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female child
#WritcoStoryPrompt33
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?...
she reckoned back to how her mother inlaw threatened her about bringing in another female child.
Many thoughts keeps coming and disappearing, dangerous thought like hidden the identity of her baby to her in-laws, and as well her husband, that thought was neglected immediately because she believes that such story never ends well.
She decided to divulge her baby's gender to her in-laws, ready to face the consequences, even though she hasn't commit any crime.
her only crime was giving birth to the child given to her by God.

Tanu husband and as well her in-laws were so furious and angry when they learnt about the gender of the new born infant.
Tanu was sent out of the house along with her three daughters.

This inhumane treatment doesn't stop her from loving her children.
she vows that she will give them the best training both academically and socially.

Years past just like the night.
Tanu is now reaping the fruit of her labours.
Her three daughters are recognized as the only three successful women in the society.
parents are now walking in her steps, they consider they daughter, and privilege to school was no longer prohibited or disdain.

Mr. Singh, Tanu's husband regret ever making such a drastic decisions. After chasing his wife and the children away, he married another wife, who happened to be barren, and after six years of marriage, he sent her away and married another one, who happened to give birth to only one female child for him.

The male child that he longs for he didn't get it. he died without having a male child.
and Tanu lives the rest of her life in peace and in paradise.
© African beauty