Volume one (one way in)
Yeh!! It's me, your friend, you can call me "beloved" today I will be share my today's encounter one my way home, pls keep reading.
Let me start with me waiting for my sister in her lounge, don't get confused yet, I leave in a family of 10 my parent I and my other 7 siblings, so yesterday being Sunday, my mum sent me to my sister's lounge in Awka in Nigeria, to get some stuff she ask her to buy last week, after the long journey to Awka I finally arrived at book foundation, that was the junction I was supposed to stop and then walk a little bit inside, but the road was being built, and it was directed by a white man, he was shouting trying to tell those market women along the road to move, and Keke riders along that side to move a bit, but as you know it in Nigeria as long as making money is concerned, especially igbo's, it won't be easy, the white man was shouting visibly annoyed by the way they keep selling their goods instead of listening to him, things was not going as planned for him, until the police arrived with their gun, actually two police van filled with heavy loaded men as if they were going to war, I mean Nigeria police vehicles, hope you understand,
Not less than a second the road was cleared and I have to go round to the other side to cross the road,
I was at corner when all of this was happening, don't ask me why I didn't run when the police men arrived, cause they were not aggressive as expected of them cause the road that was being built they knew it belong to another lord underworld, and those Keke and women has to pay to stay their,
You know in Nigeria one thing is to be rich the other is to be rich and powerful and one thing is to be fair the other is to be fair and pretty, don't judge yet, people around their are really kind but as you know that's student area so it's expected,
On my way in, if their is one thing I don't like is the way I was being looked at, it's not as if it was my first time their, but the eye was too much that I start looking at my self to make sure I'm ok I even cleaned my face twice, at a point I don't dare to look up cause I was not sure if something was on my face, as I was walking as fast as I could, until my slippers cut, it was like me looking around like a lost puppy, for help, but since I was near I called my sister to ask for help, then she told me,
ehh I'm not at home I went out not long ago, what do you want me to do now,
the only thing I found myself saying was Chioma where are you ,
Ohmm! I dey miracle junction, she replied,
I didn't even know the place, pls I am waiting for you ohh just come ohh,
Enter bike nah,
I no see bike nah I already dey inside,
Kk, wait I dey come,
Remember to bring me slippers ohh,
Ohhh,
She hung up, excuse me one man told me as I was standing near one gate, with my slippers I went to the other side, he then get me a sit,
You can sit, he said
I was really thankful, thank you I said ,
Then as I was about to sit, me and the bench he brought fell on the floor,
As disgraced as I was I balanced the bench and sat at the middle after a few minutes, some children ran to sit next to me with their sister, the way they speak you can tell that they are from imo state,
I keep calling my sister every minute, but she she won't pick up, if you Think I was uncomfortable yes I was, cause I was a living feast to the mosquitoes in that area and each time I kept beating myself trying to kill them but not even one, then God sent an angle to me as she asked,
Hello pls if you don't mind manage this slippers and go to your destination,
I was surprised, I nearly said thanks but remember that my sister was not at home and I was not with the key,
Thank you so much, but I have to wait for my sister she's with the key,
Ohh, kk, she said as she left,
I can tell she was really embarrassed,
But to me I really appreciate her kind effort,
After some minute my sister arrived with her friend, immediately she saw me she shouted,
Miss philomina,
That was loud that people turned to look at me as she comes closer,
"Let me not go deep into our conversation but she handed me the key and was like"
Do you want to stay at my lounge or her friends lounge,
I want to stay at yours,
You will stay their alone ohh,
I know,
If you are hungry, their are noodles left cook them,
Ohhhh!
Then her friend asked,
Are you sure you can stay alone even at night,
Yeah, I replied
Are you sure, she kept on repeating the question, I even start wondering if their was anything wrong with staying alone, in fact that was what I wished for cause my younger siblings were pure headache,
Yes nah,
Oya nah , bye
Chioma I called out, can you send me moni so that I can buy egg,
Egg, Oya come and carry me nah,
She said almost shouting,
I no get money nah,
Ohhhh later i go send am, with that she left,
As I turn to leave I noticed that some people came out in their window or part ways and had been looking at us maybe my sister was too loud I said to myself and left to enjoy my time being alone in her lounge and if their was things i prayed for was electricity, cause heat was too much.