The next day, the short man thought the apple in the Garden of Eden has fallen for a bite. I mounted at my usual place. She gazed her beady, rapture-blue eyes at me, “Good evening John J.C” she mumbled a perfunctory greeting. “My love” I responded staring at her unblinkingly. She was amazed and laughed sardonically.
After much attempts, I succeeded, and the date started, she was sending love messages, I was enthusiastically replying. I was crazy with her hairy body
And fresh straight legs just like Chinelo but the issue I had with Chinelo was her brown teeth.
It was on the 16th of December, she wrote to request for a Christmas clothes. The message made me to remember I was just a tad holder than her. But she was my senior when we were in school.
I decided to luck up because I don’t have the money to give her for anything.
Wild thought overwhelmed me; I wanted to steal from my mum to buy her a Christmas cloth.
After the Christmas period, I decided to go back for reconciliation. I
Chatted her on whatsApp and was eager to see her reply.
One evening, I was with my mum in the kitchen, a strange voice raps through my tiny holes tracing chills down my spine. I started quaking in my boot. Behold mama Nneamaka has come to wash the dirty linen in the public.
She showed her mother all the love letters I have written. I never knew she was documenting them for the Day of Judgment.
The voice of my Dad made my blood to run cold. I was scared to death! No more
School for you. My Dad who was tight-lipped said clenching his teeth. I was astounded and dazed. Mama Nneamaka bridled and throws her toy out of the pram and zoomed off.
I was devastated! I blinked and flicked off the cluster of tears clinging to my lower eyebrow.
It was time to go back to school and my dad refused to give me my school fee. It was never a pleasant moment. I ran to my mum who wasn’t financially buoyant. When all my efforts failed me, I decided to go back to school without any money for food and other things.
I was compelled to do menial jobs to survive in school. One cool evening my phone rang, lol and behold it was my dad. “I will take you to Mike for motorcycle mechanic
Apprenticeship, so forget about school, so I want you to return home with immediate effect” my Dad finally said. I thought he was not serious, but he was.
I couldn’t sleep throughout the night as I began to remember the first signpost I saw on the campus with the indication “play straight or go home”. I begged my mum to help me, but my dad is a no nonsense
Personality. Hard to say, the incident created a lacuna between me and his Dad.
I refused to obey him because I had already made up my mind to train myself futher.
After the evening class I decided to visit the Library to finish up my assignment. Suddenly, someone called my name from afar, and lo and behold it was Success. “You look moody, trust there’s no problem?” I pretended I was fine but I have crossed my mind never to love again.
To be continued....
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