I can't take it anymore, the pains is too much she exclaimed to herself, picking up her phone to dail her husband number!

"hello , honey my water just broke!

husband replies, wow honey are you serious?? am on my way home hold on for me.

wife replies please make it here fast am in so much pains.

he helps his wife enters into the car and he rushes her to the hospital, nurse , doctor my wife is in labour please her.

mma you have to push, the nurse said

aaahhhhhh I am oh it's really exhausting replied Mrs Alice.

push harder we've seen the baby's head,

the next few minutes the cry of a baby!

congrats ma it's a baby girl, Mrs Alice smiles and fell into coma. she was still bleeding they tried to cloth the blood but to no avail she died after fifteen minutes after birth,

without feeling the joy of motherhood..

coming out of the labour room to meet to meet Mrs Alice husband.

sir congrats you have a beautiful daughter now, what about my wife is she okay?? Mr Anderson asked, sir we are very sorry we tried all we could but we lost your wife.

I don't understand my wife was hale and hearty I made sure she visited a gynecologist , I made sure she attended her antenatal she's all I've got , death why my dear wife has been snatch away from me , he cries like a baby in front of the nurses, he wails so much that the people gathered to know what is going on.

Mr Anderson Good knows why this has to happen to you take heart, said the first sympathizer, pls for the sake of your daughter be strong don't give her , if you have a blood pressure now and you die , your daughter will have no one in this cruel world , Mr Anderson friend Joseph consoled ...

what's the point of living? when my sunshine is gone , my heartbeat, now she leaves me here to take care of our daughter, we long waited for this baby for the past fifteen years now that our prayers was been answered, she can't even enjoy what God gave to her, her long waited happiness.

he cries so much that he was pitied by many, please take heart don't give up said his friend!

Nurses pls come my friend has just fainted, Anderson pls wake up your daughter needs you now than ever.

why am I here? asked Mr Anderson

you fainted just now , replied me Joseph

pls take it easy on yourself you've got a daughter to take care. I know but I need to see her for the last time said Mr Anderson.

seeing her lifeless body, he still can't believe she's gone, he remembers her last words to him," I LOVE YOU, I will bring our joy home and I will love you both" he goes to see his daughter and it seems as if his sadness vanishes away, for he saw a replica of his wife, He was contented and said I will take care of you till my last breath anything that tries to harm you will have to go through me first, for you are my last new found joy...

he pays the hospital bills heads home with his daughter...

waking up from the cries of the baby, oh it's just pass two am in the morning, what could be making Lucy cry like this, turning on the light of the room , trying to reach out to his daughter to find out what would make her cry in such way, oh my God he exclaimed! what is really going on in my life! why am I so unlucky in life not so long I lost my wife and I just had a funeral few weeks ago, now my daughter is been bitten by a snake, why am I so unfortunate? Mr Anderson rushes to open the door to rush his baby to the hospital and getting there, the nurses were feeling reluctant to attend to them. what on Earth is going on here my daughter is dying she's the best thing I have for now,

oh sorry sir we have called the doctor, his on his way here, be rest assured sir we have given her first aid that would sustain your daughter before the doctor gets here, said the nurses to Mr Anderson,

pacing up and down in the hospital , in misdt of worries, tears and frustration, wishing his wife were alive, she would have been in the best position to take care of their their daughter, that he had been careless with his daughter.

Hello good evening Mr Anderson! the doctor greeted , don't worry your daughter will be fine, we have attended to her, sir I must compliment you, your really doing a great job with your daughter, aside from the snake bite, your daughter is doing well, you can pay the bills and take her home tomorrow morning.

ah thank you doctor for saving my daughter I really hope that she will be fine,

be rest assured sir she's fine you can go in and see her but you don't, need to disturb her she's asleep..

okay thanks doctor,

please where's the counter so that I can pay my bills,

oh it's over there, pay it to the cashier there!

oh it's morning, waking up to see his baby smiling and playing with her filler, oh thank Goodness your alive I don't know what I will do if your dead.

am promising you today that I will take good care of you, I will protect you from every harm that comes your way, I will send you to the best schools, I will work hard for you to live , this was the promise i made to your mother while you were in the womb.

Basil ! Basil am home ! have brought your sister home, she's okay now , ah Daddy I was so worried that I will not see Lucy again, dad I promise you that I will always take care of my sister, protect her, she's my little girl!

yes ! you must protect even if she's your step sister, you see after your mom left me, I and Lucy mom took great care of you as if you were her own, so she's counting on us to do a great job taking care of her.

"dad" I will never forget her love towards me , dad! that reminds me Aunty Catherine came to look for you, she said this week was her turn to take care of Lucy, she said, she was sorry for not coming earlier and she came quickly, when she heard what happened to lucy.

don't worry, I will give her a call later on, Basil not hearing his father last statement was busy playing with his sister, He love Lucy so much!

Basil! are you even hearing me at all? go and get me my food and So exhausted, alright dad on my way ...

I just hope entering here will be safe for me, seeing that this house is uncompleted and they are no occupants yet. she goes inside only to discover that a man lives in there too.

I've got a good company tonight, beauty I hope you could please me real good tonight! Lucy feared and panicked that her life was going to end that night, she thought to herself that this man won't let her off the hook, and she believed in chastening herself that's the promise she made to her father, never to allow a man touch her until she's married , she suddenly realized that it's over for her.

beauty come over her

no sir am very sorry I entered the wrong place.

were you blind that this is a not a no go area for a girl like you , your just pretending to be a saint when your just a slut ,

he slaps Lucy on the face and she tries to run away from him, but he gripped her so strong that he tore her clothes.

suddenly a car approaches the building and a man gets off the car, he hears the cries of a girl he hurries to check what is going on.

what do you think you are doing to her,does she look like a slut, don't you go to clubs to see sluts everywhere who are willing to do it with you??

he beats the man, and rush to Mary and gave her, his jacket to cover herself .

hey?! are you okay? lemme take you to the hospital,

no it's fine am okay, thanks for helping me I need to be on my way now.

do you have a place to pass the night?

no I don't, don't worry about me.

no ,am worried cos you don't know your way around Lagos, let me help you get a place where you could sleep.

thanks you don't need to worry about me.

I still insist let me pay for a guest house for you, then I could be at rest this night.

Lucy reluctantly accepts to follow the stranger.

he helps her to the car, and drove to the guest house, paid the bills and drove off.

Lucy wondered who could be this good Samaritan after what she passed through in hands of her step brother and step mother.

her memories flashed back how her dad died after junior high school, and she became a school drop out.

your a shame to this family, you stole my money from my purse , you are cursed you killed your parent, now your trying to bewitch my son, you worthless girl.

mummy please I had nothing to do with Daddy's death , I loved my dad so much and I can do anything to bring him back.

shut up you cursed child!

what do you know?

you can't do anything good in this house, good for nothing