Hi there;
I love writing but for self-fulfilment, this is this first time I'm letting people read any of my creation and I really hope you enjoy it.
I'm not a professional writer but I'm heading there 😁😁 please read with love... Thanks 😄😄
"Where is that crazy woman"
Matthew kept raving as he enters into the compound. He barges into the house, obviously scaring the hell out of the children fixated on the television in the sitting room.
He draws the curtain and sees the two girls seating on the rug, watching cartoon. He goes to the older girl and pulls her up by the ear. The younger one begins to panick.
"get up, where is your useless mother you good for nothing child" the young girl who shivers under the voice of the scary man.
"I-i do-n-'t know" she stammers
The younger girl stands up in an attempt to save her sister.
"Daddy you're hurting keji " she cries
"I never asked for your opinion" he snaps at her "just tell me where your mother is"
A shabby looking woman rushes in, moving swiftly to save the girls from the man's horror. Matthew gets hold of her immediately, hitting and beating her.
"What have I done to you again, I did all you asked me to do and I'm just coming from the market you sent me to" she rattles on - anything to save her from getting beaten again.
"Who asked you that question, where are the leaves I spread outside before I left in the morning"
"the marijuana? "she scoffs ,
"I threw it away '' her response earns her a huge slap from the aggravated man.
"Do you know how much that cost me?" he asks rhetorically.
She knows she was probably gonna get beaten up for it but she forges on.
"I didn't want the kids near that stuff"
He tightens his grip on her, folding his fist and attempting to give her a blow but he releases her and pushes her towards the children. She lands on floor and hits her head on the wooden table near where the girls were standing.
"this is my house, if you're not satisfied with the way I do things, you can always leave"
He stomps out of the room.
She heaves a sigh of relief that it ended with just a few injuries today. Her husband can be quite brutal on other occasions. On some occasions, she ended up in an hospital.
she motions to her girls, "did he hurt you?"
The five year old's eyes were filled with tears and she had a runny nose, she sniffles as she touches her mother's forehead
"mummy, you're bleeding ".
"don't worry about it dear, must be where I hit my head "
She wince in pain as she touches the area of the cut.
"I'll get the first aid kit"
her elder daughter says, walking up to the right side of the tiny room, grabbing the box in between clutters of clothes on the worn out settee.
"thanks keji"
Keji nods her head in answer before going to take her seat on the floor beside her younger sister.
She watches as her Mother opens the box and dresses the wound quietly, neither the girls nor their mother saying a word for a long time. The girls focus on their cartoon while their mother just let her thoughts wander.
"I should get my girls from this monster" Ruth muttered
"one of these days, he might harm them" .
She did'nt know her girls were listening.
Dedicated to myself for surmmoning courage to upload this and to you for taking time to read 😘😘
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