chapter 7

It's been so long since I posted am sorry but I promise to be frequent, thanks for choosing this book.

   How can I help you miss the manager said after pleasantries were exchanged.

    I have some jewelries for sale and I was hoping you would find interest in it, I said all the while licking my lips nervously

       Can I have a look at them and then their receipts

   Actually sir, I don't have the receipts because it was gifted to me by my boss but she didn't give me the receipts and now she has passed on

   There is no how I can buy your jewelry without a receipt, how am I sure it wasn't stolen?

   Please sir , I really need the money, without it I would be stranded sir, I pleaded on the verge of tears

   Am sorry but I can't purchase this , he said as he ushered me out of his office

         As I walked back home, I was distraught, I kept on thinking of what to do, then I remembered Antra. I knew she would help but I barely Called her since I left her home and I don't know how to explain everything to her.

  Urghhh, I feel so torn!!!

          Maggie can you please stop doing that, you would destroy the plate

     Hmm, she said looking up to stare at me with her lovely doe eyes which make sit impossible for me to be angry at her.

  It seems as if she isn't able to comprehend what i said so I resorted to going to take it from her

   Minutes later, I felt her trying to climb up my lap which I helped her to do by lifting her up. It seems she is sleepy because her eyes were drooping close. poor child! She is Soo used to luxury that this life of suffering is already draining her. Who am I to blame? Now I need to worry about what to do next because the money I have is leaking at a very fast rate.

    After Maggie has fallen asleep, I decided to go sit outside in order to clear my head but that action proved futile, despite the noise made by the children of my neighbors in their game of football and those made by the girls who are playing ten ten still didn't stop my mind from drifting into deep thought.

     I was still outside when the thought of Antra invaded my thoughts again, I decided then and there that I am gonna call her because she is the one I know who can help me think with a clear head.

   I went back inside to pick my phone and dialed her number she picked up after the third ring.

  Hello, I said uncertainly

      So it is now you remember me ahbi, I have been the one calling you all the time and it seems I am the one forcing you to be friends with me, it is not fair at all, she said all in one breath which made me smile because she isn't giving me the silent attitude

     I am sorry Antra, I know I have done wrong and I am not trying to defend myself but I seriously need your help, I said with bated breath

  I knew you wouldn't call me just for the sake of it, what do you want again so we can get it over with and you would forget about me again, she said but I noticed a hint of a smile in her words which made me relax

    I won't forget you I swear, it is just that there has been Soo many things happening that I don't even have time for myself not to talk of others but I promise to change because I now realize the importance of people in one's life.

  I then proceeded to tell her what has happened right from the first day I entered Neil's house and thanks to the awuf that mtn is doing, I was able to explain everything in detail to her.

   After everything I said,  Antra sighed heavily and was silent for sometime.

   What you mean to tell me is that you've been through all this and you couldn't pick the phone to call me?? Even if I were your worst enemy Fariya don't you think someone is supposed to know about this?   How can you keep Soo much bottled up in you? Let's just leave that topic for another day, what we need now is a lasting solution.

   That's why I called you, I have run out if options on what to do, and now I have to take care of Maggie. The last thing I want is for her to experience any kind of sufferness.

     I know that, what of if you come back, if you are here it would be easier and we can find you another job in which you can use to sustain yourself and the child, but in my opinion I think you should hand her over to the orphanage home. You can barely take care of yourself, how can you take care of a child? She said matter-of-factly

   You know I can't do that, she is attached to me and so am I to her, I can't leave her alone, I would rather find a way to care for the both of us, I said in a defiant tone

     Fine, just come back and then we would find a solution

   Ok, I would find a way to get money for transportation fare

What of the jewelries you wanted to sell? She asked

   I have changed my mind, I will keep it safe for when Maggie grows up, she would use it as a kind of memory of her mum, I said feeling proud of myself for coming up with such thought

   Ok then, are you sure you don't want me to send you some money, you can see it as loan, she said with worry

   There is no need for that, thanks. If it gets too hard I would call you for it, I said with a small smile

     Ok then, I guess it is bye for now, and don't forget to call me too, she said going back to her normal self

  I promise, I won't forget bye, I said as I ended the call with a smile

                          ***

   Mummy!!! Maggie called from outside the house where she was playing with the other kids

    What is it? I called back going outside

    I can jush thash ching, she said in her baby language which means (I can jump that thing) after which she proceeded to jump the small bowl in front of her

  I smiled at her enthusiasm and said, it was very good Maggie, you should keep it up, to which she smiles led and went back to playing.

   ## you can't work here with that baby, the work here isn't the one for lazing around, you would have to find where to drop her, the owner of the restaurant I went to look for a month job as a dishwasher said

   Please ma, there is no where to keep her, we are new in this area, I promise she won't cause any trouble, I said pleading with her

   Fine, you can bring her but I don't want to record a child's accident or destruction of property, she said reluctantly

   I promise, none of those will happen ma, I said thankful that I won't have to be away from Maggie

   You are to resume your work on Monday, and it is 6:00 no later than that, if you come 6:01 you are late,she said in a strict voice

  I won't be late ma, thank you ma, I said as I left the premises.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

This is all for today, I know the chapters aren't very long but I have to shuffle my schooling with this but I promise to change .

Once again, thanks 💖 for choosing to read this book and I promise to complete it in no time.

Please don't forget to hit the vote section and share this book among your friends.

                         Much

               💖💖💖💖💖💖

                         Love