shadows of the past

It was five o'clock in the morning,Amaka was aiding her mother in parking her belongings that she will need for the trip because she was leaving for Imo state that morning just see sister who is sick. Amaka take good care of the house and your father , you know you are now the mother of the house and make good sales from the goods in the shop because when I'm back you will give me account of what you sold, these were the words of Amaka's mother to her before she left the house that morning letter that day chioma came to Amaka's store for them to gist and she was happy that amaka's mother has gone to a far away land so they could talk from that evening to whenever the wished to stop. Amaka, chioma called have you not finished thinking about what obinna told you ,sometimes I do ask myself if you are my friend or just a spy, why do you say so? chioma asked in a sorrowful tune don't give me that pathetic voice chioma, amaka said , are you the only one in these town that doesn't know that I have a boyfriend even that's so called obinna knows about it so why are you people troubling your selves, oh amaka you are a fool not just a fool but a foily, look at you, is it because obinna is asking you to be his girlfriend that makes you feel like a queen? oh chioma let me refresh in your memory because it's like you are forgotten that I bear that name Queen as my English name making me Queen amaka Azuka, I know that you have sharp mouth right from the one but my good works to you as a friend is for you to let go of that thing you call your boyfriend because he has nothing to give, shut up chioma I said you should shut up because no one knows tomorrow okay now you talk about tomorrow everyday nobody knows tomorrow, your name is not only Queen amaka azuka but also Queen amaka azuka who knows tomorrow I don't even know between you and that dog of yours you call a boyfriend who is mad but I think he's the one because dogs are known for their madness, chioma are you not sick and watch you call my man name because that handsome guy of mine you are calling a dog told me how you came to him at night asking him to make you his second girlfriend that you would not mind sharing him with me, that was dead and not now, lie!!, I also saw you coming out of their compound yesterday, yes I went there to pick green for my cookings, liar were you not the one that told me that your family do not eat food late, that if it is 7:00 and food is not ready that your mother we will not eat again because the doctor asked her to stop eating late hour food, my mother went to see her sister that lives in umueke,hmmm chioma your mother and my own mother we are here talking about what Paulina did to Monica at the last eke market day and now you are saying that she went umueke, were you not still the one that told me that your mother sister does not live at umueke anymore, chioma!,chioma!! change because this your way of lying is not good at all, it's okay for you I will leave your shop.As they were still talking Ben, Amaka's boyfriend walked in, immediately chioma saw Ben she hissed and left the shop, what is a problem, Ben asked Amaka you can go and ask her yourself, Amaka hissed and went inside the shop and Ben followed Amaka I can change your life make you a queen you are just give me a chance to make it up to you, I love you so much I have been thinking of you from that very day I set my eyes on you, just one I have someone in my life, someone has already love you pricelessly, maybe you can start for another or you go for my friend chioma or is she not beautiful, she is but is you I want, and you cannot get me, take that to your head, I beg you to let me be, before they say amaka said I should work out on him, he asked trauma to help him talk to her friend, he also gave her the sum of 100,000 naira and that if she helped him talk amaka to approve him, he will do more for her she turned him and run after amaka showing her the money, amaka see money, can't you see that this guy is a god sent to you why are you trying to miss this golden opportunity. chioma why is it that you like money, hmmm, you act as if you don't know, that it trauma for the money or have you not heard that my f*******: name is chioma money, you that don't even have a phone but you have a f*******: name, what a pity. with this money that he gave us, no!!, not us say you because my mouth, legs, and hands are not among .So be it then , that means the money is more than enough to get me a well to do phone and who will you tell your parents that got you the phone. Forget about them I know the kind of life I will tell them, you know, when you get this well to do phone of yours maybe you should change your f*******: name to my liar, and amaka laughed hilariously it's okay for you amaka, sorry I'm just telling you in case you need a new f*******: name, by the way I will use your phone to play a game o, play your head you better take your own half of the money and get yourself a phone because that's my phone that I will get your hands do not touch it.Ameka is your mom back, any problems, no, later we come around, okay, I'll be waiting to see you then. chioma did not go home she went to see Ben I'm getting to Ben's compound she saw him washing his motorcycle and the actor how she was doing if she had a message for him and she answered saying. Ben my love, why is it that you don't see me is it that I'm not beautiful she turned around and I'm very big buttocks got Ben eyes, but he took his eyes off her before chioma could notice, Ben I can do anything for you, okay take this money and do something useful with it, Ben looked at the money I saw that it was a huge one so he took it and thanked her, she came and started touching and romancing Ben on his mascular chest and also telling him how much she love him. Ben said nothing but was very happy because of the money she gave him, when chioma had gone he took his time to count the money and it was seventy thousand he told himself are we give my love 10,000 and also buy for her he had set use the rest to go back to the city. later that day , Ben was seen in Amaka's shop with a beautiful shopping bag he handed it over to amaka who could not wait to know the content, whistle shocked when she saw that a guy bought for her new clothes and under it was a brown new phone and inside the phone was a sum of 10,000, amaka was so happy she jumped up and down Ben's body she tight him and after a while he told her that he was going somewhere that later the talk that he has done everything about the phone from the SIM card registration and to every other necessary things have been done and after much words he left.