Reason to live episode 5
Reason To Live 🤰🤱🤰
(Can Life ever get better?)
📔📖📔 Chapter Five 5️⃣📔📖📔
Is life really unfair or I was not just lucky? As a young girl, I have faced more than what anyone of my age should face.
Yes, life is not a bed of roses, life if full of challenges and I decided to make the best out of my challenges but they were just too much for me to handle.
There was never a day when I had peace. Mercy and her mother made my life miserable, they make me hate myself.
I didn’t want to live anymore and I just wanted to die but i had a baby growing in,side of me. I couldn’t just kill my innocent baby because I was tired of my living.
My baby is the only reason I haven’t give up even though I can be scared of what the future holds for both of us.
I have no friends, no family, I have nothing but despite everything I still want to live for my baby and I want—”
“Tiwa! Tiwa!!” Aunty Esther yelled bringing me out of my thought.
“Yes ma” I answered as u quickly stood up and faced her
“What are you doing here?”
“I…I..l was just relaxing ma”
“Relaxing? In my house? Will the toilet wash itself or the food will cook itself? You have lots of work to do and you’re relaxing?” She yelled angrily
“No ma… I will feeling a little pain in my tummy earlier that was why I decided to relax a little” I said
“I know it’s not—”
“When are you pushing the little thing out?” She questioned dryly
“Huh?” I mumbled because I didn’t like it when she called my baby a thing.
“Are you deaf or something? When are you expected to give birth?”
“Next month” I answered
“Ahhhh and you’ve gotten nothing for yourself and that thing? Are you waiting for me to get them for you?”
“No ma, I wish I could buy them but I…l….l have no money”
“That’s your problem anyways and it’s your fault! You don’t have anything and you got pregnant for a man you know nothing about.
You’ll face the consequences yourself” she lamented
“Have I not helped you enough? I feed you and you still under my roof for free! Have I not tried?” She yelled and I flinched
“No..No..No ma l…l..that’s not what I mean.. I mean can you borrow me money or let me know someone that can borrow me.
I need to get something before my due date” I said
“I don’t have any money to give you”
“Do you know anyone that—”
“I don’t! I’m done with this conversation. Go and do what needs to be done” she said
“Aunty Esther please—”
“Am being too nice right? Am I being too nice huh? I said I don’t have any money and I certainly can’t steal for you and don’t steal my money”
“I’m sorry ma” I murmured as I walked slowly turn to go to the kitchen.
Halfway into the kitchen, Mercy grabbed my hand and dragged me into her room after which she locked the door behind us.
“Mercy what’s happening” I asked
“I heard you asking my mom to borrow you money”
“Yeah, what happen?” I asked her
“What you want to use the money for?”
“I need to get aome things for myself and my baby since I would be giving birth hopefully next month” I answered
“Oh my mom would rather die then borrow you money” she mumbled under her breath but I heard her
“What did you say?” I asked
“Huh? Nothing, never mind” she said
What’s wrong? Mercy was kinda nice
“Okay can I leave now?” I asked her
“Yeah” she mumbled as she opened the door for me to get out
I quickly walked out of the room and made my way to the kitchen.
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******* 2 hours later *******
“Who cooked this food?” Mr. Anthony questioned as he licked his l-ips like a young child
“Mercy of course” Aunty Esther answered before I could open my mouth to tell him I was the one.
“Wow, Mercy this is delicious. So you know how to cool huh?”
“I…..Yeah….l… of course dad” Mercy stuttered
“Hmmmmm that reminds me Esther, do you know my friend William that just came from the USA?” Mr. Anthony asked
“Yes I do, what about him?” Aunty Esther answered
“He’s coming here with his family tomorrow”
“Oh, that’s nice”
“Yeah, I want Mercy to prepare food for them”
“What? Dad? Must I be the one to do that? I don’t want to disappoint you” Mercy argued
“Was it not you that prepared this food? And your mom will definitely assist you”
“Oh..okay” she said
“You need to be of your best behavior, I don’t want you to dress anyhow”
“Okay dad”
“They should be here before 12pm Tomorrow and let me know whatever you’ll need” Mr Anthony concluded as he drank water from his cup and went into his room.
“Mom! Why did you tell daddy that I was the one that prepared the food when you know fully well that I can’t even boil rice!” Mercy yelled angrily
“So you wanted me to tell him it was Tiwa that prepared it so that he can complain that we are maltreating her again?
You should know that whatever I say or do in this house is for your own good” Aunty Esther said
“So what do you want me to do tomorrow?” Mercy asked
“Don’t worry dear, we will know what to do tomorrow and Tiwa is here, she’ll do the cooking”
TBC