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from outside the bathroom door. 'Yes, mum?' 'When you finish your dad wants to have a word with you,ok.' 'Ok mum.' 'Quickly cause he is about to go out.' I immediately

d have been in her restaurant by now arranging things with her girls, but whenever my dad was going out she waited and send the girls to open the shop, so that she and her husband can leave the house together. 'Yes daddy, mum said you where calling me.' 'Your mum was telling me you want to leave Aba before your school began.' 'Yes dad' 'What did you say is the reason why?' I gave him my explanation bit by bit. Exactly as I told my mum, plus some. 'Porthacourt is out of the question till your school begins,' he said when I finished talking. 'Definitely out of the question my dear daughter.' He started his bout of coughing. My mum can't over to tap his back. 'Isn't it ok if you just tell them your not feeling to good to come?' She asked.' The way your breathing, maybe you should just stay back at home.' 'Hmm

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to Mr Emeka house and asked his mother of him but she said he wasn't around. 'Emeka hasn't been home since last week' his mother added 'Ha really' I said 'Mr Emeka traveled and he didn't tell me? Why na I thought we where friends and he had my number. No wahala thank you Ma' ' thank you' I said and left their compound. It was late when I got home cause I trekked home. I finally got home and Brenda was seeing a movie with Jerry and Austin in the Parlor sofa. 'Where is dad and mum' I asked. 'They are in their room' Austin said. 'It really not been long they entered' Jerry added. Dad said he wasn't feeling too good and wants to go in and have a shower and mummy went with him' Brenda explains. They all answered one after the other, and as if they had memorized what to say a long time ago and just waited patiently for my return. I went into my room and took my towel and went to bath and wore my usual night wear and ready for the night and went into the parlor to relax on the chair. My mind wasn't even concentrating on the Nollywood movie they where seeing my mind was just moving up and down. How would Mr Emeka travel and he didn't even think to tell me even if it's on the phone, wasn't I his friend like he said. I brought my thoughts back to the screen and tried to concentrate because I wasn't feeling the movie at all. It was really hard. In the movie we are seeing a dark skinned father and light skinned mother had been cast and they where parents of a mixed skinned girl. Another man appearance with an teenage boy who, based on his appearance could be the mother's elder brother. They also forgot to remove the frame of the family they borrowed the house to shoot the movie. That was a big turn off already. The main character had also discovered that the man she was getting married to was her long lost father, when I heard a scream I first assumed it was from the movie I was seeing. I then asked Austin to low the volume of the television, we then knew that the noise was from the house. We