HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50

By Obianke Prosper

Chapter Fifty

GRACE POV

“Oh God! Why am I so unfortunate? Why does bad things keep coming to me?”.Angela said with tears rolling down her eyes. Her eyes were red and swollen and her cheeks were stained with tears.

“Oh Angel, please stop this. Crying wouldn’t solve the problem, just put yourself together and….”.

“And what Grace? What will I do? Come on! Have been given a one week suspension and what do you want me to say to my dad? Am just so nervous, he wouldn’t like the news”.

“It’s okay….”.

“It’s not okay, alright? That Jeanann is a wtch, she keeps making my life one hell of a mess”.She said, crying profusely while I sighed not knowing what else to say.

What happened is that after she twisted Jeanann’s fingers, Jeanann’s bones shifted as well and she was taken to the school clinic after bringing down the school building with her screams. The case was taken to the school management and Angela was granted a one week suspension.

“Look Angela, you should be thankful that it was just a suspension not an expulsion besides it’s just one week not one month. Stop crying. I thought the old Angela is dead, why is she coming back to life?”.I said and she sniffed, wiping the tears rolling out of her eyes with the back of her palm.

“You don’t understand Grace. That was sudden! I didn’t plan to do all that, it wasn’t my fault but Jeanann’s. That girl wouldn’t shut her mouth, she called me names and I got fed up. I didn’t mean to dislocate her bones, I didn’t mean to twist her fingers, I just couldn’t control my anger. Have been keeping quiet for so long, I practiced the words self control everyday but today I lost it. I totally lost it Grace but she deserves it, she really deserves what I did to her and I don’t know Grace, I may sound wicked right now but I freaking enjoyed causing her pain”.She said and I became surprised at her words but I shrugged it off when a look of understand swept my face.

“I understand your feelings Angela but what you did was kinda wrong, you even got suspended because of that. You should keep your anger in check next time, okay?”.I said and she nodded.

“So can we go to the cafeteria now? The bell have been rang minutes ago but we are still here….”.

“Am not hungry”.She interrupted me and I scoffed.

“Angela, you don’t have to starve because you were suspended. You….”.

“Am not hungry, Grace! Have lost my appetite and I…”.A rumbling sound came from her stomach and she frowned bashfully.

“You see, you’re hungry and I subject we should go to the cafeteria and eat something before your stomach aches you”.

“Alright, fine”.She stood and we headed to the cafeteria together. We bought our lunch and went to an empty table to eat.

“Grace”.Angela began, munching her cookies. “Do you really think I went too far on Jeanann? Maybe I should have allowed her hit me and let the matter die instantly?

“Sincerely, if it was me I would have done the same thing you did if she’d provoke me. She acts like she owns the world but you showed her that she can’t own everybody…. To me, you did the right thing”.I said and she smiled a bit.

“But I don’t really think I did the right thing, am beginning to feel guilty and bad”.

“That happens. If someone offends you and you hurt the person, later on you regret your actions, so it’s normal. All you have to do is to think the person is fine and soon enough the guilt you felt will all wash off”.

“Wow Grace”.Her eyes twinkled. “Thank you”.

“Huh? For what?”.I was confused.

“For still being here with me”.

“Um, I still don’t understand”.

“Grace”.She sighed, dropping back the cookie on her fingers back to its bowl. “When I got suspended, you never left my side and I… I really appreciate that. You are too kind, too nice and too good… You always supported me and I do think that I don’t deserve all this from you”.

She sniffed and I bit my lips, feeling flustered.

“Angela, am not too good, too nice and all that. You’re indirectly saying that am perfect which am not.. Am just being myself and helping you out… It will be selfish of me to abandon someone who needs help when I clearly know I can help that person… That will be bad of me”.I said and she kept quiet with her eyes going dim.

“I once had a friend”.She suddenly spoke. “Her name was Evelyn but most people call her Eve, we became friends in Grade eight but our friendship started going sour when I developed acnes. I guess she became embarrassed of me and she began avoiding me… I noticed it but shrugged it off, thinking she just needed some space. Things got worst when Jeanann started bullying me, I guess I was too weak for her liking so she broke our friendship and avoided me totally. Of course I became sad at this for I liked Evelyn so much, I’d treat her more than a friend, more like a sister so I wanted her back, I wanted to restore our broken friendship. So I went to her, begged her to give our friendship a chance but guess what she did, she threw insults at me. You could image how shocked I was cause Evelyn was a quiet girl, always minding her business and her throwing insults at me kinda made me depressed. Days turned into weeks and Evelyn left the school…. Do you want to know why?”.

I nodded, feeling so curious.

“The reason is because…”.She paused, breathing out slowly. “Evelyn was the girl whose fingers was chopped out by Dylan”.

A lump formed itself in my throat and the meat I was swallowing got hooked inside, making me choke.

“Grace… Grace, are you okay?”.She asked looking concerned but I continued coughing, holding onto my neck.

“Jeez! Water, water… Where is it?”.She roamed her eyes around the table and gripped a bottled water before handing it to me.

I quickly unsealed the cover and took in a heavy amount of water until the meat flushed down to my stomach.

“Hah!”.I breathe in and out as I dropped back the bottled water on the table.

“Are you okay?”.Her face was filled with concern.

“Yeah, thank you”.I sighed as I glared at the remaining fried meats on my bowl. I almost wanted to spank all of them for almost killing me.

“Oh!”.She let out a smile. “I guess what I said really got you surprised, so you never heard that Dylan chopped off someone’s fingers?”.

“Have heard of that but I never knew it was your friend or should I say former friend’s fingers. Am sorry”.

“It wasn’t your fault and besides, she must be in another school trying to forget that worst moment of her life, she must be so frightened”.She wet her lips, taking in some of her cookies and I pouted as a thought ran across my mind.

“Angela do you think it was Dylan who chopped off that girl’s fingers?”.

“Seriously, you don’t believe it’s him? Or wait… Do you have a crush on him or something?”.

“What! No!!”.I scoffed. “Am just thinking of how everyone concluded it was him without seeing any evidence or proof…”.

“There was an evidence”.She said and my eyes widened.

“W..what evidence?”.

“Blood, scratches. The girl’s fingers were chopped off after school closed, it happened in her class which is also Dylan’s class”.She paused and continued; “The next day, Dylan’s seat was filled with few traces of blood and nails marks. It seems like Evelyn struggled to escape as the deed was done of her. What a pity!”.

She added and my mouth went agape as a sudden fear gripped me… Dylan did that?!!!

HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50

School closed and I and Angela were arranging our stuffs when Jeanann came into the classroom with her fingers bandaged. She ignored Angela completely and took her backpack before leaving the class.

“Do you think she is scared of me?”.Angela asked and I chuckled.

“Maybe”.

We both left the class and headed to the parking lot, there I met Dad’s car standing a little bit far from where we stood.

“Come with me, let me introduce you to my driver”.I said and Angela nodded before we went close to the car.