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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

WHEN IN ROME "Hmm hmm", Shola announced her presence in our midst. "The crybaby is back", Cleo mimicked her style of crying. " Please stop that!"She laughed. "It's time to eat dinner. Let's all gather", Grandpa Majekodumi said, and we all positioned ourselves around him. He was the first to be served in a special earthen bowl, followed by the boys whose food was merged, then we girls, and finally the mothers. Seeing that the meal's gone round, grandpa Majekodumi read a verse of the Holy Quran and we started eating. I was so used to my slow way of eating at home that I only got to eat three morsels out of the mountain of fofo Aminat's mum placed before us. Meanwhile, Shola and Aminat who was the fastest of all fought over the last morsel of fofo. "I took it before you did", Shola said. "No, you're lying", Aminat shouted." Drop it!". "What if I don't?" Shola insisted, activatin

CHAPTER TWENTY

THE PRESS GIRL While Cleo's hands were trembling on his steering wheels, my body was sweating profusely, despite the fact that the Corolla's AC was working perfectly. Then grandma also decided to give me a call! As I reached for my phone to answer her call, Cleo moved out of the car to tender his apology to the owner of the car he bashed as well. To help him out with that, I made my conversation with grandma short and moved towards the spot where he was standing with the other driver. Meanwhile, the tinted windscreen serving as a shield for the Mercedes' back seat against excessive sunlight unwinds, and a pretty face was revealed. "Hi", I smiled at the press girl I met in school yesterday, during the interview but she ignored me. "Hey, Nifemi", Tony who turned out to be the driver of the Mercedes waved at me. " Hi, Tony", I couldn't help feeling terrified cause of what I've been through with him. "Tony has offered to help u

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN ADVENTURE... Instead of giving Bola's taunting a mood swing reply, grandma chose to ignore it which gave her time to ensure I have an unusual evening bath and my portion of the special meal with extra turkey and Chi exotic nectar which I loved very much. Rather than watch her favorite Indian TV series with the rest in the living room when I was done eating, Bola chose to spend time with me in grandma's balcony, watching the night stars, and moon in full bloom. "Are you sure you don't want to see Pragya give Abhi the beating of his life today", I teased her. "It's not a Yoruba movie biko", She laughed. "Is it a crime to not feel like watching TV?" "No but not for someone like you", I eyed her suspiciously. " I'm just happy I'll out of this prison for a week while you'll be stuck in here", She almost hit her head on the railing in front of her while laughing at me. "I'm used to