CHAPTER SIX
The long-feared moment finally arrived. Dr. Sylvester, Amadi’s family doctor, confirmed that Olaedo has entered her menopause. Now all hope was lost. Olaedo could not believe she will never be a mother in her life. She was miserable and unconsolable.
“Oh God, what was my crime?” she cried out. “Why have you deserted us?”
Amadi comforted her. He tried his best to be strong for her, yet his eyes watered. Throughout that day, an unusual silence descended between Amadi and Olaedo. Both of them wandered far into their thoughts.
So the lies against me will now be told as the truth? Olaedo thought. So I, Olaedo, will forever be remembered as the witch that ate her unborn children. What then is the point of living? Where can I find death so it will take this miserable life of mi
