MY WORST MISTAKE PART 8

I was angry on seeing the wicked woman.So she’s the one
troubling my family.This is the time to take my total revenge on her for all she did to me and still doing to my family. She was stunned and speechless on seeing me and my daughter, I saw confusion written all over her.She came to remind my parents that the next hearing in court is the next day.She drove out. We got into the house as i narrated my ordeal with mady to my mother. She cried bitterly and thanked God for saving my life. My father came in and i stood up .I thought he would yell at me,telling me that i am not his daughter and that i should get out but to my greatest surprise. He embraced me and started pleading for forgiveness amidst sobs, He said he has realized he was foolish for forsaking me.When my two sisters died,they became childless.I had to forgive him, he’s still my father anyway, Since God had mercy on me and made a way for me where there seemed to be no way,i had no reason not to forgive him but the only person i doubted if i would ever forgive was Gabe and his stupid request for my daughter, i would never give him my daughter.
In court the next day,mady didn't believe her eyes.She didn't know i had become a lawyer, i defended my parents as i overpowered mady’s lawyer, I spoke english upon english with questions to silence my opponent lawyer.I told the entire court that mady forged the documents, i brought up her child trafficking case in addiction to the one at hand.The chief judge asked me how i got to know.I told him that i knew for long but had no evidence to bring her to book.I told them what i went through with her but i made sure i didn't include prince and Ona into the story.She was handcuffed and held in custody while her house was searched, the number of girls in her house has reduced, I sought for Ona but i didn't see her, some rooms were broken into and after everything ,four human heads and two girls in different rooms were found.The girls were at the point of death as they were starved of food and water, this is enough evidence i said, We returned to the court.The human heads and the two hostages were shown to everybody, there was a great commotion in the court, Order was called for, Mady’s lawyer was too stunned to say anything and so,i fired on condemning the wicked act and reminding the chief judge that such calamity attracts death penalty(as if he wasn't aware) At the end of everything, The land case was dismissed, Victory belonged to us.My parents shed tears of joy as they both embraced me together.My father called me a great daughter for the very first time. I was so happy. Mady was sentenced to death by firing squad.I waved her goodbye with a smile telling her that everybody must reap what he or she sows.The black maria took her away.The court will have to go and lock her house. Just then,i saw a man being led into the court for another case hearing.He looked like someone i know.I stared at him again,Yes,its Prince.That’s surely prince.My parents asked if i knew him.I told them he’s the one that saved me from mady,together with another lady called Ona. I decided to defend him.He had killed somebody.The case was a tough one. I went close to him and whispered into his ears to say that he is not guilty that it was two man fighting,i knew he was guilty but i just had to help him. The case seemed tough but on the next hearing,i won the case for him.He expressed gratitute.He knew the court would have sentenced him to life imprisonment or death as he had no one to defend him.He told me that Ona had died the previous year, I wept and prayed for her wherever she may be.I advised prince to start up a good business.
** On getting home
one day,i saw Nnamdi waiting for me.He was begging for my forgiveness.My parents begged me to forgive him.My daughter heard everything and demanded an explanation.I hid nothing from her.Nnamdi embraced her, I quickly drew back my daughter.But at last, I forgave Nnamdi and allowed him give me a tight,long and warm embrace.I was crying.I allowed him access to his daughter but not to take away completely from me. I later got married to prince.I was a happy woman.I recalled my trials and thanked God for everything.My mistake of getting pregnant before marriage almost ruined my life but i was successful in the end.
Thanks be to God!

MY WORST MISTAKE PART 7

Prince opened the door and behold,it was Ona, I made to Come out from my hiding but i decided to stay where i was,to find out her mission. She was panting.”Dagger,there is problem.A girl who refused to play along with mady has escaped.Mady is on her way to this place to tell you to mobilize your boys and search for her.This is her photo…..”
I Peeped and saw her bring out a picture.I knew i was the one in that photo, i saw prince stare at the picture, shaking his head. “Please don't hurt her when you eventually find her, rather save her life, the poor girl is just helpless and innocent.The baby under your care to be sold to the ritualists  is hers, I gave her a number to reach me…”On hearing this,i came out from my hiding.
“My daughter..my daughter…”that was all i was saying, Ona was so shocked to find me there, Prince later told her what happened and added that i used to be a good friend of his back in school. Prince told me that he would help me on one condition,being that i must tell nobody about mady and the kind of business she does, agreed and he made me swear.I wondered why he was trying to protect the evil woman.Perhaps they are all into the business together, the same doom awaited them. He arranged a room for me in a distant hotel for the mean time.He brought my daughter to me that very day, i was so grateful to him and Ona, perhaps he decided to help me because of how good i used to be to him back in our school days, even Ona, another God sent i don't know how to repay her but i know God will see her through someday.
Prince gave me a huge sum of money to travel to another state and start life afresh, I owed him a lot.
*I never got any information on what transpired after prince and ona saved me.I didnt  also know anything about Gabe’s where about, even mama joy and my parents, but i knew and believed that i would see them again someday, what gave me the greatest joy was my winnie,my daughter.
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After some years” I struggled hard to further my education and train my daughter in school too, after everything,i graduated as a lawyer.I got enough money from my clients,My daughter was living a good life and doing well in school too, i bought a car and owned a house, God really blessed me after many years of hardship. An idea struck my mind to visit home with my daughter to know the situation of things, But i never knew what awaited me back home
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It was mama joy’s place i visited first.As i drove into the compound,it was Gabe i saw first, he kept looking at the car to know who was inside.I didn't want winnie my daughter to see him.I feared he might ask me about his daughter.When i parked the car,i told winnie to wait in the car.I came down and pretended not to see him, I noticed him come my car while i avoided him as i made my way towards mama joy’s place.When she saw me,she yelled with joy and embraced me.Then Gabe came there and called my name.I ignored him, He prostrated on the ground and started begging me to forgive him, he told how he had married twice and got no issue.He asked about my daughter, i told him to leave me alone that his daughter is dead.I saw tears roll down his cheeks.He was really sorrowful.I made up my mind never to forgive him.I watched him walk away in agony Mama Joy told me that he was telling the truth.She told me that after getting married for a very long time,he got no child.His people told him to send the woman away and marry another,which he did and still no issue to show for it, The doctors said that nothing’s wrong with him and that God’s time is the best.”Serves him right.God is punishing him for what he did to me”that was all i said, I gave mama joy things i bought for her, i gave her money too, she was so happy. I entered my car and as i was driving away, Gabe was waving me goodbye with tears in his eyes.
“mum,who is that man over there?”my daughter asked,pointing at Gabe, I told her lies, I drove straight to my father’s compound,  it was my mother i saw first, as i came down with my daughter,i was surprised as my mother gave me a warm embrace.She apologized on her behalf and on behalf of her husband.she embraced my daughter too, I was happy when she called her”my granddaughter” I cried bitterly when she told me that my two sisters died in a ghastly accident.My father went for a meeting, I was shocked when she told me that a woman from nowhere showed up and said that almost all our lands belonged to her, she took the case to court because she has a lot of money, i told my mum to relax that i am a lawyer.She couldn't believe it, as we were still talking,a car drove into our compound.”That is the woman”my mother said. The woman packed her car and came out, I was shocked when i saw Mady come down from the car.

MY WORST MISRAKE PART 6

I knocked on Mady’s door thrice before she opened it, I greeted her.she yawned, looked at the wall clock hanging on the wall.it was 5.45am.”How was your night?”she asked. “fine”i replied. She made to usher me in,perhaps to hear me tell her ‘yes! i will accept the offer’ but i was reluctant.She noticed and asked if there was any problem. “I want to see my child”i told her. She looked at me intently as if she didn't know who I was, after much staring,she told me that my child is with the nursery mistress. “Where do i find her?”i asked, she said nothing.All she did was to walk into her room and come back with a little bag.she handed it over to me. “This is the money we talked about, take it and leave.i have taken your daughter as mine already, Go and get ready with the rest girls,you are going on your first outing with them today?”she said and shut the door. “Noo i don't want your money.i need my daughter.I don't want to stay here anymore.Give me my daughter so i can leave”i kept shouting as i hit the door hard.I threw away the money, I can never exchange my winnie, the first fruit of my womb for money, I was still there when three hefty men came out from nowhere and ordered me to keep quiet.i refused.One of them gave me the hardest slap i ever received since i was born.I had no other choice than to keep quiet amidst sobs They locked me in one room, i knew mady ordered them to do that.I cried bitterly.I prayed to God to hearken unto my cries for i know i have sinned, I cursed the day i slept with Gabe, I cursed the day i met him, Throughout that day,i was locked up with no food nor water.I became very weak. It was around 10pm that i heard the door open slightly Ona creeped in and signaled to me to keep quiet.she locked the door and gave me the food she brought for me” “I saw what happened, i have been looking for a chance to bring you something but i found none.Please eat the food fast before mady finds me here”she whispered. After eating,she told me that mady locked me up so that i will die of starvation.Ona said mady has killed countless girls in that manner.I was really surprised at this that i gave out a loud gasp. “But because i found out you are a nice person,i decided to help you.I put something in that ”three men’s” drink to make them sleep.I want you to escape”She said.I was really touched with this kind of kindness. “But how do i escape without my daughter?”i asked.It was then Ona told me that my daughter has been taken away.She gave me some money, led me carefully out of the house and bade me safe journey.
“Thank you so much,Ona.God will bless you”i said as i left, I looked into the darkness of the night with a great fear,not knowing where to go.I wondered if i could survive that night and if i can ever see my daughter again.
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I headed into the darkness of the night.I was filled with fear as i knew not where to go, Ona gave me her telephone number.I blamed my parents for abandoning me in the first place, How could they be so heartless, They care not about what happens to me because i got pregnant.Despite the fact that i pleaded and begged them.I pitied other people who were blessed with understanding parents.If i had aborted the baby as Gabe told me,they wouldn't have abandoned me.They wouldn't have even know i was pregnant at all.But the consequences may be disastrous.Firstly, Firstly,sinning against God double in order to cover one sin committed.Secondly,i may never get pregnant again, I decided to accept my fate, I searched for where to lay my head that night.I saw an uncompleted building and moved in.I prayed earnestly for God’s protection.I remembered my daughter and wept bitterly.I thought of mama joy and concluded that i will narrate my ordeals to her the following day when i eventually find her.
In the middle of that same night,i heard footsteps, I curled up,listening attentively, they were coming into the uncompleted building.My heart started beating faster,i heard their voice,they were men.A cold shiver ran through me, Then entered and saw me,immediately,i saw them bring out their weapons.Guns,axes and cutlasses.They were six in number.I was able to count them because one of them shone a little torch towards me.
“i mean no harm please, don't kill me”my voice was shaky. “Who are you and what do you want here?”One of them barked and pointed the torch at my face.
“Nneoma?”I was shocked as i heard him call my name.He called me again.”Is that you?” At this i nodded while still looking at his face to find out who he was.I finally got it.
“Prince”I called him.Prince used to be my classmate until i got pregnant and stopped school. I used to help him his class work and assignment back in those days, during exams,i wrote answers in piece of paper,squeezed it and threw it to him.
“Dagger,you know her?”that was the question his members started asking him.I kept looking at his face in disbelief as he nodded his head in affirmation, He told them to keep back their weapons.
That night i slept at his place.He told me to sleep on the bed while,he slept on the floor. When it was morning,i narrated my ordeals to him. When i got to my escapade with mady,he breathed heavily,lowered his head and looked at me for a very long time.I was surprised when he told me that he’s mady’s agent and that he can help me get back my daughter because of the things i did for him back in school.
There was a knock on the door.is it mady? Has she discovered that i escaped.has she come to tell prince to find me with his men?she knew she would be in trouble if i escaped.Prince hid me under his bed as he went to open the door.
....Watch out for part 7.

MY WORST MISTAKE PART 3

My dear stop crying and think ahead, crying over split milk dosen’t make any sense” our land-lady advised as she led me to her apartment.
“my life is useless i feel like dying” i wept, “my dear stop mocking God, he alone knows the reason he kept you alive, so don’t be ungrateful” she cautioned. “i however think you should leave your bag with me, return to your family and see if they will accept you” she advised minutes later, after i had calmed down a little. I cleaned my eyes and stared at her with prayers in my lips. “i pray they do, if not i’m stranded and doomed” I murmured with a broken spirit, knowing fully well the kind of parents i had. Only divine intervention could make them change their stand.
But I had no choice than to try my luck once again. I trekked from Igbariam to Nnaji-nwede street where my parents resided, carrying Winnie with me. I couldn’t afford using public transport that fateful morning, because i needed to make good use of the little money i had.
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Mum was the only one at home when i got there, making me relax a bit as i rested in her shop which was just in front of the house. The fire in her eyes died as soon as she saw me, tears quickly formed in them as she stared
at my weak body. “nne” was all she could mutter, while i swallowed hard with tears in my eyes. Other mothers would have reached out and carried their daughter’s child who equally was her grand daughter, but she didn’t, instead
stared at us with pity.
Even though she never did support dad’s harsh treatment towards me, she equally never condemned it, perhaps because i had five other younger sisters, whom they needed to protect by using my punishment as a lesson and example to them.
“mum help me please i have nowhere else to go, Gabe threw me out of his house this morning” i sobbed and knelt by her side with little winnie in my arms. She breathed deeply, scratched her head and stared at the ceiling.
“have you eaten today?” i heard her ask.
“no mum food isn’t my problem” i replied with tears.
“i have beans let me get some for you” she murmured, left her shop and went into the house to get a plate of beans for me.
She returned with it, dropped the plate on a small stool, and reluctantly carried little winnie, so that i could eat properly.
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“please be quick with it, because you have to leave before your dad shows up, I don’t want his problem today” she urged. Her comment really broke my heart, but i was already used to such comments. I rushed up with my meal,
washed my mouth and thanked her.
“now you can leave abeg” she murmured and gave me fifty naira, “use it to buy pap for your daughter” she added a bit coldly. I closed my eyes out of pain but tears refused to fall out.
“mum i have no-where to go” i reminded her, but all she
did was just to shrug. “it’s none of my business you aren’t our responsibility anymore, if you have any case, do present it to your father please and not to me” she replied nervously. Leaving me once again lost, confused and hopeless,
“how can i face dad when mum is behaving like this” I wondered.
I had hoped with time that their cold behaviour towards
me will reduce, but instead of reducing, it only increased.
“anwúómú ööö{i don die} here comes your dad” mum
exclaimed as she sighted him from afar seconds later,
instantly pushing me out of her shop.
I stood outside and waited for dad defiantly, with a Broken spirit and winnie in my arms, “whatever will be, will eventually be, let it happen now” I said myself as i waited for him to finish me..
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Watch out for part 4

MY WORST MISTAKE PART 2!!!!

Gabe soon woke up, ignored my greeting, washed his

mouth and left the house without a word. I was terribly

scared because of the way he looked at me. I knew it was

just a matter of seconds before he kicks us out of his

room. I sobbed quietly as i lamented my fate. “My mates

are all with their parents, enjoying their lives and

planning for a brighter future. Here i’m suffering like a

refugee” i reasoned with tears. “only if i had listened to

him months ago and terminated my baby, i wouldn’t be

suffering in this manner” i said to myself bitterly. But

deep down in my heart i equally knew i rejected to do his

bidding because i couldn’t bear such guilt which would

have been terrible and unbearable. Winnie’s loud cry

soon calmed me. I quietly carried her, changed her

napkin, breastfed and sang a lullaby for her.

 He came in that moment eyeing us. “have you packed all your

things?” he asked coldly. I swallowed hard and stared at

him pleadingly. 

“please don’t do this to us” i begged, “we

are already managing well, i’ll start a trade very soon” i

added. He scratched his head uneasily and again eyed me

murderously, “do you call this life eeh? Abeg shut that

your dirty mouth” he barked, before grabbing all my

clothes which he dumped inside an old large bag, fetched

winnie’s things and equally dumped them in it. “here is

two hundred and fifty Naira {N250} it’s your transport

fare to your parents house, i have tried enough for you, i

won’t kill myself doing it mtcheeew” he muttered and

threw the money at me. Tears instantly fell

uncontrollably from my eyes, i had no where to go. I was

doomed, I dropped winnie on the bed, knelt and begged

him “please Gabe, please” i begged again and again,

but instead of my pleas to calm him, it infuriated him

tremendously. He slapped me hard, grabbed the bag and

threw it out of his room. “i will do the same to you and

this baby if you don’t leave peacefully” he threatened. I

stared at him heartbroken, and hungry, cursing the day i

granted him access to my body. The story of my love life

with Nnamdi really is a long one. An affair which never

should have happened in the first place had i ignored my

heart, because he really had nothing to offer me, yet i

foolishly fell in love with him. A very stupid teenage love

affair which i now regret. Love dosen’t work in an empty

stomach, neither does it work in an unsecured

environment. Gabe wasn’t in love with me any longer

because circumstances changed and he only saw me as a

burden to his miserable life. He totally ignored Winnie’s

cries, my pleas and our neighbours preachings as he

pushed us out of his house that fateful morning. A day i

was supposed to be happy because it was my birthday.

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