Touching Story: IS IT A SIN? EPISODE 6 (Nnena)

IS IT A SIN?? EPISODE 6

Written by: Olamilekan Afolabi (Certified Author Afolabi)

PROLOGUE (SPOTLIGHT) . My name is Nnena, I am the only child of my beloved parent. I am writing my storyline in tears………………..

Please if I may ask you guys……………….. is it a sin to be loyal? Is it a sin to be honest? Is it a sin to be faithful and diligent?…………. (Sigh)………. I am suffering from emotional trauma within because of my sincere actions, which I thought is the only way to life and to have an everlasting happiness………………….. But hell No, I mean capital NO.

Human being are the unrecognized devil they are talking about, our heart is filled with evils, human being are the prosopopoeia definition of devil…………

Why I am asking you guys if it is a sin to be good or not and also the reasons why human being deserve all this series of qualification. Find out in the other episodes of this interesting story.. . .

 

(MRS. CHIOMA RESIDENT) (CONTINUES FROM THE LAST EPISODE) . “Nnena!” Mrs. Chioma screamed as she sight Nnena coming out with the gateman from the gateman’s cubicle. Nnena couldn’t believes her hears, she couldn’t believe Mrs. Chioma caught her coming out from the gateman’s cubicle, she was shocked and dumbfounded, she wish the land could just open up and swallow her, but the land refuse to pave way for her through its mouth. Her minds has fast forward with many thoughts; she knew that she has definitely meet her doom, she knew that if she was not dismiss that means she will be living in hell, she has equally thoughts about how she is going to survive if she was dismiss, she imaging walking on the street bare-footed, looking tattered and mal-nutritious, she thought about the innocent gateman whose job is now at stake, she regret accepting to sleep inside the gateman’s cubicle. She was totally heart- weeping. “Nnena!” Mrs. Chioma recalled her name in disbelieves. “Ewo! Chineke! So you are a whore, I mean a harlot! At your age you have already became a prostitute. God! Where are we going to in this world? Please how old are you?” Mrs. Chioma asked totally baffled. “Ma, I can explain….” Nnena try to rebuttal but Mrs. Chioma bang in. “I said how old are you? Are you deaf?” Mrs. Chioma asked shouting. “fo…u..rte…en ye…ars old ma.”

Nnena replied stammering. “Jesus Christ! Fourteen years old and you have become a call girl. Ah! Nnena I will skin you alive today, you will regret been born into this world, now go inside am coming to meet you.” Mrs. Chioma uttered bitterly at the same time commands Nnena. Mrs. Chioma face the gateman who was looking the ground, he feel guilty for the punishment the innocent girl would receive from Mrs. Chioma, he blame the spirit that force him to persuade Nnena to sleep inside his cubicle, he knew his apex punishment can’t exceed been sack by Mrs. Chioma, but he don’t care, he was totally baffled by Nnena’s misfortune. “Hope you enjoy her service?” Mrs. Chioma asked as she approached the gateman, she wore a very wicked face; her eyes were as red like a burning fire, she mean no good for the gateman because the expression shows from her face. 

“Ma, I just try to help her from this harsh harmattan whether, when I saw that you ask her to sleep outside yesterday night, nothing more and nothing happen between us inside the cubicle.” The gateman try to defense Mrs. Chioma accused on him. “Will you shut that gutter you call a mouth, you think I will sack you? So that is why you have the courage to talk to me in such manner, you have already decide your fate whereas you decider haven’t proclaim you fate (laughing), I won’t sack you, you must be useful some other time.” Mrs. Chioma replied as she head for the building. . “The gateman was quiet happy but at the same time mixed-up “I won’t sack you, you must be useful some other time” the statement re-echo in his ear, he knew Mrs. Chioma mean no good for Nnena “but what good won’t I be to Mrs. Chioma, if not to accomplish her with her wicked and bad doers.” The gateman said in a very low tone. “Well I pray I won’t fall a victim.” He conclude as he opts for his cubicle. . 

(INSIDE THE BUILDING) “Please ma, I don’t do it, the gateman only offer to help me which I later accept after much persuasion by the gateman.” Nnena uttered bitterly as she feel a hot iron placed on her cheeks. “Ahhahha!” Nnena groaned in pains. “After persuasions that he will change your life for better? That he will free you from the bondage of slavery? That he will be paying you for the night service you are rendering to him? That he will make you his wife?” Mrs. Chioma Isolated. “No ma……………..” Nnena try to defense as she was wiped by Chiamaka. “But that is what he just told me outside.” Mrs. Chioma lies. “Ehn!” Nnena was shocked by Mrs. Chioma statement she doubt the gateman could said that she was confused “Does the gateman really say this?” she thought rhetorically.

“Ma…………………….” Nnena was speechless. “Shut up.” Mrs. Chioma yelled as she brought out a newly brought cane, she wipe Nnena like never before, Nnena has never been beaten like this before, she thought she could die if Mrs. Chioma continue to beat her like this, she was crying, weeping at the same time screaming for help but all her yelling was to no avail. Chiamaka join her mother in beating the Innocent Nnena, just then Obinna arrives at the scene. “Mother!” He screamed will all the energy his body could gather. “Obinna, you are back?” Mrs. Chioma asked forming nice. “Mother!” Obinna called in a very low tone as tears flow freely from his eyes through his cheeks. Naturally, Obinna hate seeing another person been maltreat or punished unlawfully, he knew her mother can’t be beating Nnena because of a genuine reason, he knew her mother to be wicked but what can he do? She is his mother and she gave birth to him. Mother!” Obinna called in a very low tone why does she deserves all this tortures and maltreatment from you, she is trying hard to be loyal and faithful to you but you repay her kind attitudes with your evil doers. 

Do you want to kill her? Mother! I regret having you as a mother.” Obinna said weeping as he bangs out from the house. Mrs. Chioma was shocked and dumbfounded, she didn’t expect his own son to talk to her in that matter, she try to came back from the dreamland but it was a reality. Nnena beauty has been blemished by beatings and wounds from the hot iron. Mrs. Chioma and Chiamaka hatred for Nnena double-fold, Mrs. Chioma wish she could just kill her and opt her out from this innocent world but she remember the pastors’ warnings. . Mrs. Chioma and Chiamaka never stops amercing, pillory, penalized and punishing Nnena in many vigorous ways, Obinna and the gateman can’t help her situation, she planned of running away but she was brothel to Mrs. Chioma. “She is a slave and she must remain a slave.” 

According to Mrs. Chioma’s statement and her statement is a nothing but truth. Her beauty has been spoiled, blemished and damaged by wounds from hot irons, hot water and cane. She was totally sick of living in the world, she has severally planned to poison herself or even commit suicides but her mother keep on appearing to her in her dreams telling her not to give up that she is always by her side. She would wept bitterly in dream and wake up with tears in her eyes, she wish she could have her mother embrace again and forever but her mother must remain a ghost. . Days turn to weeks; weeks swiftly eclipsed to months; months also do same to turn to years. 

. (THREE YEARS LATER) . Chief Nnamdi (Mrs. Chioma husband) and Chinnedu (Mrs. Chioma first child) have all came back from their business trip and education trip respectively, they were warmly welcomed by Mrs. Chioma, Obinna, Nnena and the gateman, the immigrant were very happy to be back into their family, they have missed each other a lot, the gateman and Nnena imports the immigrants luggage’s into in house. “Nnena!” Mrs. Chioma screamed my name from the sitting room. “Ma!” I answered her calling. I rush to the sitting room as fast as lightening with a soapy hand, Mrs. Chioma has instructed me that whenever she called me and I can’t meet up with her call within five seconds, she promise she will make-up for me in a very remarkable ways. “Nnena.. This is my husband (pointing to Chief Nnamdi) and this is my son (pointing to Chinnedu), go and fetch them something to drink, they must be thirsty.” Mrs. Chioma said with a very cool voice. 

Nnena rushed to the kitchen, she quickly washed her hand and head for the freezer, she rush to the sitting room with a tray of drink and two glass cup, she quickly serve Chinnedu who was busy chatting with his mother, Chinnedu doesn’t have time to look into the eyes of Nnena, he was totally carried away by the conversation he was having with his mother. Chinnedu was a young guy in his early 20s, he just completed his education in the United State of America as a Civil Engineer, and he took after Chief Nnamdi in appearance but vice-versa in behaviors. Nnena walks to a stool behind the sofa, she serve Chief Nnamdi the drink, Chief Nnamdi raise her head to thank Nnena but he was shocked to see the appearance of that innocent girl, the cup he was holding fall from his hand as the drinks from the cup pour on the tiles. “Who did this to you?” Chief Nnamdi screamed with anger and choler, his eyes were fury and rage with anger. 

TO BE CONTINUED

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