Lianate was happy with her new help.
The girl was very hardworking and respectful.
She was willing to sponsor her education to whatever level the girl dreamed of. It was the least she could do for the girl.
She was glad she listened to her mum. Amina was indeed the best fit for them.
Her husband was also impressed with the girl. He once said jokingly that their twins were behaving like little chicks, following Amina to and fro, all over the house. He was glad that their children were comfortable with the girl. They saw her like a big sister.
Amina’s joy knew no bounds.
Living with Vero’s daughter was like a dream come true.
Lianate and Ike treated her like a younger sister.
They made sure that she ate as much as she wanted.
They gave her new clothes and was always ready to meet her needs.
They also wanted her to go back to school.
She couldn’t believe that they were willing to sponsor her university education.
All she needed to do now was to read, pass her exams and maybe in the near future, she might be the first graduate in her family.
She was thankful that God answered her prayers and delivered her from her aunts.
Once in a while Vero visited. Amina was always happy to see her. Sometimes, the woman make silly jokes.
“Amina, you are getting fatter!” she would say, or, “Amina, you are eating all the food in this house!”
She often wondered what would have happened to her if Vero hadn’t been there that day. Her aunts might have succeeded in terminating her life.
Her parents were having problems with her aunts over a land dispute.
They wanted to evict them from the house they were living, claiming that her father built on the land given to them by their mother. But her father inherited that same land from his own father.
The dispute continued for years, until one day, Amina and her family woke up inside a burning building.
Their house was on fire! How it started, no one knew.
Her father tried to get them all out of the house, but, she was the only one that survived.
Her aunts told everyone in the community that she was a witch who wiped out her family. Many people believed them. And no one came to her rescue whenever they were maltreating her.
They often told her that
they will end her life one day. They swore that she would join her family in hell before she clocked seventeen.
She feared for her safety and tried to run away a few times. All to no avail.
Until the day God used Vero to save her. Her aunts most be disappointed by now. They would never be able to hurt her again.
Oh how she wished her parents and siblings were still alive.
She missed them so much.
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