I heard the scream pierce the quiet of the night like a knife, that blood curdling scream of a soul certain that help was nonexistent and intervention from any quarter was a mirage. I had my ears cocked to hear and discern the what, when, where and why of this sorrowful howl for help. Then I heard that voice, the voice of the Madam of the house, you will burn in hell for letting my child wear a dirty pair of socks to school, she yelled. When I am done with you this night, you will wish you had never been born, she huffed and crackled wickedly. I know that this woman has a child that is about fourteen years of age and my thoughts raced to the fact that at that age, I was already hustling to earn money for upkeep, yet here was a case of someone being brutally lashed for not washing the socks of one as old as fourteen. I got out of bed and picked up my wristwatch from the bedside, 02:10 am, the soft backlight glowed. I opened my door and walked to the Madams door to see if I could intrude and probably save the neighborhood from this din. Knock knock, Madam please take it easy with the girl, I called out.... Oh Neighbour she responded. Dont mind this wicked witch I have in my house disguising as a maid. Can you imagine that I feed her, buy her clothes, pay her ten thousand and yet she cant even do the littlest things in the house. All she knows is how to eat and sleep. Madam, please why dont you wait till the light of day to deal with this issue, its quite late and not a good time to have such altercation oh, I said. Then I heard the maid scream, I don tire oh, Madam I no wan work again, everyday you go dey beat me like say I be goat. I wan go oh. As I stepped back from the front door to go round to the window, the front door burst open and buckled under the weight of the maid as she was flung out of the house. You must go now, devil. God will punish you and your generation. Idiot. The Madam yelled. Then it happened, like a flash that froze time and sped up action. The Madam lashed out at the maid with a backhand that caught her smack right in the face and launched her backwards. The Oga of the house had appeared in the doorway, other neighbours had come out, many curtains had partially shifted to allow the peeping folk witness the happenings. The maid reeled from the effect of the backhand, her arms flailing as she tried to regain balance, then she slipped of a wet patch on the ground and fell backwards.... I heard a loud scream and realized it was my voice as I had almost emptied my lungs of air. The shock had left everyone one with their hands on their heads. The maid had slipped and landed on the outside water tap which tore into her back, ripping through her body then made an exit wound by slicing her tummy open. The grotesque angle her body assumed, the force with which it shook; rigor mortis taking over, the blood spilling everywhere...... Oh the blood.......and that gurgling sound that kept emanating from her throat. Then there was silence....the kind of silence that occurs before violent tornadoes or hurricanes unleash their fury. Madam was now wailing and heaping the blame of the events on the devil, claiming that she only pushed the maids cheek....then she turned to me in hopes that I would corroborate her claims. Three hours later, Madam is in Police custody, Oga is distraught, I am tired of being questioned by Police and visitors. Madams church members and Pastor have come to vindicate her stating that they had seen a vision of a calamity, the Devil was responsible for this unfortunate incident. I couldnt help but feel a little sad for the Devil, always being blamed for the acts of wickedness committed by men.....maybe Devil was even on a vacation in Honolulu. Everyday, acts of domestic violence and wrongful acts are perpetually perpetrated by .......wait for it.........not monsters but normal people like you and me. Let us stop the violence and the meanness. Stop violence against the girl child, stop the abuse against one another, stop domestic abuse. #whereisthelove #stopviolenceagainstthegirlchild #stopdomesticviolence #stopthepain #Ehen™
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:04:15 +0000
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