The Northerner

FANNA(3)

Fanna! Fanna! Ki tashi Mana ! Ja'ira ko yau dinma saikin makara! Kaka's shouting woke me up as usual,God! I can't believe it's morning already. "Am up kaka! Stop shouting! I hollered back as I got up from my bed I seriously can't wait to be done with this internship so I can get some sleep in peace.i looked at the clock and it was already 7:00am I would say am surprised I over slept but there's nothing new there,I hate waking up early anyone that knows me knows I am not a morning person.
I could hear Mama and kaka talking loudly outside as is their way in my family we are nothing if not creatures of habit I don't have to be out there to know Mama is in the kitchen fixing breakfast while Kaka is in the sitting room on her prayer mat with her radio at her side.i really don't know why she likes turning that thing on when she doesn't pay attention to it,it's always on at a the highest volume while she tries to carry on a conversation with Mama they always end up shouting at each other when they could just tone down the volume and talk like normal human beings.i've suggested that to them a million times but they just look at me like I've lost my mind as if they just can't conceive the idea of doing anything as normal as having a conversation with out the radio on,then one of them will lunch into a long lecture of how it is important to be current and know what is going on around you Blah! Blah! Blah! I always tune them out when they get like that and just nod along as if I understand what they're saying.
I smile to myself when I hear them carrying on about Anty Mariah giving birth to her tenth child,so much for listening to the news all they do is gossip but God help anyone who points that out to them.i make my way to the bathroom and have the quickest shower known to man am done and ready in record time so I grab my heavy bag and go out to meet them for breakfast.
"Good of you to finally show up I was beginning to think you got lost in the shower" is the first thing out of Mama's mouth when she sees me exit the room. She is out of the kitchen now and sitting next to Kaka on her stool I don't know why we have furniture in the house when none of them ever use them I just smile and make my way to them. I kneel down and great them both before asking for breakfast as if on cue Kaka launches into her morning lecture. "Fanna I don't know when you'll grow up! Keep ba abundance kika sani said bacci ! Look at your poor mother she always looks like the wind will knock her over ! Look how thin she is ! Instead of you to wake up early and make breakfast for her you are there snoring while she wakes up at dawn to make breakfast for you as big as you are aren't you ashamed of yourself.....

I was jostled awake. At the first assault of a simple flashlight, i hissed and cowered away in a corner. the memories of the last day I spent with my family fresh in my mind, for a moment I really thought I was back home,safe and sound and surrounded by family. The memory felt so real I had to look around my tiny cell to remind myself of my new reality,I didn't have a home anymore and I'll probably never get to do something as simple as a morning routine again, I did the same thing everyday I was beginning to take it for granted.who knew there will come a day I will give anything to hear the sound of kaka's obnoxious radio, I'll trade anything to have her pick on me and laugh with me just one more time.

"Wake up!" A stick looking man barked at me from the door, soon, more light filled the little cell from the high beams of his flashlight, Bearable light i guessed in comparison to the sun. I wasn't sure I could live through a sunrise at this point my eyes have become used to the never-ending darkness I've been kept in since my kidnapping, the only light i see is the flickering lights of unreliable Torchlight.
"Come." The man clicked his fingers. calling me like you would a dog,I guess to him I am nothing more than an animal to profit from it's sell. I took my time to examine the man he might look like a stick but there is a meanness in his eyes that made me shiver.I took a step toward him, hating the obedient cower they'd instilled in me since the first few days of my imprisonment. The bruises had faded, but the lessons had not.Before all this madness I used to a confident and spirited person, I was as stubborn as a mule and I never back down from a fight but now look at me shaking with fear just because a man that resembles the Kara I used to play with as a kid shouted at me.i was disgusted with myself, for the first time I feel anger consume me why am I just blindly following the wishes of this assholes? I should try to escape even if I don't succeed at least I won't make it so easy for them."Now, girl!" The man stalked into the room, his skinny posture ready to hurt.Before he could grab me, I scurried to the door not wanting to give him a reason to hurt me for no reason.