The Queens Vengance

Chapter 6

While tidying my space at the tent I heard the other women speaking in hushed tones something about an attack they weren't loud enough for me to hear them. I shifted closer trying to look as uninterested as possible and then I heard the older women who had slight hunchback say," they attacked some churches yesterday " a shiver went through me upon hearing that if places of worship were being desecrated then the people aren't safe in their own homes. It made me think that this was a religious fight perhaps they were trying to silence the Christians in this country I thought. But I would later learn that the same sect attacked mosques, pastors, imams, women, children even pregnant women. Nowhere was safe anymore and that frightened me.

It was a Monday morning when we had visitors from the NGO everyone at the camp had gathered to hear what they had to say. They said the same thing we heard countless times " we are here to help you", " don't give up yet" " you have a winning chance" and so on. After they spoke with us they shared food and snacks for us it made everyone happy. The visitors lingered for while calling a few people aside to talk with them Mariam was called aside I don't know what promises they made to her whatever it was I saw her smile like never before from under the mango tree where I sat to eat my food with Zara. " What could they possibly be telling Mariam to have her all smiling like that," she asked me having noticed Mariam's happy demeanour as well, I shrugged in response. " Well whatever it is she's going to tell us anyway," I said biting out of the Samosa I was lucky enough to get.

"ya Gimbiya they said they'll sponsor my education to study medicine wherever I choose," an elated Mariam told Zara and I  some hour later after the visitors had gone. " la I am so happy for you," I told Mariam and I truly meant it. Zara and I teased her that night up until dinner. After dinner I decided to help the women wash plates, Zara and Mariam both were not interested and decided to leave. This time the real reason why I decided to wait was to see my soldier crush. I had not seen him since that night and hoped that by some chance we would cross paths again this night.

It was late that night when we finished washing the plates the women thanked me for my help. I left without waiting for them they usually shared the leftovers among themselves after they had finished washing plates. Walking down the path to what has become my house under the dim lights that lit the compound someone flashed a torch on me I turned around to see who it was but couldn't make out the persons form seeing as the torch was still shining on my face. I waited a bit and realized it was my soldier my heart literally smiled at that point.