My Daughter – Episode 1

MY DAUGHTER EPISODE 1
By Amah

I sat alone in my room, my sister Tosin, who i share the room with was in school, after i have helped in washing the the things we used for dinner, it was 9:30pm, mother and father are already in bed, Seun, Ola and Gift are in there various rooms, no one knows what was going through my mind, I’m so troubled I couldn’t sleep, mother has asked if i was okay after she noticed my forgetful and quietness and i told her is school stress.

father and mother never allowed us to lack anything, they sent us to one of the best schools in town, provide everything needed for the house and our well-being, I’m in my 3rd year in the university studying mass communication my father dream is coming to reality, despite having four girls and just one boy, the house is always warm, my father love his girls so much as much as he loves my only brother Ola, Gift is the last girl of the house, she’s just 12years and Ola is 14years, Tosin is studying law in her 2nd year and Seun just got admission to study criminology, I’m the first child of my parents, I always wanted to be in the news, journalism precisely and my father said he will make sure i attend height, immediately i got admission to study Mass com, my joy was so full, my parents were equally happy. when I’m in school i have everything i need and the same thing when I’m in the house, my parents never allowed us to lack anything, my mother owns a big restaurant not too far from the house, we help out whenever we are on holidays although she has sales girls we still assist in any little way we can, sometimes father takes me along to his warehouse or shops, father has 6 shops, he deals with motor parts, people do make jest of him by telling him he is a Yoruba man with Igbo blood, my father has alot of Igbo friends because of his kind of business,

Sometimes people ask my father why he invest so much in his girls, knowing well girls will get married or get pregnant and will also leave the house and forgetting the family,

his answer is always amazing, he will reply them ” non of my daughters with the way I’m training them will will disappoint me, they will not bring any bas***d child home, they know better than that, after their study they will get married and have kids in the way it should, if they so wishes, every child is a child, be it girl or boy, my daughters are going places and i will make sure of that, whatever trophy the male child is receiving my daughters will equally receive it, through my sweat and blood all my four daughters will all go to school and will get to any level of their choice, my son ‘Ola will join me in my business after his education if he so wishes or one of my daughter will take over, no discrimination when it comes to my children,

My father always leave his customers and friends mouth shut, most of them have come to realize through my father that the female child is as important as the male child, they use us as good example to their children because, my father is always proud of us and he will boast to his friends with his daughter.

I’m so proud being the first child, despite it comes with responsibilities, my parents always make us feel special and i intend to make them proud.

Everything has being going so well until I discovered i was pregnant with one of my father’s friend son, Chief Emaka ‘s second son, Obinna, Chief Emeka is the head of the market, where father has his shops, he’s being kind to father, and treat him special, father speak greatly of him, he is a rich man and his second son Obinna, who just came back from UK, to take over the father’s business is so breathtaking, we got talking the day I went with father to one of his shops, Chief Emeka was taking him round, introducing him to his clients, we greeted normally, he was very handsome and tall and speak so well, American English, I purposely followed father the following day so that i can see him, and God was kind to me, I saw him and we became chatty, exchange number, i later went back to school and our relationship blossom, he sometimes visit me and i sometime leave school to lodge with him in a hotel, is being six months, my parents never know about my relationship with Obinna, they always tell me to concentrate in school and don’t allow any man to deceive me, I promised them and reassured them that no man will ever do that, that if anytime i start dating anyone, I will always let them know, but I didn’t keep to my promise, I told Obinna yesterday that i was pregnant and he said i should get rid of it if i love him, he is not ready to be a father yet, he said he will give me enough money to do that.

I’m just here thinking of what to do, I love Obinna so much but I’m scared of abortion,

I can’t even tell my parents, they will be so disappointed,i don’t know what to expect, don’t know what their reaction will be, I can’t live without Obinna, I love him so much, i can’t leave with the guilt of abortion, I will be returning back to school over the weekend i still haven’t made a stable decision of what i want to do.

I think of Obinna, my education which is very important to my parents then i think of the tiny child growing in my womb, who is only 5weeks and some days, I’m troubled, I have to make a quick decision before things get out of hand.

 

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