HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50
By Obianke Prosper
Chapter Forty Seven
GRACE POV
“Hey, what are you thinking?”.Dave asked, tapping me and I flinched jotting out of my thoughts.
“You have been smirking and you almost got hit by a car, I had to draw you out of the way”.
“Oh sorry”.I sighed, running my hand through my hair.
“Okay? So what have you been thinking?”.
“Nothing”.
“Nothing? Gish! Lair”.He said and I rolled my eyes before we continue jogging.
I became absent minded again as I thought about what he said. Revenge! Should I make Jeanann suffer the way she made Angela suffer? I know she deserves it but revenging is wrong right? but no, someone have to teach her a lesson so that she won’t bully again. But how can I make her stop bullying, just how? I have no plans, no idea at all.
“Grace”.Dave frowned, tapping me again and I stared at him.
“What in the world are you thinking about? Is anything bothering you?”.He asked and I shook my head mouthing a ‘no’.
“Then what is it?”.
“Nothing. Sorry”.I apologized and heard him sigh.
“That guy Kyree, how is he?”.
My eyes peered into his as soon as he made that last sentence.
“I thought you hated him, then why are you asking about him?”.
“Hate is a strong word, I don’t hate him, I dislike him”.
“Why? For what reason?”.
“No reason”.
“You’re weird”.I said and he smiled, gulping down a bottled water which he brought along.
“Maybe I do have a reason why I dislike him”.He suddenly said, wrapping the can cover around its hole.
“Which is?”.
“I don’t trust him”.
“Geez! What don’t you trust about Kyree?”.I pouted, folding my arms.
“His smile, his laugh, probably everything about him. I just do have this feeling that he feels something else for you which could possibly be love”.He said and my eyelashes furrowed as my mind flashed back to the time Kyree gave me a birthday present on Wednesday, this week.
FLASH_BACK
“So do you like it?”.Kyree gentle voice broke into my thoughts but my glance was still fixed on the I ? You which was imprinted on the shirt.
Different thoughts ran through my
head but I waved them off and stare at Kyree who was expecting an answer.
“Y…yeah, it’s beautiful but what does this mean?”.I asked pointing at the I ? You. Kyree eyes traced to the shirt and a smile crossed his lips.
“Oh, I heart you? It actually means…”.He paused and took his glance away from the shirt to my face and then he added, “I love you”.
My heart skipped two beats as soon as he said that and my hands suddenly felt like jelly. The shirt slipped from my hands but I regained myself and caught the shirt before it drops to the floor.
“W…What?! I don’t und..derstand, you l..love me?”.My eyes popped out in surprise and I felt my breath coming out slowly. My emotions…. I should control them.
“Oh yes I do, don’t you? I mean I love you as a friend and you should reciprocate the feeling too, right?”.He said and I sighed in relief.
“Oh!”.I muttered, mentally slapping myself for thinking he loves me more than a friend.
“Yes I do and thanks for the gift Kyree. You are super nice”.
“And also, you should wear it to school on Monday, okay? I wanna see it on you”.
“Sure, I wouldn’t forget”.I smiled and walked to Angela who was still waiting for me.
END_OF_FLASHBACK
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50
He doesn’t love me but I don’t get why Dave dislikes him, even if he does love me then Dave have no say in it, it’s my decision if I would accept it or not.
“Whatever, let’s go home. People are starting to leave their houses”.I said as I stared at the people on the street. It was becoming crowdy.
“Yeah, right. Let’s go home”.He said, turning back to the direction of our house and I turned back too.
We got home some minutes later and I went to my room to freshen up. I bathed and wore a violet coloured shirt and a dark blue jeans short. I put on my flip flops and went to help mum and Nancy in the kitchen.
“Good morning Mum, good morning Nancy”.I greeted and their glances dropped on me.
“Good morning Grace”.They chorused before taking their eyes back to whatever they were doing.
I smiled and sat on a kitchen stool as I watched them prepare the food and just when I was about saying something I heard some giggles and squeal.
It didn’t seem to come from Mum or Nancy so I just shrug it off as my imagination but then it started to get louder and louder and I turned to the direction I was hearing it from only to see a little girl not more than three or four years old sitting on a stool.
She wore a yellowish gown with flower designs, her hair was packed in pigtails and I noticed her eyes were light blue. It almost look like the color was facing but despites all this, she was beautiful.
“Mum, who is she?”.I asked still staring at the beautiful girl who doesn’t look familiar.
“Oh, she is Ella, Nancy’s daughter”.Mum smiled as she broke an egg, watching the yoke fall into the frying pan half filled with groundnut oil.
“She will stay with us until Nancy gets ready to leave today. Actually Nancy’s friend traveled to visit her sick uncle and Nancy doesn’t have anywhere to drop her child. Yunno today is Saturday and the daycares are closed, so instead of keeping Ella at home, she brought her here”.Mum added and I nodded, staring back at Ella just to see Nancy handing her one of the toasted breads.
They do look cute together but who is Nancy’s husband? Where is he? She rarely talk about him or perhaps doesn’t she have an husband?
Wait… Is she a widow? No that’s not possible, I mean young women like her aren’t supposed to be widows.. Oh! Am so confused..
“Ella say hi to Grace”.Nancy beamed, handing another bread to the girl who keeps maintaining a frown.
Her eyes snapped at me and I noticed her frown grew deeper, almost making her look like one ugly wtch.
Then she said something I didn’t think I would hear from her.
“Never!”.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50
ANGELA POV
“Hey, you are up?”.Mary yawned as she walked into the kitchen. She was still on her nightie and her hair was messy, she sure just woke up.
“Yeah”.I muttered, putting some beverages in a jug. I poured some hot water and added few sugars before mixing them with a spoon.
“So where is dad? He just left?”.She asked arranging her hair in a loose bun to prevent the hair from falling all over her face.
“Yes, he left few minutes ago”.
She sighed, resting her butt on a stool.
“I kinda like dad’s job even though it’s not cool, you know he gets to stay in an expensive car whenever he wants to and he do get the chance to see a beautiful house everyday. That’s awesome”.She smiled and I rolled my eyes, pouring the tea from the jug into two mugs.
“What’s awesome about being a driver? Being a bricklayer is better than the job….”.
“Shh”.She shunned me, placing her hands on her waist. “I know what am talking about, okay? Look at dad’s salary for example, it’s three hundred dollars and you expect me not to say the job is awesome? Girl, ya kidding”.
I scoffed but I didn’t say anything else as I concentrated on my work but of course Mary is always the one to break the silence…What a talkative!
“Angel, did you hear the latest rumor in school? About Jeanann? People said she lied against a girl in her class so as to make the teacher reduce the poor girl’s score but luckily someone stood up for the girl and Jeanann’s score was reduced”.She chuckled and I stood still, remembering the incident.
Of course, I was the unlucky girl.
“Hey, wouldn’t you say something? You are in Jeanann’s class and you must know something about it, right?”.She pouted and I took in a low breath.
“I was the girl Jeanann lied against”.
“Huh?”.Her eyes widened.
“Yes, you heard me right. I was the unlucky girl, the unfortunate girl and you wouldn’t believe what Jeanann did to me the day after. She freaking got me shirtless and threatened me to lie to the teacher that I lied against her and having no choice, I went to the teacher and lied to him”.
“What?!”.She gasped, surprise taking over her expression. “You were the girl? Jeanann got you shirtless and… You did nothing about it?!!”.
She yelled and I brushed my hair with my fingers, taking in and taking out breaths.
“I had no choice, Mary”.
“What? Don’t tell me that, alright. You had a choice, you had to defend yourself but you let the bch embarrass and ridicule you”.
I bit my lips tightly as tears clouded my vision. “Am sorry”.
“Oh no, this time I wouldn’t forgive you and I would report this to dad. Yes I get it, Jeanann is rich and all that but she got no right to embarrass you that way. That was too much!”.
“I wanted to defend myself Mary, I wanted to but her friends came along with her and I didn’t want to take the risk”.My tears fell over my cheeks and her face softened.
“Oh Angel”.She hugged me and I reciprocated crying endlessly. “She will pay for that alright, we wouldn’t let her go until she stopped bullying you. You know what?”.
She broke the bug and smirked, placing her palm on both sides of my shoulder.
“It’s payback time”.
HER ADVERSITY: Chapter 41 – 50
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