Chapter 14

Bamami ,this is the remaining money , please use it to rent another shop and start up your business again,I had said..

My daughter, God bless you,you have taken pains and shame away from my eyes,may you not know shame in Jesus name,she prayed..but my daughter take some of the money,and buy yourself some clothes,shoes and bag,she suggested out of concerned and love,oh maami,don't worry,I didn't need any of those for now,just start up your business and make it grow,that's all bamami

Oh my child,you are a diamond among the stars ,the brightest of all stars, God in heaven will be the one to reward you,she hugged me passionately,while my tears dropped on her back...

Reagan my daughter are you okay,you don't look happy at all, she asked concerned.indeed mothers are supreme,we can never hide our feelings from them...

Oh mummy they are tears of joy,I am just so happy that nobody will come here to embarrass you ever again,I said..

My child I am happy too, thank you very much my daughter, mother said.

Seeing the joy in my mummy face,it was a food to my weeping soul knowing at least that mother is happy...

Mother really opened a new shop,things were back to normal, except I was unable to forgive myself....

Soon school had resumed again,and I went back, bamami gave me some foodstuffs and some money.

I was no longer the happy and smart girl I was,I was dying of guilt and self condemnation,I isolated myself from everyone,I just wanted to be alone,it was even affecting my focus in school..

Rehan,what is it, you have not been yourself since we resumed for 300l, did anything happened at home,, how is your mother and father, Joyce asked concerned, they are fine. i managed to answer her.

If they are fine, then why are you like this, what's going on, she wouldn't stop asking, but I was done talking with her...

REHAN, REHAN wait, a voice called me at the end of one lecture, turning back it was Sharon, of course, I should know, she's the only one that calls me By my full names

Reagan as it is , I noticed you have been avoiding me like a plague since we resumed, is it because of the other day, you know I should be the one angry at how you embarrassed me before the chief, but I am not, she said...

Well Sharon I am not avoiding you, I just want to be ony own, I said, common!!!!! was it because it was your first time, come on, you were going to do it one day you know, she said smiling sheepishly, I wondered how she knew cos I didn't disclose that to her, don't give me that look, the chief told me oh, how pleased he was with you for being the first to swim in your pool, he also told me how handsomely he rewarded you, babe 2million Naria for a night is a jackpot, you know chief has not stopped asking about you ohhh, the man seems to want more of you, she said,

Well tell that your good for nothing chief that he will rot in hell, and as for you, please I beg you, stay away from me, I am trying to get my life back, please I don't need you around, I said and walked away...

What Is going on between you and Sharon, is she the reason for your change of attitude this semester, Joyce asked, Joyce please I don't want to talk about it, I said to her, okay if that's what you want, she replied and dropped the topic...

The academic and non-academic staff went on strike for two months over nonpayment of salary, I went home and assisted maami at her shop, thankfully the strike was called off and the school reopened.