Chapter 49

Martina My name is Martina, daughter of a large cocoa farmer in the town of Edea. My father is a respected man throughout the city. He is polygamous, with three wives. My mother is the last. My father had a total of sixteen children. I am among the last, tenth of my siblings. We live a peaceful and harmonious life. I do everything possible to make my parents proud of me. Unlike my older brothers and sisters who have always created sadness and disappointment in my father's heart, I strive to always be the best at school and at home. I am an exemplary child for my parents and my father lets know anyone he meets, how proud he is of me. This school year, I wrote the baccalaureate and I am impatiently awaiting the results. My father promised me to let me go to Douala, one of the biggest cities in my country, to pursue my studies in math-info. He is very proud of me and does not hide it at all to whoever wants to know it. He proclaims loud and clear that it is I who will represent him wi