This House Is Not for Sale by E.C. Osondu

Author:E.C. Osondu
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

There was a childless rich trader who owned lots of stores close to Grandpa’s store. The rich trader’s name was Janet. She was a big distributor of smoked catfish, which she bought cheaply from the North, where they had it in abundance, and sold at a profit. She had her own house, a two-story building with the legend LET THEM SAY written on the entrance. She loved gold and had gold rings on every finger and a massive gold chain and pendant on her neck. People greeted her politely but talked behind her back.

—With no child of her own when she’s gone, who will she leave all her wealth to?—

—Her womb produces money, not children—

—In life some people choose before they are born between wealth and children—

—And why does one need to choose when it is possible to be blessed with both—

—Her relatives will share all her stuff when she is gone. They will even sell that castle of peace mansion—

Nobody knows whose idea it was, but between both of them it was agreed that Janet should marry Baby. She would also become the father of the child that was in Baby’s womb when the child was born. Baby would live with her and would meet as many men as she wanted to, but any child she had in the process would be Janet’s child.

There was some talk that money had changed hands. There was talk of the unborn baby having a price tag, but since no one was there when Janet and Grandpa met, these were mere rumors.

Though they were both women and this was said not to be a common practice, it was known to happen. Though we were not told this, a woman could marry another woman. Baby would live under Janet’s roof and cook and wash and take care of Janet as a wife would. Baby was free to pick any man she wanted. The baby born out of such a relationship would belong to Janet. It was going to be a big event. Janet was the husband to be and was going to pay for food, music, and drinks.

On the street people whispered about the strange wedding of Baby to another woman.

—It has never happened before for a woman to marry another, some said. The world is coming to an end, strange things are happening—

—Surely, the world is coming to an end—

—Oh it has. It used to be quite commonplace but that was in the olden days—

—They are doing this to her because she behaves like someone that fell off the train. This is what they usually do with people like her—

—So much evil goes on in that house—

—I think they are helping her, otherwise who else is going to marry her—

Baby began to be treated with a lot of generosity and kindness. People in the house were warned to stop addressing her as Baby and start calling her by her new name, Patience. How the name was arrived at, nobody knew. It was not

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