STORY: MY UNCLE PART 1

MY UNCLE PART 1

“Welcome uncle CHEATMASTER!!!!” I screamed as I
hugged him after opening the door. “How are you, my
dear?”, he had replied. Uncle CHEATMASTER was one of
my favourite uncles. He would bring a lot of gifts for me
and my sister whenever he came for visits. He would take
us out and spend time with us. Some people even started
calling him our second father because of the relationship
he had with us. He was my father’s only brother. He
wasn’t married even though he was about twenty-six
years old, but he lived a comfortable lifestyle alone in a
very fine bungalow. On the other hand, I lived with my
parents, my sister, Esther and the house help, Francis
who we usually called Frank.
‘Where is your sister?” Uncle cheatmaster asked.
“She is sleeping”, I replied.
“And your parents?”, he asked further.
“They’re out”, I replied again.
“And Where is Frank?”
“Uncle cheatmaster, it seems like you missed everyone
oo, this one you’re asking about them like this?” I replied.
“Eh! Yes! yes, I did. So where is Frank?” He asked again
and so I told him he went out with my parents.
Immediately I said so, he smiled.
“So we are the only ones around?” He said.
“Yes and Esther”.
He moved from behind the couch where he had been
standing and sat on the couch.
“Meso!!!” He called my nickname just as everyone did.
“Yes, uncle cheatmaster”. “I’ve told you to be calling me
cheatmaster, not uncle cheatmaster, you know I’m not
as old as your Father”, he said as he winked at me.
“But uncle cheatmaster, you know mama will slap me
when she hears me say your name without adding the
uncle before it,” I argued.
“Oya, call me by my name only when we are alone”, he
said and I nodded in response. I asked him what he had
brought for us this time. He simply gestured his hands for
me to sit beside him. I skipped happily as I sat down
close to him. He gave me the fancy looking bag that he
had been holding and I collected it immediately. Excited
to see what was inside, I removed the first item my hand
was able to grasp. It was a nice looking blouse, I smiled
when I saw it, but he said it was for my sister so I
reached into the bag to grab something else. This time, I
grabbed a blouse again, this one even fancier than the
first. He said it was for my sister again. This happened for
two more rounds until I spoke up. “Uncle cheatmaster,
this bag is already getting slimmer oo”, I squeezed my
face, but he insisted that I kept checking so I reached for
another Item and this time, It didn’t feel the same as the
other items I had reached for. Some parts of this item
had soft spots while the other parts had a harder spot. I
squeezed my face as I brought out the item. Behold it
was a bra.
I looked puzzled when I saw this, but uncle cheatmaster
just smiled at me and said, “They told me that you are
now a big girl so I just decided to buy this one since that
is what big girls wear”.
Indeed, my adolescence stage was running ahead of me
as I had started growing breasts and seeing my monthly
flow just at the age of eleven, but I was just surprised
that my uncle would get bras and panties for me. I was
happy that I could add to my collection from the ones my
mum got for me, but I felt very embarrassed because
even my father had never had to buy girly things like this
for me. My mother was always the one who took care of
the female issues. I slowly muttered a ‘thank you’ before
he said “So, go and try them, let me see”. I looked at him
in confusion and said. “Ahh cheatmaster, I can’t wear
these ones in front of you oo”. He just laughed and said
that I shouldn’t be shy because he even remembers
carrying me naked in his arms when I was a baby. I only
used my hands to hide my face from embarrassment but
I didn’t try them on. While I was about to leave with the
gifts he got for us, he held my hands and pulled me back.
“There is one last thing you haven’t opened”, he said as
he handed me another fancy looking bag, but this one
was way smaller.I smiled and collected it with excitement
as I dug in to find out what it was. My eyes almost fell out
when I saw it was a brand new phone still in its pack and
a sim card. I screamed and screamed with excitement as
he laughed at my joy. I always wanted a phone but my
parents always told me I was still too young to be using
one. Even though I told them that my classmates already
had phones they still insisted that I wait till I was a bit
older. “Uncle cheatmaster, thank you! thank you!”, I
blurted out as I hugged him but he squeezed his face
instead of smiling with me. “Uncle cheatmaster, did I say
something wrong”, I asked but he squeezed his face even
more before he opened up.
“Haven’t I told you to stop calling me Uncle cheatmaster?
Call me cheatmaster or don’t talk to me again oo” he said
squeezed his face while giving me the baby attitude.
I nodded in agreement and said I was sorry before he
smiled at me.
The bell rang and I dashed out to see who was at the
door, my parents and Frank had returned from their
outing. “Daddy good evening, mummy good evening!” I
said as I opened the door for them to come in.
“Ehen, my dear. How are you? Where is Esther?” my mum
asked.
“Mummy, I’m fine and Esther is sleeping. Uncle
cheatmaster is around and you will not believe what he
bought for us” I replied. They all smiled when I said so. I
helped them with the things they bought and placed them
on the kitchen counter as most of the items were kitchen
tools and food items. As we entered the sitting room, I
quickly ran to show them my new phone with excitement.
But they were busy greeting each other until my mum
spoke out;
“Meso, this your phone is fine, it is even finer than my
own but wait oo, you know you can’t start using a phone
now right”.
I whined and squeezed my face, trying to protest before
uncle cheatmaster cut in. “Ahh aunty, leave Meso alone
oo, she is now a big girl, many of her mates are now
using phones sef”.
I looked at my dad and gave him the signal to help me
plead before he nodded in agreement that I should be
allowed to have a phone. I was so excited that I ran to my
room with the gifts uncle cheatmaster got for me and my
sister without even showing them the other things he got
for us. By the time I got into my room where I share with
my sister, she was already awake. My sister who was
three years younger than me liked to have the same thing
I had so I knew she would go ask for hers when I show
her my new phone. Like I imagined, she jumped up
happily when I told her uncle cheatmaster was around
but ran out to ask for her own phone when I showed her
mine. Uncle cheatmaster simply told her that she would
get hers when she is older. I felt really happy because I
started seeing myself as a big girl. After a few hours,
around past nine in the night, uncle cheatmaster came to
our room to say goodnight. He came and sat on our bed
before he started speaking to us. He told us that we
should always call him whenever we wanted something
or needed help and that since I now had a phone, I
shouldn’t hesitate to contact him everyday. He hugged us,
kissed our foreheads and said he loved us before going
out through the door.
That night, I set up my phone and left it to charge for a
while before taking it with me to my bed. My sister had
already killed my ears with “I’ll be playing games on your
phone now”. I smiled at my Nokia 3310 and closed my
eyes to go to sleep before a message came in. And it
read:
“My princess, I hope you like this new gift I got for you.
Like I said before, don’t hesitate to contact me when you
need anything okay? And dial this code on your phone so
that you can be credited with five hundred naira.
*222*12347781736282# Goodnight. I love you”.
I smiled at my phone before falling to sleep…
To be continued………

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