Olamma

Episode 18

Nneka walked passed her, she left Oby standing at the same spot.

Oby was not going to let the insult to pass. Even as Nneka walked down, Oby fires back at her with her own insult.

NNeka did not bother looking back.

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Olamma lost count of how long she has being in the horrifying cave. Onrah warns other animal off from her. He told them she was not yet food for all.

Onrah cut deep into her hand and took her blood in a leaf during the first few days of her arrival. The wound remain open and never heals.

All they do is to feed her with a fruit and a strange drink and ask her to remain at a spot.
Anytime she eats it, she will grows bigger than her former size.
She kept growing bigger with the fruit and drink they fed her with as each day comes.
Olamma already knew when they planned to feast on her. Which will be in four days time.
She has grown so fat and huge and her meat can go round in cycle to the animals who can’t wait to have a taste of her flesh and blood.

As the day of her death draws near Olamma’s fear increase. She was going to be killed and they will merry and feast on her.
All through her time in the cave all she does was to wish that the gods will save her but she knew that she can’t be save in that cave which has no way out for her.
She obeys every instruction and does whatever task she was given. She wished for a natural death instead of a death under the animals claws tearing her apart.

It would have been better to die in a natural way but she doesn’t even know how to kill herself. Even after she begged for death to come and take her away before the time of her slaughter. Death did not come.
Two days to go for her to die she sat in a large log that was secluded for her. She has already given up hope on life and was prepared for whatever fates await her.

After it was just remaining a day, the animals were already jubilating, they were happy and was looking forward to the following day so that they will all feed on her.

Olamma heard the scary giant vulture called Onrah announcing to all.
“…I promise few friends their share. I will take Zakiza share to him and few other of my friend will join us here to merry. Is just a small share because they were part of the journey to the other world. The human has grown big enough and her meat should go round for all to feast on but i will keep my word to Zakiza and the others who will be looking out for their share….

He kept talking Olamma try to shut her ears from his horrifying voice but no matter how she try she can still hear him.

She was too big that one of her hand was fat as an iroko tree. Her head was big in size and was too heavy for her to even carry. Her legs were like a dry log. Strong yet filled with fat flesh.

She doubled up the two wrapper her mother gave her which couldn’t go round her. She has to use leave to cover the rest of her body.