The Same Country That Supports Evil

“Do you even leave in this compound or you came to visit somebody here?” Christian asked Yetunde. Yetunde hissed and stretches his hand out to Christian.

“No de speak English for me! Na money be the language when I de hear now. Beside I never chop today”. Yetunde said to Christian telling him he should not talk to him using English and that it was only money he understands since he has not eaten that day. Just then the door opened. Lanre stood in front of both of them. Her eyes were puffy and her face looked like one who just woke up from sleep. Not caring about her own look, she told Yetunde to go bring polythene bag so she could give him some food stuffs. Christian looks her over.

“I wouldn’t think you were inside seeing you never came to open the door”. Christian said to Lanre. She rested her head against the door frame. Christian asked her if he could come in. Lanre asked him to remain standing.

“I’m sorry for yelling at you! It’s just that it was frustrating seeing that. I mean that rumour could ruin everything”. Christian said her. Lanre signals for him to keep quiet because she was suffering from a headache.

Yetunde soon returns with a polythene bag. Lanre took it from him and went inside. She packed him rice and added spaghetti. Then she added garri. She fetched her purse, took out some money and added it inside the bag. Aaron’s words came to her mind while doing that. She shook it off and added the money anyways. She went back outside and gave it to Yetunde. Then she left ignoring his praising her. She asked Christian to come in then locked her door.

She laughed at the irony of things, she was giving out food like a philanthropist when she herself was yet to eat anything for the day.

“Were you sleeping or something? You look like you were”. Christian said to her. She asked him to sit while she lied down on one of the couch in the living room. Christian reminded her to answer one of his questions at least.

“Which one? That the rumours are real or not? Or that I would like to f**K with you for money or not?” Lanre asked. Christian opened his mouth but could not say anything. He shuts his mouth back up.

“Celebrities get there sex video leaked out, yet people still get over it and love them again. Mostly, the male celebrities don’t get booed when their sex tape don’t get leaked. So a prostitute can’t get a first class in a university right? In this same country that supports evil. They will want to believe she slept her way through school and bought her result with sex, that’s the aim of whosoever did this. But I don’t care anymore about the rumour. I’ve cried enough and now I just want to sleep. You should also take a rest. Let the rumour spread please”. Lanre said taking Christian off guard. He was in fact baffled that Lanre would decide to turn blind eyes to the rumour.