Chapter 4

The sudden and mysterious death of their parents made them an orphan and ushered them into the beginning of their predicament.

Month later after the burial of Mr Edward and his wife, their father's step siblings, Ben, Peace, and kelechi had come to take over their father's properties and share among themselves.

 "Your father properties belongs to us!", said uncle Ben.

 "You are not his brother or sister, you all are his step siblings", said thonia.

 "Siblings are siblings,whether step or not", said aunty peace.

 "My father told me that everything that belongs to him belongs to me", Alex said.

 "If he said so to u,then he lied", said uncle kelechi.

 "All those while when my father was still alive,why didn't you people come to claim his properties", asked Alex.

 "Your father was still alive then, but not he's dead so everything belongs to us",said aunty peace.

 "So this was your prayers right!? asked Thonia in anger.

 "Yes, I mean we have been praying to take back what belongs to us", said aunty peace.

 "You are never going to share my father's properties among yourselves", said Alex.

 "And who are you to stop us from getting what we want", asked uncle kelechi.

So they all burst into laughter.

 "Look who is trying to challenge us", said aunty peace.

 "Are you challenging us too thonia", asked uncle Ben.

 "Go to hell", said thonia in anger.

 "The next time we step out feet into this house, the two of you are leaving this house", said uncle Ben.

 " Says who!,we are not going anywhere because this is our father's house so u can't just come out of nowhere am come claim what's now yours", said thonia in anger.

 "We are not going to repeat our self. till we see again", said uncle kelechi.

 "Go to hell!!,u can do no such thing", said thonia.

So they all stop up and left.

 "Who the hell are this people and where are they from!,oh no,no way", thonia said as she began to paced up and down.

Alex was just sitting down as he used his hands to cover go face as he weep.

 "Alex, thonia, what is the problem,alex why are you crying, thonia what did they say to u guys", Rosy asked as she came down stairs when she noticed that they had left.

 "They are actually claiming my dad's properties", replied thonia.

 "How could they, such a wicked siblings",Rosy said.

 "They even said that they have been praying to collect my father's properties", said thonia.

 "How could they be so wicked, it's just a month now after your parents funeral, and they are already claiming his belongings", said Rosy.

 "They also said that when next they comes here, that we are leaving this house",Alex said.

 "What!!,how could they say such?", Asked Rosy in surprised.

 "That's impossible,no one is leaving this house.i can't leave my father's house for those fools", thonia said.

Then she went to sit down and too a deep breath.

 "Don't worry I will help you two", said Rosy.

 "How!!?", asked Alex.

 "I know one of your father's lawyer,so I will call him to come help in this case", Rosy said.

 "That's a good idea,we need a lawyer.thank u mam Rosy", thonia said.

 "Thank you mam Rosy", Alex said.

 "It's fine Alex, you don't have to thank me, I will always be there to help you two no matter what", Rosy said.

Then thonia went and sat down close to Rosy.

 "Mam Rosy, you are just like a mother to us, you have been the one taking good care of us right from when we were still a kid.thank u so much", thonia said.

 "Oh come on, you don't have to thank me.am only doing my job", Rosy said.

 "Even at that, thank you once again", thonia said.

Then Rosy smiled at her and thonia huged her so tightly.then she began to cry.

 "Why are you crying mam Rosy?", thonia asked.

 "It's nothing dear", she replied.

 " Hey, come over here", Rosy said to Alex.

Then he stood up and went to sit with them.

 "Don't worry dear, everything would be fine",Rosy said and they embraced each other.

 " that's okay, u two go take a rest while I go prepare something delicious for you", Rosy said.

 "Mam Rosy, please I will love to join you in the kitchen cause I have nothing doing", thonia said.

 "Alright then.so Alex you can go take a rest okay!", said Rosy.

Then Alex went upstairs to his room while thonia and Rosy went to the kitchen.

Some weeks later, their parents siblings came back to the house and was threatening them.the case went high and they decided to invite a lawyer into the case. Thonia and Alex came with their lawyer to the court, and even their father's siblings too came with their own lawyer too. But in the end after everything, thonia and Alex lawyer was later bribed and everything their father had was taken from them.

So they had to stay with aunty peace who immediately relocated into their father's house with her three children "Micheal,Ifeoma and Victor".

Aunty peace decided to send Rosy away from the house so that Thonia and Alex would be the one doing all the house choice.

Rosy was in her room packing up her belongings to leave when Alex and thonia came in.

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