THE HOUSE GIRL
Episode 3
I lighted the stove immediately
and put some water into the
kettle and placed it on the
stove.
“Hope you’ve put the water?”
My madam shouted from the
sitting room.
“Yes ma,” I replied twisting my
fingers in fear.
“Come and wash off these
napkins immediately,” she
ordered sending me running
into the sitting room.
She handed me the soiled
napkins and I zoomed off with
it into the bathroom to wash it.
I had barely soaked the napkin
into the water when I heard
madam’s voice dishing out
another instruction.
“I will skin you alive if you
continue wasting my kerosene
in this house!” She bawled. “Or
do you want to tell me that
you don’t know that this hot
water is boiling?”
“Sorry ma,” I replied.
“Sorry for your stupid self!” she
fired back.
I instantly rinsed my hands and
rushed to the kitchen to bring
down the hot water.
I didn’t know where the pap I
was to prepare was, so I went
to the sitting room to ask
madam.
“Ma please where is the pap?” I
asked trembling with fear.
“Idiot the pap is there!” She
fumed pointing at the fridge.
I went to the fridge, brought
out the pap, prepared it and
took it to her in the sitting
room.
Then I went to the bathroom
to continue with the napkin.
The baby’s cry filled the entire
house and I soon heard my
madam’s voice calling me.
“Adaeze!” She called.
“Yes ma,” I replied rinsing my
hands once again and running
into the sitting room.
“Sing for her, sing for her,” she
urged.
“Fine baby don’t cry, fine baby
don’t cry,” I broke into an
unrehearsed song.
Fortunately for me, the baby
stopped crying and listened to
my song as she gulped down
the warm pap.
When she was done, I carried
the plate into the kitchen and
washed it off and then went to
the bathroom to finish up with
the soaked napkin.
Soon, baby went to sleep and
madam went to sleep too and I
had little time to myself…
To be continued
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