HeavenOasis

Kate. NEW LIFE. On January 3 rd , mum resumed selling the Indian hemp but this time, she would go for as long as three days at a stretch before returning back home. Whenever I beg her to take me along because I was not doing anything at home, she would tell me to stay at home that it would be better without having to worry about me when she is being chased by the police. Dad continued to do nothing except smoking, drinking alcohol and beating mum and i. One day, four men came into our house. I’ve never seen them before because I knew all the people that dad and mum used to hand out with. All of them were taller than dad and my dad too is not short at all, yet these men were taller and huge. I was afraid of them because they were like the giants mentioned in the bible who were sent out of heaven but later came down to the earth to mix with and corrupt human beings. Even mum who was older was afraid of them. They spent two days in our house, drinking, smoking and talking i

Add caption . “WOW!” She exclaimed “So I did the right after all. You are good looking now that you’ve barbed your hair and nice up” “Thank you ma!” I smiled and blushed under my dark skin. When I was through in the evening, she drove me back to Uncle Nat’s residence in Ikorodu. He was at home by the time we got back there. I went to the library and she went upstairs to meet him. I was halfway into the book I was reading when I heard Uncle Nat’s voice shouting and scolding her. I paused and listened. He was asking her why she gave me his cloths without his consent. All the while, she was apologizing and begging him to lower his voice but he kept rambling on and on. Somewhere in the middle of his heated anger, he said something that finally pissed her off and she told him pointedly never to say such thing to her again and that she would buy the things she gave me back for him in ten folds if that would make him happy. This last statement finally detonated his volcanic anger. I hea