Gift

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 36

I

was about giving Ahmed the sweetest

meal that he will ever eat when my dad

called telling me we will be on our way

to the Village for Mama burial, suddenly

I felt goosebumps all over me and I became

scared that Mama will appear as a ghost

and whip me with koboko. I ran inside

back out of fear, I was just shivering and

looking at everywhere and nowhere due

to fear. Later, Ella cried for biscuits I got

up and went to buy it in the store at the

main road, I went alone ’cause I broke

all ties with Odele the owner of the small

finger kulikuli size. As I waka pass that

weed guy house along that road jiggling

my moderate soft yansh. I started hearing

someone whistling behind me, I turned

and saw one handsome bearded guy chasing

me trying to keep up with his threatening

trouser that want to pull down from his

waist. I realized it was the weed guy and

ran, I dey fear smokers oh! He chased

me, mad oh! the guy head no really correct

at all. If no be Ahmed that guy for chase

me enter my uncle house, I swear. That

night when I finished serving my uncle

food, I wore a very sedu-ctive gown. I didn’t

wear my panties, I wan really teach the

man lesson. He stared at me with lust

and I knew he will not finish the plate

of fried rice before he will come looking

for me to pounce on my sugar-pot, after

I set the food on the dinning. I waka go

my room making sure my soft yansh cheeks

rumbled provocatively in the soft fabric

of the short gown. Em no even reach five

minutes I enter my room locked door when

I heard someone knocking on my door,

I didn’t reply. I waka enter my bathroom

and started bathing and singing everything

na double double. I came out and the knock

was still on going without the same gear

it started, wetin ho-rny man no go do.

Uncle’s voice: Gift open door, Ella dey for parlour kpoor! kpoor!!

Uncle’s voice: Gift, I go give you plenty money. Just allow me see you, I go dey satisfy.

I giggled and buried my head in my pillow,

the man went on and on behind the door

for some minutes before he stopped.

I sighed and rested on my bed, hoping

for sleep to take me away when I started

hearing another sounds coming from

my window.

Uncle’s voice: Gift! abeg wake up ohh! if you no open the door, I go break am goor goor!

I didn’t answer rather I pretended to be

asleep and I wasn’t hearing all those noise

he was making behind the window.

Uncle’s voice: I love you Gift, abeg open the door. I love you so much.

na

lie em no love me oh! na my sugar-pot

em love.

Uncle’s voice: I go divorce your aunty marry you, abeg open the door. Please, please, I dey beg you.

He

didn’t leave my window till I slept off,

I didn’t know how long he was behind

the window. I woke up the next morning

feeling energetic, I wanted to go out and

check up on Ella, immediately I opened

the door my Uncle bounced on me not

giving me any space at all. He wore only

short while I wore my nigtie, he was just

kissing all over me, smooching all over

me and pressing my bossom. Mumbling

incoherent words, I asked him to stop

but he ignored me s—–g my ni-pple

like a two years baby after releasing my

brea-st from my nightie. The door was

opened ajar and then I started hearing

my aunt calling my name from the sitting-room,

the stupid man didn’t get up, instead he

was about inserting his kulikuli when

he realized my aunt was closer. He scampered

and went under my bed, I was in daze

breathing heavily when my aunt came

in. She asked me what happened and

I explained that a force pushed me back

on the bed when I wan come out, she started

praying against spiritual husband while

na her husband dey torment my life. The

thing sweet me as the man dey suffer

under the bed ehnn..

My aunt: you see my husband..

Me: em nodey ona bedroom?

My aunt: I don go check am, I no see am. Even Ella say em never see am.

Me: maybe em don go out to joggle as usual.

My aunt: okay, make em no go late oh! na 6am be this.

Me: my daddy dey come today?

My aunt: yes na, ona two go go village together, your grandmother burial.

Me: aunt Alicia go return with my brother?

My aunt: no, na only she dey come. Your brother dey school, come help me for kitchen.

As

I wanted to leave my uncle grabbed my

feet from under the bed. I stepped on

it and he groaned before I followed my

aunt, my toto don possess that man tru

tru.

My father came to take me and my

uncle pleaded earnestly for him to bring

me back to stay with them, my dad was

so happy saying am a very good girl that

everybody wan associate with, for bed

bah? We went to the village and I met

Okoye with Samuel. My aunt was so happy

to see me, the one from overseas oh!

she said I have grown and ripe that she

didn’t even recognize me again, evidence

of proteins from sper-m sha… Our Elder

say, he will disregard tradition is a bird

picking stones in the river and ignored

the shores.