CIYONA

It was all one sunny afternoon I had just Come back from my walks in the estate! It had become a part of me I had taken to going for afternoon walks frequently because that had turned out to be the only way to take my mind off this drama… Anyway, I'm going out this morning for my dress testing and am not excited. "Where is my Phone??... Yeah I found it My siblings will be joining me at the mall Later on and my ‘Husband’ will be coming soon. (I want them to come early so I can at least say the few words I have in their presence… I want the whole family to know what exactly has been going on… although I won’t be surprised if they knew about all of this, this is not their first time doing anything they originally rather intentionally sometimes do something to just make me angry. Anyways… "Ciyona!! “Yes!! “Are you dressed up because Derek is here? “I'm coming!!... Almost done (So my younger brother is the only one who loves me in this house. He is the one person who always checks my outfit before I step out anywhere. I kind of have bad dress sense don’t blame me I never went out I was just either always at home, or going for a walk. So a little about my brother… he is almost 15 but you cannot know because he is my baby… just like yesterday he was given birth to and since I literally had nothing to do or where to go I stayed home all day taking care of him and as time passed we grew close. He was there anytime I cried, laughed, was angry, and even when I was being goofy. I just loved him and always treated him as my baby. So I said that my younger brother was the only one who cared but my maid also loved me she was like a mother. She cared for me as though I was hers… she has been with me ever since I had been in this house at first she was there to restrict my movement and all but soon she grew to love me… my grandparents always told me that I was a lovable soul. Anyway I’m running out of time...) “How do I look?? I asked my baby brother “Pretty!! “Just putting on a top and a jean with Slides… “Doesn't matter... Do you always look good? Aunty Martha?! (He raised inquisitive brows) “Of Course, she is always pretty “You know what guys if we continue on this I won’t be able to go for my outfit check. “Can I come?? (Babyface). "Ask mom… "Then wait for me "OK be quick (On our way to the mall there was a thick silence in the car and mehn I wanted to just have it like that but this soul just has a way of spoiling everything… thank God for my younger brother always an ice cream lover… my younger brother loved ice cream and there was no way in this world that he would leave the house and not get ice cream the house.) "Ice Cream!! “Not again “Please!! “Just this Once!! “Ok “Thanks. “Big sis your dresses are fine!! “Awn thinks love "Are you wearing all this? ‘Nope going to pick one "But I love this one (He was talking about a fishtail outfit and I also loved the dress the fact that if I was having the wedding going as planned I would actually pick- this dress but I was not picking a wedding dress. Not when I was aware that he was in love with my sister and that he was just using me. I’m sure he was not aware that I knew they thought I was dumb just because I never spoke.) “Babe this is pretty on you… I agree with Nemuel "Really!! Ok, then I'll go with this. “Can I get a pen? “Why? “Ask me one more time! (I say as I grabbed the Pen on the desk and tore the outfit up to my thigh. I had something more ridiculous to do but I had to still be considerate, because every of our moves was news headline… everyone exclaimed including my sisters who had just arrived “Ciyona!!!!! They all chorused) Moyin the Second girl was the first to talk "Why did you do that?? "I was going to ask the same? What is going on? “Don't you like it? Dabira the first girl kept asking). “No, it’s not that just that… I just think it will be more beautiful on Moyin than me… don’t you agree? “What you talking about? "I think you should ask Derek and Moyin… they would do better at the explanation (Storming out of the mall I knew I was up for it because my mother was not going to have it easy with me not when I just finished pulling this through at the mall… but if you ask me I’d rather be truthful to myself than lie to myself…I was done with all this. I can’t let them win every time… they had the luxury of my childhood and they used it as they pleased. I was no longer a child so…) Next “What was that nonsense you did at the mall? (This was the question that greeted me as I entered) “Just what I expected “you say “What did I do? “Are you okay?!... Are you seriously asking me that?!... Have I not told you to never respond to my question with questionson? "But mom, i…. (Gba) (Was that a slap? Damn… I had just been slapped! Not again! I guess I should have gotten used to the hitting and all but mehn… every time they hit me it looks like this is my first beating ever. what was my offense? I never needed an offense to be beaten up. I was a child yet treated like trash) “Can you guys see what your sister is doing? (I had walked out) “But mum why did you hit her? And you know Dad does not like it (if there is one thing my father never liked that my mum was always doing was hitting us whenever she wanted to correct us… especially me and Nemuel) “I thought she was so eager to marry before “Why did she change her mind? “Anyways… Na she sabi… I can now marry first as the first daughter of the Oriowo “Abi naa don’t mind your daddy he was trying to make her shine but as if I knew that she was not worth it. “Anyways I should start having a meeting with Damilare’s mum. (I stood there eves dropping the whole time on how they were tabling my matter. I was excited to get married at first but the moment I discovered that my mum was taking advantage of that and using me I made up my mind I was breaking things off… today just seemed the perfect time to do it. Damilare was a family friend of ours and we have always been friends since childhood, myself, his cousin, and him. Those were the only people that I was allowed to go out with while growing up. The thing is I have always liked Damilare ever since we became close friends but my sister was always the problem and to think that I do not know if he liked me also. Then when we were to enter university he travelled out and only to come back to the country just a few weeks ago. I was so excited to see him. I thought I was done with the feelings but I was wrong seeing that I still had feelings for him and that my mum and my sister wanted to use him for their wealth… I decided to pursue my feelings and at least see if we could work out and if not ensure that he was not for my sister.)