Chapter 1

I will be traveling back to work on Friday and I want you to use this opportunity to visit my parents at the village, Mr Gold told his wife. okay, there's no problem, replied Mrs Gold. You will just help me to arrange what I'll take  there.  Don't worry I will do that. Mr and Mrs Gold got married at their early ages, this was so because they wanted to start raising their children on time. Their marriage was the kind that  the other couples In the street marvelled at. The bond between the Golds' was an unbreakable one. in the evening of Thursday, Mr Gold drove his wife to his hometown. he took his wife straight to his mother's house so that she can be cared since she was heavily pregnant. After exchanging pleasantries with his Mom and others around, Mr Gold took off to the city; from where he will proceed to his place of work the following morning. Early on Friday morning, Mr Gold zoomed off in his car, as he began his 9 hours journey. Meanwhile in the village, Mrs Gold was at the village with her quarrelsome mother in-law. Another argument has started again between mother inlaw and daughter in-law. Mama wants his daughter in-law to do the house chores since she's around but her daughter in-law argues with her that she can only wash the dishes. Mama calls her lazy woman, she doesn't want to consider the fact  that she is heavily pregnant. After much ado,  Mrs Gold washed the dishes, prepared breakfast and left for her sister in-law's place where she went to relax herself from mother inlaw's queries. In the evening of Friday, Mrs Gold decides to return to her mother inlaw's house but she is trapped by labour pain, her sister in-law quickly rushed her to the community hospital.  At about some minutes to nine at night, Mrs Gold put to bed and behold, she was a girl. Mrs Gold immediately called her husband to tell him about the good news. Mrs Gold was discharged the following day to their home in the city, she travelled back with her mother inlaw and her sister in-law.  Mr Gold returned after two days to welcome his baby daughter. On the eighth day of the baby's arrival, she was named patience. Patience started growing, she was the pride of her parents, although she was not the first child. As she grew, her parents discovered that she was a stamarer.  Her slowness in speech made her to always stay alone for the fear of being teased by her playmates. Her mother was worried about her her attitude of staying alone all the time. As a result of her attitude, her mother decided to enroll her in school early so that she can learn how to mingle with people on time. At the age of two, patience was already in the midst of her friends, although she goes out with them but she does it frequently.