Tina's Journey

She walked faster and faster but then they ran faster and got her by the corner and started

harassing her, one of them nearly tore her clothes.

But luckily Mike, who is Precious's brother, was passing by with his friends so he spotted Tina

and fought the guys with his friends and they ran away.

He even took her to his house but Tina wasn't comfortable with his idea, because of Precious's

sudden behavior.

Tina then told him to take her to her aunt's house instead and he did that, when they got there

Mike explained everything that happened as Tina wasn't in the condition to talk.

Mrs Williams then hugged Tina and thanked Mike for what he did, but he said he sees Tina as

his sister so it's nothing, he then left.

Mrs Williams slept next to Tina as she was shaking in fear.

Early in the morning Gloria called Mr Williams crying, saying that "your daughter is missing and

I'm sure she ran away from home with her boyfriend".

Mr Williams couldn't handle the shock and had a heart attack and died on the spot. One of his

coworkers noticed him lying on the floor and called for help.

They even informed Gloria about the death of Mr Williams and she informed the first wife Mrs

Williams about it.

She even arranged for the funeral to be at the house and Mrs Williams and her aunt decided to

attend it.

The funeral was taking place for more than three to four days but Mrs Williams only went there

on the first day and the rest of the days she didn't go there.

On the other hand, Precious had heard about the news and went to see Tina at her aunt's

house and saw her crying looking at her father's pictures.

She was even sitting on the floor.

Precious hugged her crying and Lisa joined them crying too.

They cried and cried after a while Precious apologized to Tina for the way she behaved with her

and told her what made her do that and Tina understood everything and forgave her.

Lisa suggested they go out for Tina to feel a bit better and Precious agreed with that, so they

helped Tina to clean the house, wash the dishes and so they went window shopping.

They did that until it was a bit dark and went back home, Precious and Lisa stayed with Tina the

whole night.

Giving her comfort and making sure that her mind wasn't thinking too much.

Gloria on the other hand transferred everything under her name and paid the lawyers to dodge

the signatures of Mr Williams.

A FEW WEEKS LATER

Tina started going to school again and she got informed about her writing exams the following

week and Precious ended her friendship with her other friends.

Tina wasn't concentrating that much in class as what happened to her father wasn't suiting her

at all.

Precious decided that keeping her busy will make her feel better and she won't be lost in

thoughts that much.

And will be able to write her exams without any distraction.

After school, Precious asked Tina to attend some sports activities. Precious wanted to keep her

distracted and after the sports activity, they both went back home together.

When they reached home they washed the dishes, cleaned house and did their home, after

which they went to a nearby park and sat there eating snacks and playing some games.

They were at the park for about three- hours and went back home. It was Tina's turn to cook

dinner but Precious told her not to worry.

They both argued for a while but Precious was still insisting that she cooks, Tina then agreed as

she didn't like washing the dishes after they finished eating.

Precious was cooking while Tina was ironing their uniforms, when she was done she sat on the

floor waiting for Precious to finish with the cooking.

While Mike and Frank were playing football at the park and Mr Collins was on his way from

work.

When Precious was done cooking she served the food and put the remaining food in the

microwave for Mike and Mr Collins.

Tina and Precious ate their food and cleaned the table and also the dirty pots and went to sleep

as they had to wake up early for school tomorrow.

An hour later Mike arrived with Frank they both ate together the food and Frank went back to his

house, while Mike was coming back from escorting him he saw Mr Collins getting inside the

house.

He was carrying a few plastic bags and he helped him out, served him his food and went

straight to bed. Mr Collins had his food and took a shower after that he went to check on

Precious and saw her sleeping and went to sleep as well.

While Tina was sleeping she had a dream and in that dream she saw herself wearing a doctor's

uniform, she smiled in her sleep and continued dreaming.

Precious woke up as she was feeling thirsty, as she was drinking water she noticed Tina smiling

while sleeping, she laughed for a while thinking about what was making her smile like that, she

finished drinking the water and went back to sleep.

The next morning Tina and Precious woke up early and got ready for school, prepared breakfast

and went straight to school.

On the way Precious laughed looking at Tina, Tina just looked at her and asked what's wrong

and Precious told her that she is confused as to why she was smiling when she was sleeping

last night.

Tina looked at her and ran to her class smiling and Precious went to her class still curious about

what made her smile.

During the lessons the teacher told them that they'll be starting their exams next week and that

they should study hard over the weekends.

The teacher told them that she won't be giving them homeworks for now until they are done with

the exams. The other kids cheered for that, and the teacher went to the office for the meeting.

A girl who was sitting next to Tina laughed looking at her. Tina didn't entertain her and went to

sit far away from her. The girl then pretended to be laughing on the videos on her phone but

Tina just took out her books and started reading.

It's now during lunch time and Precious asked her if Mike gave her a gift or something, but Tina

didn't understand the question. Precious asked if she was going out with him but Tina said "no"

Precious then said why were you smiling so much in your sleep.

Tina started telling her about the dream saying that she dreamt of herself wearing doctor's

clothes and Precious smiles and said her dream will surely be fulfilled and called her "doctor T"

they both laughed.

They had their lunch and started walking around the school grounds and after that they went

back to their classes.

The girl who laughed at Tina earlier apologized to her saying that she mistaken her to be

someone who has been after her boyfriend, Tina just looked at her and walked away from her.

The other girls in Tina's class looked at her as she sat down and the teacher stepped inside.

She announced about Lisa's birthday party and Tina remembered that, as she had almost

forgotten about it and the teacher even said that only the grade 10,11 and 12 are expected to be

there.

Tina smiled as she was in grade 10, the other kids cheered and hit the desks in excitement.

The teacher then gave them the scope of the first subject they'll be writing next week, everyone

wrote it down.

Gloria on the other hand is having problems in accessing the accounts for Mr Williams as she

didn't know the passwords of the accounts.

She paid the lawyers to help me out with it but they all told her it's impossible to help her as long

as the first wife doesn't give her concern.

She got stressed out and didn't know what else to do, she has the house but unable to get the

money from the accounts or anything.

Mrs Williams and her aunt went to visit her mother and accepted her, after she mentioned that

her husband died and this actually left her a bit hurt.

Her aunt just looked at her mother and told her that they can't stay for long and they both left

immediately and her mother didn't say anything and just let her leave.

It's after school and all the kids in Tina's class headed straight to their homes as they wanted to

start preparing for the party.

While Tina and Precious went home and asked Mr Collins about the plans he has for the party,

they told him that they want the party to be a bit simple but unique.

On the other hand Mrs Williams got a message from her lawyer that she should move back to

her house, as the documents of the house are under her name and Tina.

So she decided to go to Mr Collins's house to inform Tina about it, after she told her aunt she

was so happy to hear that.

When she got there Mr Collins tells her that Tina went to the mall with Precious and her friends,

Mrs Williams then tells him that she should come home immediately she gets back.

Mr Collins assured her to let her know, she then mentioned that they got their house back.

Mr Collins was so happy to hear that, he said "this is good news at least my dear friend will rest

in peace" Mr Williams just looked down not saying anything.

Her aunt noticed her mood had changed, she then told Mr Collins that they'll be taking their

leave, he didn't argue with her and let them leave.

Mrs Williams and her aunt left the house and Mr Collins looked up thanking God for his hand

work in letting Mrs Williams get the house back.

As they were discussing Mike arrived and he also added that they should limit the alcohol so

that the kids don't get too drunk.

Mr Collins agreed with what Mike was saying, Tina also agreed with him but Precious said that

Lisa drinks a lot of alcohol and I think her friends could also want to drink so much.

Tina argued that they should go with the rules of the party if not they'll be thrown out, Mr Collins

laughed saying that Tina is right in every party there should be a rule that must be followed.

Mike also agreed to that, Precious ended up agreeing as she could see that what Tina was

saying makes sense and is to avoid any fights or anything else.

Because when a person is drunk they do stupid things they regret when they are sober.

When they were done with the discussion, Mike, Precious and Tina went to the mall to buy

some items to use at the party.

Right after they left Lisa arrived home and told her father to buy her a new dress for her party

and also new shoes, Mr Collins agreed and gave her money to buy for herself.

Lisa thanked her father and went to her room to change into home clothes and went to her

friend's house so that she can accompany her to the mall to buy the dress and shoes.

On their way to the mall Lisa saw Mike, Tina and Precious going home, she asked them if they

bought clothes, Precious said no just food items and they walked away.

Lisa goes to the mall with her friend and buys a white dress and white heels. She saw a t-shirt

and jeans on sale so she bought them with the remaining money she had left.

When Tina , Mike and Precious arrived home Mr Collins was waiting for them.

Tina was about to take a seat when Mr Collins told her that her mother was here a few minutes

ago and she wanted her back home immediately.

Precious and Mike looked at Mr Collins asking him if something happened, but Mr Collins just

smiled and they both understood there was something behind the smile.

Tina then told Precious and Mike that she's going to come back later in the evening, Precious

said that she's going with her and they both can come back together.

Mike started unpacking the plastic bags and taking the items in the kitchen, Mr Collins looked at

Precious as she left the house with Tina.

When Tina and Precious were on their way to her house, Precious asked Frank , who's actually

Precious's crush, if he has a good personality in the way when she sees him.

Tina then said " yes but I think he's a player just look at he is always around other girls" Precious

agreed with her as she could see it too.

Tina also suggested that she takes things slow with him and gets to know him better.

Precious agreed to that also and told her that she'll keep a bit of distance from him and see

what he does after that, but if he keeps distance too he's not the right person to date.

When they got there Mrs Williams was sweeping the floor while her aunt was packing up the

bags, Tina greeted Mrs Williams and she hugged her saying "my dear we got our house back"

Tina smiled hugging her back.

Precious went inside helping Tina's aunt to pack, Tina asked her mother how they got the house

back and she explained how the lawyer called her and told her about it, Tina was so happy to be

going back to her father's house.

Even Mrs Williams was happy about it but wasn't sure if Gloria would allow them inside the

house if they go there to claim it, Tina was ready to fight with her in any way possible to get

what belongs to them.