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Nanja had always been a sucker for drama and acting, since she was a kid, that’s actually how she and Newitt met. Although, her father was the stable keeper for Newitt’s farmer, the only time Newitt could summon that courage to talk to her was when her caught her acting mother with two hens that escaped from the chicken farm.
As he approached her, the hens scurried away , so he stopped , as he watched her cajole them back .
Why aren’t they scared of you ? ‘ he had asked .
She smiled and shrugged , and continued playing with them .
That day , Newitt learnt a lot about hens from Nanja , much more than he had known in twelve years of existence. Since then, they became inseparable .
Newitt’s mother , Tenje noticed it, and warned him against it .
She’s but a commoner, Ne ‘ she always sha , caressing his brown curly hair that fell on his back .
At age twelve , Newitt was almost taller than his dad, he was about five feet, nine inches . His body build was slender, but firm and upright . There was no such thing as bending , because of his height, and also because his mother won’t have it.
He had two younger sister that he cherished and would protect with all his heart . Gontre , the older of the two , was nine when Newitt was twelve , and Henshe , was six .
On of the days when Newitt would sneak out of the farm to go on adventures with Nanje, he would bribe both his sisters with a mango and two apples each , which he bought with the wages paid to him for daily work on that farm by his dad.
This went in for months , and because worse when he started attending school in town. He would go to the corn fields with Nanje , right after school closed . Newitt started school very late , at the age of twelve, after the teachers and the miners convinced him to let his son start school .
Newitt was very good at catching up with school work, but the best part was when he had to go and spend time with Nanje .
It stopped a few days after Newitt turned fifteen. His mother was looking for dried wood to make a fire, and couldn’t find any. Newitt’s father , Pronje , had gone to town to send the evening with fellow men . He put Newitt in charge of the house before he went to school , and even reminded him when he saw him in town.
In search of the wood, Tenje had tripped over a side table and fallen down. Gronte, ran to help her up , and Henshe tried her best to assist .
They finally got her on a horse , and Gronte , the house’s champion rider , hurriedly road her down the lonely path that led to town.
I’m scared, Henshe cried as she reached out to accord her mom’s body to touch Gronte.
Don’t worry , henny , everything would be okay, alright ? She called out.
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The doctor placed his hand over her sweaty forehead and let out a sigh of relief .
It’s a mild concussion, she have to be in bed rest for about one week ‘he said .
I’d give you some herbs that’ll work for her as well.
Just make sure she’s not going through any stress at all ‘ he continued.
But this time , Gronte had told her father what had happened , he got there as fast as he could, and ask her to go in search of Newitt.
After about thirty minutes of searching , she found Newitt behind the baker’s house , kissing Nanje .
Newt ‘ she screamed , how dare you !
Nanje ran away , embarrassed and shy that his sister had witnessed their first kiss .
Uggghh what now ? ‘ he asked turning , to see who it was .
When he saw it was his sister , he to her and asked her why she was in town .
It’s mum , ‘ she fell, she was unconscious.Dad said I should come get you .
Oh my Lord ‘ Newitt yelled, covering his mouth with the back of his palm.
He dragged Gronte along with him as he ran as fast as he could.
Gronte’s slender body followed his every move as they made it to the clinic .
His dad , stood six feet tall, his hands at akibo, as his straight hair danced to the direction of the wind. He was a very well built man. With muscles and well chiseled face, people often wondered why he stayed back in the country side .
He was dressed in dark blue “jalabiya” , and a pair of brown leather lace up sandals . His face was twisted in a frown and his mouth moved slowly as he prayed quietly.
You ‘ , he yelled , pointing at Newitt as he approached the clinic .
You better now come home today ‘ he continued, come back when you decided how to set your priorities right .
Newitt, fell to the ground and wept bitterly, and after so much begging from the people from town , he decided to allow him return home the next day . On the grounds that he was not longer going to attend school again .
Pronje loved his wife with everything within him . He had met her when he was on a “vacation” to this town, her town, Nobe.
She was the waitress that served him his first meal, and he was smitten by her beauty and composure. He had asked her several times to have a date with him, just days after he had first seen her , but she declined.
All them foreigners just come, sleep with ‘em town girls and go away . It’s their way , ain’t nobody falling from that again , except you head been hit a crane ‘, her mum sister, Aunty Temme said at dinner the day she caught Tenje reading a letter from him .
As time went on , he proved himself worthy , and settled in the town , which was totally and completely against his father’s wishes.
Pronje was a Prince in his own town , a much bigger town , and he was also a graduate betrothed to marry a fellow royal child . The vacation he took was just to see the world one last time before he took up his royal duties .
Seeing the way Pronje loved Tenje , him and his sisters , taught Newitt how to love and care for others .
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Newitt paced around the front of the gate, thinking of whether to ride to town yet or not . As he walked towards the stable to get a horse, he heard the sound of hoofs approaching the farm.
His son Neri was riding it , Nanje’s body was laid across the back of horse, and Kenri was missing .
He checked his wife’s pulse, and felt nothing.
He hopped on the horse , and asked Neri to ride to where he came from .
They found Kenri on the way , badly injured and almost unconscious. Neri in the other hand wasn’t responding to any questions Newitt asked as they rode to town.
As they got to the clinic, the doctor tried to stabilize Nanje , but she kept slipping in and out of consciousness.
The finally was stable for about and hour. Newitt, never left her side , except to see how other children were doing .
Love again ,’ she managed to say when he got back into the room .
Love ag...... ‘ her voice went flat .
So did the line on the improvised ekg machine .
Newitt cried and wept for days . After his children recovered he took them back to the farm.
All he did was work in the farm, take his children to school and bring them back . He also took cooking classes in the town whenever he had spare time, cooking was something he loved to do.
Nenlo was new to town , she was on vacation , and decided to take a few cooking classes to.
Newitt and Nenlo quickly got acquainted with each other , as Nenlo spoke about his parents so fondly .
Yeahh , they’re amazing people ‘ Nenlo always concludes with a giggle.
THE END .
Part two soon .
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