Hopeless

Episode 5

I saw hell, the whole village were against me, I was avoided like a leper, am I going to blame them? who want to associate with such an unlucky being?

Alright on this day I ran into one of my friend Sonma, she was one of my bridal train when I wedded Williams but we lost contacts, she was the first person to talk to me since I came back, I felt so happy, few mins later her mom came from God knows where shouting on top of her voice,

Sonma what are u doing with this ill luck candidates? Do u remember that you will soon be getting married? oh u want her to transfer her miserable life to u? you want her to teach u how to kill your husband and your first Child within 1yr? my friend leave here now and go back home, the next time I see u with her I will give u a mark on your body Sonma, ( she turned to me)

and you murderer leave my daughter for me, she cannot be like u, don’t transfer your hard luck to her, she is my only daughter and u know it, she went on and on,

please ma i am just a victim of circumstances, don’t judge me that way….. I tried to say but she spat on me and dragged het daughter of from there,

I was cold as I saw her drag Sonma with her, she kept on shouting on top her voice that I should leave her daughter for her as they walked down the street,

I felt like commiting suicide, i suddenly realized that I was standing at the middle and of the road, thank God there was no coming vehicles, I slowly move to one side of the road and walked down to my father’s house hopelessly.

That day I made a decision to leave the village, mom tried all she could to know why I was moody but I refused to voice out, their health was Paramount to me.

I called my colleague that promised to accommodate me in Lagos, She was so happy to hear from me,

Ava I can’t wait to meet u again please park your things and leave that village, she said excitedly

it was a relieve for me because I was wondering if she had changed her mind, I quickly packed my little luggage

All this while I was still having some money with me because hubby left a huge amount in his bank account which I have Access to, I don’t know what my life would have become if I did not have access to my husband’s account, the money was reducing because I was not doing anything to add to it but for the present time I was comfortable.

I left East to Lagos once again, this time without tangible reason, I just needed peace of mind,

In Lagos Jenifer welcomed me like a queen, she surprised me with a welcome party, in attendance were my former colleagues, they were all happy to see me and they encouraged me as well, for the first time since I lost my son I smiled.

from that day I hoped to find rest in Lagos.

Jenifer tried her best infact it felt like I was still living with my younger sister Nkem, she was always encouraging me, reading the word of God to me, I stopped going to church since I lost my husband, Jenifer convinced me and I started following her church, while living with her some men approached me for relationship but I couldn’t say yes to any of them because I was scared, Jenifer wanted me to date but I declined, I know she meant well for me but I was not ready for anything relationship, what if the man does as well?

She advised I go out to look for a job so that I can be going out in the money to socialize with people and come back tired in the night, it will help me to sleep better, I was reluctant about it but on a second thought I gave it a trial, after all I am not going to stay in my past for ever.

Then the worst happened, Jenifer came back one day and said I should leave her house, chai