MY LIFE AT THIRTY
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? EPISODE 16 ?
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By Princess ?
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I remembered the first time i joined them
outside, i was just coming back from my
coaching class, i greeted everybody as it was
a full house, i headed straight to my room and
the next statement i heard was “Ismaeel, why
is it that Alfa doesn’t like talking to anybody,
are we all not close to God as he is?”, i was
touched by the statement and had to respond
“ahn ahn..No ooo”
Esther: Then where are you going to? Why not
come and join us here
Me: Am just coming back from school, have
not even entered the room and i want to pray too
Esther: Go and pray then come back…at least
there is no light and there is heat also
Ezekiel: Abi oo…i even wanted to on generator
but this place is still more interesting than
being inside
Me: Okay, i will come
Even though i never meant it when i said i will
come, i was later dragged outside by Ezekiel,
we gisted about so many things and i couldn’t
put my mouth when they were talking about
some students in the neighbourhood. From
different girl friends to those living family life,
i was astonished with all i heard. My conclusion was that just as they were talking
about other people that is how people will be
talking about us too. I imagine what they
would have said behind me.
My 100level second semester result was out
and it was no surprise that my CGPA was
4.91. Aside Alfa, people started calling me
scholar, one of the few in the whole department, even though i heard there are so
many people that started so strong in the
department just like i was but they will later
drop and the worst of it some of them will
drop to as low as second class lower, that is
the time when econometrics will start coming
into bearing but i was so sure that my life will
never turn out like that, i was so sure that i
will come out with a first class and even if the
worst of it, it will be a strong second class
upper, the thought of second class upper was
not even on my mind at all..
My year two was going on normal and i was
becoming more and more popular in school, I
don’t lack money too and i was still the same
reserved person as i was even though have
started making friends here and there but i
was so selective with the kind of friend that i
have. The only people so close to me are my
Muslim brothers; the ladies i knew way back
then are the hijab sisters that we do one
program or the other in MSSN.
Back in the hostel, everything was just normal,
suddenly we don’t see Titi again at our place
nobody knew if she and Ezekiel fought or
something. There was drastic change in
Ezekiel character; we noticed that so many
girls now visit him, from short to tall, fat to
thin, different sizes of girls always trooping in
to our house all in the name of being his
friend. This doesn’t stop Esther from patronizing Ezekiel, at a time i thought if it
was love or there was actually something behind it. Despite the fact that Ezekiel hardly
sleep alone at home alone, its one different
babe to the other every week.
Another amazing thing i noticed was that the
friendship between Ismaeel and Ezekiel was
somehow becoming strong. Sincerely, i never
knew what they have in common but Ismaeel
is always in Ezekiel’s room and he used to
spend the night in his place sometimes. I was
in my house this particular afternoon, i was
not feeling too well so i didn’t go out which
was very unusual. Ismaeel went to school,
Ezekiel was around and i don’t even know the
lady he was with because he put on the generator. I was just relaxing on bed when i
heard someone opened my door.
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