THE SORROW ARC
The Sorrow Arc – Episode 6
It had been a month since grandma Oyedele borrowed the money from double payment and it’s yet to be paid.
Titayo and grandma Oyedele ran Helter skelter to find the money but to no avail. All the money they gathered was twenty _ five thousand naira out of one hundred and fifty thousand when a car pulled up in front of grandma Oyedele s house, they don’t need a soothsayer to tell them it was the double payment creditor.
Danella became frozed but she dared not ran away. She sobbed bitterly as the creditor guard dragged her away from the only family she knew “Bitter Family”.
She was capture to an unknown place, the journey was long as they passed through many rivers with boat. Finally, they got to the edge of the river and she was dragged to the awaited ship which took her away.
She was sold to an unknown place.
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When would these vanish
When Dane hear about this, he felt sad. He dejected his family, he cursed the day he was born into sorrow family and wrote letter home.
Ajepojuda village,
No.59 Awumaro.
30th August, 2015.
Dear grandma Oyedele,
How are you granny and my mom?
My heart bleed as I wrote this letter to you. I hope everything is well but I don’t think so.
When will these sorrow left? When will the pain vanish? The only sister I have got captured to an unknown place. Why are you this helpless and hopeless? Why are you this powerless?
We were born in sorrow family and grown up in sorrow. Who did we offend granny? Who cursed us ? I’ve been struggling to make sure we’re good but all in vain.
Is this how we’ll all be destroy by poverty. I didn’t mean to hurt you with my words but I’m tired of this life we’re living.
Why do we have to beg before putting something on our table. *I’m sick tired mom.
Though, my school is going on smoothly and by God’s grace in two years time I will have been a medical doctor. So, immediately I finished my school I’m coming back to the village.
Send my regards to mom and everyone in the village.
Your grandson
Dane.
Before grandma Oyedele remaining daughter, Titayo could read it finished, grandma Oyedele sobbed bitterly for being helpless and powerless.
People in the village felt no pity for them any longer instead they called them the sorrow arc.
TBC
