my blood sister - Season 1 - Episode 7

5 years ago

my blood sister - Season 1 - Episode 7

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Is being two months now, my sister charity have gone back to school, all I do everyday is to follow my mother to the farm to work, harvest some cassava and sell them, I also fetch firewood and sell them too, so that we can be able to see my junior sister through school. But to say the truth, I am really tired of all this

RITA : mama

MAMA RITA : ene, what is it

RITA : mama, I want to tell you something

MAMA RITA : what is it

RITA : I want to go back to work, my work will not stop me from assiting you in the farm work

MAMA RITA : Rita, Rita

RITA : mama

MAMA RITA : dont start again oo

RITA : mama, I am serious, you refuse to train me in school, the work I decided to learn now, you are stopping me from it

MAMA RITA : I know, I did not make a mistake by asking you to stop your work, is not a mistake at all, it is the right thing

RITA : mama it is not right, you call that right, charity my younger sister is in school building is future, what about me, school I did not attend, am I still going to continue my life without acquiring any skills at all, how do I start my life, when the time come

MAMA RITA : see my dear, sacrificing your education for your kid sister is nothing at all, and talking about growing up without any skills is nothing, me did I acquire anyone, of course not, you are a woman, before you know it, you will get married, dont worry yourself my dear

RITA : mama, is not fair oo, is not fair

MAMA RITA : stop crying, dont worry, let me promise you this, if you sister finish schooling, and start working, I promise you, she will send you back to school

RITA : what, my younger sister, we send me to school

MAMA RITA : Yes nah, are you not happy

RITA : ehhhhhh, mama, my younger sister, we send me back to school, when she is done

MAMA RITA : Yes nah

RITA : mama, tell me, which family in this village, is praticing what you just said, which family is sending the junior child to school first, so that when the child is done schooling, he or she will now pick up the responsibility of sending the elder ones to school

MAMA RITA : you are turning this matter oo

RITA : mama, I can now see the handwriting on the wall

MAMA RITA : handwriting

RITA : Yes, handwriting, I can see it clearly now

MAMA RITA : what is the handwriting all about

RITA : you are not my mother, where did you pick me from, tell me

MAMA RITA : ha! Rita, what kind of talk is that,

RITA : of course, you know the truth, is it not time you let me know about myself, how long do I have to wait, before telling me the truth

MAMA RITA : Rita will you stop saying all this rubbish, of course I am your mother, I carried you in my womb I nurtured you

RITA : you are not my mother

MAMA RITA : I am your mother, where have I wrong you, why are you talking like this, stop shielding those tears, it hurt me, please

RITA : you have wronged me so much, you are my mother right

MAMA RITA : Yes I am

RITA : (I knelt down in front of her)

MAMA RITA : why are you kneeling before me

RITA : forgive me

MAMA RITA : forgive you, forgive you for what

RITA : I should be asking you that, because me I dont know, something tells me, maybe I offended you, without me knowing

MAMA RITA : stop saying that

RITA : is true mama, okay, I know very well, I have never offended you, maybe when I was a child then, I offended you, please forgive me

MAMA RITA : you have never offended me

RITA : fine now, then tell me, where is the wickedness coming from, why are you being wicked to me

MAMA RITA : I dont hate you

RITA : exactly, you just used the right word, hate, you hate me

MAMA RITA : I dont hate you, why will I hate my own daughter, my blood and flesh

RITA : am sorry ooo, I am begging , forgive oo

MAMA RITA : please stand up, biko

RITA : (I stand up) okay

MAMA RITA : believe me (I walk away, deeply hurt by my mother words) where are you going to na