After school was over, Tomi flagged down a taxi.
"Good afternoon sir, please I'm going to number 41, Shimmer estate" Tomi said politely.
"Okay"
"How much are you collecting from me sir?" Tomi asked hoping to get a good answer.
"One thousand, five hundred naira" the driver replied.
"Lagos sha" Tomi murmured. "Alright then let's be on our way" she said and entered the vehicle that zoomed off to the given address.
When they got to the estate, the driver stopped at the front of a small bungalow as ordered by Tomi
"This is where I'll stop" Tomi said and got out of the car, then she brought out a thousand and five hundred naira note. "Here" she said and handed it over to the driver. "Thank you sir" Tomi said.
"You are welcome" the driver replied smiling.
Then Tomi started walking towards the building. When she got to the entrance, she removed a bunch of keys from her hand bag. She inserted into an open space in the door knob, twisted it twice and opened the door. She entered a well furnished sitting room and sat on the sofa chair, she was probably exhausted.
"Thank you Jesus for bringing me back to my house" she said and removed the black slip on shoes she had been wearing, she removed her black blazer.
After cooking dinner that day, Tomi freshened up and changed to a bum short and a grey hoodie, she then served her dinner on the dining table and checked her social media handles.
She fell asleep while watching a video on Facebook. Then her phone rang. She got up and checked who the caller was.
"Benson!!!!!" She shouted. "Oh my goodness, why is he calling me?"
She later answered the call. "Hello" she said.
"Tomi, I just wanted to inform you about the big day in school tomorrow, I totally forgot to tell you"
"What is it about Ben?" Tomi asked.
"It's one Literary competition the school took place in and tomorrow the price would be presented" Benson said.
"Alright, so what's the uniform for tutors?"
"Blue skirt and white shirt then black blazer.
"Thank you then".
"You are welcome, I'll be hanging up now"
"See you tomorrow".
"Bye".
"Bye bye".
Tomi sighed after the call, then she called her mom.
"Hey momma" she said after the call was picked.
"My teddy bear, how are you?"
"Good and you?
"Same here, how's Lagos?"
"Not bad, the two weeks I've spent here has been the best" Tomi giggled.
"That's nice then, are relating with your brother?"
"Sure, I spoke to him yesterday"
"Very good, raven says hello"
My cute little rabbit. "Say me well to her". Tomi said then remembered that she hasn't asked of her dad. "What of Pappi?" Tomi asked.
"He's been working in the garden all day long"
"My Pappi is not lazy even at age 53, say me well to him then"
"Sure, please don't stay up late and lock all your doors and windows, put off all the lights and pray before going to bed okay"
"Momma, do you really need to remind me all this, I'm twenty one years old for God's sake, I'm not an adolescent any more, I'm fully grown" Tomi joked.
"Who said you are fully grown, no matter how old you are you're still my little teddy bear and you'll always be" Mrs Alade said emotionally.
"Okay momma that's okay" Tomi said laughing. "I'll have go, I've got a big day ahead of me tomorrow"
"No problem then, remember what I said and please be careful there" her Mom said.
"Okay then bye momma, love you".
"Love you too my teddy bear" her mom said and hanged up.