Chapter 6— Wealth Vs Intelligence

Wow, Eniola this is beautiful"

Abigail held Eniola's Hermes scent.

Her eyes wide with admiration.

Eniola smiled at her. "I know right. I bought that one last summer in Paris. "

In Truth, she had taken the perfume from one of her sister's bag while they were on a vacation in Paris the previous summer.

"Are you sure you didn't just steal it from your mother's dresser?" Helen asked.

Eniola gave an exasperating sigh. What was this girl's problem?

Eniola retorted. "Helen, just because you can't afford it, doesn't mean others can't"

" Who said I can't afford it? I can"

"Good for you if you can"

She brought out a bracelet from its pouch and showed it to Abigail. "This one is pure diamo…

"Excuse me seniors,"

Eniola looked up from the bracelet and turned to the door. A girl was standing by the door.

Eniola gave her permission "Come in, What is it?"

"Senior Michael asked me to call Senior Ireti."

What was going on between those two?

"Ireti, why is Michael calling you?" Helen asked sharply.

"ehn, errm, I don't know" Ireti stammered.

So, Ireti was there?

Many of her class girls had come to watch that she hadn't known the girl was there.

Ireti stood up and headed towards the door.

"Na wa oh, Ireti are you so excited that you are running to Michael. You didn't even wait to see my new diamond bracelet" Eniola said. "You may never get to see anything this beautiful again in your life" Eniola made the snide comments.

"Eniola, you better allow the dog to run to her master. He may not need her anymore and throw her away, then who would invite her.

Many people snickered including Mimi, Ireti's friend. Eniola didn't. She didn't think it was funny.

Ireti looked at her friend, Eniola saw the shocked look on her face and then disappointment.

She turned and left the room.

Eniola whispered into Abigail's ear to prevent any one from Listening in. " I feel like Helen hates Ireti?"

"She definitely does" she whispered back.

She looked around to make sure nobody noticed them. Everyone was still admiring her things. "why?"

"In SS 2 third term, Michael broke up with Helen. They had been dating since Jss2. When I asked her why, she said that he said, it was because she was mean to others." She stopped talking and looked around too. She continued. "During the long holiday, I know that she planned that when we resumed she was going to convince him to get back with her but you see the way Michael has been paying attention to Ireti?"

Eniola almost felt sorry for Helen, of course not because of Ireti. That one was no match to her but because she herself was determined to snag Michael.

Man, that boy was fine and She wouldn't leave him to anyone.

"Why does he like Ireti?"

Abigail seemed to know a lot of things about Michael.

"Probably because she is very intelligent"

"How do you know she is intelligent?"

"School never gives admission to just anyone in the final year. Only to intelligent people."

Eniola almost smirked. What did this girl know?

She was as dull as they came and she had still been given admission.

She continued. "Michael has always been intelligent. In Jss3, he represented the south east in a competition against the south west. The southwest won so they represented Nigeria in the international mathematics competition. In fact they led Nigeria to victory"

"So, what does that have to do with Michael and Ireti."

Olanna rolled her eyes. "Ireti was the one that won Michael and she was the one who won the international mathematics competition."

Wow, so the girl was that intelligent but shouldn't Michael hate her. If she lost to someone, she would be sure to make sure that no one ever talked to the person and she would also not be friends with the person.

She didn't understand this boy at all.

Eniola's mind went back to Ireti. So, the girl was very intelligent

She wondered how it would have been If she was that intelligent, perhaps her parents would be proud of her.

No, nothing she did could ever make her parents proud of her.