Complicated Abomination - S01 E07

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Complicated Abomination - S01 E07

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 7

Agbele nicked name her son Idoko meaning a male child that was born when his father went for hunting or farming. When Agbele gave birth, late Papa Emeka that Agbele took as her father when her parents sent her away was not around, he went for hunting. The boy was just an headache, sometimes he would not allow Agbele to go out. He would just be crying, he doesn’t want to stay with his grandma and things was getting tougher and harder for them everyday.

The money Agbele make from the water she fetch for people couldn’t reach anywhere. Most times it was garri soup and eba they would continue eating for weeks. The #100 naira or #150 naira Agbele make can only buy some milk cups of garri. Baba Unubi and Mama Ummy that use to help them, things too was hard for them. Baba Unubi wife had an appendix. His wife was still in the hospital, no money to discharged her. Mama Ummy too, her husband was broke down by stroke. Everything was just compounded. Agbele look front no one to help them, she looked back no hope from anywhere.

She started following people to do farm labourer work. They were paying them #300 naira per day. Agbele son Idoko became tiny like hausa rope as a result of not feeding well. Even the trekking alone to that farm everyday couple with the baby at her back completely changed Agbele to an old woman. Sometimes tears would just be raining down from her eyes. The sufferness was much. After like 7 months Agbele mom was fully recovered.

The native doctor told them to pay 15k for everything bcoz he saw the way they were struggling to survived. Normal they were supposed to pay 60k but the Man pity them. The 15k was like millions to Agbele and her mummy. The place Agbele sat down, she couldn’t raised her head up. Tears was just flowing down. She don’t even know what to do again. The total money with her was 6k. Before she could save the 6k. She took her like 5months. Agbele came back to their own village.

Her Daddy old bicycle and some of her mummy properties, Agbele sold everything at least to complete for the money the native doctor requested for. Agbele sold those things 4k. They have to begged the man to accept the 10k from them. The man pity them and accepted the 10k from them. The village was very far from their village, not even 1 Kobo on them again. No option than to trek home. The hunger alone was another thing.

It was river water Agbele fetch in a small container that they drank till they got home. Even when they got home, nothing to eat. Agbele rally round, begging for food. One woman gave her raw rice, garri, and some ingredients to use in cooking the rice. The woman even gave her#500 naira join. Agbele was just thanking the woman. From the money, Agbele bought pap #50 naira for her baby.

The remaining change is what Agbele used to start orange business. It was the orange business they were managing to feed. From Orange business to cooked groundnut business. From the little gain Agbele make, she gave her mom #700 to start vegetable business. Agbele don’t even remember anything school again. Agbele that was intelligent with bright future became a groundnut seller.

From the groundnut business, Agbele also started selling banana. That was the business she was doing to take care of her family. Things started moving well with them small. Agbele couldn’t afford to take her son to school. As the boy reached 6years Agbele took him to learn a fashion design.

Idoko now was disturbing his mother that he want to see his Daddy.