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Mr Akam walked into the sitting room as he found Zola and Mandy disputing as usual.
"Heyyy...!!!" He screamed ,his gray hairs had grown so much that he looked like a man in his late seventies yet he was just a sixy- two years aged man, he moved closer to where they stood, revealing how his daughters had grown taller than he was.
"Papa,I guess it's high time this big sis of mine knows her place, I thought she's to be married in some few weeks?" Mandy asked in a mockery
"You don't talk about your big sis like she's a nuisance here"he corrected
Mandy's hands already on her waist , like she was waiting for her opponent in a wrestling competition" she is, we should stop all this and let her know the truth "
It was like an arrow pierced through Zola
She stared at her dad as he pretended not to hear what Mandy just said
"Really papa, you won't say anything about this?" She asked in shock
"You guys should settle " he walked away
Mandy smiled, "Even Papa knows,
I don't know why he won't just say it to you in the face. You're just occupying space here
No job, nothing to show that you're the eldest, you're just suffocating us,papa has seven more children in school, don't you have any shame"Mandy poured out her heart, Zola stood like a frozen fish, she was speechless, it seemed the end had come, where will I run off to, this ground should just eat me up, she held back her tears, Mandy's kind of right here, I'm nothing but a nuisance, at twenty six I'm still here with nothing to show up
Mandy placed her hands on her slender waist,dragged her bodyhug gown which revealed her figure eight properly
"Do you know what?" She asked Zola who stood shaking, she smirked,"I just got promoted as the assistant designer, you'll just imagine my models outstanding look" she giggled, Mandy was this fashion type of lady ,she never went a day without her make up on , her dressing could speak for her always.
Tears ran through Zola's suckling cheek
It was to much for her, she could not take this anymore, she stopped schooling in her after her senior secondary school level
No one was willing to further her , she personally pushed herself through a fashion school, got a job there after her programme , unfortunately, things fail apart when her Boss lost trust in her due to rumors about her, she lost the job instantly
"Ohh Zola,are you crying?"Mandy asked in a mockery as Sha giggled , "you're realizing your mistakes now? Orr, what should I say...
You're trying to calculate why you couldn't make it, your soft heart always gets used
It's not about being the most passionate worker or the most dedicated, use your sense and place yourself some way, use what you have to get what you want girl!"
She said giggling.
It was too much, Zola couldn't find her tongue, she just ran off in shame
"Just get married, he'll take care of you" Mandy said loud to make sure she heard that right.
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"Dad, I'm not getting married, you can't push me to do this, I'm a man and I'll choose my bride at the right time"Dayeima said
Walking out of his dad's room
"Young man you know I signed a contract"Mr Ediong said, he was the second head of the Endiong family after his Father Master, he was a tall strong man even in his old age, Daye took after him , he was like a replica, handsome,dark skinned and had this very broad shoulders revealing his well belt body which made lot of women run after him , every woman dream man ,
"And it can be disannuled sir" he snapped
As he turned to face his dad who was on a wheelchair,his hands inside his trouser pockets
"Don't push me boy!!" His father screamed
He stared at the old man in annoyance and walked away
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