Episode 1
I and my mom lived alone initially before
my sisters joined us later onâŠ.
Before then, my mom and i lived in a
compound occupying two buildings, a main
house, and a back flat. The back flat
occupied two families, mine and another
neighbour which comprised of a man and
his wife with three kids. While the main flat
had in shelter a woman and five of her
kids. â three girls, and two boys.! They
were all grown up. The last child( a boy)
was prolly 17 back then, and the eldest girl
(eldest child) was in her early or mid 30s.
In total, we were three families living in that
compound.
âŠâŠâŠ Am gonno tell you about each of the
children in the compound and how they all
contributed in corrupting me..
THE FAMILY IN THE MAIN HOUSE.
Praise- the oldest child, she was really
religious, taught me the all i knew about
God back then.
Prompted me to go to church and basically,
taught me how to pray.
She was really kind, and generous.
She wasântt married then, though she was
goodlooking and in her 30s.
Emillia- the second girl, was in her mid or
late 20s..
She was really pretty, well packaged and
kinda plumpy with perfectly toned skin, nice
curves and stature.
Stephan- the third child, a man in his 20s ,
a worker, really cool nice guy!
He was somewhat responsible, though he
flirt with most girls.
Omolayo- a young stylish girl, also pretty,
and quite fat. Had a cool feminine voice.
She later traveled outta the countr though.
Felix- the last child of his mom, he was
prolly in his late teens. 16-19 back then. He
was fair and tall.
Eno! Eno! Eno!.. My friend Noso called me
from far as i was about entering the school
gate. He ran towards me â whats up now, i
thought you wonât be in school today since
its the first day of resumptionâ i replied as
we both placed hands on our shoulders. â
my mom forced me to come oâ
Noso was my best friend and we did almost
everything together, both good and bad!
As we approached our new class since we
were just promoted to primary four, we met
our class teacher who we greeted smiling
broadly. â how are you doing boys?â he
replied our greetings.
We took a sit that we claimed as ours for
the term.
â whoâs that girl that just came in?â Noso
asked. â am sure sheâs a new student, i
havânt seen her before.â
âshe fine shaâ
Noso uttered
âyou better shut up before uncle hears you,
its too early to start those rubbishâ i
replied.
âby the way, i saw Esther, she said sheâs
gonno come to school because of you o,
she said she misses your face â Noso said.
â she better not miss me ooh.. We almost
got caught by Amaka (a sir pupil) the other
day whileâŠ
â While i placed my hands on her thighs.
What would have happened if that senior
caught me doing that? â
â but you havânt really told me how it
happened oâ -Noso replied.
Me; Iâll tell you later, Nosa and Emma are
comingâ (my classmate).
we all greeted and joked before before we heard the bell
The school i attended had on primary
school and its secondary school was in
another area entirely (not in the same
compound)##
The bell rang for assembly and we all
rushed out. Praise and worship was led by
a teacher. Thereafter, the principal came
and welcomed all of us. He gave his speech
on ârules and regulationsâ and urged us to
be in our best behaviours.
+after the speech, we all marched to our
classes.
We were only 11 in primary 4 .
Six boys and five girls.
- our form teacher came and introduced
himself, and requested we also do the
same.Eventually the new girl Noso and I
saw was in our class, she
was fair, neatly dressed and goodloking.
She stood up and introduced her self as
Tasha.
Noso started calling her name silently to
himself (like he was tryna memorize it.)
our form teacher- Mr Ojo stressed that weâll
need a class rep, and opted that anyone
who wanted to be the class captain should
come out.
No one did, apart from Emma.
He then asked if we wanted Emma to be the
class rep, we all replied âNO!â
Emma was a bully! A dreaded one!
I can still remember him telling us heâll deal
with us after class for refusing to crown
him captain!Mr Ojo then asked the class to
nominate anyone,
Noso and some others shouted âLeke!!!â
Leke was my ânick nameâ
i was reluctant to come out cus i was never
interested in the position, but Mr Ojo
demanded my presence at the front of the
class to contend for the position.
I came out, and the girls in the class also
nominated Esther.
Esther was very brilliant, i wonder how i
was able to still come out ahead of her
during exams.
She could pronounce words i didântt know
without obstruction.
Mr Ojo requested that I and Esther backed
the class as they voted.
After the short election, we faced the class,
and i saw my friends giving me âthumbs
upâ as Mr Ojo announced me as the new
class rep!
I wasnât happy, i was scared!
In my mind âweitin these people don put
me so?â
instead of me celebrating i was thinking
about what Emma would do to me after
class.
Time went fast as I hurried home as soon
as i heard the bell. I didântt even wait for
Noso, i was on my way out of the gate
when i heard someone called me â âlekins!
Lekins! â
i thought for a second, âcould that be Noso,
but that isânt his voice at allâ
the voice called me again, and i didântt
bother to look back cus i remembered the
voice.
I tried moving faster .
âyou better wait there or else if i chase you,
youâre going to cryâ
it was the bully Emma calling after me, in
fear i waited but summoned courage to
confront him.
He approached me andâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ
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