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12– Made-up story
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2020-06-08 05:12:19Next morning we were woken up by someone calling Yoké's name. I jerked awake, which in turn woke Yoké up. Standing before us was a little child, a girl. She was topless and wearing a little skirt.
"Yoké are you sleeping?" she asked him. Her voice was soft and pure. I looked around, it was broad daylight there was no one else around besides this child. I got out of Yoké's arms quickly. "It's morning Yoké." "I hope no one saw us here." Yoké said. "Beki where is your mother?" "She's coming." The child responded. "Let's go Genesis." He took my hand and we went the other way quickly. *** Yoké took me back to the cave and we stood against its walls and waited for Gamu. "When will you go see your father again?" "Maybe tomorrow morning." "I want to come with you." "Uma told you about their princess. I don't want her to get upset seeing you with me. My father's life is actually in her hands. Those people never keep their prisoners locked up for more than a year. If the prisoner doesn't die in that year, then they bury them alive." I gasped. "How long has your father been there?" "He left when I was 14-years-old... So, it's about 10 years now since he had been locked up." "Wow..." "I know, it's a miracle. But I know that she's only keeping him alive so that I can keep coming there." "So she just wants to keep seeing you all the time?" "As soon as I get there, the people that she put in place go alert her. And then after a while she comes to the prison too. Then she asks me to join her and family for a meal after I finish with my father. I do and then later on we spend time walking around her village." "So her family allows her to bring you to their hut?" "Yes..." "How come?" "I don't know... I already told you. They are not as strict as us. It's not a big thing for them. They know I'm just her friend." I nodded. "So, when-" "Genesis, let's not talk about her. Please. She is just a pathway to my father. Don't worry about her." Gamu suddenly arrived. "Greetings love birds." She said. We greeted her back. "Gamu I need a bath." I told her. "That's why I came to get you. Furah said it's okay for you to come back down. And Yoké, Furah says that you should go to her. They would like to thank you for your service." "Let me guess, with corn?" I said. "Of cause. What else?" Gamu asked. "Corn symbolizes the richness of our soil. So, if one gives you corn, it means that you are valued, appreciate it." Yoké told me. "Rena needs to start attending your classes Yoké, with the small children. She still has a lot to learn." "I wouldn't be able to teach if she was sitting down there looking up at me." Yoké said putting his arm around me. "And why not?" I asked punching him playfully in his stomach. He took my hands in his. "That hit was too strong for a woman." "Maybe because you are hungry." I said laughing. "I am." he laughed and took my arms and held it behind my back. I started trying to free myself so that I can hit him again. "Why are you two always so physical?" Gamu asked us. I laughed. "It's not me, it's him." "Rena we have to go." "Yeah, you have to go." Yoké hugged me with my hands still behind my back. He then kissed me on my lips and let me go. "See you, Yoké." I waved at him and then took Gamu's hand. "Let's go Gamu. By the way, my real name is Genesis." "What?" She said confused. We started to walk. "Spending the whole night with Yoké is making you go insane. What happened anyway? Tell me everything." "First what's the plan?" "What plan?" "What are we doing first?" "We are going to the river and then to the well, Uma is already there filling up our buckets." "If only Furah finds out that his new maids Uma and Yoké fill up the buckets every morning..." She laughed. "Don't try to make me forget. Tell me what happened with you and Yoké last night." I told her a juicy made-up story of Yoké and myself and laughed at the way she gasped throughout the whole story and then when I finished the story, I told her that I was just joking. She started hitting and chasing after me and I ran and laughed all the way. When we reached the river, I told her everything that happened, the truth, from the time she was called by Furah until this morning. She didn't believe that nothing physical happened between Yoké and me. She told me that she liked the first story rather and I told her me too. She then asked me whether the first story would ever happen, and I smiled shyly and told her not until we both got married.Related chapters
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I woke up before the cock crowed. I went outside to Gamu's chamber and started tapping Gamu so she could wake up. "Rena, what is it now?" Gamu moaned in her sleep. "Wake up, Gamu." "What for?" She said rubbing her eyes. "We need to go to the river and the well." "The cock hasn't even crowed yet. Leave me alone." "We can't wait for the cock today." Gamu was now fully awake. She was frowning and shaking her head. "Rena what is wrong with you?" "Today I need to see Yoké early," I whispered." He is going somewhere later, if we wait for the cock by the time we finish everything he will be gone already." Gamu opened her mouth but didn't speak, she just shook her head. "What?" I asked her. "Do you have to see him every day?" She asked me. "It's different today." "No, it's not." She rolled her eyes. "You are just being silly, as usual." I couldn't tell her the truth. I couldn't tell her that I wanted us to finish with everything early because I didn't want to miss Yoké. He w
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When we got to the great bamboo wall that separates our village from theirs, Yoké moved a few loose bamboos to one side and told me to crawl under to the other side. When I was through, I held them to the side for him too. When I looked around, I noticed the forest continued from our village into theirs, it was just separated by a line of green bamboo sticks. And there was no difference between their forestry and ours. “Now we are in Kuja village.” “So, what’s so different between the Kuja villagers and the Toko people?” “Just the believes. They allowed foreigners into their land to lead them astray from the Gods.” “Which foreigners?” I asked him. “By the way, the people here also speak Loke and Kwali like us and a bit of English. So don’t think you can talk to me about them in Loke or English and they won’t understand you.” Yoké told me. “Why would I speak to you in Loke? I can’t even speak it.” I rolled my eyes at him. “Come to think of it,” Yoké stopped and smiled at me.
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The next day, after the river I refused to go with Gamu to the well, I went straight to the hut. I didn't tell her about the Princess nor her servant or else she would have known that Yoké went to the next village. When she came back from the well that day she waited until we were alone and then started to complain about her back pain because of having to carry the buckets all alone. I didn't respond to anything she said. I just sat on the stool with my back against the wall and played with the carved hyena in my hand. "Rena are you listening to me?" She asked me. "I am." "What did I say?" "That you have a pain in your lower back." She looked at me in disbelieve and then shook her head. "What's wrong? Tell me." She came to sit on the stool opposite mine. "What do you mean?" I asked shaking my head. "Nothing." "No Rena, there is something wrong because that's not what I said. I stopped talking about my back a long time ago. I was telling you that Yoké was asking me about you."
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We sat around the wooden table and ate. Gamu cooked green beans today. I was now used to her food and enjoyed every one of the different foods she cooked. “Tomorrow morning there’s a ceremony.” The chief told Furah and I. He avoided my eyes as usual. “Before the sun rises. Furah tell your servant to get Rena ready in time. We can’t be late.” “Who is it?” Furah asked the chief. “Someone we wouldn’t have believed could do anything like that.” I did not understand what they were talking about. I looked towards Gamu. She shook her head slowly and I understood her. This ceremony tomorrow was not something we would be happy about. There was trouble. That morning, we woke up before the cock crowed. Gamu and I hurried to the river. “What do you think the ceremony is about?” I asked Gamu. “There’s only one ceremony that takes place before the sun rises.” “And what is that?” “This is bad, Rena.” She said. “Gamu, which ceremony is it?” “It’s the beheading ceremony.” I gasped.
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Gamu sat with her knees bent, head in her hands and her elbows resting on her knees. We were before the river. “Rena, why?” She asked me, regretfully. I was sitting with my arms wrapped around my knees. I was still crying and shivering, I couldn’t get Sona out of my head: just when we had turned to leave, I had heard the chief’s command loud and clear and then the sickening slicing sound, followed by the horrific gasp of the villagers.“Rena, you don’t know how much trouble you got yourself into with the chief and Furah.” “Gamu, forget about me.” I told her. “Didn’t you see what they did to Sona? Didn’t you see how his mother was crying? How could they be so heartless?” “Do you know how much Rena meant to the chief and Furah? Do you know how long it took them to get that first and only child? You shouldn’t have mentioned her to them.” “I could ask you the same about Sona’s mother. Why are you sounding as if Sona’s life didn’t matter. “ “You don’t know a thing about Sona or his
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When we got to the hut he went to the side and put me down on the bench and then stood before me with his hands on his waist. I looked up at him with a scowl. “I don’t even know where to start.” He said, biting his bottom lip like he always did. I didn’t say anything. “Okay, first of all, why did you just leave Kuja without me? I thought you were supposed to wait for me.” I didn’t say anything. “Did you remember your way back?” “No, I didn’t, I’m still lost there.” I said sarcastically. He smiled shortly. “Anyway, about the Princess, you spoke to her. I was so scared when you made a scene in front of her, but I should have trusted you. Because of everything you told her she said that she would ask her father to free my father and let him take refuge in their village. She said it wouldn’t be easy because the whole village could question that act, but she would try her best. Thank you, Genesis.” “There’s nothing to thank me for. It’s only human. If you claim you love somebody
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"What are we going to do?" I asked him, the blood in my body still running a marathon. He looked back at me with so much concern. “It’s okay…” Yoké told me. “It’s just Uma.” How did he know? “Uma I’m this side.” Yoké called out. Uma appeared with a bucket in his hand. “You know this was the last thing I imagined seeing this morning after the beheading ceremony just took place.” “Rena was there.” Yoké told him. “Why did she even go?” Uma asked. “You shouldn’t have gone Rena.” “She’s with the royal family. It’s a must for all of them to attend.” “I would never attend that ceremony ever again. The last time I attended I was just a little boy. But what I saw, I can never forget. It’s traumatizing.” He was swinging his bucket as he was speaking. “Yoké, aren’t you going to draw water today?” “I don’t want to leave her here alone. She’s not in a good space right now.” “So… should I take your bucket, or you have water from yesterday?” “I have enough water. Just do me a
Last Updated : 2020-07-15Till Worlds Do Us Part 20– The future
Yoké later ignited the fire and warmed his food for us and we ate. I told him that the food was delicious, and he was so happy to hear that. He started telling me that when we get married, he would be the one cooking for us since I do not know how to cook yet. He said he would then start teaching me how to cook. When we finished eating, he brought the water from the hut, and he washed the bowls while I rinsed them. When we were done, he put the bowls back inside. We then sat by the fire side by side and I laid my head on his shoulder. "Where do you want us to build our hut once we get married? We can build it anywhere you'd like." "I like it up here. Just us two, so far from everyone else." I told him. "Just us two? What about our little ones?" I started to laugh. "Which little ones?" "The ones which you and I will have. I want our first child to be a girl by the way. A beautiful baby girl with your hair." I tried to imagine a baby girl with Yoké's smile, his eyes, and my
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Till Worlds Do Us Part 53– Do us part
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Till Worlds Do Us Part 52– Some things are more important than others
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Till Worlds Do Us Part 51– It's me
“How could you do this to us, Gamu?” I asked slapping my hands over my mouth as soon as I saw the people she was with. “I’m so sorry Rena..." Gamu told me. She was trembling with fear and shaking her head. Her hair and clothes were damp and her feet were covered in mud. “You’re sorry?” Yoké asked her angrily stepping out of the hut leaving me at the door. “I’m so sorry but I really had to do this.” Gamu told Yoké.I looked over at the Durans. They were standing with umbrellas and watching me. They were four. It was the same three people that had come the last time plus one more. The new man was a tall brunette and was wearing a black suit. He looked so superior compared to the others. For a second I thought it was my father but he was too young to be my father. He looked in his late 20's. When he saw me his eyes Popped.“Genesis?” The man said taking a step forward towards me. “Genesis Leticia Roseburg…” I looked back at Gamu. “Why did you bring them here, Gamu?"“Because you have
Till Worlds Do Us Part 50– Betrayed
I shook my head and more tears fell that he couldn’t catch in time. “We’ll both stay out of it.”“Without you everyone will back out, I will do everything in my power to keep the group together. And they won’t even know that you are not with us because I will lead them on the cliff and I will speak in your place.”“Our baby will need her father too.”Yoké hugged me and began running his fingers through me hair. “Yes she does but she needs her mother more.”He tried to comfort me as I cried in his arms. “Don’t do this to me Yoké.”“If the uprising fails, just promise me that our child will always be safe and happy, that you will give her so much love to make up for mine.”“Stop saying things like this.”He loosened his hug but I did not want to let him go. I couldn’t even imagine my life without Yoké. How miserable would I be? What happiness would I reflect on to my child if my own source of happiness was to be taken away from me forever?He tried to loosen my arms gently and when he sa
Till Worlds Do Us Part 49– My baby part 2
Despite the grave trouble I knew I could get into if I was caught sneaking out again, I left the hut and walked to Yoké’s hut. I was trembling, not because of the cold but because of fear. The fear of telling Yoké about my pregnancy and the decision that I have made.When I got to his hut I entered without clapping. He was seated on his bed and painting with the little light from the oil lamp. When he saw me enter he looked up at me with a frown.“Genesis?”I nodded. I was still shaking in fear. He abandoned his wooden board on the bed and came towards me.“What’s wrong?” He asked me taking me into his arms.“I’m pregnant Yoké.” I told him. Even hearing myself say it suddenly scared me.“What?” Yoké asked stepping away from me and looked at me.“I’m pregnant Yoké.” I told him again.“How?”I couldn’t believe my ears. “What do you mean how?”“How do you even know?”“The witch doctor.”Yoké placed his hands on his head and just looked at me, he looked blown away, like he had just heard t
Till Worlds Do Us Part 48– My baby part 1
At night the lightning and thunder continued but the rain had stopped. Despite the grave trouble I knew I could get into if I was caught sneaking out again, I left the hut and walked to Yoké’s hut. I was trembling, not because of the cold but because of fear. The fear of telling Yoké about my pregnancy and the decision that I have made. When I got to his hut I entered without clapping. He was seated on his bed and painting with the little light from the oil lamp. When he saw me enter he looked up at me with a frown.“Genesis?”I nodded. I was still shaking in fear. He abandoned his wooden board on the bed and came towards me.“What’s wrong?” He asked me taking me into his arms.“I’m pregnant Yoké.” I told him. Even hearing myself say it suddenly scared me.“What?” Yoké asked stepping away from me and looked at me.“I’m pregnant Yoké.” I told him again.“How?”I couldn’t believe my ears. “What do you mean how?”“How do you even know?”“The witch doctor.”Yoké placed his hands on his h
Till Worlds Do Us Part 47– Best advice
In the evening I couldn’t even eat the food in front of me. I just kept crying.“Why does this girl keep sobbing like this?” The chief asked Furah.Furah just shrugged.“Maybe she’ll miss this hut.” The chief chuckled. “Well, all good things come to an end.”I got up and left the table.“Where are you going?” Furah asked me.I didn’t respond just kept walking toward the exit.“Rena I asked you, where are you going?”I stopped and looked back at her.“I’m going to sit outside the hut.”“Why?”“Fresh air.”“Okay,” Furah said and then turned to Gamu. “Go sit with her. Make sure she stays close to the hut.”“So what’s this?” I asked her. “You are treating me like a prisoner…”“In fact I should have done this ever since you set foot in this hut.”The chief was just looking at us. He looked a little lost.I left the hut and sat on the bench outside. The other younger girls were playing with the rope. They kept laughing and screaming.“Rena what’s going on with you?” Gamu asked me. “Is everyt
Till Worlds Do Us Part 46– Witch doctor
The witch doctor had white drawings on her face, arms and legs. She looked cross for some reason, as if someone had angered her. She did not even get up to greet Furah like everyone else normally did whenever they saw her. Instead she remained seated and continued looked up at the ceiling after we entered her little hut. I looked up too but saw nothing, just straw. The hut did not look welcoming at all, there were carvings of faces which looked oh-so angry. Those carvings hung on the walls of the hut and some were on the floor against the walls. “We greet you.” Furah told the woman. The woman began nodding and didn’t stop. Furah and I exchanged looks. I frowned. Everything about this woman was so strange. “Sit down.” The woman told us, still nodding. I followed Furah closely and sat side by side with her in front of the witch doctor. We then continued watching the woman nod.“What is she doing?” I whispered to Furah. “Shh.” Furah told me quickly. The woman all of a sudden stoppe
Till Worlds Do Us Part 45– Surprise, surprise
“How long have I been an elder?” Elder Ke asked his grand-daughter, Tera.“Since before I was even born.” She scoffed. “About 40 years already.”“Exactly.” Elder Ke responded. “No one will have to act as the bait. I know exactly how to do it. Just tell me when and we’ll do it.”I was so happy. I felt like running to him and giving him a big hug! But obviously I couldn’t do that. Why did I even feel that way?People resumed their cheering, some whistled and some clapped. As everyone rejoiced my eyes caught Uma. He was looking at Gamu. People were still around her praising her. That look Uma had on his face was not of anger and detestation it was of approval and satisfaction. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I wanted to signal Yoké to see what I was seeing but he was too happy to notice.After a while everyone settled down again.“So exactly which laws are we changing?” Kaloy asked us.“The beheading law, of cause, the proposal law and is there any more that’s reasonable to change?” I asked t
