THE GIRL WITH GOLD HEART

Chapter 1 Heavy rain had fallen in the Oseh community that popular Nkwo market day, and it was the first rain of the year. bringing a protracted dry season to an unexpected stop. Chidimma was once home alone. Her parents. Obele and Ndudi had now not returned from the market. Before that first rain. there used to be a long stretch of severe drought and it used to be one of the worst droughts ever: no water, no food. People, therefore, longed and prayed for the rain, and at last, it came. The arrival of the first rain had in no way come and gone in Oseh except testimonies to tell, on the whole, sad news. It was often characterised via squally showers that had so many times left the neighbourhood with tales of loss of lives or properties. It all started with the howling wind which saved everyone on the run, then followed by using the rain that dropped like the stones of snow. And it rained cat and dog as if the doors of heavens were thrown open. Lightning and thunderstorms made it more dreadful. When the heavy rainfall sooner or later abated, some elderly people began coming out as ustal ascertain