CHAPTER 4 (IFE'S VIEW)

I was never the type to read during prep unless a test was coming up. I preferred reading my books in the middle of the night, that was probably the reason they called me 'the green snake under the green grass '. I always advised others to read, but if they weren't going to read, if they wanted to talk to me, I wasn't going to stop them.

That night, after lights out, I turned on my flash light and searched for my Government textbook to read. Our test was in two weeks time so I had a lot to read since Government was a very bulky subject. I was deep into my book when I heard bangs coming from the main door. I immediately turned off my flash light and got up from my bed. The bang was frequent and was getting louder. This wasn't a knock. It was more like a break in. I stood by my room door and listened. I would have moved but fear glued me to my door. It wasn't until five minutes later that the door fell down and there was silence once again. Then a voice spoke,

" Listen!" the male voice whispered for the other people to here. " The girls are fast asleep. While the others are at the boys hostel, we will work here. This is the Government's school. If they won't answer us, we will draw their attention. Go into the rooms, get the little girls you can and kill them! I'll start with the house mistress."

When I heard the last two statements, I gasped. They wanted to kill us and our house mistress because this was a Government school. Some of them were already at the boys' hostel, that meant that some boys were already dead, some were being killed and some were running about. Their house master was probably dead by now. I shook my hands as I thought of what to do. I couldn't run now, the men were there. I'll just wait for them to move in before I run.

"Two of you stay at the door. Make sure none of them run through this door." I heard the same man shout again "Move!"

Foot steps began to approach so I ran to my bed. I decided to hide under it but they could see the underneath of my bed from the door. I turned and looked at my wardrobe. It was okay for me, I could fit in and that was exactly what I did. I hid through the massacre in my room. I had to sit and listen to the cries of girls being killed. The sound of knife blades digging into bodies, the sound of bodies dropping on the floor, the sound of some lucky girls running out of the room. I cried! I had to cover my mouth not to make a sound. I had to listen to them for awhile until everywhere suddenly became quiet.

" Let's move to the next room."

The men left the room but I promised myself that I was going to stay in that wardrobe until all the men had gone. I was succeeding until after awhile, I heard foot steps approach my bedside. It stopped for a bit and I thought whoever it was had gone. Tears poured out more from my eyes as I imagined what it would look like outside this wardrobe and I sniffled. Suddenly the wardrobe opened and my eyes went wide.

"Chidinma!"

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