CHAPTER NINEIt was the last week of the ninth month of Juliet’s pregnancy. Around 7p.m on Friday evening, she had no idea that she was going to experience the worst pains she had ever experienced in her entire life.
She was listening to a programme on the radio which was getting really boring to her. She stood up to change the station to something more interesting. She had to go through so much effort to get up from her seat; the child in her belly was getting heavier and heavier.
Her large belly protruded out of her thin and emaciated body. It was a wonder how she could carry the baby for nine months in that body with her failing health. She walked slowly to the radio. Then she felt a very sharp pain in her belly and screamed.
Amaka was in the kitchen preparing dinner when she suddenly
