I was at home alone with the maids on the third
week of staying with Mi mom when she called me
at exactly 12pm. Mi mom told me that waec result
was out and i should send my center and seat
number to her. ‘Not again’ i thought as i
sluggishly sent the required number. I prayed and
hoped to have a brilliant result this time around. I
wrote the examination when mom was still with
me and throughout the days of the examination, i
read and studied hard so i had the assurance of
coming out in flying colour. I never wanted to
disappoint mi mom and i wanted to be able to
study “Journalism” which had been my dream
course ever since i was little. I was expecting mi
mom to call me immediately she check the result
but she did not. That made me more anxious.
At exactly 6:30pm, Mi mom came back with a
straight face, i rushed out to greet her but she did
not respond to my greetings which was unusual of
her. “Not again! I think i failed woefully and now
mi mom is mad at me. Why do failure keep coming
my way?” i thought to myself as i followed Mi
mom to her room with a sad face.
I followed mi mom closely from behind as she
walked to her room. I closed the door behind
myself and sat on a couch as mi mom undressed.
I was waiting to be scolded and i was sad i might
not be able to study the course of my choice or i
might end up waiting an extra year before gaining
admission.
“Have it” aunty oyinkan said as she passed a
printed paper to me. I collected the paper from her
and i was scared of seeing my failure ones again. I
could remember how i felt when i failed jamb and
failing Waec as well will make me feel worst. “Open
it on time” mi mom’s voice brought me out of my
thought. I sluggishly opened the paper and read
the content.
Mathematics A1
English B2
Literature A1
Government C4
Biology C5
Economics B3
C.R.S B3
Yoruba C6
“WTF!! I passed! I passed!” i shouted after reading
out the content of my result. Mi Mom was full of
smille as i hurriedly hugged her. I breathe a sigh of
relief. “I thought i failed again mom” i said as i
released myself from mi mom’s grip. Mi mom
smilled and said ” My child you are never a failure
and you will never be a failure. You should believe
in yourself dear just the way i believe in you. I
knew you would pass, you failed jamb because you
lacked preparation. Determination is success and
success is determinantion. Be determined to never
give up no matter how difficult success prove to
be” Mi mom ended her speech and i went into her
arms again, my happiness knew no bound, not
only because of my success but because i had
someone to share my success with.
I remembered i was yet to share my success with
khole, so i hurriedly released myself from the hug
and i told mi mom i would love to inform khole of
my success. I made to leave and mi mom pulled
me back and said “dont you love the suspense i
kept you? Lets do the the same for khole and dad.
They are both coming home today. We are having
a family dinner to celebrate your success. Promise
me you wont spoil our package” mi mom made me
promise and i left her room hoping i will be able to
fulfil my promise. I got into my room and i jumped
on my bed. I could not hide the excitement as i
started jumping around my room. From my bed, i
jumped ontop the couch, then to the table. I could
not just hide my excitement. I made a promise to
mi mom so i could not call khole, she was like the
only person i had, to talk to. If only i still have
kelvin’s contact, he would have been happy at the
news. If only guys like Jordan and nelly are still
around, it would have been a more happy situation
but they are now in my past where betrayals
should be.
I had my bath and went to the kitchen to assist mi
mom since she was making the special dinner
herself.
Khole came back with dad at exactly 8:00pm. She
picked dad up from the airport on her way from
school. I rushed out from the kitchen and knelt to
greet mi dad. He helped me up and hugged me,he
asked if i was ok and i noded as a reply. I rushed
to hug khole and the first thing she asked from me
was about my waec result. I was about telling her
my real result out of excitement before looking at
mi mom. She cleared her throat and frown at me. I
quickly changed my happy face to a sad one.
On our way to the main building, khole continued
to ask about my waec result. I told her i failed and
she requested to see the result herself. I did not
know what to do so dodged the question and left
her. We entered the living room and mi mom
welcomed everybody home again, after which mi
dad hugged us all again. He looked at me again
and said “Nancy i heard you did not really do well
in jamb, thats ok my dear. Your aunty also told me
that your Waec result is out, did you perform
excellently?” i did not know what to say, probably
to go on with mi mom plan or tell mi dad the truth.
“She did not do well darling, let her show you the
result” mi mom said in a bid to bail me out of the
trouble.
I rushed to my room and got my result, dad was
asking khole questions about school when i go
back but he stopped immediately i handed the
result to him.
“Wow! This is brilliant! Sweetheart you were
making a joke of me right? I will so deal with you”
Dad said. Mi mom smilled and told him it was her
pleasure to fool him. We all laughed, then dad
looked at me and said “Congratulation my child. I
will take you to a senior lecturer in the state
university next week. Consider yourself a student of
kwasu right away” i rushed to embraced him due
to my excitement, he took me into his arm and pat
me on the back. “Now am jealous, why is nancy
getting all the hug after planning with mom to
deceive us?” khole said playfully and mi dad
released me from the embrace. Mi dad hugged
khole and mi mom joined in the hug. I did not
want to feel left out so i joined in the hug as well.
We had a group hug full of laughter as a one big
happy family!
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THE END OF SEASON ONE
