I was at the market today when the heavy rain started, i was drenched even with my umbrella, swimming the dirty water with my legs was not healthy but was the only way out. I had to pull off my slippers, and continued my journey in the water.
"Chioma" A woman screamed my name. I turned to look back and it was my neighbor, my friends mother. She has a shop at the market where she sells plantain and when she called out my name, i turned back to wave at her smiling.
I continued the walk and heard a woman shouting, so i stopped.
"I know say na you send this rain, so i no go sell market, but my God go fight for me" She was shouting and i noticed it was my friends mother she was talking to.
I smiled dismissing it as their usual market women joke not until my friends mother told me that the woman was not joking and she is abnormal.
"Ah, you be winch, wetin you tell this sister? say i dey abnormal. Na you and your entire generations dey abnormal" the woman rained insults on my neighbor and i was marveled.
"She dey evil o. Run for your life" The woman signaled to me.
"She is my mother, so shut up" I angrily fired back at her.
My neighbor was surprised on how i stood up for her, but that was the right thing to do. I got to notice how people can even badmouth you in your presence not minding the consequences. If it was someone else who doesn't know my neighbor, they would obviously believe the woman utterances.
Why do people act love to smear people's name? i found out that they both sold the same thing and it was out of sheer jealousy that made her try to pick up a fight with her.
You will just be on your own, but trouble will come and look for you.
There should be no hate among us, We ARE ONE.
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