Consequences of being wicked 9&10

Consequences of being wicked
Episode 9-10

EPISODE NINE

Meanwhile, Chinedu had promptly divorced Chidinma for indirectly causing the death of their children through her wickedness which unhinged the mind of their maid, Rosa leading to her poisoning her ill bred children , supposedly to make her go through misery , forgetting that the. children equally belonged to her ‘friend ‘ Chinedu, and that murder should never be a means of settling of scores.

Chidinma had pleaded on her knees, promising to change, to become a better wife and to give him more children but all her pleadings had fallen on deaf ears. Chinedu had had enough!

“please woman, take whatever you. want and leave my house before I come back tomorrow night” Chinedu had said to her with finality.

He had left his house and by the time. he came back the next day, Chidinma who had understood that it was really over, had stripped the whole house bare, taking everything of value: The chairs, the televisions, video. players, tables, beds, water dispenser, fridges, kitchen cabinet, name them.

Even though Chinedu had known Chidinma to be greedy , he didn’t realize just now greedy she really was up till that day.

“How could she have taken everything? He wondered aloud. The only furniture she had. left was the one she couldn’t get access to.

“Wow”, he marveled “some mother’s really do have ’em…. well, good riddance to bad rubbish,” he said to him self.

Chinedu had left his house like that for six months, mourning his children .

One year later, he remarried and moved on. His wife , Uche, later had five children and Chinedu, right from the outset, stamped his. authority in his house as the head of the family and did not let his. wife toy with the total welfare of every member of his household: house helps inclusive. He insisted that nobody in his house ate anything that was not shared to every member, house helps inclusive: No discipline was carried out that was punitive.

It was however not difficult for him to instill this into his wife, Uche because she was a very good person, naturally. She was the daughter of a former diplomat, Ambassador Tam Ebelendu, former Nigerian ambassador to Switzerland and she was a lawyer by profession.

Imagine the irony of life! Chinedu would always smile to himself whenever he juxtaposed Chidinma’s background against Uche’s . This was the case of someone who never knew he could take the Ozo title wearing the title rope up to his neck, Chinedu would muse to himself , referring to Chidinma’s antecedent.

EPISODE TEN

One year after her divorce , Chidinma had practically finished all the money she made from selling off Chinedu properties which she had made away with. she was back to square one. as they say, ‘what goes around comes around’. She was desperately in need of resources to keep body and soul together.

Chidinma never finished school nor learnt. any skill and so she didn’t have any means of livelihood. it did not take her long to resort to prostitution as an option.

Two years into the illicit business, she became pregnant. She tried pinning it to one of her lovers but the poor man listed to her at list four other men he had seen her with and whose pictures he had taken with his phone when he had seen them holding hands or kissing in a restaurant he owned without her knowledge.

This shut Chidinma up and she ended up having her child all by herself.

By this time, she was desperately wretched as she was no longer as attractive as she used to be and so found it difficult to attract rich men

It was the female child she had, whom she named gift, had to bear the brunt of her mother’s reckless life. She was only eight years old when Chidinma started sending her out as house help to people after collecting money for upfront.

After some time in one household, Chidinma would concoct one story or another to go collect her from the house and take her to another household for more money and gifts.

This was how the poor girl started so early in life to see first hand, different kinds of animals walking around , calling themselves human beings. Poor. helpless gift suffered all kinds of abuses.

The first person she was sent to was Madam. Uju who promised to send her. to. school but ended up keeping her at home for two years, hawking groundnuts for her in the mornings when other children of her age were at school. When eventually she registered her into afternoon school , she would ensure she didn’t have a moment of rest before it was time for school. She made sure she never bought her any text book. She only had two exercise books for writing all assignments. To make matters worst , she was constantly sent out. of school for non payment of school fees.

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her mother took her away three years later and. sent her to a woman running a restaurant. This woman called Madam Hoo-ha did not even remember that a girl of her age was supposed to be in school. She would make her work from morning till night preparing food for her and her customers. Whenever she mention school, her. madam would. shut her up with slaps and curses. “after all the. money I paid your mother , you expect me to send u to school” She shouted at her

one day a customer came to their shop and asked gift to served him some drinks, while she was doing so the guy pressed her brea.st and started. smiling. expecting the girl to smile back but he was short of. words when the girl slapped him

“How dare you slap me gift”! he thundered “just because I touched this two decayed oranges you are carrying around ” ,

While he. was shouting madam heard. him and came out to find out what was happening , “customer please what is the problem ” she asked

“is it not this stupid girl called gift that just raised. her filthy. hands and slapped me ” he said

“What!!!! did you do. that gift” she asked

“yes aunty, I did because he pressed my b.reast ” she replied almost crying

“so they have sent you. to come and chase my customers away, you. enemy of. progress ! come here immediately before I. roast you alive. she shouted.

“Customer please don’t be annoyed, you want the front right? oya press any how you want ” she said pushing the poor girl to the customer.

“Madam I. don’t want the front again, the back will do ” he said Happily

“turn your back now before I kill you , stupid girl” she said to gift which she did while crying. the man pressed her butto.cks till. he was satisfied and left her.