C3 PUSHED TO ADOPT A GIRL - 1

Grace has been thinking about hiring a maid for a long while, but she did not tell either Jiire or her husband untill one day when she asked Jiire to help her to sort some files which she needed to send to her staffs in the office.

When Jiire finished sorting the files and still did one or two things in the house he did not have time to finish the school assignment his teacher gave to him; because the assignment was important the School authority called his dad and complained.

Of course Jiire in a way should be blamed for this incident, because in his bid to please his mother he did not tell her about that assignment. When his father came home and query him about the assignment.

His mother did not like the fact that he chose to abandon his school work to help her. She reprimanded him for it and then used the moment as opportunity to make her renewed interest in hiring house maid known to her husband.

She said, "I have been desiring a maid since all our daughters left home for school, not only because it will relief Jiire of the heavy work at home; but because the house used to be too quiet and lonesome when both of you leave home every morning. So I need a maid so that I can have a person around who I can talk to"

When she finished her husband said"You know back then I did not like the issue of hiring a maid because I did not like our children in the care of a stranger. But things are different now because Jiire who is even our youngest child can keep a maid in check if we are not at home. So if you want to hire a maid you can do so, but try and know very well the source through which the maid will come."

Hearing this, Grace was so happy and said, "Thanks dear for your understanding, I will be careful not to bring a corrupt maid here" So they finished their discussion on the issue of hiring a maid in the privacy of their bedroom. The following morning was when she told Jiire she is going to hire a maid.

Jiire went to school so thrilled about this news, because among his circle of friends from wealthy homes in their school he is the only one who never have a maid attending to him at home. All his class mates always have stories to tell of maids in their homes, and he used to keep quiet when they talked about their experiences with maids their parents hired for them.

So hearing that it is now in her mother's plan to hire a maid, he with joy told his friend whose name is Segun. When Segun heard the news he said, " But your parent are kind of strange to me, I don't understand how they could be so wealthy and generous and yet not have maids all these years."

And they allowed you and your sisters to soil your hands doing dirty works, which maids should do for you. In our house I don't do anything other than order our maids around or slap them when they failed to quickly do what I asked them to do"

Jiire cut him short been shocked to hear what he said and he asked, "You mean you slapped your maids around?"

"Yes, are you surprise?

"Yes, it shocked me to hear that the small you do slap your maids!"

Segun replied, "What are maids for? Many of them are so silly like mules because they came from remote villages, if you don't beat them they won't think or do things straight and their brains won't wake up in time and adjust to city life; so we beat them around in my house!"

With more surprise Jiire asked, "You said we, do you mean your younger sister too do slap them?"

"Oh, no, that one is still too young to do that, but mark my word, she is learning from me and my mother, so she will soon begin to slap our maids"

"But your maids, are they not big ladies, how come they allowed you to slap them?"

"Big ladies? Segun asked, who hire big ladies this days as maids? Most maids that I see today in our government reserved area serving families are young ignorant girls of between ten and twelve years of age from god forsaken jungle villages! So how can I not slap them around?"

When he got to this point one of their teachers saw them where they stood under a tree discussing without been conscious that their break time was over. He shouted, "Boys!!! What are you doing there when your break is already over?"

Hearing this, the two ran straight into their class, but something has been planted in Jiire's well brought up mind; which is foreign to what his parent imputed as virtues in his mind!

For a while after this, his mother searched for maids, but she did not like the ones her friends in the neighborhood introduced to her. Then one day she talked to one of her neighbour while they were together in a salon. And the neighbor asked her the kind of maid she is looking for? She answered and said, "A normal decent lady with a bit of education"

Her neighbour who was called Madam Bridgette looked at her face and asked, "Are you well? Do you want to marry a second wife for your husband or you are searching for a girlfriend for your son?"

"What kind of rubbish questions are these that you are asking me?"She asked in annoyance and continued, "I said I need a maid, you are asking me whether I want to marry a wife for my husband."

Bridgette replied, "It is as if you are not in this town or you are in this town and chose to close your eyes to the trending evils in our city. Have you not heard that many noble women recently have lost their husbands to the so called decent young and a bit educated maids? Please take one into your peaceful home and you will learn a bitter lesson!"

When Grace heard this she was momentarily shocked beyond words! When she came around she asked, Do you mean house maids took some people's husband?

"Many!" Bridgette answered, Even the naive Rolake my friend was a victim! You should remember Rolake now"

"I don't"

"Yes, you do, she was my friend who accompanied me to your last birthday celebration"

"Oh, you mean that gentle pretty woman that is so light in complexion?"

"Yes, she is the one, her home is in deep crises right now, because she caught her husband with her busty so called decent maid!"

"Really! Tell me to close my mouth, or you don't see it hanging open in shock?"

Bridgette said, "You have not heard the whole story, you said your mouth is hanging open! The worst part is that even after they were caught red handed, the husband did not let go of the maid, because he was soul tied to her lusty body!"

"That beats me! It so horrible!"

"More than horrible! But do you blame the man? "

"Why won't I?"

"I don't"Bridgette said

"Why are you not blaming him?"

"I do not because my friend brought seductress home and she must be taught a lesson for bringing to her husband what her husband desire to eat but which he could not openly have outside!"

Grace said, "Well I really cannot disagree with what you are telling me now, ask me why?"

"Why?"Bridgette asked

"The two ladies that were initially introduced to me as maids, if you see how they dressed it was as if they are heading to a hot red light streets! There is no way I will allow girls who dress like them into my home!"

"That is because you are sensible, that was the way the one who snatched my friend's husband dressed the day I last visited her house and I tried to rebuked the maid; but my friend fought for her, "saying what she wore was not a problem because that is the normal way girls dressed this days! What wasn't a big deal to her then is a big burning headache to her now!"

Grace exhaled and asked, " What do I do now, I really need a maid, can't I get a decent maid"

"That is the reason I ask you what kind of maid you want?"

Grace answered, "Since you know about this matter more than I do, please tell me what kind of maid can I get?"

"I use mainly young girls of between ten and twelve as maids, I allow them to stay two or three years in my house; once I saw that their body is blossoming I chase them away and get another one"

"But is that not child abuse? That is child labour and our law is against it"

"Then go for the home breakers! " Bridgette retorted.

"How can you tell me to do that?"

Bridgette answered with annoyance,"You don't need a maid" She then picked her bag and went out, because their hair stylist had finished with her hair.