The Birthday Wish

3: MRS G

t happened?” Mrs Henshaw aske

llow her whole, she felt so embarrassed because this is her first time for being late, punctuality has been one

at she woke up late and she waste

Wale, use

haw said

her head and stared at

Mrs Henshaw, I lo

ffice

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her desk, she sat on the leather brown chair whi

looks so much like Mrs Henshaw, ‘That's probably her daughter, I guess’, thought Ayo

sandalwood which Ayo fi

flowers in various places, a large bookshelf was at the right hand

he entire office in

sit, Mis

o fantasyland, she walked towards the chai

Ayo smiled as she looked at her headmistress

t one to stutter but who wouldn't be when

e she knew that the students calls her various names, ‘Mrs know-it-all’, ‘Angry b

with these kids?’, Mrs H

why are you just

sor

ted her, “Do I look like one

type or one to cower away, just that Mrs H

rry, Mrs

day morning? and don't give me one of those your lame excuses”

s Henshaw, so I

about lame exc

Mrs Henshaw!” Ayo said t

l in your parents

lasps both her hands together as she stood up begging her headmistress. She knows her parents wouldn't show up for the meeting and instead, it'll

a well disciplined student of this fine

sons best known to me and they have not b

ught Ayo t

are more about their various work than to worry about their only child’, Ayo s

l let them know when I g

me for my birthday’ Ayo sig

being late today, as I am well aware, you are one of the most punctual and brilliant

a little surprise for me, I lost track of time, I am sorry Mrs H

ebrow and an almost invisible smile on her

r while staring at Ayo as she noticed her e

all portray me to be, yunno” Mrs Hens

Henshaw, I n

stand”, Mrs Henshaw cut

row bigger but this time, her mout

me a smile, a very beautiful one at that? oh wow. Did I die and

ared that it might be a trap to lure her into the

go back to class now

you” Ayo replied as she stood up, took a deep bow and sm

d to herself as s

, Ayo was in t

ance, phew” she thought out loud. She hurried to cla