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Episode 8

Madam didnā€™t give me breakfast that morning and by noon I was disoriented.

My tummy was on fire and the hunger pangs in my stomach had increased ten folds.

Madam handed her little baby to me around eleven oā€™clock that morning.

I carried the little baby from that time till around four in the evening on empty stomach.

Even the pap I was to give to the baby, I drank half out of hunger.

I needed to quell the pangs in my stomach and any edible could do.

Madam woke up around 4.30pm in the evening and collected her baby from me.

She didnā€™t even mention anything about giving me food and this piqued me.

I didnā€™t know what to do.

I just sat in the kitchen deep in thought. I had no money on me so I couldnā€™t think of buying food. So I just sat there hoping that a miracle would happen.

Around five minutes past five, madam called me and gave me N200 to go to a nearby supermarket and buy bathing soap for her.

I took the money and left immediately.

There was a woman selling freshly prepared Okpa along the road and the sweet aroma of the womanā€™s Okpa suggested new ideas into my hungry mind.

Before I knew what was happening I bought two wraps @ N50 each and sat at one corner of the road to devour it.

The Okpa was very hot yet I ate it quickly and hungrily.

When I finished, I bought sachet water and augmented the Okpa and my stomach returned instantly to normal.

Then I started thinking of a believable narrative to tell my madamā€¦


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