AdanmaNwamakaChisom Cassandra Ejuka was born on the 15th of
march 1992. That day was a day of joy
for Mr.&Mrs.Ejuka who hail from Ihiala in Anambra state. Mr.EmekaEjuka was
a successful architect who was opportune to study his course abroad. Mrs.AdakuEjuka
was a successful business woman who studied business administration in the University
of Ibadan. They were well to do. Unfortunately for them they had been in search
of a child for twelve years before the birth of Adanma. What joy it was for
this family when Mrs.Adaku was confirmed pregnant.
On the
15th of March at 10a.m Mrs.Adaku was rushed to the hospital. She was
attended to immediately and her baby Adanma was born. Adanma was given to the
baby because she the first daughter and also a girl. “Adanma” meaning “Beautiful
first daughter”. That name was given to her by her father, Nwamaka was given to
her by her mother “Nwamaka” meaning “Beautiful child”, Chisom was given to her
by her maternal grandmother meaning “God follows me” and Cassandra was given to
her by her aunt Esther who loved the idea of given children English names.
As time
went by, Adanma as she was formally called by everyone except aunt Esther grew
up like every other child. But her mother pampered her and made sure she lacked
nothing. She bought her everything she requested not giving any form of
restrictions to any of her requests. This was still okay as she was still small
and asked for things that children of her age would ask for. Her dad warned
against this over pampering but the mother was fond of reminding him of how
long they searched for this child and they had no other but her. When she said
these things he would have a change of heart and would not talk about it again
for a while.
On
Adanma’s 10th birthday, the party was huge. The most popular
musicians were invited to sing on that day and even dress codes were stated.
Only people with invitation cards could enter and there were police men
guarding the venue. The birthday was shown on the television for uninvited
guests and interested people to watch. The gifts handed out were things like;
school bag, water bottles, flasks, school shoes and lots more. Adanma was as
proud as a peacock that day. She changed clothes anyhow and she gave orders
like she was the boss of the event. She was uncontrollable but her parents did
not know, and that was just the beginning of what they were yet to see.
Adanma entered secondary school; she entered one of the
best secondary schools in Lagos. She went into an all boarding school. Her mum
felt good putting her there because that’s the school all the children of the
prominent people in the country attended. Adanma entered the school and was
introduced to all the prefects, all the labs, teachers and everything she
needed to know was told to her. Adanma was a very social girl who loved life
and fashion. Her dream was to become a fashion designer and a model. In two
days, Adanma had a number of friends who she moved with and did all things
with.
When
Adanma entered ss2, she was appointed the head girl of her school. This just
increased her popularity. She was very pretty and was said to be the most
beautiful girl in the school by many students. It was no surprise that all the
boys wanted her as a girlfriend. Adanma who was very proud and uncontrollable, flaunted
her beauty all around the school. In ss3, she decided to date the head boy of
the school, who was equally a handsome young guy. Adanma refused to listen to
the advice of her friends who told her to face her studies first. She went on
with the relationship until one day after school; he told her that he wanted to
experiment something with her. She knew what he was trying to say so she told
him to go ahead without thinking of the risk ahead.Adanma never cared about
anything. She felt that whatever happened to her, her parents would be able to
handle it since they were wealthy. After that day, she and the head boy had met
a couple of times more. She was enjoying her life left to her. She was
fortunate enough to pass her exams when they came. But for how long would
Adanma continue this way was the question her close friends who knew what was
happening kept on asking expecting that answers would come someday.
Adanma wrote her WAEC and came out with an average
result. Her mother did not caution her or do anything; she just congratulated
her for at least graduating. This made her feel she was doing okay. Nothing she
did was ever wrong to her mother and when her father spoke about any of her bad
behaviors, the mother would begin to cry reminding the father of her she was in
search of a child of twelve years. The man now resolved to not speaking about
any bad behavior at all to avoid any tears from his wife. Meanwhile Adanma was
busy flaunting her bad behaviors all around.
Adanma got into university and found out it was nothing
like secondary school at all. Everyone did what they pleased and no one
reprimanded another person. She was not forced to attend lectures or do
anything she ought to do. She found this life exciting, and fitting in was not
a problem at all.Adanma joined a clique of girls known as the “MOVERS AND
SHAKERS”. She joined them when they were already four so she was made the fifth
girl of the group. They wore particular dresses on particular days and they
were hardly in the school premises always in one party or the other. Adanma
loved this group so much and knew that for her to keep staying in the group she
had to quit attending lectures. So she quit attending the few lectures she
managed to attend and all she did was party day and night. She hardly visited
home all she did was call home and request for money whenever she needed.
During
Adanma’s stay in the university, her parents especially her mum felt very
lonely and decided to adopt a son and a daughter. They planned to break this
news to Adanma whenever she came home. Since she had not come home for the past
three years, they decided to invite her home. At this time their adopted son
was about fourteen years and the daughter twelve years. The children were
adopted when they were ten and eight years respectively. They loved their new
home and waited patiently to meet their big sister. This particular Sunday,
Adanma’s mum got a call from Adanma saying she was on her way home but she
wouldn’t take so much time. Her mum broke the news to the whole family and
everyone prepared to welcome her. Her mum particularly prepared her favourite
dish and laid the table with the help of her second daughter. They had waited
for Adanma for thirty minutes then they heard a car horn. They just sat
impatiently waiting for her to enter the house. And then here she was, looking
like she had just finished smoking and drinking. Her father was not too
surprised knowing that Adanma was over pampered by her mother and also having
it at the back of his mind that the other two kids would never turn out the way
Adanma did. The children Ikenna and Nkechi were surprised at the way Adanma
looked. They thought highly of her and were disappointed at the outcome. She
stared at her parents for a while they asked who the little ones were. The
mother replied saying that she never visited that’s why she never knew. She
also told her about how lonely they were so they decided to adopt children who
would keep them company. Adanma just nodded her head meaning okay she did not
mind. Her father just went into the room and slept off. Mrs. Adaku ushered
Adanma to the table for lunch. The other children Ikenna and Nkechi joined on
the table and prayed before they began to eat. Adanma had already started
eating before the prayers were said. The children just kept on analyzing their
elder sister, trying to draw conclusions about her in their head. There was no
discussion during lunch. The mother did not know what to say and the little
ones were too scared to ask any questions. Towards the end of their lunch,
Nkechi mustered courage and asked Adanmahow old she was, what level she was and
why she never visited them. She looked at Nkechi who looked at her back and
said ‘I am twenty years old, four hundred level and I did not come home because
I am always busy in school and I was not aware that I had a sister and a
brother’ as she said this last part of her sentence, she looked at her mother
with a mixture of anger and happiness. Adanma left the table and said good bye
to her family and she was off to school as she said to be seen whenever.
Things
were still running smooth for Adanma in school. She did what her other girls
did during exams to pass. She was not concerned about the repercussion of all
the things she had been doing. She never thought for once about the risk
involved and other diseases that could be acquired from this her rough
lifestyle. People began to talk about Adanma and her friends, and all they said
about them were negative things. Adanma was very nonchalant about the things of
life.
Well to
Adanma, meeting her present friends was the best thing that happened to her
because they introduced her to so many nasty things like smoking, drinking,
sleeping around, gambling and so many more things. Adanma had forgotten God
totally and it never even occurred to her that there was a god who was watching
her and even loved her even though she had deviated from him. Adanma was never
really a Godly type but during her secondary school days she knew there was a
God but she just did not see any reason to serve him. Adanma went on with her
bad behaviours and entered her fifth year. She had intended to study medicine.
When
Adanma entered her fifth year, things began to happen. Her friends fell ill one
day and were rushed to the hospital. Temi the leader of the group was told she
had an incurable disease named HIV/AIDS, Sarah her other friend had contacted
diseases,Chioma another friend had lost her womb. She would never be able to
give birth again. Diana her closest friend and also a member of their was dying
of cervical cancer. This was too much for Adanma to bear. Adanma also went
through a series of screening and was found to have kidney and liver disease.
Adanma could not bear the news. She was told that she would be able to survive
if she got a donor for kidney and that an immediate surgery would have to take
place. This was a big reality for adanma. She called her parents immediately
and told them what had happened. The next day she went home. She narrated the
story of her university life to them. Her father was speechless and sad. Her
mother fainted and was revived. The news was something nobody could bear. Her
mother was the one that was blamed for all her pampering and misleading her
daughter. They started running around and begging people to donate kidney for
the daughter. Weeks passed and Adanma got worse by the day. The doctor said if
they did not find a donor in five days, their daughter would die.
Luckily
for them, they found a donor who they paid five million for the donation.
Adanma and the donor a guy named Charles, survived after the operation and were
back on their feet in three weeks. Adanma was so thankful to the guy that she
decided to marry him. He was a poor man who just had a shop where he sold spare
parts. She looked over these things and decided to marry him. This helped
Charles because soon Adanma’s father got Charles a good job and he worked well
and made his money.
Adanma gave her life to Christ and soon she was pregnant
and gave birth to a son for Charles and she named him Chigozie. And they lived
happily. Adanma had learnt her lesson and told herself that if there was a next
life, she would serve God from the beginning and always do the right things.
THE END
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