LifestyleWithZelig

Ahuba arrived at the Ekanem Children's home a tiny, frail, quiet thing carefully bundled in an almost threadbare, amber coloured, Hi-target wrapper. She went about her business silently and never caused trouble for the other children, the childcare workers or anyone for that matter. She favoured the woodshed and dark corridors where she stayed for hours and brooded on nothing. Sister Unyime the Matron who went by Sisi consistently told Ahuba that she was a possessed girl on a mission, having killed her mother during childbirth therefore, she was evil. “ ifot, Witch!. Stop hiding in corners and giving others the scare of their lives. You're an old, evil soul and if you keep this up, ma'basi, by God you'll never find yourself in a family and even if you did, the mother who'll adopt you should be warned." Ahuba never did find a family. At a tender age when other children dreamt of going to parks, visiting museums and finding themselves in loving homes, she had vio...