Jade did not say a word the following day, not just because Mr. John warned her seriously not to say a word to anybody about what she saw, neither was it because of the possible death of her three brothers who would have been killed by firing squad by that morning. "The judge has sentenced them to death by firing squad" The newscaster announced the previous night while reading the news. As she struggled to get up from bed, the pictures of all that happened for the past twelve hours flashed through her mind. The picture of her criminal brothers shown on the television screen and the picture of Mr. John carrying a calabash over his wife's head who must have been charmed to go into a very deep sleep. The pictures were so much for her that she decided to stay on the bed for few more minutes. "How do I act as if I didn't see anything?" she wondered, as tears betrayed her swollen eyes again. "Come here! " Mr. John commanded again, but this time, with a more rigid tone which made it obvious that no other option would be tolerated. Jade's mind flashed back to the event again. "What did you see?" Mr. John asked in a more suggestive manner. Jade herself got the message well enough. "Nothing !!!" She answered and shook her head vehemently, immediately she understood the response Mr. John wanted from her. He dropped the calabash on the bed and moved closer to little Jade who was scared enough not to move too close to Mr. John. He pulled her two ears as if trying to pull them off Jade's head. Jade groaned, but didn't cry. There was no need to cry. Not when Mr. John is the one punishing her. She was used to receiving more than pulling of the ears. To her, Mr. John had done the most painful thing to her, and she had cried her eyes out well enough that there were no tears left for Mr. John's punishments. "If you say a word to anybody" He started. "I will kill you" He added with more emphasis on "kill". "Haven't you killed me already?" Jade asked in her mind. Then he released her ears, and sent her out. The door behind her was closed and bolted almost at the same time, and Jade could not help but wonder why Mrs. John did not wake up all the while. She was not scared of Mr. John's threat. Not at all. Especially, the part where he threatened to kill her. Since the very first day Mr. John raped her, he has been using those words, and Jade could not figure out what was different about the two threats.
Eventually, she got up from her bed. She was supposed to wake up by 6 am, and do the dishes before preparing breakfast. It was Saturday morning, and that gave her the opportunity to be lazy with time. Jade struggled to the kitchen, and was shocked to see Mrs. John there. She was already doing the dishes, which was another surprising thing for Jade. "You woke up late." Mrs. John said with a big smile on her face. Jade stared at her like a piece of artifact at the museum. She didn't expect Mrs. John to be alive, let alone, being awake. "But, what exactly was I expecting?" She asked herself. She was not certain of what she was expecting, but she knew it was far from seeing Mrs. John doing the dishes. She took over the dishes, and later helped with the food. The dining table was not that big, but was big enough to accommodate the three of them. "Jade, please help get the juice from the refrigerator." Mr. John ordered. The refrigerator was not far from the dining table. Infact, it was closer to Mr. John than to Jade. But, she got up, to get the juice. As she was about to place the juice on the table, she placed something else on the table. Something so irritating that nobody could eat the food anymore. Something she had done twice that morning when she was in the kitchen with Mrs. John. Something, that warranted series of questions from Mrs. John - Jade vomited for the third time that morning.
© 2016. Austus Ofmat Nwanne
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