Thrown Out Onto the Street by Her Father While She Was Pregnant at 14 Years Old. The Struggle of a Mother.

Ogechi walked away, trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall. She was deeply hurt, but she tried to stay strong.

Ogechi did not know that Aunt Uzoma was Emeka’s superior in the army. If she had known, she would have reported him long ago.

Consumed by loneliness and sadness, she decided to return to Baba’s village. Even though Emeka’s mother mistreated her, she at least had Baba, who had been a great support to her. Aunt Uzoma did not want her to leave and had tried to talk her out of it, but Ogechi had already made up her mind. Aunt Uzoma gave her some money so she could take a taxi.

Very early the next morning, Ogechi went to the station with her child to take a taxi. During the trip, while they were crossing a forested area between the two villages, the car was attacked by robbers. The driver swerved in panic and ended up deep in the forest. All the passengers jumped out of the car and ran to save themselves. Some people abandoned their belongings.

Ogechi took her daughter in her arms and ran as fast as she could, going deeper into the forest. She finally stopped in the middle of the forest looking panicked, while the child began to cry in her arms. Suddenly she heard a voice behind her.

“Who is there?”

Terrified and drenched in sweat, she dropped to her knees and began to cry.

“Please, don’t hurt me.”

Suddenly, an older man came out of the bushes and approached her.

“Get up, young girl. I mean you no harm. I just came here to look for medicinal herbs. But what are you doing alone in the middle of the forest with a child?”

Ogechi stood up and briefly explained her misfortune to him. The man felt sorry for her.

“I live here. Follow me. I’ll shelter you for the night.”

The man took the child from her hands and asked her to follow him. She followed him to a small house in the middle of the woods. He gave her food and water.

While she was eating, she overheard the man and his wife talking inside the hut.

“Who is this girl you brought? Have you forgotten that the Festival of the Spirits started yesterday and that it is forbidden to shelter strangers? Tell her to leave. I don’t want trouble.”

“But who will know she is a stranger if we say nothing to anyone? You just have to keep quiet,” the man replied.

“I warned you. But if anything happens to me, I will hold you responsible,” she added angrily before leaving.

Ogechi heard the whole conversation and became afraid. She wanted to leave, but she did not know where to go and knew nowhere in that forest.

A few hours later, the man’s child ran to him shouting, “Father, Father, the spirits are coming! I saw them heading toward our house!”

“Everyone, go hide in the room,” the man ordered his wife and children.

Ogechi followed them and the whole family hid in the room, terrified. Ogechi began to pray silently, hoping her little girl would not wake up.

A few minutes later, the spirits arrived.