Chapter 1
....It was a beautiful evening,I and Stanley had gone to see a friend who was sick,when I saw this beautiful young girl in her school uniform,she had the most beautiful smile you could think of,we three were course mates and in our 200l in the university,she walked towards Stanley and I and greeted,oh she also had an angelic voice,I kept starring until she entered the other apartment,just close to Ken's...
Guy na waiting na, waiting you dey look like that, Stanley asked..
Who's that young damsel, she's so beautiful and with a beautiful smile,I asked Stan...
Guy no be me and you come here together,how I wan take know who she be, Stan teased,make we go joor,he said...
No no no,we are going back inside to Ken,he must tell me who that beautiful girl is....
AD, don't tell me you want us to go back inside to Ken just because of that girl?, Stan asked surprised...
Yes of course,I want to know everything about that beautiful soul,I said....
Come oh guy,we both saw how down Ken was, he just managed to catch some sleep,are we supposed to go disturb him, you can do that some other time,he said ..
I thought about it and saw it from his angle,,,many days ahead,I can't disturb ken over this, some other time,I thought within...
Okay let's go then,we entered my car and drove home....
I couldn't concentrate on anything,I couldn't help thinking about that girl,she was in my head all evening,I had the picture of her beautiful smile in my head,I didn't even realized I was smiling sheepishly,,,,,
Guy na waiting na,you no go chop,what's with the smile's,,, Stan asked taking me back to reality.....
Stanley see,I think am in love with that girl,I said..
Which girl,he asked me confused...
The girl we saw at ken's place,I said...
Obara Jesus,guy waiting dey do you,how can you just see a girl and you say you love her just like that,,na so love be, Stan asked...
I know what am talking about,I can't seems to be able to get my mind of her since we got back,I have her face in my mind,I know what am taking about...I insisted...
Come on man,stop this,do you realize that girl was in a school uniform,a secondary school uniform,what if she's a minor,I mean less than 18.... Stan asked...
Yes,you have a point there,well I think that girl is more than 18,you know school uniforms have a way of making student look so young,but even if she is a minor,I am willing to wait till she's an adult and matured,I said....
Guy waiting dey do you,na so love at first sight be, Stan asked...
I haven't really felt this way for any woman,I think I love her Stan,I do...I replied...
No be small thing, please let's eat first,we can talk about your love later, the food is getting cold,he said,and then we ate and talked about random things...
The next day I went back to ken's place to check up on him,he was getting better, and was very happy I had come visiting again,I insisted we sat outside,that the inside was hot...
Am sorry guy,I know my place isn't like yours,,,no air conditioner,, Ken said....
No no no,come oh man, don't talk like that,it isn't about air-conditioner,even if you had,I would still prefer we sat outside,I just want fresh air from nature,by the way it's also nice for you,it has a way of healing too,nature first,I said..
Oh you are right man,you know I haven't really been out since I fell ill,so I think you are right, let's seat out,he said...
I got two chairs and positioned them in such a way that it is in between,I could see the gate and the girl's apartment,just In case...
Guy thanks so much for your show of love,thanks for checking up on me,and for the things you got me,Ken said..
Oh come on ken, that's nothing,what are friends for,I just want you to recover quick,so you can resume classes,I said....
Haven talked for about 20minutes,I was getting anxious as the girl wasn't forth coming,,,school had closed na,I mean it was about this time yesterday she came back from school,I thought within...
Guy are you expecting anyone,you have been starring at that gate,, Ken asked....
Oh no no,I admire the design,it's really so nice,I tried to cover up,,,soon the beautiful Ebony beauty walked in, goodafternoon sir, goodafternoon uncle ken,she greeted....
Good afternoon beautiful,how are you,I asked smiling like one who had won a lottery...
Fine thank you sir,she replied....
Uncle Ken,how is your health,hope you are getting better,she asked ken..
Hmm,I am, thanks to this friend of mine who has been of immense help....
Thank you sir,she said to me...
Oh it's nothing dear,I replied
I will be inside,she said to Ken and walked away....
Who's that girl,I asked Ken smiling...
Oh, that's Ehi,she lives with the Johnson's as a help, she's such a nice girl,ken said....
Indeed she is,I have seen that already...I decided not to tell Ken about my intentions,at least not yet...
I continued visiting Ken,and sooner than later,he got better and was back on his feet,and had resumed lectures,but I didn't stop going with him home....
AD,I really appreciate your show of love,I am overwhelmed at it infact,,,,but guy,I am fit and sound now, you don't have to keep coming over,I wouldn't want to be a burden,ken said...
If only he knew I wasn't coming to his place just for him,he wouldn't have been saying this,I thought....
Come on man,what are friends for if not for inconveniences,,more over I am not complaining,,,what am I doing at home anyways, come on guy,,by the way,that girl in the other apartment,what did you say her name is again,I asked Ken...
Are you talking about Ehi,he asked back...
Yes,yes,Ehi, it's been long I saw her,I had said.
Well,the poor girl is going through a lot joor,the Johnson's has refused to pay for waec registration,so she had to stop schooling, infact she was supposed to have written this waec last section,but they didn't pay,she repeated the class and they still don't want her to write, claiming there is no money, maybe she has gone back to her people,that girl is almost 19, waiting till next year again will make 20 and still in secondary school,,, some people are wicked jor,,, it's so unfortunate I don't have,I would have helped her..he narrated....
I was both happy and sad about the news I got, happy that she wasn't a minor,and sad for the trouble she's going through,I knew I needed to do something,,,while we were still at it,she came out from the apartment,and for the first time I saw her in mufti,she was looking so beautiful in her blue three quarter short and black top, really looking like the adult she is,,,oh school uniform wasn't doing Justice to this girl at all.i thought inside..
Good afternoon sir,good afternoon uncle Ken,she greeted us,but that beautiful smile of hers was missing, good afternoon beautiful,I replied..good afternoon Ehi,how are you,ken asked...
She just nodded,uncle Ken,I would be traveling back to Benin tomorrow,she said...
Why, Ken had asked her..
To go be with my mother,I came to Lagos because Mr Johnson promised my mother he'd send me to school,but since that isn't happening,I need to go be with my mom and see what fate has in store for me,she said, trying so hard to hold a tear...
Am so sorry Ehi,I really wish I have the money,I would have given you for the enrollment,ken said.... uncle Ken I understand,thank you all thesame,she said...
So where are you going,ken asked her...
Am going to get some groceries down the road, please excuse me,she said and walked away..
immediately she left,I told Ken I was leaving, that there was somewhere I needed to be,,,,
Okay,man, thanks alot,he said...
I entered my car and drove off, trying to catch Ehi on the way.....
Written by
Rejoice Igbinovia Aluyi
To be continued
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