Ngozi ran to the market as fast as she could, Nonye why is Ngozi running like that, Adaobi you talk like a stranger , what else if not her mother and sisters, but i dont understand why a woman would treat her own child like a slave Nonye there is more to this anyway lets hurry up.
Ngozi tried her best to buy everything on time but what Ugomma sent her was much, by the time she was done buying everything it was dusk already, she cried gods of our land where are you, what have i done, what is my sin, when she got home she met Ugomma and her daughters waiting for her, Ifeoma check if its dried said Ugomma pointing at the saliva, Nnem there is no single trace of it anymore, Ngozi gbuo ikpere n'ala ala(it means kneel down in igbo language), Ngozi did not bother begging cause she knew it would only worsen the situation, Nnem let me get you your whip said Nkechi, when Nkechi brought the whip, Ugomma whipped Ngozi till she bled. Ngozi wept all night, she caused the day she was born.
Three market days later, Ngozi was alone in the house cutting fire wood when obika mazi okafor's son walked in the company of his friend, Ngozi get me my keg of palm wine from my hut said obika immediately she entered obika and his friend followed her.............
To be continued..
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