STORY:CONFESSION OF A TEENAGER (Episode 2)

I have seven siblings from two
mothers and one

father.

My father married my

stepmother after my
mother was unable to give

birth
to a child after six

years of marriage. As if

controlled
by some external spirit, my
mother

took in few months after my

stepmother was

brought home by my father.

However, my

stepmother was already

pregnant.

Kenneth my
eldest brother was born by my

stepmother before

Osarugue, my sister, was born.



Kelvin came next from my

stepmother's womb,

and then I did from my

mother's.



My mother took

over the baton completely by

giving birth to two

other children -Victory and

Nosa-
giving her a

perfect number of two males

and
two females.

My stepmother balanced the

equation by giving birth to a

set of female twin twelve years after

I was born. Father was hardly ever at

home while I was

growing up, and even up till

now, he is rarely at

home. He spent more time

away

doing business

than taking care of us at

home.life was sweet.

Really sweet,playing with my

brothers and sisters.

People said polygamous homes

are not peaceful but our own

home broke that theory.We

lived in peace that strangers

can never notice the home was

polygamous.Theyalways

allowed us play anything we

wanted to.They never had time

to follow us around or spy on

us since they were always busy

breaking melon and should i

say gossiping.

Our father

only spent four

days in a month with us, until

recently he

increased it to six days. He

claims

he is doing his best to ensure

we

have a good life.I never had

time to be with my dad,to know

and learn things from him,just

like other children. I appreciate

his efforts though, but it is

unwise to

shop a shoe for a

foot that has been cut off from

the body.

From one movie to

another, the TV became

irresistible. Sometimes, we

would

watch movies

up till midnight before my

stepmother would send

us out of the living room like

tenants owing rent. ……..

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