Never bite the finger that feeds us

MY HOUSE HELP 

When people talk about madams being wicked to their house helps , I laugh . 

Do you even know what  some of this house helps do ? . 

I do not ever support a person maltreatmenting another human but sometimes , madams never get to tell what this people do to them . 

I will tell my story .  

" You are leaving this house today  nneka " ... I said to her 

The atmosphere was heated . I have had enough . I  am done with this . 

Nneka is my house help of 5 years . 

I brought her from the village after her father died leaving behind her mother with 7 children . She was only 15 when she came . When I brought her , she looked extremely mal nourished . Not eating well and tedious farm work made her look like a 12 years old . 

I feed and cared for her like my child. If I didn't tell you she wasn't my blood , you wouldn't even know . Nneka turned 20 this year . But I started noticing a difference in her when she became 18 . 

" Which house " ? She glared at me , folded her hands and looked me straight in the eye   ." I go nowhere " 

she sat down . 

"  let me say this , I will leave this house when Your husband or rather my baby comes back and ask  me to leave.  

If he says to go then , it's fine . If he says not to go , what can I do ? .... She gestured arrogantly . 

I was beyond shocked . 

" Don't provoke me woman .. or you may be the one to leave the house " . ...

 She stood up , hissed at me and walked into the room .

I slumped into the chair .  

My husband has a lot of explaining to do . 

Episode 1 . 

#fiction 

May we never bite the finger that feeds us 

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#Njokuijeoma