Adaeze The Housemaid (episode 9)

Episode 9

I concluded to tell her that I got to the supermarket and couldn’t find the money again which after looking for it everywhere I couldn’t find it.

I knew the story may not go down well with her but I had no other option.

There was no way I could tell her that I used her money to buy Okpa out of hunger so I had to tell her somethingelse and face whatever consequence that would emanate.

Madam was sitting in the sitting room with her baby when I got home.

“Where is the soap?” She asked immediately.

“Let me tell you what happened ma,” I stammered nervously. “I lost the money on the way ma so when I got to the supermarket I couldn’t find it again ma.”

“You lost which money?” My madam queried.

“The soap money ma,” I replied.

“You must be very stupid,” she barked. “Come closer and open your mouth!”

I guess my madam had suspected rightly that I used the money to buy something to eat so she wanted to confirm or disprove her suspicion.

With trembling legs I drew closer and opened my mouth.

Madam lay her baby gently on the cushion and smelt my mouth.

“Ohoo,” she exclaimed. “So you used my money to buy Okpa?” She asked. “And you had the audacity to lie to me that you lost the money?”

Madam descended on me with all the fury her muscles could muster.

When her hands started aching her, she reached for her wire and continued.

I cried out in pain and agony but madam continued undaunted.

A white woman living in the opposite compound was driving by and overheard my voice and stopped to check out what was happening.

She was a lawyer and worked under one Human Rights Commission.

Without knocking she swung our door open and saw my madam red-handed flogging me with a piece of wire…