I took him to school.i came back to the shop to help her with Washing dishes and other errands,she introduced me to her neighbors as her first child,and they were all happy to see me,they seems nice also..
At about 10:50,she had finished selling,I helped her to wash the coolers and containers, while she rushed to the market to get things she’d be needing for the next day…
We then went home together…
She cooked the tomato and put the meat in the freezer….
She made soup for us at home,and by 2:30pm my brother was back from school,he came with our neighbor’s daughter who attended the same school…..
My daughter,you are going to bear with mummy,mother began….
How I was scared,I thought she had changed her mind and wanted me to go back to uncle’s….
What is it mother,I had asked…
You see,mummy will need time to save up some money to register you in school and buy everything you’d need, please my child,if you don’t mind,since this time is far gone, you’d resume by coming term,she pleaded….
I smiled, what a relief,okay mummy,I said,she was very happy I understood her,she hugged me and we ate together the melon soup and Fufu she had prepared…
At about 7pm,father returned home and saw me,we all greeted him….
Imade,so I asked you to take Adesuwa back to Osaro’s house,you vehemently refused,father asked in anger….
Mother ignored like she didn’t hear him.
i was so scared,as I feared father may decide to take me back himself….
Imade,is it not you I am talking to,or have you suddenly gone deaf?,father asked again..
Efosa, God in heaven’s knows I have tolerated you,I have been a good and obedient wife to you, yes I have and you know that,but you see, I’d take anything when I am directly involved,when I alone is the one suffering,but you see anything getting my Children at risk, maltreated or tortured,I can never take.what kind of a father are you,you brother maltreated your daughter,deprived her of proper meal and education,not like he couldn’t afford it,but deliberately refused to,and you want me to take my daughter back there, well am sorry to disappoint you,that will never happen,mother said…..
Imade,so you are disobeying me in my own house,and in the presence of my children, okay no problem,since you have decided to bring her back home,just know she’s your responsibility,I do not want to hear anything about fees or money for her,as far as am concerned she is not living here….father said and walked inside angrily……
Mother didn’t even answer him,as if he has been the one taking care of me and my brother..I thought within.
I went to bed feeling happy, knowing fully well I am home for good….
Mother’s business was doing fine,soon she was able to get a help,and she started cooking varieties of food, jollof rice,fried rice, stew rice, different soups, different swallows,beans and yam,she was improving and making good profits….
As promised,she registered me in Sammy’s school,I was happy to be in school, after two terms of been away…
It wasn’t really easy catching up,but I was doing my best for mother’s sake…
Father on the other hand, stopped contributing even a Kobo to anything in the home,he wouldn’t give mother money for food,clothes or anything….
One Sunday afternoon,mother was making my hair outside, while father was watching a football match in the living room,when the landlord came..he was looking very angry,our rent was over due for months and father hadn’t paid….
Good afternoon sir,mother and I greeted..
Good afternoon madam,where is your husband,he asked..
He’s inside sir,mother replied,while father came out upon hearing the landlord’s voice.
Efosa,do you think my house is for charity, for the last six months you haven’t paid your rent,and you are always giving one excuse or the other,if you can no longer afford the apartment,you should move out,so that another tenant can move in, the angry landlord said….
Mr landlord,good afternoon,I am so sorry,I thought my wife had given you the money, but not to worry, she’d bring it before the week runs out,father said….
I am going to go today because of these children,but by weekend,if I don’t get money, you’d fine yourselves in the streets,the landlord said and angrily left….
Imade,why haven’t you paid the rent, didn’t I tell you that the landlord has been asking for his rent,father asked mother authoritatively…..
Dear,you said he was disturbing you for rent,but you didn’t give me the money to go pay,so I assumed you have gone to pay by yourself, mother said…
You must be a very foolish woman,so you don’t know I told you because I expect you to go pay the money,father said..
Pay the rent?,with which money?,how much do you think I make from the little business I do,I pay the kids school fees,I cloth them,feed the house,pay for electricity,pay for water,and every other bills,and you still expect me to pay the house rent?,Efosa,if I may ask,what exactly do you do with your salary?,tell me,what do you do with your salary that you can not take care of your homeeeeeeeee
Bammmmmm,was the slap that interrupted mother,you will dare not question me like a child outside,how dare you ask what I do with my money.and whose fault is it that you take care of the children’s fees,all yours,if you had taken Adesuwa back to Osaro’s as I had instructed,it won’t be difficult taken care of Samuel alone,you had better go and pay that rent, rubbish,father said and walked inside…….
Mother held her face in pains,and was able to find a seat.tear drops were running down her cheeks…
I felt mother’s pain,she was going through a lot in the hands of father, all IN THE NAME OF LOVE,mother didn’t deserve the pains she was carrying,I was almost nine,but I had understand that marriage wasn’t supposed to be that way,I mean I see other families,mother was taking too much and I wondered why….
About four days after the land lord incident,we returned from the shop at passed 7pm,and met father in a sad mood,he was looking so unhappy and like one who had shared a few tear..
Dear what is it,mother asked anxiously,is iye okay,your sisters,are they fine,please talk to me,what is it,mother asked concerned,my brother was feeling sleepy,so I helped him lay on the couch, while I stood behind mother, wondering what the problem was…..
Darling what is it,please talk to me,you are making me scared,why are you like this,mother was asking….
I have been sacked, relieved of my job,me,Efosa,told that my services were no longer needed,just like that,father said almost teary.
TO Be Continued
