The story of my life. My Past.

grannie came here. And now three people were sharing it. As much as I would love to share mine with Busola, I didn't want her to see me cry in t

ions in class and to crown it all, she was refraining from her friends. She was just in JSS 1(7th grade). Bayo's teacher had said he was good with his grades but sometimes she noticed him staring into spac

er as silently as we could. It wasn't like before where we wou

stantly there was a broad smile on his face. He looked u

st to rece

t Mum and asked

a red love emojis," she

you?" Bayo as

y. But it's nothin

That is the only sister

gged, not looking

er times his being at home was a curse. It was either he yelled or complained of nothing or started to look for someone to beat up. And I guessed it was something he was doing to get me out of the house

up to," granny said, alr

is gonna be fine, okay?" Mum s

How is it? Does it still hurt?" she asked a

her wounded temple to her eye herself. "I

ed to injure her and she had lied to everyone that she t

e sat down and looked at us and we quickly bowed down to our food. Then he got

ng to do anyt

throat and gulped down his Chapman drink. "Goodnight, Mum." He leane

s in a go

Mum and me goodnight. We looked at each

bed with granny, sleeping, and Bayo wa

" I c

looking away from t

is cheating." I said

w, dar

ce w

e lied he went t

ooner. I just didn't want to c

is o

d you f

and I read it. It says, ' Thanks for today. Xoxo. From Loveline.' That got my attention so I had no choice

have been so hard to

I'm getting over it. And I

ou divor

l I go? I'm the only

place. Your dad is still alive too.

And I will be so embarrassed to go back to them. They don't like Ola. I know they will wa

ll stand by you and make things better

bed. You are going to school tomor

I said and kisse

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his textbooks and notebook clenched on his chest. He was short, fair in complexion, chubby... Well, not that chubby. He was also a bald man in his late forties, I guessed. His name was Mr Edward and he taught English Language which w

dents," he greeted

" we replied as some stud

nonyms. Does anyone want to tell me wh

hand looking at the

e the day she saw me cry. She was trying to be my friend

hat's your n

a. Synonyms mean giving an

adamilola, what does i

, sir," Dam

," Victoria wh

er weirdly an

ng' with a huge smile on her face. I didn't know what was wrong with her. Wasn't she a quiet and gentle girl? She wanted to be my friend but I wasn't

e, another word

tify," Grace said smiling. She was the class repres

as he scanned the whole class with his brown ey

un said, toyin

ther word

un said and the whole c

see... So

date, Mr Edward. And you know how the proprietress likes walking around classes looking for things to complain about as if she do

I didn't know what was funny. But my classmates l

he just merely correcting Mr Edward what he should have done? Mr Edward was the type of teacher who loved to dictate notes to us and once in a while dictate examples. If anyone wanted to pass his subje

oard. He wrote the topic, word and synonyms and made a zig-zag lin

tion of what synonyms are and the ex

te the definition of what Victoria gave, we were going to define ours as long

other word

th or importa

orate

at wealth or lu

e you understand what you are doing. I will be asking you questions with your note. I want it on my table next tomorrow morning.!

rker board for about fifteen minutes b

to do your assignment," he said, picking up his boo

ilola screamed, "I've got to model today

en you get back home at nigh

ilola snapped back at Grace who

chool uniform was a white shirt, purple skirt, purple leggings and purple tie. Whilst the girls were using a straight tie, the guys were using a bow tie. Dam

uld help m

ace asked, glan

se! Though it will be

Grace

," Damilola sai

I'm not going to help you with your home

y." Damilola ro

know who the dummy i

the naughty Tokunbo sta

ve, I forgot to add she was mouth-loosed. She

n't a dummy, I just

for the second period?" Grace said instead, looking around as if Damilola

tebook on my desk and I looked

nments," Seu