The Dark Tribe

N YEAR

er dislike for Omelettes and Noodles, especially on a school morning. On seeing the Omelette, Evie diverted to

. Evie mumbled okay and sat on the dining chair to have her s

all her 'Sarah'. You wouldn't call your mot

n though she didn't know what being mothered felt like but Sarah wasn't the perfect person to be called 'a mother'. She tried to use a rag to clean off the spilled drink, but it didn't get off. Sarah handed Henry a brown bag that contained his lunch in that slow and seductive way she knew Evie did

ships and had seen some on television too, but she knew hers would never end well. She couldn't even imagine her father's proposal to her: how the ring wouldn't fit perfectly on her fingers, and how the wine would spill on her wedding dress. Despite her hatred

ring at Evie's dress. Evie turned to be sure of what she

clear in Sarah's sight. She obviously didn't like Sarah's compliments because she beli

eave through the door, "Thank you," she

her 'Love of My Life'. Both of them began dating after two days in high school. Austin was a junior at Osinku High School, one of the most popular, charming, and goo

she walked majestically towards the car. She worried her hair was getting messy, but his eyes kept piercing her so that she could feel it all over her body; she wondered what boys loved in girls' messy hair. Also,

hopped in, still feeling his eyes on her lap and boobs. Au

utiful, babe,

you," s

playlist on his car radio, especially the love songs, because he knew she loved them. As they drove to school, the vib

ne?" Austin asked. "It

lied. "I played

ings unsaid. He narrowed his eyes as he kept his

ith him," Austin said after

tterness and jealousy in him. "Yeah, the arcade," Evie said, and

ong in the arcade

h an angry expression. "He was my friend i

u were hold

ance and suspicion. "You wer

was

ou know about t

it's

rust her. "We did it because there were some other Nigerian people who made fun of him because

th a jealous smile hangin

nt girls from different corners who had never spoken to her asking Austin questions. She knew she was a jealous girlfriend by the way she scared off girls with a mean stare. Walking down the hallway, sh

m the west. Evie was a l

ou go?" Ma

were usually the best because she's at most herself around her. Unlike Becky and Adrienne, that may b

lways at their nicest on Sundays. Can you imagine? My mom went there on Monday by noon I guess,

ha

's not fa

utely not," Ev

es and quick service," Martha said. The conversation between them

lowly too; Martha also talked slowly. It was as if everything had been played in slow motion, and she was t

meka and Adrienne and Becky were all there. It must have been minutes instead, yet she didn't know anything had happened to her. H