On the street Jack was. 9:30 -9:35 a.m-Same day James went for confession.
"Hey young girl, what's up?" Jack calls her, and she decided to walk faster." Jack interestingly follows. Hey Bola! He called.
"What did you call me?"
"You are surprised I know your name." Jack came closer,
Bola paused, asking again: "How did you know my name?" "But you are Bola? Aren't you? Am I correct or not?" Bola answered astonishingly; Yes you are correct, and that's why I am dumbfounded. So what do you want from me? As you can see I am rushing down to my."
JACK [cuts]: To your mother's shop, where bean cake is sold right? Young girl slow down, the most important thing is I know you, and I called your name, "All you need now is audience granting."
"Stop portraying yourself as a rich girl. You and I know you are not!"
"You are not going to a co-operate office where your boss wants you to go, heads over heels because of salary. You sell pap with your mum, pap and Akara(bean cake), those things you sell without pepper. So listen to me I want to talk to you. All this our village girls, you blow up airs too much." Bola refuses further insults,
"Hey, hey hold it." She raises her hand. "You have not called me to insult me, am not all those foolish girls you insult, throw stones at, every time they pass here." Why are you this stubborn? Why can't you take off your eyes from girls when they pass? "You are just like your father. Imagine the other day your poor dad was drunk, when he came to beg for this same bean cake from my mum's shop one morning."
JACK cautions looking back to check if someone heard what she just said:
"Must you say that in public? You just embarrassed me." I am not denying that, I know my father can do such. Because many people have been talking about him misbehaving but usually it is associated with his alcoholic drinking misfortune habit. BOLA continues: "See I am not a girl you will insult because I know everything about you." "Were you not the one who sold your father's shoes because of money?"
Jack turns everything into jokes. "It's OK, please stop the insult. I didn't call you for insult."
"So why did you call me?" Bola demanded. "I wanted to walk with you to your mother's shop. And that's all. Was that a bad gesture? Or couldn't that have been a kind gesture! At least meeting you for the first time, is not easy, I was trying to introduce myself to you.
"Grammar! Bola cuts in. "What you are saying is still English grammar, Speak what I can hear!" She said: "Ok, wait let me walk with you to your mother's shop. That is what you will say." Ok am sorry. Jack apologised. Alright, am sorry too. But hope your intention is not like that of your father?"
"How do you mean?" I mean to pick my bean cake from my mother's tray. Ah ah, not at all, am not like my father." He laughs and covers his mouth.
Sarah laughs and says : "Time will tell. Still I hope so!"
"So can I go and change this wear before I see you off!" Ok!" She says. "But I don't think this one is bad. Is just that people seldomly wear cloths like this nowadays? It is old fashioned" Jack ran into the room to look for his wear. James was approaching home, and then all he could hear was Jack shouting and screaming his name;
James. James!! he caught up with him and starts to say:
Why didn't you tell me you wanted to wear my shirt?" James stood astonished after which he apologised.
"I am sorry, but let me get in first and pull it for you." James said. "Please pull it now." He came closer and drags James, pulling his shirt off forcefully on James.
James looked on as Jack joined bola to move fast. Who is bola?" James thought and asked himself then he moved closer to his mum and asked her. "Mama, who is she?"
"She is your twin brother's girlfriend, I guess. He didn't tell us anything." Mama replied and commented: He only came into the room looking in disarray for his wear. That one he cherishes the most, In fact the one you wore this morning. There was nothing he did not say. He said things like; "Hey, mama did you use it, cos I know you can use it as rag." He even asked your father some stupid questions like they both share the same wear." "Mum you needed to see the way he pulled it off me." James reported.
Mama catches her breadth as she cuts in. "I saw him; I was looking at you both through the window."
"But mama I doubt if Jack knows that girl. I know your brother likes girls a lot. Does he really have to know them first? She said and folded her arms in surprise.
"Let's just agree he is in love." "Mama, you are very funny, at this age of his."