OH LIFE “I MUST SURVIVE” (EPISODE TEN)

STORY SERIES

…Had cooked the best meal she had ever served in the home. When Eta and the others ate their lunch that day, they felt very happy. Tesa too had never eaten anything like it. She did not know that it was new to her just as it was new to the other children.

Adia waited for her husband to return from work. She usually came back home around six o’ clock in the evening. She was going to give him a pleasant surprise.

As her husband entered she met him with a big smile. It was easy for him to know that something new was happening. The three children came to meet their father. Tesa followed. He greeted them, and then he saw Tesa. He stood still and silent for a while as if he had seen a ghost.

“Who is this? He shouted what does she want I this place? Where does she come from? from hell or from Jupiter? Answer me this minute or..?”

He was already panting, as if he had been running and was out of breadth. He looked wild. His eyes were red with anger. He paused for a minute and began once more.

“I say, where does she come from? You answer me or something bad will happen now.”

Adia tried to say something. At first she could not because she was taken by surprise. She had spent all the afternoon preparing a delicious meal for her husband but here he was now boiling with anger.

“Sit down and calm down first,” Adia said. “Then you can eat something. I have prepared a nice dish for you, something really nice. After that I’ll answer your questions and give you some news that will gladden your heart.”

“Cut that off,” he shouted. “I am talking about this little creature and you are talking about food. What meat have I not eaten? Tell me here and now who this one is and how she comes to be under my roof. What is she doing here? I tell you she either goes out this very minute or I’ll go out for her, and stay there till she goes away.”

Adia was now getting angry too. Her husband was very unreasonable. She had tried not to be angry but now he had decided to go out if Tesa remained she could bear it no more. She spoke angrily, “Do you know this little girl? You sound as if you knew her before now. You won’t even listen. You go on asking one question after another. Who is this girl? She is a person like you and me and not an animal. If you choose to go away you can do that right now.”

“If I go away, you’ll all starve,” he answered back angrily. “Where will you get money to feed yourself, your three children and this one? You’ll all die of hunger.”

“There you lie,” said Adia. “It is you who will die of hunger. I mean to keep this little girl in this house and she’ll stay. You may go if you like. We don’t need you.

The man did not answer again. He went into his room, packed a leather bag and went out. Adia watched him go. She knew that she was right and he was wrong.

When it was all quiet, he children who had run away from their father as he shouted in anger, quietly returned…to be continued on Thursday.

Story Series is published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Don't miss it!!!

BUY A COPY OF KIRIKIRI NEW TODAY!!!