SEQ

,under a mango tree in peter's c

you came here,what is the matter?" P

y?" he asked again aft

i?" he calle

s it?" Kachi snapped

ing to me and it's bother

loves Kachi and it bleeds

in his eyes pricked Kachi's conscience for yelling at

top this suspence and tell me wh

before talking to him. She told e

that I am pregnant"

ked,earning a scornful look from Kachi

replied,marveled at Her boyfriend's nonc

you are killing yourself

ean by that?"

d smiling but Kachi wasn't smiling. "OK am sorry. it's j

parents will be at her,She also feared that peter might deny her child,judging f

deny it?" She couldn

brows. He held her hands gently in h

ou too much to do that to you" He co

in this village. Young men den

did that with Chinelo.."

peter,the son of Dike and I can never deny

ure that Peter wouldn't deny her child,if eventually sh

ts? they are going to be d

find a way out,together" Peter

u are really pregnant or not" P

Kachi replied and silence fo

bout a girl who got pregnant. She picked interest and s

ut Chizoba?" The

oba?" the s

Ukamaka, the leader of Umuad

daughter?" another w

s pregnant" the first w

ed?" another

now Ukamaka and..." the first woman s

ff" the second

marriage?" the third woman asked. She directed her qu

Ukamaka would have shut down the whole v

ant, out if wedlock?" the fourth wo

ter" the first

ore excommunicating her from Umuada when her

felt pity for Nkechi. The poor woman was

tion of kamar,because...

" the other women chorused. They

of her?" the fo

ng as if you are not a member of th

ar I want the discussion to keep flow

rship position and then excommunicated fro

lessons and not judge others in their bad

e would be given more punishment"

ah w

re and worst" The first

e to this than the matter at hand?" one of the women asked a

what you just said behind her?" Oriaku asked. She was tired of

business?" the first

y, tomorrow might be the turn for any of you here, and just like you lashed

the women said

se?" The secon

n advice" Or

iece) thank you for your advice, but t

g tantrums at her. She even heard one of them te

NEX

met it exactly the way she had left it. S

oy. Even though she had trekked a far distance from her hom

n Kachi who has been sleeping. Kachi flawed her eyes open a