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I followed Mrs Chiara to her room and trust me when i say this my breath was knocked out of my chest, her room is so big, if everything was removed from the room, we can probably play football or something
The bed is big enough to contain at least 6 people and a 6 foot person can lie down and still have enough space.
She sat down on the bed " come sit with me" and I sat down as well, even by mistake if I lie down on this bed I'd get knocked out " so" she continued " i wanna know about your life, cause it's not everyday someone get an invite to leave the country and does that immediately" she said, well she's kinda wrong, if any other person was in my condition the highest they'll do is call their family to say good bye
" well ma, I'm an orphan actually and the day I met your daughter I actually escaped the orphanage so when she offered for me to come with her I said yes, because there's nothing there for me, I don't know anyone, so I followed her to this place"
" oh my poor baby, you've really suffered a lot" she said stroking my cheeks " uhh if you don't mind me asking, why did you, you know, escape the orphanage"
" oh that, well I was about to get sold, like married off and all that but it's part of getting sold" I said
" really that's bad, thank God you escaped, God sent you to my daughter" she paused for a while " this orphanage, don't the government know about it"
" I don't really know, all I know is that my mom kept me there and I've lived there my whole life" although I know some information, it's best to keep my mouth shut, if you want to survive in this world, you must learn the act of limited talking
" okay that's fine, now you're with us, so everything would be alright"
" yes ma, thank you"
" what level of education are you in now" she asked
" urh we don't usually go to school, we were taught by the sisters and given books to read on our own "
" is that so, you know what, I want you to go school, so now, they're actually in there summer holiday that's why my son isn't home yet" wait she has a son " so you'll be going to their school, but in other to enter you'll be given an exam, you seem good at maths according to what Ashley told me, are you going for science or art"
" science " I replied
" okay, I'll hand you to Ashley for now, she's taking science courses, but my son is in art, so she'll help you, she intelligent, so I trust you with her"
" okay ma, thank you ma"
" ya, so school would be starting, I think next month so so, my son would be back like a week before then, so I'd suggest you start reading, your working time is from 7:30 -1:30 after that you join Ashley to read okay I'd be giving you 3000 Euros per month as your pay, please make sure you read well"
" sure thing ma, I won't disappoint you " saying those words I felt a bit of responsibility, I wasn't bluffing, I won't disappoint her
After thanking Mrs Chiara I tried to locate Ashley room, since she's with the baby, I came across the same room I saw this morning, although it felt as though I was been attracted to it, I immediately looked away, I found a maid and she took me to Ashley, oh she's in the garden, the baby is playing on the grass and she's videoing her, nice one, I don't really mind that she's on the bare ground because contact with nature isn't bad
When the baby spotted me she started crawling towards me, aww so cute, I picked her up then walked to Ashley
" hey Ash"
" May, how was the talk"
" it went well, she just asked about the orphanage and school"
" oh the orphanage" ya Ashley knows about it too "wait, school too"
" ya she said I'd be schooling at your school"
" really, yes yes, you'd love the educational experience trust me"
" ya, but I'll have to start reading, for you know the test"
" oh ya that, but I'm sure you'll pass, besides your brain works like a computer, you just need to work on, you know..... "
" ya my English " damn, I don't like English
" yes, but don't worry, I'll send you an app that would help you, oh where's your phone "
" it's charging"
" you should have brought it with you na"
" really I just plugged it now, it has to charge first, unless the battery might spoil easily "
" is that what you were thought in Nigeria, gosh" she said, she then called a maid " can you please get May phone from her room"
" yes ma'am "
" like for real we can send the app tomorrow or something of that sort"
" No, I wanna feel your phone" she called another maid " can you please get us snacks, oh and fruits too for the baby "
" okay ma'am "
" you like to send a lot "
" what are maids for, it's not like we don't pay them, we do"
" ya ya"
Soon enough the maid brought the phone
" great, now let's fix the sim"
"oh I've done that already"
" okay then let's add some important numbers to your phone" she then thought about something " oh did my mom also mention that it's a boarding
school" she said
" oh, is that so, well I don't have a problem with that, do you have a roommate, can I stay with you"
" aww May, I wish you could but the thing is that I already have a roommate I was assigned to her at the beginning of this grade, so you know, no matter what I can't change, and I would have loved to, the girl I'm staying with, she's a total b***h "
" oh, well that's okay I pray I get a good roommate "
" ya" she said not even looking up
The maid brought the snacks and the fruit, I walked to Ama to give her the fruit but she was staring at a caterpillar
" Hey Ama, what are you looking at" she stared at me, I knelt besides her " oh it's a caterpillar, it's looks ugly now but soon it's would turn to a beautiful butterfly" she looked at me then stared down at the caterpillar again, before looking up to smile at me " aww you're so cute, come and eat some fruits" she came closer and i started to feed her, i saw a strange looking fruit so i ate it to taste, it has a sweet taste, it's so good
" hey Ash what fruit is this" I showed it to her
" oh those are apricot, it's growing our there " she pointed to a tree " it's actually in its season now"
she's right, cause I can see lots of fruits on the tree, don't they pluck it, like this fruit is so damn good, I looked at Ama it find her already finishing her fruits so I picked her up and walked to the tree
Wow, it's even bigger than I imagined, I plucked the ones I could reach, washed it in the near by tap, the tap is quite convenient, I gave one to the baby and she started bite it, her eyes grew wide, she looked at me before she started to eat again,
" from your expression I take that you liked it "
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The day ended smoothly, Ashley saved all the numbers I needed and sent the books to my room, I found the book interesting, I fell asleep with a book on my face
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