You see me and my mother, we are friends but that woman dealt with me.
I just remembered something that happened when I was still a little girl. At the time, I was still in primary school. You know, as an only daughter and last child, I had the privilege of going with her wherever she went as per her handbag.
This incident happened during our third term school break, particularly on a Saturday morning. She had a relative who invited her over, so she asked me to accompany her.
These people were wealthy. They lived in their own house which infact is very beautiful. They had nice cars and travelled at will. They had three kids; two girls and a boy. I was happy to go because the last child being a girl happened to be my age mate and a friend of mine sort of. I was even more happy to accompany her, atleast so I could play with all of the fancy things they owned which I never had(laptops, teddy bears, play guns and mighty toy cars).
My mother warned me back at home that if they call me to come take anything; food, drinks, anything at all, I should decline politely by saying 'No, thank you Ma/Sir". I nodded in agreement. After all, no be she go tell me wetin I go do.
She promised to punish me severely when we get back to our own home if I disobeyed her orders.
After we arrived and had sat for a while with my mother gisting with her niece's husband, she asked me to go outside and play with her niece's kids. I was reluctant but went still. But did I go out to play? Mba(No!). Instead, I stood just outside the door and was peeping. I had seen my aunt come out from the kitchen carrying a tray holding biscuit, groundnut and my favourite drink Sprite.
When she put it down, she proceeded to ask my mother where I was but before she could finish saying, "I sent her out to play with the kids", there I was, standing, smiling shyly with my arms stretched out towards the woman while avoiding my mother's gaze.
She handed a bottle of the drink and a pack of the biscuit to me, tugged at my cheek and told my mother what a good job she was doing in raising me.
Happily, I went outside, sat at the corridor and devoured the goodies while thinking of the drilling I will receive later that day. But, did I care? No!
Later in the day, they called me in again and set a plate of rice and stew with two large pieces of meat in front of me. The woman ordered me to eat. Because, I was sitting directly opposite my mother, I looked at her. In a tone I had grown to know as deadly, she said, "Eat. Or are you not hungry?", I did not reply but immediately pounced on the food. In a short while, i was already done with my food and was using my spoon to clean the plate. I went ahead to eat my meat and crushed the meat bone to powder. My aunt who must have noticed my act asked if I wanted more, I gave my mother a quick glance(her face was flushed with embarrassment which she tried to mask and red-hot) and she gave me the death stare. In my mind, I knew that 'It is finished'.
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I replied my aunt in the positive besides 'she that is dead can never die'. Whether I eat some more or not, I was as good as dead. Better to eat and have enough energy to receive what I would face later.
We said goodbye to them in the evening and went on our way, we were barely out of their compound when my mother gave me a wonder working and life changing spank.
Should I tell you what happened when we got back home?, The grand finale?. Okay.
Well, The movie you're about to watch is rated 18!!!!!!馃槀
Anyways, I took it back to back.
I ate the food and the punishment too.
Did I regret it? No, I didn't.
That rice was just too sweet and the meat? Heavenly!
But the head butts I received that night sha馃槀
That woman practiced all the WWE smackdowns on me that day.
I just remembered it now and recounted it to her now. She's been laughing ever since.
I hope you enjoyed this piece.
Thanks for reading.
Goodday!