24/02/2024
*** Married Against My Will ****
Episode 1
My parents were going to marry me off to settle their d£bt.
I grew up in an polygamous family, my mom was the number three wife, my dad has five wives.
I grew up, with twenty one siblings, three boys and eighteen girls.
it was a tribe and tradition for a man to have a male child, my dad frist and second wives were unable to birth any male child, they were seems as bā''rren women, who were unable to bear the real children since a female child is not considered an heir.
I never saw my dad frist wife , only her grā"ve that was behind her hut.
she had given birth to seven girls, according to my mom she had di£d carrying the eighth pr£gnancy, though she was advised by the midwives not to attempt getting pregnant again, but she refused, cause she couldn't bèār the shãm£ of not giving birth to a real child ( male child).
she couldn't bèār to see her co wives give birth to the frist male child, though my dad had also wãrñed her not to c0nceive again but she refused and took in, she di£d during lābour though it was a male child as she wanted but he also pass on with her immediately after she di£d.
that was when my mom came into the picture, she gave birth to six of us, two boys and four girls.
while my dad fourth wife , gave brith to six daughter and a son.
I was worth more than my elder sisters, because I was younger, prettier, more endowed and a v¡rgin.
They had sold us off, one by one, to send my brothers to school and pay for their apprenticeship.
all my sisters were already married off, immediately they saw their womanhood.
Except I and my younger sister ewomi who was 12 years old, and hasn't seen her w0manhood.
We were the sācrificial lāmbs.
My two sisters and fourteen step sisters, and now it was my turn.
We were like corn and yam to be traded for a better deal.
But I had a plan
I was just 15
But I had seen my womanhood one year ago.
So I knew what I had to do even before the set date.
I was the youngest yet I had the boldness of my father.
My beauty came from my grandmother.
I took nothing from my mother
I hāt'ēd her as much as she d£spìsed me.
"You are different, stū'bb0rn and us£less," she would often say.
I would reply, "why, because I refuse to be like you?"
Instead of sweeping and cooking, I preferred reading the few books, I secretly took from my elderest brother in rewards to do his assignment, which I don't mind, as far as he let me have his books without anyone knowing.
Female weren't allowed to go to school, they believed female ēducation ēnds in the kitchen, but a male child who do ēxploit.
and secretly learning herbal m£dicine from ñeñe oma, the story teller and the oldest woman in our village.
"Don't worry, a husband will cūre you."
My mother will say, when ever she finds me not interested or not listening to her usual morning sermons about how to please a man.
I would respond
"Did yours cūre you?"
And she would chāse me with her slippers, but I was faster than her.
I was the fastest in the entire community.
So, one morning, my father called me and my brothers together for a meeting.
My mother was f0rb¡dden to attend, but I could see the grin on her face as she prepared the meal and boiled the meat we were to eat during the meeting, I already knew what was to come.
My mother wouldn't smile while she cooked for me to eat with my father and brothers except something s¡ñister was lurking around.
"Chi, my father said, you have seen your w0manhood now, so it's time to contribute to the well-being and welfare of the family." my step brother said
"As you know, your brothers need to pay their fees and renew their apprenticeship, so it's on you now to support the family that has supported you to womanhood."
My brothers had no brāin, they had fåil£d their examination countless times, but my dad was bent on making them go to school, even though he knew clearly that their brāiñs weren't met for school.
I turned and saw my mother smiling and nodding as she stood by the kitchen door, listening and watching me, f0rb¡dden to even sit with her family for this meeting.
"Ok papa, I will do as you say."
I heard myself say in a voice I did not recognize.
My father was surprised, I guessed he expected a f¡'ght, but I wasn't going to give them that pleasure.
I had always been the g0at among my family, and everyone knew it, I was as stū'bb0rn as a g0at '
"Good, you see, your w0manhood has brought you wisdom. Prepare, for your husband will come in the next three days, your dowry has already been paid in full."
We all ate in silence.
"You are all dismissed!" He said in finality."
I was 15 when we had this meeting.
At 15, I had bū'ttocks the size of a full watermelon and my brèāsts were round like ripened oranges
My hips were large enough to support my full bū'ttocks and my waìst was tîny on a very flat stomach.
I hā''ted the attention it brought me.
I had a plan
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I couldn't let my father marry me off to that old man.
chief moñî, he was an ''sers and a w0mān¡zer
over the years he had married eight wives and five d¡£d due to his constant b£āting and mā'ltr£atment.
of course his wives couldn't seek for help, that because no woman is given a listen ear.
it either you give birth to a son who you could use to communicate, else nothing.
he was well know for tr£ating his older and younger wives as slāve, they work on his farm day and night without rest.
I had over heard my step mother, telling my mom about talking my dad out of marrying me off, to chief moñî, but my mom ¡gnored her and told her to mind her business after all, all her daughter had been married of, or should I say s0ld off.
I prepared a plan to run away, but I couldn't there was no mean of trānsportation, in the village.
I didn't want to marry him, I wandered around the bush not plucking herbs, as usual for ñeñe oma.
my eyes w£lled up knowing I couldn't escape from this nïghtmãre.
" why are you çr'yiñg my dear child?"
startled by the voice, I turned behind me, my stomach grūmbled involuntarily, seeing ñeñe oma
she was too old to come out in the bushes alone considering her old age, she could have sent someone to come look for me, if she so wanted the herbs.
" no ñeñe oma " I pr£tended blowing my n0se and sniffing back my tëārs.
" oh child, I know how páïñfül, it is to be married āgainst your will ?
she said, stūnned and surprised, while looking at her with a questioning gaze.
" ho...how did you know, ñeñe oma ?
" don't you want to escape and achieve your dreams?" she asked with a shāking smile.
she was the only one who knew my passion to go to school and be a better doctor and tr£at alot of people for free.
I nodded frantically
" then follow me "
Episode 2 typing......