After sailing for two days, the ship stops at it's first port of call, Melan. All the passengers for Melan aboard the ship, including Gera. Afterwards, the ship set sail for Takish.
Melan was his home town, he lived here with his entire family. Melan was a town in the eastern kingdom. Gera lied when he said he wants to buy the baby for a fellow slave marchants, he actually bought the child because of someone, Tema.
Tema was the a female slave in his plantation. She had been with him since she was ten. He watched her grew into a beautiful and hardworking woman. Tema and Eli have been married for more than twenty years, but Tema could not convince a child.
Her childlessness troubled Gera, even if she does not complain about it, he knew she was unhappy. He has grown fond of her.
" Tema will be so happy when she sees my present. I can only imagine the smile on her face." He said to himself smiling.
After walking some kilometers, he reached him home.
" Father is back!" A little girl shouted, as she ran to embrace him.
" Diana, you've grown taller within the last two months." He says, while he rubs her cheeks, making the little girl giggle. Soon, everyone in his household came out to welcome him.
" Nandi( greetings)" They said one after the other, with their head down. It was a form of respect in Melan. Younger ones greets the elder ones with their heads down.
" Eshee( thank you) he replied with a warm smile as they greeted him.
" Where is Tema?" He asked, trying to search for her amongst the others.
" She is inside, attending to Gad." Diana answered. Gad was Diana's younger brother. Diana was three years older than her little brother, who was two years old.
" I see. Tell her to see me later, I have a present for her." He says, walking to the house, with the others closely behind him. The servants unload the horses.
" Look! Is that a baby or I'm I going blind" The first servant asked the other.
" Yes, you're right, it is a baby. But why will master bring a baby home? I wonder whose child is this." The second servant replied with a frown on his face.
" Maybe it is one of master's bastards." The first servant said in disgust.
" Shut up!" The second servant whispered a yell, ushering the other to keep his mouth shut. How insensitive of him to say such dirty thing about their master.
" If master hears you, know you should start digging up your own grave. Stupid! He cursed. " The child's identity is non of your business. Besides, the child is colored, master cannot have an affair with a colored woman. It is an abomination." He spat out.
The first servant carried the baby from the bag that was placed on the back of the house, his eyes were filled with disgust. It was as if he was holding a piece of rubbish. While the other carried the bags.
" Let's go, or we will face Master's wroth." The second servant said urging the first one to follow him, who stood rooted on a spot.