My Choice, Their Shame: The Cursed House

My Choice, Their Shame: The Cursed House

Author: Jennifer Gonzales

Chapter 1: The Lagos Move

Dad and Mum carry me go Lagos to buy house.

Even as small pikin, the excitement dey ginger me, but fear dey hide for my belle. To leave village for Lagos? My mind dey run up and down like goat wey escape rope. As we enter Lagos, smell of roasted corn and exhaust dey mix for air, hawkers dey shout for traffic. The sun still dey warm as we waka enter city, motor horn dey blow left and right, everything just different.

I stand for front of one old, tattered house, I no gree move.

The wall don peel finish, the gate dey bend like person wey get waist pain. I just stand with my small slippers, hold my mama wrapper tight, dey look the house as if na palace. I shift my leg, sand enter my slippers. My heart dey beat like drum for village festival. My papa dey look me, sweat dey run for im face, but I just plant leg for ground like stubborn goat.

No matter how my papa and mama try beg me, I just stand gidigba.

My papa say, "Sisi, abeg, make we check the fine ones. See this one, e be like house wey witches dey hide inside." My mama add, "My baby, you no want upstairs? You fit get big room!" I just shake head, no smile, no cry, just dey look the house like say something dey call me.

At the end, dem no get choice, dem buy am.

Even agent mouth open, she just dey look me like say I get juju. She say, "Na wa o, this your pikin stubborn, ehn!" My papa sign the paper, e eyes still dey look me like, "You sure say you no get spiritual eye so?" My mama sigh, but her face show say she just surrender. For my mind, na so peace come settle like cool breeze.

Three days later, dem paint big red 'demolish' for wall of the house wey we just buy.

The red paint fresh, still dey drip. One aboki wey dey paint the mark look my papa and shake head, "Oga, na government order. Dem go break all this line soon." Even sun self hide for cloud that day. The 'demolish' write big pass Sisi name for exercise book.

My papa and mama shock.

Dem mouth hang open, my papa just dey rub head, mama carry hand put for waist, her wrapper almost fall. For my small mind, I dey wonder if I cause wahala. But small voice for my heart talk say make I no fear—something dey for this house wey nobody sabi yet.

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