CONCEIVED IN DARKNESS

Chapter 1- The darkeness

Fire Fire Fire! Their mum screamed at the top of her voice.

Adanna, Condolesa! fire!, the house is burning , come out now now" . She tried going back in through the front door, but it was impossible, the fire had spread there already.

Adanna was plugged in so she didn't hear the screams of her mother, beckoning on them to come out of the house. but she caught a whiff of something burning and also saw smoke; her first thought was the fried rice on fire. "oh jeez" she exclaimed and immediately unplugged her earpiece and ran out of the room to check the burning food but what she saw made her stumble back into her room. The whole house was almost engulfed in fire. It was then she heard her mum screams, telling them to come out. She ran to her sister's room in order to get them both out of danger. But what Adanna saw on getting to her sister's room was nothing she was prepared for. She was dead!!!

*****5 HOURS EARLIER******

"Service today was amazing, the teachings really cut through me deeply and I was greatly blessed" Adanna said.

"Yes, indeed, pastor Unini carries the power and presence of God" Condolesa, her younger sister replied.

"Girls" their mum called from outside

"Yes mami" they replied.

They usually call their mother mami as it was the nickname given to her by grandfather, while growing up.

"come and pack what's left from the car, or do you expect me to carry them for you?" mama asked.

Condolesa and Adanna laughed and said 'typical mami' as they walked back to carry the fresh bread brought from church, the steaming hot moi moi and dispenser water from the car.

"Dad will be back this evening, his flight is for 3;15pm so latest by 6pm, he should be home" Mami told us.

"Yay, that's good news, this means he will be back in time for dinner" Adanna said.

"yes, and dad never comes back empty handed" Condolesa added with evident excitement in her voice.

It was no news that Adanna was her dad's favourite and Condolesa her mum's best girl as she usually calls her and other times: 'my daughter from heaven'. She asked them sometimes, 'am I from hell'?

For the next thirty minutes as they sat on the dinning table having breakfast, they discussed service and other random things before mami finally said, "its okay girls, time for something else".

They laughed in unison and waited for her to stand up first after which they both joined her as they carried the plates and placed it in the dish washer to be washed.

They usually didn't have time to clean the house before service on Sundays, so they did it after breakfast when they got back. Condolesa and Adanna divided the chores and in two hours they were done with cleaning both upstairs, downstairs and the backyard. They also cleaned the two cars and played with soapy water whilst doing that. They were that fast because it wasn't family environmental day.

"Mum, I'm going to Claire's house, we have assignments to do and our first test starts tomorrow" Claire Rice was Adana's best friend and only child of her parents.

"Okay dear, make sure you are back in time for dinner by 7pm to be clear and send my regards to Claire and her parents" Her mum replied.

"Sure, mami" She said and placed a brief kiss on her cheek then strolled out the front door.

She checked the time, it was 1:25pm meaning she had less than 6 hours to tackle her to-do list. It wasn't going to be easy but she was sure damn good at multitasking.