As a child, she had always known she was going to do great things, her brains and extra ordinary IQ had assured her of this. Of course, the presence of that yamayama Femi had also seen to it. When she realized the snake had twined herself around her mother’s heart, she promised she was going to do everything twice as well as Femi ever could.
She had worked hard at her books to her father’s delight and hadn’t been able to suppress her happiness that Femi proved to be quite dull academically. According to her mother, it was because of Femi’s poor educational background but she didn’t care. She always relished the joy of calling her Olodo which often left the younger girl in tears.
She had made all her papers by the time she was 15 and had graduated not only the best student in her school but in the state of Lagos. As her father was a State government staff, the state had immediately offered her a scholarship abroad throughout her University education.
By the time she was through with her Pre-med
degree at UCLA, Femi was yet to get admission to the University. This would have given her pleasure as even her younger brother had cleared his papers and was studying computer science in the University Of Ibadan but it didn’t.
Her holiday home that year had seemed like she was the usurper. Everyone had been chummy with each other and even her little brother who had hated Femi with her was now Femi’s best friend.
Demola couldn’t seem to do anything without
Femi’s input and her parents treated Femi even
closer than they had before. The entire holiday
had left her feeling lost and she once again
promised to leave Femi in her dust.
And she had, she definitely had. She was a well-recognised and appreciated Doctor in the best hospital in the country and Femi was busy wiping little children’s poop. She had her own apartment and car and Femi still lived at home with her parents and jumped buses and keke napeps everywhere. She was in a budding relationship leading to marriage with a man who was everything above all men and Femi was dating a local Government Official.
She couldn’t help but laugh at the disparities in
their lives. When all was said and done, she was 2 times the woman Femi would ever be. When she was home during the weekend, she could see Femi was looking depressed and sad and she couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for the poor fool. Of course, she felt sorry for her, who wouldn’t? At the rate Femi was going, she would end up being 3 times the woman Femi was.
Oh, thank you karma, she laughed as she
continued her ward rounds.
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