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Diary of a polygamous child
Hi diary, my name is Amber, I am the eldest child of my family of Four.
I am 18 years old, preparing for admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
My younger sister is 15 years old, preparing for her WASSCE and my younger brother is 9 years old, preparing for his Common Entrance Examination into junior secondary School, We are all in our different stages of examination year.
We live with our parents in a peaceful home of 6 rooms, with everything we could ever wish for.
My Dad is a private chartered accountant with a fat salary, my mum works as a Teacher in a private School, she earn quite enough.
We practice the religion of Islam, devotedly.
We are one happy family until recently.
Few days ago, My Dad told us his decision to take a second wife,
The news got us taken aback, alarmed, frightened and distressed. It is so painful to accept for my mum and I aswell , 'cos the thought of sharing my dad's attention with someone else does not sit well with me.
My siblings are indifferent to the issue, but I know for sure that they also want no one to share dad with.
Things started changing in our once peaceful home, Dad and Mum would fight and argue almost all nights, they would then go through their routine in the morning as if they are strangers, shutting us away, my mum weeps at night, and my dad is like a man I never knew.
Sometimes He wouldn't come home, and when he does come home, he snaps at us, he stopped sleeping in his and mom's room, the master bedroom,
and would go to sleep in our compound's mosque, thereby leaving mum alone in their room and mum spends all night weeping.
I am confused and scared, sounds of my mum sobbing keeps me up at night, I cry with my mum in my room, muffle my cries with my pillow.
I think everything is drifting apart, I have no one to talk to, I'm afraid of losing my family, I don't know what to do.
To be continued...
@Amani_moment
© Amotulrosheed 🌹
I am 18 years old, preparing for admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
My younger sister is 15 years old, preparing for her WASSCE and my younger brother is 9 years old, preparing for his Common Entrance Examination into junior secondary School, We are all in our different stages of examination year.
We live with our parents in a peaceful home of 6 rooms, with everything we could ever wish for.
My Dad is a private chartered accountant with a fat salary, my mum works as a Teacher in a private School, she earn quite enough.
We practice the religion of Islam, devotedly.
We are one happy family until recently.
Few days ago, My Dad told us his decision to take a second wife,
The news got us taken aback, alarmed, frightened and distressed. It is so painful to accept for my mum and I aswell , 'cos the thought of sharing my dad's attention with someone else does not sit well with me.
My siblings are indifferent to the issue, but I know for sure that they also want no one to share dad with.
Things started changing in our once peaceful home, Dad and Mum would fight and argue almost all nights, they would then go through their routine in the morning as if they are strangers, shutting us away, my mum weeps at night, and my dad is like a man I never knew.
Sometimes He wouldn't come home, and when he does come home, he snaps at us, he stopped sleeping in his and mom's room, the master bedroom,
and would go to sleep in our compound's mosque, thereby leaving mum alone in their room and mum spends all night weeping.
I am confused and scared, sounds of my mum sobbing keeps me up at night, I cry with my mum in my room, muffle my cries with my pillow.
I think everything is drifting apart, I have no one to talk to, I'm afraid of losing my family, I don't know what to do.
To be continued...
@Amani_moment
© Amotulrosheed 🌹
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