Cash Cow

Last night I was told to immediately finish my fried eggs and dried fish dinner because there was some excitement happening and it was imperative to go and see it.

Basically, there's this 14 or 15 year old girl who decided to test just how effective wishful thinking was in preventing pregnancy when engaging in unprotected sex with multiple (at least 4) cheeky chaps in the local area. The results are in and they're not surprising, and the issue is just what to do about a pregnant 15 year old.

The army came to act as dispute-resolvers and naturally the meeting between the girl, her mother and the fathers of the various boys (who were absent and probably out trying it on with other 15 year old girls) was conducted in full public view with a crowd of onlookers. The with-child teenager was dolled up in her Sunday best but didn't contribute to the negotiations, which boiled down in the end to cold, succulent cash.

The gist of the meeting was that all of the fathers agreed to pay the girl's mother some money to apologise for the under-age sex and avoid police prosecution and that when the paternity test confirmed the unlucky father, his family would have to pay even more money. No suggestion of marriage, apparently.

Niiiiice.

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