Ireoluwa scattered all that is on her table, and cried profusely, she sat down on the floor and remembered what made her cry this much.

*(FLASHBACK)*

On her way to the school canteen she overheard her friends saying;I don't even like that girl, see her head like mango,English don't even fit her, is youruba that fit her ,the tribal mark on her face disgust me.lreoluwa ran to the school backyard and cried,those she call her friends were speaking ill of her ,this pained her so much that she started beating her chest.

*(End of flashback)*

She heard knock on the door and she immediately knew that is her mother, she quickly arrange all her things in place because her mother may come to her room once she opens the door for her. She ran to the toilet to wash her face and used the towel hanging on the right side of the toilet to clean her face, she ran to open the door, her mother looked at her and asked her what took her so long before she opened the door, she lied to her mother by saying she was in the toilet when she heard the knock.

Her mother said Ireoluwa tomorrow's your birthday, her mother was surprised because she didn't get the exclamation she expected. Her mother asked are you not happy 'of course am happy. But deep down in herself she knew that she is not happy because is only her mother that will celebrate with her, people don't want to associate themselves with her because of her tribal mark, remembering all this tears escape her eyes but she quickly wiped it off before her mother could see it.

Both mother and daughter went to the kitchen to cook and decided to prepare egusi soup with semolina, after they finished cooking, they dish the food to the dinner table,after they are done eating,they both went to their separate rooms.

Ireoluwa sat on her bed and remembered that one of her classmate called Calvin called her sheetface. Ireoluwa told herself why will she cry over a spil of milk, and she said to herself;if they are calling those that are beautiful I may not be among them, but if they are calling those that are intelligent I must be among them, that was her decision and she is determined to achieve it.with that in her mind she slept off.