The Black Sheep

??? ????? ????? "Look kelechi, stop all this nonsense at once. What has gotten into you? Why shout at mummy that way?" My elder brother Daniel asked. "I'll talk to mum in whichever way I choose. She caused it in the first place." Angrily, my mum stood up and made a move to slap me but I shouted her down. "Don't you dare woman! Don't you dare slap me or else I will surely strike back ," i'd said. "Papa kelechi, see what has happened now. See what you have caused. This is your beloved daughter. A w***e she had decided to drag the family's name into the mud. How….." My mum had began to shout at my father before I cut her short. "Hey mum, daddy has done nothing so don't blame him. He gave me all I wanted, he trusted me but you never did. I have said it before and I will say it again. I am a prostitute and I will remain one no matter what you say or do. Mum you caused it all. I don't care about what you all think about me." "Kelechi," my father shouted my name. "Yes daddy" "Look here. You have brought shame and disgrace both to me and the rest of the family. So all they say about you is true? Look, you have to stop all this because if you don't then young lady, I guess I have no other option than to disown you." "Well if you insist dad, then so be it. I will start by moving my things." With that, I left for my room refusing to listen to my brother calling me. Once Inside, I packed all my things and taking once last look at the room where I spent my childhood till date, I left for good. When I got downstairs…I refused to see reasons with my brother. I took one of the cars and then drove down to Kate's place. Kate was not really surprised to see me. We were both in the same trade and so she knew what I had been going through. "So they drove you out?" She asked and I nodded in response. Saying nothing after that Kate helped me move my things Inside. "So now…..what are we going to do tonight?" I asked. "There's this big bash we're expected to attend..Trust me na, the top guys are coming and they will surely be looking for some fun….Are you in?" Kate replied filled with excitement. "Why not" I said. "Abi what do you think?" "You're no baby. Na you be the groove. " "My parents can go to hell for all I care." I said hissed after remembering what had happened earlier. "Relax baby girl. I'm going out to see Fred. I will be back by six to get ready for the party," Kate'd said. "All right, My regards to Fred." Few minutes later , I was on my own, lying on the sofa , I began to think. I'm I a prostitute. Me, the daughter of the wealthy Chief Onwardi. Not that I was doing it for the money. Daddy always saw to it that I never lacked anything in my life. Though I derive pleasure in doing it, but the reason I'm doing this is because of my mother. And I will tell you why.❀ ❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁ My name is Kelechi Onwardi and I am from imo state, Nigeria. I am from a family of five consisting of my father, mother, two elder brothers and I. Among all the children of the house…I was the last born so I was the baby of the house. Not the whole house Sha. Everyone loved me except my mother. To her, I was like a rival. She was jealous because my father loved me more. My father's reason for really loving me was because I looked like his late mother who had died many years ago. He loved her so much that he was always ready to do anything she wanted of him. She had died when father was just nineteen. I guess he must have missed her so much and now seeing his own mother come back to live was like a thing of joy to him. Father would always make sure he took me with him wherever he went. He made sure he bought me things whenever he was coming back from a business trip or from the office. At times, he would call the house from work just to speak to his "little angel" as he called me….Mum was so angry with Dad. "Papa chijioke, can't you see that you're trying to spoil this girl? She's too young for you to buy her all these things. Don't you think she has had enough?" "Chioma what is wrong with you? Don't you see that she is just a kid? I love her just as I love all my children." "Hmm, she sneered, all your children right?. You don't care about Daniel and Chijioke, all you ever think of is Kelechi. Is she the only child of the house? And you…..she said pointing at me. "What do you think you're doing here? Get out from here before I give you a sound beating." With that I would run away. I guess daddy Never paid any attention to mummy because he kept buying me things…things to make the other children in the neighborhood jealous. I got on well with my elder brothers. They were my body guards in school. They always ensured that nothing happened to me because they knew that they were both answerable to dad, all they had to do was tell me and I would go to my dad on their behalf. "Kelechi, please can you help me tell Daddy that I want to buy a pair of Snickers?" "Okay," I would say and then off I would go to my father and if there's one thing about my dad, it was that he found it hard to say no to my requests anytime I made them. Well let me not bore you with all this childhood stories. I will tell you about mum…..my Mother. Mum never liked me, she never liked me one bit. Though I tried All I could do to make her satisfied , but she was always shouting her head off. "You spoilt child," she would say "Can't you do anything right?" I really felt bad about it. I even told my dad about it one day. "Daddy." "Yes love what is the matter?" "Is mummy really my mummy?" "Yes but why do you ask?" He would ask looking surprised. "Why does mummy hate me?" With that question he would smile. "Why my angel , mummy doesn't hate you. She's……" "But each time I do things just to please her , she's never happy. She shouts at the slightest mistake I make." "No darling. Your mum doesn't hate you. Nobody can hate you. You're an angel remember? No one hates an angel. With that, I'd smiled. If there was one thing I loved about my father, it was his ability to always make me laugh whenever I was down. I knew always to go to him when I was sad. Things were going on smoothly for me. As I grew up, I grew into a beautiful girl to the happiness of my father. My brothers would at times insist I go out with them whenever they are going out just for then to show their little sister off to their friends. Life couldn't have been rosier for me. The main problem started when I was in my 5th year In Secondary school. By then my elder brothers were both in the university of Nigeria. So having no one to talk to at home, I would enrolled for extra tutorial classes just three streets away from my house. Mum saw this as an opportunity to always beat me up. Then if I would come back late from lesson, mum would make sure I didn't sleep that night before crying because she would beat the blue and black out of me after accusing me of sleeping around with boys and of course…calling me a prostitute. "You this useless girl, I told your father but he wouldn't listen to me..Now look at you, you w***e. Ashewo. You now go about sleeping with those small small boys right?..Now look here, Before you kill me , I will make sure I kill you. I will not sit and watch you bring the family's name to Shame." "But mummy its not true. I…" "Shut up." She added those words with a slap before I knew what was happening. "What do you mean? Are you trying to say I am lying?" With that she would beat me again and again until I would run straight up to my room and lock myself inside….so yes…..it was as bad as that. ❀ ❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁❁ I remember one day, we had closed from lessons and Tonia..my friend didn't come for classes that day and so I had to walk home with Steven, Tony and Wale since they lived not too far from my place. On our way, I saw my mother driving past us. She saw me and drove right on. "Isn't that your mother?" Steven asked "Yes" "Why didn't she stop to pick you up?" "I don't know." "From the way it looks, I think she is very angry with you. Why don't you run up home?" Wale said. "What is the point? She will still beat me when I get home. So why should I rush?". I replied I was right. When I entered the sitting room, I found mom waiting for me with a cane in her hand. I made to run for my room but she stopped me right in my tracks. "And where exactly do you think you're going to, young woman?" "To my room." "Which room?Will you come here this minute." I obeyed "So those are your boyfriends now right" "Mummy no! I don't have any boyfriend o! They live across the street and since they are going my way I decided to go with them" "Ehn..so they are now your friends? What about Tonia?" "Tonia didn't come to lesson to…" I don't finish my statement before a slap landed across my cheeks. "You prostitute. You've been around right!? "But mummy…" "Don't mummy me." She'd beaten me so much that day that when daddy came that night, it resulted into a fight. All this continued down to even when I gained admission into the university of Lagos. During holidays, mummy would make sure she searched all my things as soon as I walked right through the door not before I relaxed. She'd treat me to shameful tests. She even did the "egg" test thing. I felt so bad. When I told dad he just waved it aside saying that mum was only jealous and that she cared for me so much that she didn't want me to fall a victim to the tricks of men……Biggg mistake. That was what got me curious, what tricks do men play? I'd ask. What is this thing mum didn't want me to do? I had to ask my roommate Kate And she said it was "s*x". She urged me to try it saying that it was fun and that I had to enjoy it. Then I had a boyfriend.. Richard.♡︎ ❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀❀ I thought of what it would be like to sleep with him. I ended up resolving to do it, I wanted to know what it was like. So one night, I had gone down to Richard's place and insisted that I sleep over at his place. "But Kelechi, you have never slept here before. What…." "I said I want to sleep over or is anything wrong with it?" I'd asked. "No. It's just just if you stay, I don't think…" "I know Richard. I'm ready tonight." "Are you sure?" He asked looking concerned. "Yes silly. I'm a big girl now, don't you think?" Richard and I made Love that night. It was out of this world…So this is what s*x is like? This beautiful? I thought. That night set things rolling for me. One night Kate has invited me to go out to a party with her. She told me that I would get to meet big people at the party and all I had to do was to be a good girl and I would have lots of money coming my way. "But Kate that is prostitution" I said surprised "No it's not, it's just business." "Tell me Kate, it is really prostitution?" I asked now becoming curious since mummy was always calling me one. After she'd explained to me, I'd thought all about it. Since mum had always called me a prostitute. I didn't see anything wrong in trying to be one even if it was just for a night. That party the beginning of more parties to come. I was whining and dinning with the top guys of the society. Kate would hook me up with them and we would go over to a hotel where I woukd spend the night for a huge sum of money. How did my parents get to know?…I went with one of my mum's friend's husband. She got to know about it and then went to report me to my mother. They called for a family meeting. "I said it.So it's true that you are a prostitute…I said it!" Trust me my mum will speak first anytime. "Yes..I'm one. So?" "Heh! Papa Kelechi, you can hear your daughter?" "What do you want him to do? I asked my mother. "You've always called me a prostitute. Now I'm one you just can't live with it? I thought you were happy." "Shut up!" "No you shut up mother. I'm sick and tired of you and your nonsense, I'm a prostitute, so? I'm one and I'm happy. For all I care you can go to hell. You made me what I am today. Are you not satisfied?" I asked in pains. All this talk ended with my father disowning me. Now I'm fully living a groovy life. My only regret I'd that I hurt my father but I guess I have no choice. There's no turning back for me now..my dad can't stop me..my brothers can't..my mum? She can go jump into a lake of fire. The world may even frown at it. But I'm a prostitute and I intend to stay so. Thanks Mom for always believing I was a prostitute.✍︎?︎︎︎ ??????????????