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WRITTEN BY LADY ANNY
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(SUBTITLE): Must_Eat_The_Food
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"Haven't you heard?" Obinna asked.
"Heard what?" Ogechi asked too turning to him.
Obinna looked around to be sure that nobody sees or hears him before he moved closer to Ogechi.
"I heard that kasima beat up Ngozi and Nkechi and they went to report to king Maduka and he ordered his guards to locked kasima in the palace cell for three days without food or water." He said almost whispering.
"But why will the king do that without asking what happened?" Ogechi asked.
"Hmm, I heard she refused to great and also insulted him." Obinna said.
"Hmm, nawo... please let's help her, I know that her poor mother must be very worried now." Ogechi said.
"Yes you are right...hold this cutlass let me carry her." Obinna said and handed the cutlass to her while he carried kasima, they took her to her father's house.
They got to her house and knocked.
"Who is here." Ogechi said.
"Who is that?" Kasima's mother asked and came out of the house.
"Mama good afternoon, we bought your.....". Ogechi was cut short.
"Ewo! My daughter....Amaka bring may be fast, your sister is back" she said rushing to them.
Moments later, kasima was lying on the mat and her mother was massaging her body with hot water.
" Where did you find my sister?" Amaka asked.
"We found her at the road that leads to Amanlinda's river." Ogechi said.
"Thank you very much." Kasima's mother said.
"Mama is nothing." Ogechi said.
"Erm....mama we have to be on our way now, our mother will be waiting for us." Obinna said standing up.
"Exactly, we will come back to check on her." Ogechi said standing up too.
"No problem my children go well." Kasima's mother said.
"Thank you once again." Amaka said while they nod and left.
"Amaka please go and call nurse Blessing, so that she can treat your sister." Kasima's mother said.
"But mama we don't have any money, will she treat her like that?" Amaka said calmly.
"Don't worry my child, I have N3000 with me, I will give it to her and beg her to treat her." Her mother said.
"But what if she refused?" Amaka asked..
"Don't worry about that just go and call her." Her mother said.
"Okay if you say so." Amaka said before she left.
25 minutes later, she came back with nurse Blessing.. she treated kasima and gave her some drugs and also didn't collect money from them..
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# BACK_TO_THE_CITY
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Cindy came down from the stairs, she met Mrs Godwin and Sophia watching TV..she walked pass them and went to the kitchen, she tries to open the kitchen door but it was locked... She kept the food Sophia had left in wisdom's room on the dinning table and went back to the living room.
"Mum, who locked the kitchen?" She asked.
"I did, do you have a problem with that?" Mrs Godwin asked in a harsh manner.
"Mum please can I have the keys? I need to prepare food for wisdom, dad and myself."
"Cindy, the kitchen will be opened if you and wisdom eat the food Sophia cooked." Mrs Godwin said.
"We can't eat Sophia's food". Cindy said.
"Then you two are not hungry." Mrs Godwin said.
"Mum, how do you except us to eat the food that someone we don't like and need around us cooked? Tell me how do you expect us to do that?" Cindy asked.
"Then sleep hungry!" Mrs Godwin said.
"I wonder if you want to marry your brother, your mates are in their husbands house with their kids, you are here fighting for food." Sophia said and hissed.
"Don't you dare insult me, this is my father's house and I have the right to......"
"Oh shut your mouth! Your father's house? If you know that you and your brother will not eat the food Sophia cooked then go in there and sleep hunger and stop disturbing us.... As you can see we are watching movie." Mrs Godwin said yelling.
Cindy was dumfounded, she couldn't say a word....she walked slowly to the stairs and looked back. (" Is she truly our mother? Why is she treating us this way?") She thought sliently as tears dropped from her eyes. She cleaned her tears and went to wisdom's room, she opened the door and walked in slowly with some tears in her eyes. Wisdom rushed to her and held her hands.
"Sis, I heard mum's voice and I was coming downstairs to know what was happening." Wisdom said..
"Mum locked the kitchen and I requested for the key but she refused to give me, she said we should sleep hungry if we don't eat the food that Sophia cooked." Cindy said sadly.
"Why is mum doing this to us? Do you think this woman is truly our mother?" Wisdom asked.
"That's the question I have been asking myself." Cindy said.
"Is okay, come have your seat." Wisdom said taking her hand..she followed him and they sat on the bed.
"Sis, let's wait for dad to return meanwhile, eat this." Wisdom said handing over the remaining gala from the ones Cindy had gave him.
"Don't worry I will be fine, just eat okay?" Cindy said.
"No, we are in this together, so eat..you can't stay hungry." Wisdom said......she breathed down heavy before collecting the gala.
"I am just wondering if this woman is our mother." Cindy said.
"Me too, the way she treats us and the way she is so desperate about me marrying Sophia is just confusing, I can't just understand it." Wisdom said.
"You are right, I think we should talk to dad about this." Cindy suggested.
"Dad that don't has time for us, all he do is to travel from one country to another." Wisdom said moodly.
"Come on brother, you and I know that we are grow ups...we are 24 already, so you don't expect dad to be staying with us when he knows that we can take care of ourselves." Cindy said.
"You are right but at least he should spend little of his time with us." Wisdom said.
"Is alright, we will talk about that when dad returns back." She said and smiled.
"Okay ma'am." He replied smiling too..
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