The Bitter Heart

CHAPTER ONE Cynthia eyes dropped as she stared at the present gifted to her junior sister by a cocoa merchant in town. Immediately the servant who the cocoa merchant had sent delivered their master's message, they left and Cynthia stormed inside the room in disgust and discontent. She paced around the room while hissing umpteenth times in annoyance. "So Antonia is the only one meant to benefit the good things of this life while I'm neglected always"? She asked no one in particular Cynthia clapped her hands and threw items on the table in the room away. Antonia was not around when the cocoa merchant brought the gift items. Only their blind mother was at home and as for the father, he had went hunting. The poor woman who couldn't see what was going on was surprised at the outburst in the room. She walked to the room with the help of her stick and asked cynthia what was going on. Cynthia lied and responded to her mom that something fell from her hand while she was looking for one of her gowns in her wordrobe and that made the items on the table fell unto the floor as a result of what had fell on her hand hitting them. "Be careful my daughter". Cynthia mother said and returned to her seat in the parlor. When her mother left Cynthia muttered under her tone the word "old hag" and hissed. she almost hissed loudly but she didn't want her mother to detect her anger so she did it silently. The pretense Cynthia maintained when her mother came into the room to ask her questions was the same pretense she had maintained when the cocoa merchant's servants come with the gifts. The cocoa merchant was one of the men in the town who was interested in making Antonia his wife. Right from time, Antonia had favourable numbers of men trooping in for her hand in marriage unfortunately for Cynthia she didn't have numerous numbers of men asking for her hand in marriage like her sister and even the ones that came were not the one of her taste like her sister's. This made her disliked Antonia further and nursed a hat red for her as being a figure taking away her shine. Cynthia always wished that she had good looks like her sister and always thought that would have attracted her a lot of favours but wishes were not horses. "Mummy I'm home". Antonia shouted from the entrance in excitement when she returned at the market square.she was a trader and she deals with fabric. While her sister Cynthia sells food in the market. She will wake up very early in the morning to arrange the food she will sell in the market and come back in the afternoon. "My love welcome back.how was market today i hope you had good sells? asked her mother. Yes ma market was good today answered Antonia. Hmm mom you did not even ask me how was market today but you ask your lovely and precious daughter Antonia. oh am sorry my daughter it skipped my mind, don't worry tomorrow i will ask you. Ha mama am just playing (speaking and laughing)ha welcome baby sis how was market today na ? asked Cynthia. Hmm fine oo aunty replied Antonia Ehem less i forget i get gist for you baby sis said Cynthia . Even me oo said Antonia. Come, come (dragging her hand while entering their room) let go to the room so that i will gist you Ahh this girls will not kill me oo said their blind mother. Baby sis one man brought gift for you said Cynthia. Sister abeg all this village boys am tired for all of them. They just can't let someone be said Antonia abeg Cynthia:abeg shut up your dirty mouth you should be happy that all the boys in the village is craving to have you Antonia:haba sister why will i be happy anywhere i go baby Antonia,my love i don't even have rest again self Cynthia:i swear u dey lucky oo Antonia: sister how? Cynthia: you are beautiful, kind and also you have good shapes Antonia:hmm sister thank you oo but you are also beautiful and you have good shapes (blushing) Cynthia:so am not kind! Antonia:ahh sister you are kind na (in a shock way) Cynthia:am just playing (both of them bust into laugh)so gist me about your day Antonia:hmmm sister as i was arranging na nii one stupid boy come meet me con dey tell me say he have seen his wife Cynthia:is not bad na(in a jealous tone) Antony: sister that's not all Cynthia:ehnn Antonia: sister guess what Cynthia: what tell me you know i can't guess Antonia: sister this man was a blind man (they both bust into laughter) Cynthia: wait, wait, wait,na blind man come meet u con say he have seen his wife. Antonia: sister yes oo Cynthia:(in a laughing tone) how him take see u when him blind Antonia: sister i don't know oo abeg let me go and bath Cynthia:ok oo Certain falls. TO BE CONTINUE.