Mistaken genotype

f us to live like this. You are like a daughter to me and I want you

ided that she had to take the initiative and approach N

r mother-in-law was talking to her meekly. Wonders wi

Let me put on my clothes. I

she would find out and put her in her pl

e, Mama. I a

pright, smilin

want you to know that I understand you very well. I hav

e years old. She hardly even remembered him. Her mother told her he died of lung cancer. His death

ou didn't sell, you wo

him; he paid her well. She was doing her best to make sure his transportation business succeeded. After six months as his cashier, Mr. Ug

nd extreme riches. I can read a character with my eyes closed. That is why I wanted

to treat you as my mother, but you

aybe you don'

ays insult me and i

to be a strong woman. The world is hars

kno

her told him to be a partner in the transportation business but he refused. He did not want to work with his father. He wanted to venture on his own. He might not be very wealt

d that was a foolish answer. The police were out of th

e one. I saw it coming. I went for the necessary protection. Nobody, I tell you, nobody becomes rich on thi

anything stupid. Maybe Daniel had come into some fortune which he had not told her. So many maybes wen

y I met you, I saw that you are too soft. No, no, that will not work over here. Your enemies w

in his bank account. "I know more about him than you do," she boasted. What irks her is that Nkechi just accepts whatever life throws at her. That is not the w

w thought she knew much about poverty, she knew about it much more so. But this talk of protection and enemies was strange to her ears. She would adjust when the time comes. She did not think

ama? I believe my husband will be very rich one day. Richer than he

ten to me. When I tell you what to do, you should stop arguing with

f she asks her to do so

When I tell you anything, accept it as it is. I might not be perfect but I have seen much more

Now her mother-in-law was

t I will never tell you about and I don't want you to experience. Devilish things. Spiritually devast

er mother-in-law's pain and toil. She was seeing her mother-in-law in

But that is now in the past. If the spiritual battles I have fought were to come

ttle?" Nkechi asked. Maybe there was s

nemies have entered this house and they have taken a firm hold.

e they said the chi

d told me they have tied your womb an

s SS. I don't believe any enemy is after me. I belie

ncontrollably that Nkechi thought she

bout it. You are an unbeliever. God works by power.

Religious dogmatism only stirred up hatred and conflict. If he

ur baby? Do you know what happens in the spiritual re

and I don't

? Is it normal to give birth to a child that is destined to die? I pity

not have spiritual protection. Forces were controlling this univer

not tied. My daughter is not SS. I re

sion and have some peace of mind. I

a solution. It was not real. This is not a spiritual problem but a medical confusion. Everything will be resolved in due time. She was cert

he helps people solve their problems. She an

ed with the church I attend. I am not the sort that hops fro

an keep your church. The Bishop has millions of members all over the world. A

a. I will thi

ecause time is n

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own. We nee

im with their usual ritual of asking after what the day had been at the market and if he had good sales. He had not even had a res

she had with her mother-in-law. She would not change her min

d you go about as if things are fine. Things are terrible with us. I hav

discussion I had

keep doing is to find one fault or the other. Let me finish, please. I don't want you to gi

rselves in obscure religious activities. As I told her, I want you to k

igion. He had not spent his time and money for her to be telling him irrelevances. What he wants

we be doing

r did not

other-in-law because she did not want any religious

ng? Everyone living under my roof will participate, whether you like it or not. Just get it into your hea

not know whether fasting would affect her baby. She always

will not affect your baby. It

l the hospital

l. There were so many ailments orthodox medicine cannot cure. "Unless you travel abr

truth was that their lives w

ether. The Bishop is giving us protection. No one else can do that fo

ess when he went on and on. Her fears had only fallen on deaf ears. By the way, she had n

mor

house. They would only take water. He was happy that she had agreed. "I am doing this f