As soon as I stepped across the threshold of my room, I was yanked by my sister towards the bed.
' Hey, hey, what's wrong with you sis?!'
' We njoo hapa, nina umbeya wa kukupa' she told me excitedly.
' Nini tena, we una jipya la kunipa?' I questioned her. To be honest, my sister was a big gossip. She was known just for that: we called her the daily newspaper. Nothing in our village that happened would not be under her radar, she just had to know what was going on.
' don't be such a bore Aeshe, I have news,..'
I immediately cut her' you always have something, now what have you done this time?'
' not me girl, it's someone else, anyways, have you heard anything about zainab's bridegroom? '
' whatchu saying right now?' I asked. ' my dear little sister hear this, the bridegroom was forced to marry Zainab and he doesn't like her one bit'
' What?!' I exclaimed, ' you telling me now!'
' whoa! calm down little sis, I didn't know about this till today'
' really?, you know what I don't believe you' I told her, ' I bet you knew about this and you kept quiet. Tomorrow is her wedding now what are we going to do!'
' listen, I am not finished yet, apparently the groom's father and our Dad are super good friends, this marriage alliance was made a long time ago! Whether you like it or not, you just have to suck it up.' She said.
I looked at her for awhile, I could see she was distressed knowing about our sister's plight.
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Paradise In Distress.
General FictionShe is a strong, charismatic young woman trudging across the oceans of life as how she sees fit. Little did she know that certain events that are yet to come will shock her to death. As the common saying goes,' when life gives you lemons....' This...
