UNTILL WHEN

UNTIL WHEN CHAPTER 9

"Welcome home, Sainapei," Lisa said when they got into a big , beautifully made mansion.

Sainapei set her eyes to every part of the house. She could not hide her shock and surprise. To be sincere, Sainapei was excited.

"Is this where we shall be living?" She asked after taking a good view of the house.

"This is your new home, let me show you to your room, Sainapei." Lisa said as a nanny came for her luggage. They walked upstairs and got inside a large room. It was neatly arranged and painted purple with so many toys of every kind. There was a cabinet, a table and a big bed with coloured sheets. Beside it was a shoe rack where Sainapei arranged all the five pairs of shoes she had bought. Lisa also helped her hung her beautiful dresses in the cabinet. She couldn't believe she now had a room of her own in a home that was also hers as well.

That evening, they had dinner together then went to bed. Lisa spent the night in Sainapei's room since her husband was not home. She narrated very many interesting stories to her and sooner than they realized, Sainapei started calling her 'mama'. She was already in love with Lisa's care and motherhood. They shared a lot and Sainapei was sad to here that Lisa had never had children though she had been married for five years now.

" I'm sorry to hear that, mama." she said sounding worried.

" It's okay, thanks anyway."

"What about that room, why did it have so many toys?"

"I had always dreamed of getting a child one day, and finally God brought you to me. I love you so much, Sainapei."

"I love you too, mama," she said and they embraced each other with so much love.

Time went so fast and Sainapei went to school. Every morning, she had a bus take her to her institution which was only a few metres from where they lived. At school, she studied hard and since she already was an intelligent student and had more knowledge from her school camp, she was always at the top position. The teachers liked her alot and always gave her awards so did her parents. They took her to different places of adventure and she enjoyed the trips.

Sainapei grew up with so much care and knowledge from both school and her loving parents. She developed an interest in books and at twelve, she was already writting her own short stories. Lisa encouraged her daughter and bought her everything she needed.

" Sainapei, what would you like to be when you grow up?" Lisa asked her one day after she finished writing her assignments.

"Actually, I want to stand for the rights of the girl child in all communities. To make sure they are not harassed, they don't undergo FGM , are not married off at a young age and that instead, they go to school to study and create a different society. " Sainapei said confidently.

" And what really inspires you to do that?"

"I came from a community that never valued education at all. A girl, like my late mother, was circumcised at twelve and was married off only at fifteen. It was the same year the gave birth to me in a forest after running away from her violent husband who was old enough to be her grandfather.

" I'm sad to here that." Lisa said shocked to know all that.

" Until when will the girl child be undermined. Until when will all these keep going on, killing and destroying the dreams of all these girls?"

Sainapei was very serious about what she was saying which made her feel she was really willing to find a way to change the society.

" I'm so proud of you my daughter. So, that person is called an activist or an advocate. And from now on, your name is, Mrs Sainapei the activist."Lisa said proudly.

" Yes mama , thanks."