Uncle cheatmaster returned that night around 11:00pm. I
had slept off on the couch in the sitting room while waiting
for him. So the time I saw him was when I woke up in his
arms while I was being carried to my room. I remember
sleepily asking why he was late and if he wanted to eat. But
he only told me not to worry and just go to bed. He placed
me on my bed, covered me with my blanket and kissed my
forehead good night before leaving my room. I must have
been so tired because It wasn’t up to five minutes when I
drifted to dreamland again.
I woke up the next morning to a sharp pain in my lower
abdomen. It was that time of the month and I was feeling
very moody. My bed sheet was stained and I had to still
prepare for school. I managed to stand up even with the
pain, change my sheets and got into the shower to prepare
for school. I woke up quite early so I took my time because
the pain wouldn’t even allow me go any faster. To add to my
pain, I had a terrible headache. I wasn’t just myself that
morning. I tried to prepare breakfast for I and uncle
cheatmaster since he used to leave the house at the same
time I did. When I was done with the preparation, I tried to
eat but I couldn’t eat much. I only forced myself to eat two
slices of bread and a boiled egg so I could take some drugs.
I was prepared for school but uncle cheatmaster wasn’t out
yet so I decided to go check up on him.
I knocked on his door twice and then the third time, he
announced to come in. He asked why I was knocking as he
had told me I could come in whenever I wanted. That wasn’t
the case that morning as I wasn’t even in the mood so I told
him I had come to check up on him since he wasn’t out yet.
He was still in his pajamas which was surprising so I asked
why he wasn’t dressed. He told me that I had forgotten he
took two days off work. That was when I remembered he
mentioned it to me on Friday night. I wasn’t really sure why
he took two days off work because he wasn’t travelling and
he didn’t look as tired as he used to be. I told him I was
ready to go to school and was about to leave when he said
to wait for him while he gets his car keys so he could drop
me off. I told him not to worry as I could take public
transport and immediately he squeezed his face.
“I told you not to say that whenever I’m around. Can’t I take
you to school?” he said looking pissed.
I apologized, telling him that I didn’t want to disturb him and
his frown turned into a smile. He put on a hoody, picked his
car keys and we left the room together. When we got to the
gate of my school, he held my hands and whispered I love
you just before I was about to get down from the car. I
smiled at him and said I loved him too before getting down
from the car. He couldn’t kiss me like he would if we were
alone because we were in public. People could easily sight
us from the car. I remembered that I hadn’t told him about
his friend that came around the previous day so I told him
about the man named Femi as I was standing beside the
car. After speaking with him about his friend for a while, I
waved him off before heading to the school’s gate to sign in.
Immediately I was done signing in, I heard the bell for the
morning assembly so I quickly ran to my class which wasn’t
very far to drop my bag. After dropping my school bag, I left
for the assembly ground with the other students.
Assembly was quite long because there were a lot of
announcements especially concerning the jss3 students.
The pain I felt in the morning came back. I hated when I was
on my period because no amount of drugs ever made the
pain go away permanently. I endured the pain until we were
done with the assembly. That day felt really slow and I could
not wait to go back home. I was tired and frustrated with all
my classes. We had extra hours for all our subjects so it was
pretty intense due to the coming up junior WAEC. Later in
the evening, we closed two hours after all the other students
had closed. I ran out of school to catch a bus home. It was
already 5:00pm and I couldn’t wait to see uncle cheatmaster
and spend the rest of the day with him.
When I got home, I came in through the gate and saw that
two of his cars were still parked in the compound so I knew
he would be around. I actually expected him to have come to
pick me up but it wasn’t a problem. Sometimes I preferred
taking the public transport anyway, especially when I was
moody. I got in and smelt the most amazing aroma ever.
Uncle cheatmaster must have decided to surprise me, I
thought.A smile broke on my face as I walked into the sitting
room. It soon turned into confusion as I sighted a fancy
handbag laying on the couch that definitely didn’t belong to
me. Then I saw the rest of the belongings that belonged to
the stranger that I was yet to meet. I heard voices in the
kitchen as I walked into the sitting room, one that definitely
belonged to uncle cheatmaster and a woman. I decided to
drop my things first before heading to the kitchen. So as I
dropped my bags, took off my shoes, I went straight to the
kitchen.
To my greatest surprise, I saw uncle cheatmaster wrapped
around the arms of another lady who were both resting by
the kitchen sink. Nothing but anger rushed through my veins
by the sight. I couldn’t believe my eyes. They not only were
wrapped in each other’s arms but were also kissing and
laughing. As angry as I was, I spoke up since they hadn’t
noticed my presence. “Good afternoon,” I said. That was
when they both looked up and saw me standing beside the
door. There were food items, both cooked and uncooked all
around the kitchen.
“Good afternoon Meso! You’re back from school.” Uncle
cheatmaster said.
I could see a lot of expressions on his face. The kind filled
with guilt and confusion.
“Meso, this is Jennifer. Jennifer this is Meso, my niece.”
He said introducing us to each other. The lady stretched out
her hands towards me for a handshake and as confused
and angry I was, I shook her hand. Immediately, she smiled
and said;
“Your uncle’s fiancé. Nice to meet you dear”
I wasn’t sure I heard right when she said fiancé. I faked a
smile and glanced at uncle cheatmaster who had also been
looking at me. He must have known what was running
through my mind.
To be continued……
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