Chapter 3 Agonies Of A House Girl - Episode 3

I lit the stove immediately and put some water into the kettle

and placed it on the stove.

"Hope you've put the water?" My madam shouted from the sitting

room.

"Yes ma," I replied twisting my fingers in fear.

"Come and wash off these napkins immediately," she ordered

sending me running into the sitting room.

She handed me the soiled napkins and I zoomed off with them into

the bathroom to wash it.

I had barely soaked the napkin in the water when I heard

madam's voice dishing out another instruction.

"I will skin you alive if you continue wasting my kerosene in this

house!" She bawled. "Or do you want to tell me that you don't

know that this hot water is boiling?"

"Sorry ma," I replied.

"Sorry for your stupid self!" she fired back.

I instantly rinsed my hands and rushed to the kitchen to bring

down the h0t water.

I didn't know where the pap I was to prepare was, so I went to

the sitting room to ask madam.

"Ma please where is the pap?" I asked trembling with fear.

"Idiot the pap is there!" She fumed pointing at the fridge.

I went to the fridge, brought out the pap, prepared it, and took it to

her in the sitting room.

Then I went to the bathroom to continue with the napkin.

The baby's cry filled the entire house and I soon heard my

madam's voice calling me.

"Adaeze!" She called.

"Yes ma," I replied rinsing my hands once again and running into

the sitting room.

"Sing for her, sing for her," she urged.

"Fine baby don't cry, fine baby don't cry," I broke into an

unrehearsed song.

Fortunately for me, the baby stopped crying and listened to my

the song as she gulped down the warm pap.

When she was done, I carried the plate into the kitchen and

washed it off and then went to the bathroom to finish up with the

soaked napkin.

Soon, the baby went to sleep and madam went to sleep too and I had

little time to myself...