Tales of Joan?

Episode 1 Mr and Mrs Joseph were poor petty traders, in a small town called Zade .Zade was an uncivilized town,Mr and Mrs Joseph gave birth to three kids a male and two female namely Joan which was eldest she is twelve years old while Jeffrey the second child is six years old lastly was jovita the last child who is four years old.Mr and Mrs Joseph were not able to take care of their kids, their first daughter Joan has always dreamt of been a medical doctor but her parents were not able to take them to school, Vanessa her close friend who was the only child of her parents was attending a school in the neighboring town because her father was able to afford her fees, although any time she returns from school she would take her textbooks and notebooks to Joan house to study with her.joan was so intelligent even though she was unable to attend any school, Vanessa was about writing her basic unit certificate examination. one cool Saturday Joan and Vanessa was sent on an errand to get some food stuffs from the market,on their way coming back from the market a car splashed water on them because it was raining in the morning,Joan felt so bad that she started insulting the person driving the car but to their greatest surprise the car stopped and Joan became scared thinking the driver heard her insults she was about running when a aged man came down from the back seat and began to apologize to them, they forgave him and he dipped his hands on his back pocket and brought out two clips of one thousand naira and was giving it to both of them Vanessa quickly took the money from the man but Joan rejected the money and walked away. it was a very sunny day Joan went to the market with her mother luckily for them they sold their goods early and was heading home when a car horned for them,Mrs Joseph was surprised because she never knew anyone with a car so she was wondering who could it be they approach the car saw an aged man of about his lates sixty's it was the man who splashed water on Joan and Vanessa on their way from the market,he offered them a ride which Mrs Joseph accepted immediately.he drove them home and gave Mrs Joseph a huge amount of money she sang songs of praises for him, she was very happy because she has never seen that amount of money in her entire life.He introduced himself as Mr Patrick he came to the village for his mother's funeral and will heard back to the city three weeks from now.Mr Patrick has five wives in the city whom he built different houses for them to live and was ready to marry the sixth wife if he sees one. Mr and Mrs Joseph were sitted at the front of the house along side with Mr Patrick discussing a very sensitive matter,Joan was sitted alone wondering what they should be discussing about,her mother smiled endlessly after Mr Patrick gave them a huge amount of money,Mr Joseph was so happy he smiled at his daughter Joan,they excuted Mr Patrick to his car and he zoomed off. Joan cryed bitterly on hearing what her parents were discussing with Mr Patrick they were planning on marrying their daughter to him because of money,Joan wondered if they were her true parents she wished the ground should open and swallow her.her mother attitude changed completely towards joan because she turned down Mr Patrick request, she treated Joan like she was a slave in her father's house, Vanessa told Joan to accept Mr Patrick request because he promised to take her to school if he eventually marries her but Joan refused she was too young to get married considering the fact that she would go to school once again but she still rejected the offer.her mother banned her from eating in the house for a week.she fainted due to over working,her mother made her a living hell all because she refused to marry Mr Patrick. one Monday morning Joan was washing the dishes and she mistakenly broke a plate she cried bitterly because she knew her mother was going to beat her but she had no order option but to tell her and receive the beating.mrs Joseph beats Joan almost to death after hearing about the broken plate, after beating her she chased her out of the house and asked her never to return.joan cryed bitterly walking lonely on the road she went to Vanessa house but she already went for school so she went to cool place to rest her head and she slept off.joan walked so scared walking on the lonely path looking so tired and dirty she heard a very scary sound from an unknown location she hid somewhere around the bush looking for what actually made the sound, she couldn't see anyone she was about looking at her back and she saw a scary face at her back and she fainted at once.