6 Chapter Six

IRUOMA

I couldn't sleep through out the night. How mama pushed me aside was really breaking me each Minute i remembered the incident. So I woke up so early, to prepare a nice food for the family. I saw mama and greeted her, but she didn't respond to me, you know at first I thought she didn't heard me well, so I had to greet again, again and again. Can you imagine but mama pounced on me like a wounded lion.

"What is it !!" She shouted as if it was a crime greeting her

"Hei...! Mama it was only greeting" yeah my heart skipped at the way mama shouted at me

"Iruoma! Iruoma!! I don't need greetings from you" she said with a warning look

"But mama..."

Mother cuts in"Mbakwa(not at all)! Iruoma, before the morning will be good for both of us, please and please i need a child from you!" She started counting her fingers for me" if you give us four three two or one, will you die?"she tied her wrapper well and continued" you're here controlling my son as your housed help.... Eh, you no longer know your duty as a woman. You are here greeting me eh, kam ga jiri ya sie ofe(so that i will use it and cook soup) mtchewww" she hissed and walked out from me. I itched myself to know if I'm asleep, but o yes it was in reality. I couldn't move an inch, i stood there as someone who's been glued . I stood there , all my thoughts were moving differently, i thought that i was going crazy until a touch came from behind and fear gripped me as i turned and saw that it was my husband.

"Are you okay" my husband asked, i could feel he was worried

"Oh oh.... Yes-- yes-- I'm fine" i tried saying,cause I lacked words. I looked away because tears was forming , i don't want it to drop it in front of my husband

"Then why are you standing here for the past ten minutes, because I was behind you and you couldn't even recognize my presence.... And you're here telling me you're fine?" my husband tried finding out the problem, but all I could do was to call my housed help

"Amara!"

"Ma!"she answered from a distance

"Go inside the kitchen and prepare something for us"i turned to leave, but my husband stood there looking at me because the housed help never cooked for us

"Like seriously!"that was what my husband could utter but i do not mind. A laugh was heard from the sitting room. It was my mother inlaw. My husband left to sitting room, maybe to talk to her mother

"Mama, what did you tell my wife that made her so cold like this"he asked so furious

""Well i just told her the truth, let her give us children" she says picking up the remains of the fruit she was eating

"What!! God of heaven!" He pace up and down and later stood still. Mama was there laughing, oh Jesus that woman was so wicked! "Mama, how many times will I tell you to leave my marriage alone! You can't run yours and mine at the same time..... Mama at the appropriate time, God will bless us with our own kids" he begged

"My son, i need to see my grandchildren before i die... Don't you get it? ...You're the only joy i have in this world. And I want you to reproduce enough...." Standing up" look at you, you want me to believe that you're okay with this condition? Now tell me, that time she miscarried her child, do you know whether it was the last remaining in her womb?" She said looking over to his son to say something. My stomach rumbled in anger, i was so much bittered, I was like its this how this woman hated me ?

"Mummy!!!"he felt a knock on his head" mama why do you wish for this to happen" my husband spoke in an emptiness. He felt so weak, i could feel it

"Mama you know its not my fault at all..... I wanted to carry my own child" i could feel my tears dropping" why are you cursing me, when I'm not the giver of children... Mama please..." I wanted to kneel and beg but my husband get hold of me and started consoling me

"Mama why making things difficult for us.... God will definitely bless us, I'm sure of it" he pleaded for peace to reign

"When i die eh!....do you know how rumors flies?..... See my ears have heard enough.... In fact i cannot sit and be hearing this from you" she stood and left to her room

"Mama its your prayers we need oo!" He said as he took me into the room and begged me to forget whatever the mother said... That Saturday was so horrible for me. I prayed for reverse but it couldn't happened.... . All I pray is for God to forgive and bless us with just one child. And all my horrible nightmare will be gone for good.

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