Chapter 3 The birth of April

It was night months already, Tamar water did broke and she knew it was the set time for delivery. She was rushed to the clinic and after 24 hours of labour, she delivered successfully and it was a baby girl, just as the nurse has said months back. The baby was welcomed with a smile, she was very beautiful and she looked so much like Claire, she picked his eyes and round shape of face. She was indeed very beautiful to behold. Alice didn't carry the toddler but requested that she was sold immediately, infact she had already brought the buyers herself.

It was Alice friend Jennifer who resides in Dubai, It was in the plan of Alice to kill two birds with a single stone, she wanted to sell the child to someone she knows who is also into the prostitute business with her but in another country, she had plans that as soon as the girl clocks Seven, she should be given out to men in exchange for money which should be sent to her immediately. Jennifer aggred and paid Tamar off, she wasn't allowed to carry her own baby for long, but she was able to give her a name, April. She prayed that they shall meet again. Tamar was in tears as April was taken from her.

She returned back with Alice and they both continued their prostitute business, but Tamar told Alice that since she knows Jennifer, she would like to Hear her daughter voice once she begins to speak. " Tamar, forget April ,she is not coming back, focus on your job ,and guess what we have got the best fish in town, the son of the president of South Africa, he is coming to the party tonight " Alice said. Tamar wasn't interested, she made up her mind to search for her daughter later on.

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Six years later, Back at Dubai City, in UAE, Jennifer did took care of April, she has grown to become very attractive like her mother Tamar, and she looked very well like Claire. Though, April grew up among prostitute but she didn't buy to such idea, as little as she was, she knew what was right and wrong. She has a friend who was three years older than her, she lives opposite April, it was her who oriented April about it, she taught April how to read and write since she wasn't opportune to go to school, Sara did like April and so she took her as a friend and sister. Sara was also smart enough to know that April was bought and will soon be used as a means to make money, so she decided to take a step by talking to her parents about April, she wanted April to be adopted by her own parent but they refused though they were ready to help April get a foster parent. They reported the case to the human right agency at Dubai and the case was interviewed, they found a foster parent for April, It was Mr and Mrs Smith, who have been seeking for a child for 40 years, they were happy to have her as their own, they gladly welcome her into their new home, signed a contract with the agency and took April faraway from Sara. Although Sara was happy that April is free from them but she didn't know that there are still more hurdles ahead.

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Back at Johannesburg, Tamar was already worried about April, she has gotten news that April has been given out to a foster parent, she didn't know them and didn't know how to confront the agency since she was in her right sense when she sold April. " baby girl, chill and relax, April is fine wherever she is, I promise, so enjoy yourself " Alice said. Both Alice and Tamar were already getting older in age and body, they needed someone to continue working for them, so they tried to recruit some ladies to their team while they supply the men for them, they get paid and was okay with it. Tamar didn't know what to believe, she just wanted her April back. She was able to save some little money, she then left to her own apartment, ever since she found out about her pregnancy, she hasn't been to her apartment, she had only went to pick some few clothes for her business. This time ,she left without informing Alice. On getting to the apartment ,she saw a paper wrapped between the gap in her wooden door. She looked around incase some one was watching her, she took the paper, unwrapped it and it read thus " Hello Tamar, I have been at your apartment for the past few months since I arrived from Los Angeles, where I went for my business, I am sorry I didn't come back all this years for you as promised, I hope you have a good life now? I hope to see you again someday. From Claire " as she read the letter, she staggered backward while the paper freed itself from her hand,she picked it up to know the year he has written it, behold it was last two years. And since it now six years plus, she knew that Claire would've remarried, she regretted ever staying with Alice, though Alice had been of help but just didn't know why she abandoned her own apartment.

She search through if he had included his contact but he didn't. She wondered again why he didn't Atleast include his contact. She was disturbed, still she went ahead to pick her things and left for dubai in search for April. She got a flight ticket to Dubai ,the moment she got there, things changed. She didn't know Jennifer location because Alice had hidden it from her, she only knew that Jennifer resides in Dubai. " I will stay here in Dubai, start a good business and keep searching for April" she said to herself. Atleast, she is in a country where no one knows her story or her past, she decided to start a new life again. She managed to lodge at the hotel close to the airport with the little money left with her. As she got to the hotel and was about to pay for the night, she was attracted by a man of age 40 thereabout who also pretend to have seen her some where. They talked but Tamar didn't share with him anything about her past. He claimed that he came to dubai for a business trip and has been lodging in the hotel since he arrived, he also said that he is a divorcee but his children lives in the US. He wanted Tamar to be his friend, though Tamar just wanted to forget about Claire and find April, she wanted a new life, she managed to tell the man that she has a daughter who she is looking for in Dubai. The man paid for her room that night. They both exchange contact but after the night, Tamar told him she would be leaving to continue her search for her daughter. The man insisted that he was ready to rent her an apartment in the city of Dubai. She was grateful and that same day, Tamar got her own apartment. The room was well furnished with an expensive sofa chairs, a room decorated with Air conditioner, a kitchen and a well equipped bathroom. Soon enough, the man also got her a job as a supermarket attendant, Tamar was doing very well as she continues her search for April. Soon enough she fell in love with the man, Pascal, they became lovers and pascal also begin staying with Tamar in the apartment he rented for her. He showered Tamar with love and care that Tamar soon forgot her reasons for coming down to dubai, she only believed her daughter would be fine wherever she was.

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