THE MISSING CHILD – Sire Prince Jhay

THE MISSING CHILD – Sire Prince Jhay

One day, Mrs Mary took her one-year-old daughter along with her to the market square.

She was buying some foodstuffs and all of a sūddēn, she couldn’t find her daughter beside her again.

“Amanda, Where’s Amanda, Amanda, Amanda. Where are you? ” She called out but her daughter was no where to respond

She checked around the shop but still no traces of Amanda “her daughter”

“Please do you help me see my daughter around here or do you know if she comes around here just nöw?” She asked the beverages seller sitting in front of her shop selling worriedly

“Your daughter? Ohh, hope is not that fine, fair, pretty girl? like twenty minutes ago. I saw her following a woman. the wōman wore the same outfit like you. Inshort, I thought it was you. She passed that lane” the wōman replied pointing to the direction of widest pathway

“Ahhhhhhhh, my daughter, follow a woman? Ahhhh, who does she knows? Where does she know here” she lãmēnted worriedly holding her head with her both hands. She started looking around in search for her daughter but she couldn’t find her.

The hustle and bustle of the whole environment made it hard for Mrs Mary to see her daughter

“Ahhhhhh, Jesus Christ, I can’t find my daughter ooooo, Amanda where are you ooooo” she called out repeatedly that even people’s attention were uninformly drawn to her.

Few hours later. It was already 6pm. She was already weeping and wailing, rolling on the ground for the løss of her daughter. Random people had already surrounded her giving different kind of advices and opinions.

“Why didn’t you hold her tight?, You know she’s still very young, just imagine how careless you had been” a woman holding her few months old baby insulted

“I pray God will help you find her, and if you enventually lõose her, then God will help you birth another one” another woman uttered

“I think you should consult the TV stations and radio station, that will be easy for you to find her” a voice adviced

“Yes that’s true, i suggest the idea, the earlier you do that, the better for you” another voice supported.

The hummilation was getting unbearable to Mrs Mary. She couldn’t withstand the shame again. She stood up and took her leave shamefully with profuse tears.

Few moments later, cloud had come and it was starting to drizzle. Market was gradually getting scanty as people were already closing their shops and shades one after the other.

Moment later, it started raining and the atmosphere was already getting darker. People started hasten to go home to avoid been drenched by the rain.

Amanda was still in the market, she was in a gutter crying and screaming her mommy’s name despite the heavy rain and lightning. No one noticed her

Hours later, it was already 10pm in the night, the rain became heavy. Amanda had cried that she couldn’t cry anymore. She got tìred and wēåk.

By 11pm, a Rich Man was coming from a club and he saw Amanda sleeping inside the gutter. He reversed his car and stop. He looked around, no one was around.

“Ahh, what are you doing over there, where is your mom?” The Man asked but she didn’t get response because Amanda was so scared and she’s still a baby just learning how to talk

“Who owns this child now, how can a woman leaves her daughter here in this dirty, filthy place at this time of the night” he said irritatingly

The Man took his phone, took pictures of Amanda. He also took a video recording of the scenerio with his voice recorded too.

He carried Amanda into his car and drove off.

He carried Amanda into his car and drove off.

It was still past 11, Mrs Mary got home tiredly. His husband had been waiting restlessly for her at home.

“Mary, is that true? I heard my daughter is missing in the market. Please tell me it’s a joke” her husband asked energetically showing veins in his neck

Mrs Mary sat at the corridor, she kept weeping knowing fully well that she was done for. She knew that her daughter’s loss could make everything turn around for bad for them because she recalled when a prophet once told them to keep and take care of Amanda because she was destined to bring success and prosperity to their family in as much as she’s staying happily with them.

“Marryyyy, I’m talking to you, where is my daughter? ” Her husband’s aggressive yelling brought her back from deep thought

“My husband, please, I beg you in the name of God, I don’t know, I don’t how she got missing. It was just all of a sūddēn, I could not just see her by my side again. I know everything will be sorted out, I believe God will help us find her” Mrs Mary cried out, kneeling before her husband pleading.

“No, tell me, how could you take a one year old baby to the market and you could not look after her, why are you a mother for?, Or why do you bother to take her to the market when you know you can’t look after her. Even hen never take it easy with hawk, she would always fight back whenever hawk want to prey on her chicken”

“Please my husband. I’m so sorry. Let’s have faith in God that we will find her. I’m going to all the TV stations and radio stations tommorow.” She said still on knees pleading her husband with her eyes full of tears.

“Okay, I pray and hope we find her. Remember what the prophet said about the child. Ever since we had brought her to life, joy and happiness had been our thing. please, we have to find her. I can’t afford to lõose all what God has been blessing us with, that child had been a blessing to us” her husband said with his eyes about to release tears

Her husband raised her up and embraced her. “I’m having the feeling that we would find her, God had destined us with her, so what belongs to us can never lost” her husband assured cajoling her to stop crying

they entered the room. Mrs Mary and her husband had sleepless nights as they kept praying profusely throughout the night.

Very early in the morning, They left home to the TV stations to report about their child loss.

Mr Richard, The rich man that found Amanda had been catering for her since the previous night. Amanda was served with a very delicious meal and was taken care of.

“Baby girl, what is your name” Mr Richard asked Amanda with soft and tender voice

“Amanda” Amanda responded

They were tryiing to ask further but Amanda didn’t give respond. She only could answer simple questions

Mr Richard was so unspecific about Amanda. He was confused on what to do. He and his wife had been together for seven years but no child of their own. His wife had been praying for child but luck wasn’t on their side yet.

All of a sūddēn, Mr Richard glanced at the TV, lo and behold, he was surprised to see a presenter broadcasting about the løss of a child.

The news about Amanda caught the full attention of Richard and his wife.

“My husband, we are not releasing this child, let’s run away with her” Mrs Richard said

“Whatttttt” Richard exclaimed

“My husband, we are not releasing this child, let’s run away with her” Mrs Richard said

“Whatttttt” Richard exclaimed

“Yes, let’s keep her or run away with her. My husband, don’t you notice anything?” Mrs Richard asked

“What do you notice?” He asked curiously

“You brought this girl yesterday and I’m been having this feelings that things are changing for good for us and will be better for us as far as she’s with us”

“How do you mean?”

“Take a look at it this way, the five million contract we have been fighting for, for the past two months now, The first call we had this morning was about the success of the contract, besides we have been looking for a child for the past seven to eight years, who knows this child will be a blessing for us and might make us get ours too, My husband, think about it too”

Richard heaved a deep breath, he kept mute and started ruminating about what his wife had just said. He glanced at the TV again, the TV displayed Amanda’s Mom crying out about her daughter’s loss

“Mummyyy, look at my mummy” Amanda said smiling pointing at the TV excitedly. Mrs Richard got surprised and she turned off the TV immediately.

“Sweetheart, opportunity comes but once. Time is not on our side. Let’s act fast before we get caught” Mrs Richard cajoled

The following day, Richard and his wife travelled to a faraway town with Amanda. They began a new life and it was going well for them

The news about Amanda was broadcasted for monthst that it became the talk of the town. All their efforts to find Amanda proof abortive that they started assuming Amanda was dêãd.

Ever since then, their life had turned around for båd

Days turned week, week turned months and months turned years. Mrs Mary and her husband had accepted their fate. They had been living in tribulations and trãumå. Even all their efforts to birth another child proof abortive

Five years later, Amanda was already in school. She happened to be the most brilliant and intelligent student in her school that all the teachers and students loves and always commend her

Mrs Mary and her husband got divorced due to fact that life has not been friendly with them.

Mrs Mary travelled faraway town to start a new life as well. She got a job opportunity in a private school.

And it happened that the school Mrs Mary got employed was the same school Amanda was schooling

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