I woke up this morning with a sad face, it felt like I woke up on the wrong side of my bed.
but whatever, it would get better as the day goes. I hope.
I finished my hostel duties, went to the dinning hall, ate another horrible meal, complained about it with my friends, and went to class.
as a matter of fact that is how my morning always is, but with time I got used to it because that's boarding school for you.
just like I said, my day became better as time went on. it's a Tuesday and normally we don't have any free periods but it's already past break time and there has not being a single teacher in class. " could this day get any better!!! " I screamed.
" Mithian you being called to the principals office" renel my class mate announced the minute she stepped in. and my heart sank as the class went wild with laughter after they heard my exclamation and the sentence that followed it.
I was about to walk out when sliver our class president walked in with teary eyes, everyone gathered around him and kept asking what happened ; cause he is not the type to cry for anything, but all of a sudden cried over god knows what, I wanted to stay and hear the gist but am pretty sure the principal will make a mountain out of a mowhill if I am as much as thirty seconds late, and I can't afford that. so I told Amaka to gist me the details later while I attended to the principals sudden call.
and so I left. almost getting to the school 'tuckshop' as we call it, I turned back and took a quick look at my class and it turns out they were all lamenting and crying, I guess the news was bad after all. what could have possible gone wrong I asked myself. but anyway I'll find out when I get back.
for now let me focus on the principal, why is he calling me did my mom arrive, did they find out about Bamide and I, or was it grandpapi that came instead, oh God what if it's my entire family,. but I gave a very convincing lie they couldn't have doubted it, no way. or did my stupid cousin pull through with her stupid plan. or wait could it be that my grades dropped. my eyes widened in dismay, that would be very bad my entire house would give me an earful and even worst I'll feel very bad about it.
fortunately and unfortunately I walked in and found myself dumbstruck by who visited instead.
" DAD! " I yelled, well thank God it's not grandpapi or mom but was my situation really that bad that they had to call my father all the way from
he raised his head to look at me with teary eyes. I was stunned, I have never met him before but all the video calls and pictures if him would make it super easy to recognize my father but right now am wondering if he is my father, or was I such a disappointment that he cried in shame.
I was still contemplating if my Sense were intact or if am seeing things when he walked up to me and gave me a tight hug and said " am sorry" .
" I have being a very bad father to you and the worst husband to your mother, would you please forgive me "
what?, I was still confused but I understood that he cried cause he has not being with me my entire life. but to be fair he has being with me from a very far angle, all the video calls, paying for everything am wearing and my fees as a matter of fact he made sure that my mom doesn't spend a diam on me so he shouldn't feel bad.
" do you forgive me " he asked waking me from my self told narration but before I could answer a 'Miss Victoria' the principals secretary walked in and said " Mr Bamides father just called and said his son should be transferred to Abuja ASAP"
now my head is going to explode was that why they were crying because Bamide is leaving, how pathetic of them I would never cry.
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for a few seconds i felt a deadly cold silence of pain, I could feel the wetness in my eyes, seriously have gotten so soft that I would cry for him, what is wrong with me. I was in my world of wonder when my dad finally broke the newz to me.
it seemed like he also noticed my wry attitude. he held my both hands and said to me " Mithian your mother and Bamide was in an accident yesterday near the LNG Bridge "
I was dumbstruck, what?!. Immediately broke into tears and screams, I yelled out complaints without thinking, I screamed for them to take me to my mom only for them to break out another newz that mom had fallen into a coma while Bamide survived with a fractured neck and broken back.
oh god I know I have not being the best girl but am equally not the worst so why me? why do they have to suffer, if you want to punish me then do it but not by putting their lives at risk.
my dad tried to hold me but I won't let him and that's when grandpapi walked in.
" you don't know the child that well so you can't console her " he said pushing dad away while wanting to hold me.
then with all the might in me I push him away causing him to hit a the wall hard with his back bridge. but I didn't care all I know was the fact that he tried to kill Bamide and ended up putting my mom in a locked room and for that I would fight him till death.
" you monster, you over entitled Demon, how dare you hurt my mom, I will make sure you wroth in hell you beast, I will make sure that you and that old dick of yours wroth in hell !!! " I screamed as the rest of my family members walked in tell me all their crap, saying am not the only one hurting here, that the man am insulting is not only my grandfather but also my mom's father.
they wanted to continue but I just had to shot them up by revealing his pain ass true colors.
" grandma how can you be so in sensitive and inconsiderate, you know very well what kind of beast he is and yet you are so clam, you know how many people he has killed and now he is coming after your family and you don't want to say anything"
I said all those things but she was still clam but I could slowly see her breakdown, I could see how weak she already is I just have to keep going.
" what more does he have to do to make you realize that he has to go so all of us could be happy, he won't stop if you don't take a stand. we need you Grandma" I said in tears and all of a sudden I broke out again " he tried to kill your daughter for fucksake " I screamed but to no avail and that's when I gave up on her.
then I turned to my father " am going with you" I said bluntly and crossed our gap as he gave me a tight hug like as if telling me welcome home and sincerely under this painful atmosphere it dose feel like home.